Basketball, The Sting: Wasps suffer a sting from the Hornets

WIRRAL Hornets took the 2 points away from the Bonus Arena on Saturday evening as the Hull Wasps were defeated 72-70. In a tight contest throughout the game, the Wasps were never really on top form and lacked the cutting edge that the home crowd have been used to seeing so much this season.


In the dying moments, tied at 70, the Hornets received a foul call from the referee and Chris Whitehead, who top-scored for the visitors with 22 points, sunk both free-throws with just 4.6 seconds left on the clock. Adrian Blatherwick had a fade-away 3 point attempt hit the rim at the buzzer which condemed Wasps to just their fourth defeat of the campaign.

John Brignell top-scored for the Wasps with 16 points, Rob Birchmore scored 13 and Adrian Blatherwick scored 11.