Ruusk, eight points in a row

Four days after the Lakeside loss the arena was two thirds full and slightly grumpy, and for a half nothing happened to change that.

Then came Ruusk. He had scored eight points in the whole of October before the fourth quarter, and he scored eight in a row in it: a hook, a putback, another hook and two free throws he made look harder than they were. Section C started chanting his name halfway through, which he said afterwards he had not heard. Nobody believes him.

Okoro had 22 and sat out the last six minutes. Ten and three, and Northgate on Saturday.

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