Basketball Report

Week 3 – Saturday 28 October 2023

The Firsts went into the weekend desperate for a win to get their season into gear against a Joeys side, who were also sitting at 0 – 2. The first quarter saw Joeys start brightly with an early lead, but some tough finishes under the basket by Oscar d’Almeida helped Shore claw their way back to a 2-point deficit at quarter time. The middle portion of the game saw Shore take control of the fixture, outscoring their opponents 47 – 32 after good defence forced the men from Hunters’ Hill into turnover after turnover. Despite a more even fourth quarter, this was enough for Shore to finish with a relatively comfortable 91 – 79 win. Julian Reynolds once again led all scorers with 33, while Ben Murray and Thomas Latimer chipped in with a handy 9 rebounds each.

A nervy start in the Seconds left the teams locked at 17 – 17 at the end of the first quarter before Shore showed their class and defensive hustle to pull away to 35 – 26 at halftime and 48 – 32 going into the fourth. To Joeys’ credit, though, they never knew when they were beaten and hit some big shots in the fourth quarter to drag the score back to 58 – 58 at the end of regulation time. Despite getting the looks they wanted in overtime, the shots simply would not fall for Shore, and the game ended in a 59 – 63 defeat. Oliver Smith top scored with 12 points, while Jack Horwood and young gun Jordan Gao shared rebounding honours for Shore with 8 each.

In other games, Mr du Plooy’s Under 16Ds fell to leave Mr Chapman as the only remaining Shore basketball coach to have never tasted defeat, with the 16Bs scraping home with a 1 point win thanks to Blake Lynton’s 7. Will Atkinson improved from last week’s second place finish to be the top scorer in a running clock game after plundering 24 points in the 15Bs’ 61 – 15 win, with Hamish Pearson’s 16 for the 3rds and Eric Qiao’s 15 for the 5ths also well worth a mention.

Player of the Week: Freddie Francis scored 12 of his team’s 14 points in the 15Gs’ tough loss at Knox.

Team of the Week: Shared by the 14As and 14Bs, who both made it into the winners’ circle for the first time this season.

Mr G Davis
MIC Basketball

	Opens	16s	15s	14s
Week 3 Record	11-3	3-1-4	4-3	3-5
Overall Record	26-2-15	12-1-11	15-1-7	5-19

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
Firsts	Joeys	Win	94-79	Julian Reynolds 34
Seconds	Joeys	Loss	59-63	Oliver Smith 12
Thirds	Joeys	Win	65-27	Hamish Pearson 16
Fourths	Joeys	Win	25-24	Angus Leslie 8
Fifths	Joeys	Win	30-27	Eric Qiao 15
Sixths	Joeys	Win	35-26	Jayden Sze 9
Sevenths	Joeys	Win	53-19	Josh Marks 10
Eighths	Joeys	Win	37-36	Vaughan Finlay 13
Nineths	Joeys	Win	40-22	Daniel Ritchie 11
Tenths	Joeys	Loss	25-29	Luke Bauer 6
Elevenths	Joeys	Win	30-14	Ben Biggs 8
Twelveths	Joeys	Win	37-32	Archie Hagen 10
Thirteenths	Joeys	Win	42-26	Ethan Wu 14
Fourteenths	Joeys	Loss	17-58	Oliver Nicol 6
16A	Joeys	Loss	24-28	Oscar Lau 8
16B	Joeys	Win	24-23	Blake Lynton 7
16C	Joeys	Win	38-20	Phoenix Thompson and Oliver Piper 7
16D	Joeys	Loss	22-31	Harry Livingstone 5
16E	Joeys	Win	45-16	Tyler Spence and Rory Wenden 10
16F	Joeys	Draw	33-33	Michael Phillips 6
16G	Kings	Loss	18-32	Austin Xu and Yukai Yan 4
16H	Kings	Loss	22-30	Edward McAuley 6

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
15A	Joeys	Win	61-46	Addison Webster 12
15B	Joeys	Win	61-15	Will Atkinson 24
15C	Joeys	Win	51-13	Will Cadman 13
15D	Joeys	Loss	31-47	Jack Newton 8
15E	Joeys	Win	33-12	James Cunningham 10
15F	Knox	Loss	12-36	Spencer Campbell 4
15G	Knox	Loss	14-24	Freddie Francis 12
15H	BYE	–	–	–
14A	Joeys	Win	41-35	Justin Polya 9
14B	Joeys	Win	41-32	Luca Scott 13
14C	Joeys	Loss	16-26	Lachlan Kwan 5
14D	Joeys	Loss	29-31	Sid Shoemark 8
14E	Joeys	Loss	17-32	Brody Burnette 6
14F	Joeys	Loss	8-50	Jimmy Goktas, Edward Pritchard and Thomas Wilkins 2
14G	Joeys	Loss	19-28	Noah Wu 6
14H	Knox	Win	23-20	Thomas Moss 7