GB Men battle to win against Poland
Great Britain Men continued their unbeaten run with a hard fought win against World Championship newcomers Poland.
GB made tough work of the game after taking a healthy lead in the first quarter with Simon Munn adding 10 points of GB’S 20 giving them an 11 point advantage going into the second quarter.
However, in the second quarter the tables were turned as Great Britain‘s defence became complacent and from help of their Player Coach, Piotr Luszynski, Poland made a strong comeback winning the quarter 23 – 13.
After a half time diatribe from Head Coach Murray Treseder, Great Britain came out with an extra urgency. Poland continued to hang on to the coat tails of Great Britain with some Mateusz Filipski shooting three 3 pointers. Captain Jon Pollock made sure his team had some breathing space finishing the third quarter, by scoring his only 3 pointer of the match followed shortly by an extra basket.
With the cushion now established GB began to draw away in the final quarter, with a 3 point play from Ian Sagar making the deficit 8 points. Poland were then weakened as Jan Cryul was fouled out the game and the experience of the British team told as the finished the match with a flattering score of 59 -75.
Great Britain shot the ball at 57% compare to Poland’s 49%.
The win makes GB joint top of Pool A with the USA as they head into their final clash of the Pools Round tomorrow against USA.
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