Basketball Report
Week 14 Term 1 2024
The Firsts entered their final fixture level on points, with The Kings School (TKS) in the hunt for 4th place. While Shore had won the reverse fixture in convincing fashion, there has been a very different look about the TKS’ side over the second half of the season, and Shore knew this would be a tough game. A tight first quarter saw TKS’ take a one-point lead into the break, but the men from Parramatta seized their opportunities on the fast break to open this to nine by half-time. Shore clawed this back and then some in the third quarter, leaving the game poised at 62-61 to the home side going into the final 10 minutes. A nervy fourth quarter saw both teams scoring well, but Shore found themselves down two scores and forced to take defensive risks to chase the game in the final three minutes, resulting in an 83-91 defeat. Julian Reynolds top scored with 27 points.
In the Seconds, this was a dead rubber for both teams on the table, but Shore was determined to keep their winning streak going and finish the season on a high. Shore took control of the game early, leading 17-8 at the end of the first quarter and 30-15 at the half, thanks to solid scoring across the side and some good defensive stops. With the game looking dead and buried at 41-22 going into the fourth quarter, TKS’ mounted a fightback to get the score within seven, but a calming time-out allowed our boys to see out the game to win 53-46, with Adam Awad top scoring with 14.
There were plenty of great results across the other fixtures, which has made picking a team of the week very difficult. The 15H’s and Fifths both overcame significant illness issues to win despite being short on personnel, while the 15A’s had a big comeback to snatch a 52-46 win in overtime, and the 16H’s won and also made a flag for reasons I’m not 100 percent clear on but I like all the same.
Massive congratulations to our three undefeated teams – the 13B’s, 13D’s and Sevenths all finished the season without tasting defeat, which is a remarkable achievement given how tight the GPS basketball competitions have been this year. A final congratulations to the 15s as the most successful age group and to all players and coaches for what has been a great season.
Player of the Week: Thomas Moss has been scoring for fun in the 14H’s for a few weeks and finishes the season with a monstrous 26 points.
Team of the Week: There is no bias at all in awarding this to the 13A’s for the final week of the season. Who coaches them again?
| Opens | 16s | 15s | 14s | 13s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 14 Record | 10-4 | 5-3 | 4-2-2 | 3-5 | 5-5 |
| Overall Record | 99-4-63 | 48-2-42 | 57-4-34 | 31-62 | 23-18 |
| Team | Opponent | Result | Score | Top Scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firsts | King’s | Loss | 83-91 | Julian Reynolds 27 |
| Seconds | King’s | Win | 53-46 | Adam Awad 14 |
| Thirds | King’s | Win | 51-29 | Nick Riley 15 |
| Fourths | King’s | Loss | 44-46 | Angus Baker 9 |
| Fifths | King’s | Win | 47-41 | Alex Yates and Harvey Frewin 10 |
| Sixths | King’s | Win | 48-29 | Alex Belli 12 |
| Sevenths | King’s | Win | 50-41 | Ed Walker 15 |
| Eighths | King’s | Win | 32-21 | Aidan King and Logan Crookshanks 7 |
| Ninths | King’s | Win | 40-20 | Tom O’Brien 11 |
| Tenths | King’s | Win | 46-30 | Luke Brownlee 11 |
| Elevenths | King’s | Win | 44-18 | Mac Deane 9 |
| Twelfths | King’s | Win | 49-18 | Archie Hagen and Kane Smallacombe 10 |
| Thirteenths | Knox | Loss | 18-42 | Darian Lee, Will Cunningham and Aidan Lord 4 |
| Fourtheenths | Knox | Loss | 20-30 | Oliver Nicol 8 |
| 16A | King’s | Win | 54-52 | Harvey Joyce 12 |
| 16B | King’s | Loss | 16-28 | Phoenix Thompson 7 |
| 16C | King’s | Loss | 24-36 | Josh Lo 6 |
| 16D | King’s | Win | 25-24 | Felix Clarkson 10 |
| 16E | King’s | Win | 48-22 | Tim Leahy 11 |
| 16F | King’s | Win | 31-24 | Lachlan Norquay 8 |
| 16G | King’s | Loss | 26-38 | Harry Lyons 10 |
| 16H | King’s | Win | 36-13 | Nathaniel Joukhador 8 |
| 15A | King’s | Win | 52-46 | Addison Webster 12 |
| 15B | King’s | Win | 41-32 | Henry Wallis 10 |
| 15C | King’s | Loss | 31-33 | Lucas Wright 8 |
| 15D | King’s | Draw | 32-32 | Fox Court 8 |
| 15E | King’s | Draw | 33-33 | Sam Defina 9 |
| 15F | King’s | Win | 35-30 | Archie Cranna 10 |
| 15G | King’s | Loss | 26-28 | Patrick Fischl 14 |
| 15H | King’s | Win | 17-13 | Harry Parry-Okeden 8 |
| 14A | King’s | Win | 53-29 | Jordan Gao 14 |
| 14B | King’s | Loss | 26-27 | Toby Foote 6 |
| 14C | King’s | Loss | 18-50 | Max Pearson 9 |
| 14D | King’s | Win | 29-22 | Lucas Madsen and Jayden Ng 8 |
| 14E | King’s | Loss | 19-24 | Ryan Tan 10 |
| 14F | King’s | Loss | 22-23 | Ethan Alderson 7 |
| 14G | King’s | Loss | 12-16 | Oliver Farago 4 |
| 14H | King’s | Win | 52-20 | Thomas Moss 26 |
| 13A | King’s | Win | 53-27 | Reggie Stafford 14 |
| 13B | King’s | Win | 35-18 | Sam Diddams 10 |
| 13C | King’s | Loss | 14-19 | Harry Birch 8 |
| 13D | King’s | Win | 40-23 | Asher Hassall 24 |
| 13E | King’s | Loss | 10-25 | Nicko Dawkins 4 |
| 13F | King’s | Loss | 9-12 | Oscar Riding 4 |
| 13G | King’s | Win | 27-14 | Charlie Koch 10 |
| 13H | King’s | Win | 32-8 | Kingston Hsieh 8 |
| 13I | Trinity | Loss | 10-36 | Ethan Au-Yeung 5 |
| 13J | Trinity | Loss | 6-61 | Rupert Bransgrove 4 |
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