BRADFORD Dragons' rich vein of form continued with a 98-87 victory at Westminster Warriors and a 102-96 home triumph over Reading Rockets, both in Division One of the National Basketball League.

This stretches Bradford's winning streak to seven games – a sequence they have not achieved since the 2013-14 season.

The Dragons made the journey to London just a fortnight after they had met in the reverse fixture, which the hosts had won 121-93.

Bradford held a 16-15 advantage at the end of the first quarter but that margin had been extended to 42-34 by half-time.

The Dragons really turned the screw in the third quarter, extending their advantage to 18 points, and despite Westminster winning the final quarter, they could not prevent Bradford from taking victory.

Ricky Fetske led the scoring for Bradford with 21 points, ably assisted by Jason Swaine (18) and Marcus Gooding (17).

Following the long journey home on Saturday night, the Dragons then faced Reading on Sunday afternoon.

In comparison to the home side, Reading had made the slightly shorter journey from Newcastle, where they had been on the wrong end of an 87-75 scoreline against Team Northumbria the previous evening.

Nevertheless, Reading would provide Bradford with their toughest test since the opening-day fixture at current leaders Derby Trailblazers, which Bradford lost 83-82.

The Rockets had the better of the opening quarter, opening a five-point lead before they were pulled back to 27-25.

Reading continued to press in the second period, quickly reopening the gap to seven points, but by the interval the Dragons were 49-45 in front.

As against Westminster, the Dragons took control of proceedings in the third quarter, extending their advantage to 11 points.

Yet Reading are made of stern stuff and only trailed by seven points (76-69) before the start of the final quarter.

But hard as the Rockets tried, they just could not get within reach of the home side and, with less than 90 seconds left on the clock, Bradford were 98-89 ahead.

Gooding pushed Bradford over the 100-point mark for the sixth time in seven games, capping a fine individual shooting performance with 29 points, while Rihards Sulcs contributed 25 and Fetske 23.

Bradford are fifth in the table, just one victory behind Derby, and Dragons head coach Chris Mellor said: "Westminster are always dangerous, especially at home, and it took us until midway in the third before we got any kind of grip of the game. But it was another good collective effort.

"Against Reading, once again it was another even game and, like Saturday, we just managed to put four or five stops together in the third and convert at the other end to get a double-figure lead, which was the telling run."

Bradford are at second-placed Team Northumbria on Saturday (5pm), hoping to avenge their National Trophy defeat from earlier in the season.

The action returns to the Dragons' Den for another double-header weekend on November 19-20 – against promoted Team Solent Kestrels on Saturday (6.15pm) followed by a National Cup quarter-final against Team Northumbria the following day (4.15pm).

The Dragons' under-18s travelled to Durham Wildcats on Saturday, losing 82-46, while on Sunday the under-16s were beaten 104-85 at Leeds Force. The under-14s beat Stockport Falcons II 45-41 at Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College.