Basketball Report

Week 13 Term 1 2024

Our Firsts’ fixture against Newington College was always going to be a tough one – the men from Stanmore are unbeaten in more than two full seasons worth of GPS fixtures and came into the game flying after despatching second and third on the ladder by huge margins. Things went from bad to worse when Shore lost two players to illness before the game even started, but our boys nevertheless came out firing and were able to maintain parity for large portions of the game, with NC scoring well inside the paint while Shore found points on the back of forcing turnovers through the now trademark full court defence. The margin hovered around 15 points for the entire first half before a lack of numbers began to tell towards the end of the third quarter, with NC eventually running out 117-75 winners in one of the highest-scoring GPS fixtures I’ve ever seen. Julian Reynolds led all scorers with 37 points, and Shore now enters the final week of the season playing for 4th place against King’s.

In the Seconds, Shore was hungry for revenge after the reverse fixture against NC ended in a triple-overtime loss. A tight first quarter actually saw NC take a 5 point lead, but Shore came about firing in the second and was able to catch and then overtake their opponents, largely on the back of tough rebounding and some lights out shooting from James Ellis. Continued Shore pressure saw them maintain and build on this lead throughout the second half, with Shore finishing on top of a relatively comfortable 63-51 win. James Ellis led scorers with 21 points, while guards Will R and Rex Cambridge did an excellent job of controlling the flow of the game.

Outside the GPS teams, this was a tough week for the 16’s and 14’s, where good wins in the A’s saved a whitewash in both age groups. The 13’s continue to show their strength with a positive ratio, with an eye-catching 36-1 win for the 13G’s the pick of the results (and it could have been even better if the 13F’s had found just one more point to get them into overtime). A mixed bag in the 15’s saw more wins than losses, while the Opens didn’t quite make it to parity despite some good results in the Sixths and another statement win for the Sevenths.

Player of the Week: Liam B hit a free-throw with 12 seconds left to secure a nervy 28-27 win for the 16A’s.

Team of the Week: the 14A’s came away from NC with a 52-39 victory after their best performance of the season.

Top image: The 14A’s after their big win at NC.

Mr G Davis
MIC Basketball

	Opens	16s	15s	14s	13s
Week 13 Record	6-8	1-7	5-3	1-7	7-3
Overall Record	89-4-59	43-2-39	53-2-32	28-57	18-13

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
First V	Newington	Loss	75-117	Julian Reynolds 37
Second V	Newington	Win	64-50	James Ellis 21
Third V	Newington	Win	37-30	Mitchell Dettman 10
Fourth V	Newington	Loss	27-40	Angus Baker 9
Fifth V	Newington	Loss	38-40	Eric Qiao and Harvey Frewin 8
Sixth V	Newington	Win	63-24	Oliver Parrish and Gideon Kingal-Paia 10
Seventh V	Newington	Win	54-16	Lachlan Doy 12
Eighth V	Newington	Win	29-28	Vaughan Finlay 12
Ninth V	Newington	Loss	28-30	Fred King 10
Tenth V	Newington	Loss	24-36	John Perdikaris 10
Eleventh V	Newington	Win	23-21	Tristain Noakes 6
Twelfth V	Newington	Loss	18-41	Archie Hagen 8
Thirteenth V	Newington	Loss	29-55	Russell Jiang 10
Fourteenth V	Newington	Loss	11-28	Oliver Nicol 8
16A	Newington	Win	28-27	Liam B 9
16B	Newington	Loss	16-24	Will Powell 6
16C	Newington	Loss	8-37	Josh Lo and Oliver Piper 2
16D	Newington	Loss	31-37	Angus Goode 5
16E	Newington	Loss	12-33	Will Simpson 4
16F	Newington	Loss	11-32	Michael Phillips 5
16G	Newington	Loss	10-36	5 players 2
16H	Newington	Loss	8-10	Finn Curic 2
15A	Newington	Loss	37-38	Jacob Shih 14
15B	Newington	Win	36-31	Nick Marskell 12
15C	Newington	Win	44-34	Sam Elworthy 14
15D	Newington	Loss	29-55	Michael Hocking 10
15E	Newington	Win	32-13	Hugo Brown 6
15F	Newington	Win	32-24	Archie Cranna 8
15G	Newington	Win	27-14	Cooper Macdonald 5
15H	Newington	Loss	12-34	Harry Parry-Okeden 6
14A	Newington	Win	52-39	Justin Polya 14
14B	Newington	Loss	19-38	Toby Cay 5
14C	Newington	Loss	19-54	Aidin Nixon 6
14D	Newington	Loss	25-33	Lucas Madsen and Will Hartin 6
14E	Newington	Loss	12-49	Ethan Alderson 5
14F	Newington	Loss	11-56	Markos Karellas and Freddy Roach 4
14G	Newington	Loss	19-44	James McCowan 10
14H	Newington	Loss	12-47	Caesar Smith 4
13A	Newington	Win	50-20	Reggie Stafford 20
13B	Newington	Win	36-26	Matthew McRae 10
13C	Newington	Loss	18-42	Harry Bors 5
13D	Newington	Win	32-24	Leo Cranna 12
13E	Newington	Win	24-20	Hayden Bunting 12
13F	Newington	Loss	8-9	4 Players 2
13G	Newington	Win	36-1	Charlie Koch 10
13H	Newington	Win	38-25	William Vella 12
13I	Newington	Win	31-6	James Chen and Hugh Sainsbery 6
13J	Knox	Loss	10-50	Toby Armstrong 6