NEW signing Trey Zeigler looks set to make his Worcester Wolves debut when they face London Lions at the University of Worcester Arena tonight (7.30pm).

The 25-year-old forward arrived on Wednesday after Wolves acted quickly to replace Andrew Bachman who suffered a calf injury.

And head coach Paul James is hopeful all the paperwork will be completed for Zeigler to play in the British Basketball League clash.

“Obviously it will take time for Trey to settle into the fold but hopefully that will happen very quickly as games are coming thick and fast,” James said.

“I think Trey will be fine as he has got a high basketball IQ and will fit in straight away with what we are trying to do.

“He had his first session with us yesterday so hopefully he will be cleared to register to play tonight.”

James believes the signing of the American, who has previously plied his trade in Luxembourg and Czech Republic, is another welcome boost for his side.

Wolves have also had a week to prepare for their encounter with London after a run of four matches in seven days.

“It was difficult preparing for so many games in such a short space of time,” he said.

“But it has been back to normal this week with only one game to give all of our attention. It has been a bit of light relief.”

Seventh-placed Wolves thrashed Lions 100-71 at the Copper Box last month thanks to high-scoring displays from captain Marek Klassen, Maurice Walker and Danny Huffor.

But James reckons London, who are one place above Worcester, will be keen to avenge that defeat and his team will need to respond to whatever they throw at them.

London also feature ex-Wolves favourites Alex Owumi, Zaire Taylor and Kai Williams.

“It was only a comfortable win because we made it comfortable by playing so hard and making a winning effort for 40 minutes,” James said.

“We outplayed them on the day but London are a very talented team.

“They are going to be smarting because of the way we beat them so I am sure they are going to put up more of a fight than they did on their own court.

“We have got to make sure we handle whatever they throw at us in the right way.

“It is going to be a tough match and the result will depend on whether we can win the rebounding, take care of the ball and have limited turnovers.

“But if we are sloppy, don’t rebound as we should do and allow them to score easy points then it is going to be harder.”