Basketball Report

Week 6 Term 4 2023

Newington is undefeated at the top of the GPS Firsts competition with nearly one full round played, so going away to Stanmore was always going to be a difficult task for our Firsts. Nonetheless, the team’s preparation for this game was top-notch, and Shore entered the fixture brimming with confidence. This translated into a fast start, with Shore finishing the 1st quarter with a narrow lead after some big shots and bigger defence. The 2nd quarter saw the host school’s size start to come into play more, and the men from Stanmore started building a lead that they would not surrender for the rest of the day despite a late rally from Shore. The final score was 64-77, with Julian R leading scoring with 23.

With Newington also leading the Seconds competition, Shore went into this fixture needing a win to stay in touch with the leaders but knowing that they are a match for any team on their day. The game was a back-and-forth affair, with both sides making runs but never quite able to pull away from their opponents. This meant that the game finished with the scores level at the end of regulation, and Shore seemed in the driver’s seat as they built a point lead with a minute left. To their credit, Newington never knew when they were beaten and back-to-back scores sent the game to a second overtime period. This time, it was Newington leading by three with seconds on the clock before Ben B found himself with half a second on the three-point line and kept his nerve to send the game to a third overtime. This is a game that neither team deserved to lose, but it was Newington who found a little bit extra in the tank after more than an additional quarter had been played to take a vital 66-62 win and leave our Seconds wondering what could have been. The play of the game was undoubtedly a chase-down block from Sam J, who was impressive in defence throughout, while Ben B was the high scorer with 20.

In other games, there are no longer any career undefeated staff after the 16Bs fell to a 29-41 loss. There are, however, still two undefeated teams this year, who I will name next week if they can both maintain their records through one full round of GPS play. The 15s were the best performing age group with a 6-2 record, led by a dominant 33-4 win for the 15Ds, while the 16As were the best performing As team (and have been recognised below for their efforts).

Player of the Week: The 16As scraped home with a 4 point win despite only have six fit players thanks in large part to Joe E’s 17 points.

Team of the Week: Another week, another overtime win in the 15s. This time, it’s the 15Cs getting the job done late in a 2 point OT win.

	Opens	16s	15s	14s
Week 6 Record	3-1-10	2-6	6-2	0-8
Overall Record	46-4-30	23-1-20	29-1-16	13-35

Mr G Davis
MIC Basketball

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
First V	Newington	Loss	64-77	Julian R 23
Second V	Newington	Loss	62-66	Ben B 20
Third V	Newington	Loss	46-51	Henry M 9
Fourth V	Newington	Loss	28-38	Josh M 10
Fifth V	Newington	Win	54-18	Alex Y 21
Sixth V	Newington	Loss	33-39	Alex B 8
Seventh V	Newington	Win	45-42	Declan H 15
Eighth V	Newington	Loss	30-36	Miles K and Vaughan F 8
Nineth V	Newington	Loss	32-47	Will L 11
Tenth V	Newington	Win	42-28	Luke B 11
Eleventh V	Newington	Draw	22-22	Mac D 8
Twelfth V	Newington	Loss	32-43	Joseph S 8
Thirteenth V	Newington	Loss	31-39	Tom R 11
Fourteenth V	Newington	Loss	14-34	Gabriel L 6
16A	Newington	Win	50-46	Joe E 17
16B	Newington	Loss	29-41	Darcy S 12
16C	Newington	Loss	31-36	Phoenix T 9
16D	Newington	Win	29-19	Braeden L 10
16E	Newington	Loss	24-46	Rory K 7
16F	Newington	Loss	28-30	Zac C 14
16G	Newington	Loss	16-39	Austin X 6
16H	Newington	Loss	14-74	Finn C 6
15A	Newington	Loss	27-33	Chace M 6
15B	Newington	Win	43-22	Daniel G 14
15C	Newington	Win	26-24	Ted S 5
15D	Newington	Win	33-4	Michael H and Lucas W 8
15E	Newington	Win	25-18	Asher S 8
15F	Newington	Win	31-17	Spencer C 8
15G	Newington	Loss	15-27	Caellum G 6
15H	Newington	Win	29-27	Jet S 6
14A	Newington	Loss	38-40	Jordan G 15
14B	Newington	Loss	40-48	Luca S11
14C	Newington	Loss	13-63	Aidin N 5
14D	Newington	Loss	22-34	Sid S 9
14E	Newington	Loss	11-36	James A 7
14F	Newington	Loss	4-45	Markos K and Tom W 2
14G	Newington	Loss	9-49	James M 4
14H	Newington	Loss	14-52	Thomas M 8