WORCESTER Wolves kept the pot boiling in their quest for their best-ever placing in the British Basketball League by overcoming Glasgow Rocks 92-80 at the University of Worcester Arena last night.

They stand third in the table, only two points behind their challengers for the runner-up spot Leicester Riders.

Just three games remain in the regular season, at Durham Wildcats and a home-and-away double next week with Leicester.

Rocks had already beaten Wolves twice up in Scotland earlier this year but showed no signs of being able to continue the winning run away from their own court.

They had no answer to a ruthless performance from their hosts.

Five Worcester men scored in double figures, led by the guard partnership of Chavis Holmes and Alex Owumi with 22 and 19 points respectively.

After six minutes, the score stood at 12-11. By the last minute of the quarter, it had widened to 22-15 after three-pointers from Owumi and Lithuanian guard Robertas Bitinas.

The second period featured an array of show-time moves as Wolves settled into a groove.

A bullet pass from Holmes found Dejan Radojevic totally open for an easy lay-in.

Owumi produced a superb double spin-around dance to the basket.

Bitinas floated home a couple more triples, helping increase the advantage to 47-36 by half-time.

There was more of the same after the interval with Holmes and Owumi swapping assists and every man in a Worcester vest clamping down at the defensive end.

The lead had accelerated to 72-53 by the close of the third period with no way back for Rocks.

Former Worcester favourite Tommy Freeman finally notched his first field goal of the match during the final quarter.

But that flicker of activity was nothing when judged alongside another sparkling Wolves’ move when a sublime behind-the-back pass from Bitinas left Owumi unmarked to connect from distance.

Coach Paul James said: “Defensively we were solid and offensively we moved the ball very well. It was efficient, it was professional.

“We’ve talked for the last couple of weeks about getting into play-off mode and we saw that last week when we beat Newcastle and again in how we dealt with Glasgow.”

Wolves will travel to Leicester on Tuesday before hosting their rivals next Friday at the University of Worcester Arena.

James added: “We’ll be treating it like a play-off series. The first leg is at their place. We’ve already beaten them there once so if we win again we’ll take the head-to-head. After that, we can look towards Friday.

“As well as battling us for second place, they still have an outside shot at catching Newcastle in top spot. Next week should see two special games in front of two full houses. We can’t wait.”