National Cup, 1st round
Plymouth Raiders 71 (20,33,55) (Cue 15, Beasley 12, Williams/Love 9)
Thames Valley Tigers 113 (32,62,85) (Meldrum 22, Bowman 21, E. Williams 20)

Thames Valley Tigers secured a relatively easy progress into the last eight of the National Cup, shaking off Plymouth Raiders for a 113-71 victory at the Pavilions.

The Bracknell outfit broke clear early and never looked back, despite an injury to Barry Bowman which saw the American limp off in the third quarter.

The visitors' high scoring display was maintained throughout the game - they led by 12 points at the end of the first quarter at 32-20 and extended that advantage to 29 points at half-time with a 62-33 lead.

Another 23 points in the third quarter, plus a 28-point final period was enough to secure a comfortable success for Paul James' men.

Tigers will again face NBL opposition in the quarter-finals next month in the shape of Teesside but James is confident in his new look side.

"I think the team has a different mentality this year,"  he added. "We have a lot of young players, who have really been adapting quickly and they have really been carrying the team. Some of the more established players are not quite firing on all cylinders yet, so when they are we should have a really good team.

"I said to the players on Thursday and Friday last week that if we played hard we had an opportunity to get something out of the weekend and that's what we did. We certainly did play hard and I was pleased with the results we got."

Greg Meldrum was the game's leading scorer with 22 personal points for the BBL outfit, while Cue added 15 for the home side.