Basketball Report
Saturday 16 November 2024
Shore’s First V had a tough-fought win on Saturday vs Sydney Grammar School (SGS). A low-scoring event in which the boys struggled to convert from the field. Shore’s shooting woes, however, did not dictate the boy’s energy and effort on the defensive end, holding SGS to just 50 total points. Oscar d’Almeida set the tone on the defensive end, holding SGS’s All-Star forward to less than 10 points. A flurry of layups and 3s from Will Rintoul and Eddie Scougall early in the 4th quarter broke the game open to an 18-point lead and guaranteed the First V’s 3rd win for the season.
Due to multiple injuries, the Second V entered the Grammar fixture with four boys out, allowing Justin Polya to play and Lucas Newton to also debut for the Seconds. With their backs against the wall, the boys saw themselves down late into the 4th quarter. In the last three minutes, Justin Gao and Addison Webster showed tremendous poise, making great decisions on the offensive and sealing a narrow 8-point win. This is a great result for the Second V, which shows the true strength in numbers from the programme.
Round 5 was a great day for the programme, winning 26 out of 37 total matches.
Player of the Week: Reggie Stafford
Team of the Week: The 16Es played a fantastic match against SGS, got their first win of the season and earned themselves the honours of this week’s Team of the Week!
The focus for the past week in training had been defensive pressure and 0.5 decision-making. The idea behind it was that pressure would lead to transition opportunities, and quicker decisions would create more movement and effective scoring opportunities for each other.
Both trends carried over from the training week, such as smothering defence and selfless offence, and led to 33 total points score – the highest from the 16Es all season. Leo Ryan and Pat Fischl both combined for 7 points.
Mr Indiana Faithfull
MIC Basketball
Results
| Opens | 16s | 15s | 14s | |
| Week Record | 10-1-3 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 7-1 |
| Overall Record | 42-2-26 | 15-20 | 24-16 | 20-19 |