HEAD coach Paul James believes Worcester Wolves have more firepower this season than in his double-winning side in 2014.

Only leaders Newcastle Falcons have scored more points than Wolves in the British Basketball League this campaign as James’ men have tallied 1,421 points in 17 games.

Jay Couisnard currently leads the club’s scoring charts with 265, while fit-again Perris Blackwell has netted almost 18 points a game, putting him among the top five average scorers in the league.

But James said he has been delighted to see other players contributing this season, as Pavol Losonsky top-scored with 25 in Wolves’ 91-66 thrashing of Surrey Scorchers last Saturday after Javier Mugica racked up 20 points against London Lions.

“With the exception of Perris when he was fit, we haven’t had that one consistent player who we know is going to score 18-plus points every game,” the Wolves boss said.

“We have got lots of guys who can score, so sometimes it is their night and sometime it isn’t, but as long as we have a consistent level of scoring across the team we are always going to be tough to beat.

“If you have got six guys who can all score in big numbers, it makes it difficult for the opposition to know who to guard, so that’s a nice situation to be in.”

James said having so many potent scorers in the team had also put them in a stronger position than in the 2013-14 season when Will Creekmore, Zaire Taylor and Alex Owumi steered Wolves to BBL Trophy and play-off glory.

“Even in our championship-winning season we had three guys who were doing all the scoring and we weren’t really getting much from anybody else,” he said.

“That can make life difficult because if you have an injury to one of those guys you have got to find 18 to 20 points from somewhere else.

“But now one week it might be Javier who is top scorer, the next match it might be Pavol, Jay, Orlan (Jackman), Ashton (Khan) or Perris.”

Wolves strengthened their hold on third spot with an impressive performance at Surrey and James said he was pleased with the way his side refused to take their foot off the gas.

“It was one of those games where we actually killed a team off for a change as we didn’t allow them back into the game at any point, so I am really delighted with that,” he said.

“It is something we have tried all season long. We have had opportunities to close out games and haven’t done that very well.

“But on Sunday we went after Surrey early on and controlled the game until the end so, as far as playing smart, being clinical and putting a team away, I thought that was our best performance of the season.”

Wolves travel to Bristol Flyers in the BBL Trophy Saturday (7.30pm) before facing Cheshire Phoenix at the Northgate Arena, Chester, in the league on Sunday (5.30pm).