Basketball Report

Week 1 Term 1 2024

This week saw the celebration of Shore’s first ever Indigenous Round, designed to highlight Indigenous Culture at the school generally and in the basketball programme specifically. The day was student-driven from its conception through the planning process to its execution on the day. It featured a smoking ceremony before the game as well as an Acknowledgment of Country and the home debut of the Indigenous jerseys designed by Jack H. This aspect of the day was an unquestioned success, and we look forward to repeating it in future years.

The Firsts entered their fixture knowing that Riverview would be tough opponents, and this proved to be the case as the visitors raced out to the 10-point lead by consistently penetrating and getting to the rim. Shore fought back by playing hard defence and controlling the tempo, with Eddie S and Nick W leading some huge defensive stops as the good guys fought back to just a 4-point deficit at halftime. The game was neck-and-neck from there, with the teams trading runs and big plays, but in the end, it was Riverview who left the Grant Centre with the chocolates, winning 93 – 82. Julian R top-scored for Shore with 25.

If the Firsts had a difficult task ahead of them, the Seconds were facing basketball Everest, with Riverview sitting astride the premiership table at the start of play. Nevertheless, Shore came out and matched the men from Lane Cove from the start of the game, showing excellent trust in each other to score some great team baskets in offence and rebounding brilliantly at both ends of the court, with debutant Kai T both leading Shore in scoring and providing some beautiful assists. Shore’s performance would have been enough to beat almost every team in the GPS, but Riverview showed their pedigree with efficient shooting from the field and came away with a 57 – 72 win.

Player of the Week: New Barry House man Sam H opened his Shore account with a team-high seven points in the 16Es, including the go-ahead 3 with 50 seconds left to complete a 10-point comeback for the win!

Team of the Week: A communication mix-up left the 14Hs without a coach at Newington this week, but they didn’t care, producing a great team performance to win 30 – 24.

Mr G Davis
MIC Basketball

Results

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
First V	Riverview	Loss	82-93	Julian R 25
Second V	Riverview	Loss	57-72	Kai T 11
Third V	Riverview	Loss	50-51	Mitchell D 13
Fourth V	Riverview	Loss	35-56	Angus B 11
Fifth V	Riverview	Loss	32-38	Eric Q 9
Sixth V	Riverview	Loss	33-58	Jayden S 10
Seventh V	Riverview	Win	36-33	Declan H 7
Eighth V	Riverview	Win	38-35	Miles K 8
Ninth V	Riverview	Loss	22-32	Tom O 6
Tenth V	Riverview	Win	41-25	Nick G 10
Eleventh V	Riverview	Win	49-10	Mac D 14
Twelfth V	Riverview	Loss	30-31	Archie H 6
Thirteenth V	Riverview	Win	50-34	Ethan W 16
Fourteenth V	Newington	Loss	25-50	Alfie S 8
16A	Riverview	Loss	42-48	Harvey J 8
16B	Riverview	Win	22-14	Blake L 6
16C	Riverview	Win	35-30	Rory W 9
16D	Riverview	Win	32-25	Harry M-T 8
16E	Riverview	Win	34-30	Sam H and Ben J 7
16F	Riverview	Loss	10-32	Jack L 10
16G	Riverview	Loss	27-35	Will H 12
16H	Riverview	Loss	15-33	Nathanael J 6
15A	Riverview	Loss	29-52	Will A 8
15B	Riverview	Loss	31-34	Nicholas M 7
15C	Riverview	Win	23-13	Ted S 8
15D	Riverview	Loss	35-36	Ethan L 8
15E	Riverview	Loss	23-34	Austin S 13
15F	Riverview	Loss	25-36	Freddie F 6
15G	Riverview	Draw	20-20	Patrick F and Blake L 5
15H	Riverview	Loss	23-29	Harry P-O and Jet S 4
14A	Riverview	Loss	43-49	Jordan G 21
14B	Riverview	Loss	21-38	Luca S 7
14C	Riverview	Loss	15-68	Louis K 4
14D	Riverview	Loss	16-40	Jack B 7
14E	Riverview	Win	48-18	Lucas M 12
14F	Riverview	Loss	13-31	Christian C 3
14G	Riverview	Win	23-18	James M 11
14H	Riverview	Win	30-24	Thomas M 12

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