Unbeaten home record now 13 games
Leicester Riders stretched their unbeaten home run to 13 games with a thumping 79-61 victory over Worcester Wolves.
The first half on Saturday night was arguably Jelson Homes DMU Riders' best spell of basketball this season.
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They wore Worcester down defensively, while at the other end of the floor they were white-hot from the three-point line.
Riders made eight of their 10 three-point attempts in the first 20 minutes as they posted 50 first half points.
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Such was their dominance that the second half was largely an exercise of lead management.
Giant Lithuanian Arturas Masiulis proved something of a handful in the opening exchanges, but from the moment Jay Cousinard connected with two three-pointers in an 8-0 burst that had Leicester 11-6 ahead, Riders were always in front.
While the 7ft Masiulis was on the court, the Wolves just about managed to hang on, but when he picked up his third foul and went to the bench, the visitors' scoring options dried up.
Riders, meanwhile, were having no such problems. Cousinard and Drew Sullivan both hit from behind the arc, whie Pavol Losonsky was finding many different ways to score.
The Slovakian international's tally was perhaps not quite as eye-catching as Cousinard's spectacular three-point shooting, but his variation in scoring was just as effective.
Ten unanswered points had Leicester 39-25 in front and as Sullivan and Jorge Calvo made Leicester's seventh and eighth three-pointers of the half, Riders were 49-31 ahead just before the interval.
The Wolves narrowed the deficit to 13 early in the second period, but Losonsky and John Fraley combined for nine points as Riders stretched their advantage to 59-39 midway through the third quarter.
Connor Washington's triple early in the fourth quarter saw the lead peak at 26 points as Riders eased home.
Riders 79: Losonsky 22, Cousinard 19, Fraley 11, Sullivan 8, Taylor 6, Calvo 5, Washington 5, Lamble 3, Hopkins, Anderson, Gould, Maynard.
Wolves 61: Masiulis 18, Owumi 14, Kazlauskas 8, Ocitti 7, Belgrave 5, Irving 3, Ziwa 2, Fernandez 2, Thomson 2, Dover, Noyer.
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