Wheelchair Basketball Championships: Day 5 Results
Great Britain’s men continued their unbeaten run with a hard-fought 75-59 win against World Wheelchair Basketball Championship newcomers Poland.
GB took a healthy lead in the first quarter with Simon Munn scoring 10 of GB’s 20 points as they led by 11.
Poland turned the tables in the second period and hung on in the third, but the hosts pulled away late on.
GB are joint top of Pool A with the US as they head into their final clash of the round against the Americans.
The British team looked strong early on, but Poland player-coach Piotr Luszynski inspired his men to a comeback as they won the second quarter 23-13.
After a half-time diatribe from head coach Murray Treseder, Great Britain came out with an extra urgency.
But Poland continued to hang on to their coat-tails with Mateusz Filipski shooting three-pointers to keep them in the game.
GB captain Jon Pollock made sure his team had some breathing space at the end of the third quarter by scoring his only three-pointer of the match followed shortly by an extra basket.
With a cushion established, GB began to draw away in the final quarter, with a three-point play from Ian Sagar making the deficit eight points.
Poland were then weakened as Jan Cryul was fouled out the game, and the experience of the British team told as they pushed their winning margin to 16 points.
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