WORCESTER Wolves travelled with a full strength team to Ealing and returned home after being beaten 111-74 in a National League Division One match.

The first quarter was even with Nick Vinsonneau playing well offensively for Worcester.

Ealing's main threat in the opening stages came in the form of Fontain and Mumumi whose athletic drives to basket were very difficult to contain.

The second quarter saw Rhys Hocking and Colin Chiverton impose themselves at the Ealing end of the court yet whenever the Wolves put a run together the fast breaking Ealing side responded im-mediately.

The Wolves were struggling to contain the bigger London side, but their gritty display saw them trailing by only eight points at half time.

Following the interval the Ealing onslaught proved to be decisive and they scored 26 points with the Wolves res-ponding with only three baskets.

Again Fontain and Mumumi were spectacular, scoring dunks at will to leave the Wolves stranded.

Worcester responded stron-gly in the final quarter and whereas last season the Wolves could have a bad spell and recover the level of opponents this year does not allow them that luxury.

Player coach Rich Solvason, while disappointed with the result, re-affirmed his warnings at the start of this campaign.

He said: "We are playing against bigger, faster and better players and because of the nature of our promotion we have to learn fast or face a long hard season."

Director of Operations Mick Donovan looked forward to the home games on the next three Saturdays against Cardiff, Liverpool and Ware saying: "We need our reliable crowd to help the team in relatively unknown territory. Together last year we met the challenges, now we have to do it again."

The games start at 7pm and the Wolves now need points to threaten a play-off spot.

Scorers: Solvason 24, Vinsonneau 14, Chiverton 14, Hocking 6, Livingston 5, Gordon 4, Brennan 4, France 3, Fotos 0, D I Gallo 0.