King’s Lynn Fury 63 (17,28,39)
Essex & Herts Leopards 97 (25,55,71)

Leopards made it six wins on the bounce as they romped to a club-record 34-point victory in Norfolk, on Sunday. In a game that Leopards led from tip to buzzer, Troy Selvey led all scorers with a 25 point haul as they moved up to fifth place in the EBL Division One.

For the second successive Sunday, all 11 Leopards players were on the scoresheet but once again their celebrations were muted by an ejection. Point-guard Demetrice Williams was dismissed four minutes into the third period for what appeared to be an innocuous offensive foul.

The American now faces a suspension, but the Big Cats plan to appeal, and have received support from Fury as they attempt to get the decision overturned. Selvey scored five of the first six points as Leopards held the hosts scoreless for the first three minutes, and with Williams adding nine first period points, basement side Fury were never able to cope with the speed of the visitors three-guard line-up.

A Dave Jones trey made it 24-10 in the visitors’ favour with 90 seconds of the first period remaining, but a bizarre intentional foul followed by a technical on Roger Lloyd helped the home side reduce the arrears to eight at the first break.

A pair of baskets from Fury coach James Bamfield halved Leopards’ lead in the opening minute of the second period, but from there on it was all Leopards as they blasted the hosts with a barrage of three-pointers. Brian Moore and Williams both hit a pair of treys, and Jones drained another as Leopards hit the hosts with 14-2 and 16-0 runs to take the lead out to 30, and although Bamfield scored a three-pointer with the last shot of the half, Leopards reached half time with the game effectively sewn up at 55-28.

Baskets from Selvey and Sam Salter took the margin to 29 before Williams’ harsh ejection took the gloss off a dominant performance. Selvey went on to score a total of ten points in the period, as Leopards extended their lead by five to 71-39 at the final break.

Fury opened the fourth period with seven straight points, but Steve Ogunjimi added seven of his own, and scores from Matt Eames, James Warwick and Ed Gregory ensured that all the Leopards were on the scoresheet to complete a fine performance and a second successive weekend double.

Leopards: T Selvey 25, D Williams 17, S Ogunjimi 13, D Jones 8, B Moore 8, E Seaman 6, M Eames 5, S Salter 5, R Lloyd 4, J Warwick 4, E Gregory 2.