BUCS Week 1 – Dragons Recap

HUGE opening British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) away win for Westminster 2nd!

Newly promoted Dragons defeat strong title contenders Portsmouth 2nd 44-55 on the road.

Despite a strong 2nd half performance from Portsmouth 2nd, Wetminster showed composure and teamwork to see off a crucial opening win.

Quarter scores:
1st 8-15, 2nd 7-11, 3rd 15-9, 4th 14-10
Final 44-55

Club Captain Joshua Ragua is all smiles 😁


An opening BUCS debut Westminster 3rd started their first ever game in British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Division 5.

The newly formed Dragons opened with an unfortunate opening 76-35 loss to UEL 4th.

“Great effort from the team. Players fought till the end, and had a lot of good plays to narrow the gap.” Coach Yao

Our programme in 2015 only had 1 team, 1 Coach with 12 players. We were proud to introduce the 3rd Team into our programme for British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) today!

In 2018, Westminster Basketball Club now consists of 3 university teams, 1 National League team, with 4 coaches and over 40+ members across the club.

Westminster with the full support of the University of Westminster Students’ Union (UWSU) is proud to provide opportunity and excellence to our students, players and staff. Always growing and always striving 🐲🔥

Let’s bring on another year of exciting Westminster Basketball! 🔥🏀

Overview

Portsmouth 1st 44-55 Westminster 2nd
UEL 4th 76-35 Westminster 3rd

Win-Loss: 50.00%

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