Basketball Report

Week 7 saw everyone but the 16s travel to Hunter’s Hill for fixtures against St Joseph’s College.

Our First V knew that victory against Joeys was a non-negotiable in order to keep in touch with the league leaders and duly delivered despite a tenacious defensive performance from the hosts in the first half. A third quarter surge changed the momentum of the game and the game ended in an 82-50 win. Julian Reynolds was exceptional with 26 points, while Tom Latimer’s defensive efforts were a highlight at the other end of the court.

The Joey’s gym has been the graveyard of many Seconds’ campaigns, so this year’s crop went into the fixture determined to avoid a similar fate and match Joey’s physically. The game that unfolded was a real arm wrestle, with both teams getting their noses in front at different times, but it would ultimately be Joeys who left with an invaluable 3 point victory. Ben Murray made a mockery of his tender years by excelling inside the paint, while Nick Riley top scored again with 18 points.

Outside the competition teams (literally outside this week), both the 14s and the 16s had solid weeks with wins across most teams. The 16As recovered from a 2-12 deficit to win 44-31 thanks to Adam Awad’s 15 points, while the 14Es shared the points around with Austin Sainsberry, Harry Whitney and Jack Butcher scoring 8 points each in their 48-0 win. Sledding was a little bit tougher in the 15s, but there were still notable results in the form of the 15Ds convincing 55-28 win and the 15Cs heartbreaking 11-12 loss after extra time. In the Opens, we saw a number of incredibly close games, with the Sevenths just holding on for a nail-biter 23-21 win while the 13ths went the other way in a 3 point loss.

Next week sees Under 15 and Under 17 representative teams travel with our Firsts to play at the Australian Schools Championship in the Gold Coast. Good luck to all teams and hopefully we’ll have a national title to report back next year!

Player of the Week: Archer Hall tallied almost half of his team’s points in the Sevenths tight win.

Team of the Week: The 15Hs played an internal against the Gs this week and showed great determination to push them all the way to the final whistle.

Mr G Davis
MIC, Basketball

Results Summary

	Opens	16s	15s	14s
Week 2 Record	8-5-1	4-2-1	2-4	4-2
Overall Record	55-40-1	37-17-1	21-32-1	30-23-1

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
First V	Joeys	Win	82-50	Julian Reynolds 26
Second V	Joeys	Loss	57-60	Nick Riley 18
Third V	Joeys	Win	35-32	Ed Gall 8
Fourth V	Joeys	Win	35-25	Kian McDonald 9
Fifth V	Joeys	Win	36-30	Jack Binnie 12
Sixth V	Joeys	Win	32-19	Harvey Frewin 8
Seventh V	Joeys	Win	23-21	Archer Hall 10
Eighth V	Joeys	Tie	23-23	Lachlan Brown 9
Ninth V	Joeys	Win	34-14	Matthew Gill 8
10ths	Joeys	Loss	19-31	Lachlan Doy 10
11ths	Joeys	Loss	22-33	Tim Bannister 8
12ths	Joeys	Win	35-18	Sean Mount 12
13ths	Joeys	Loss	19-22	Henry Henderson 6
14ths	Joeys	Loss	8-29	Jamie D’Arcy 6
16A	Joeys	Win	44-31	Adam Awad 15
16B	Joeys	Win	33-18	Eric Qiao 9
16C	Joeys	Win	36-24	Archie Hagen and Noah Shepherd 8
16D	Joeys	Loss	16-30	Tom Houstone 8
16E	Joeys	Loss	38-39	Chris Griffiths 12
16F	Joeys	Tie	21-21	Russell Jiang 8
16G	Joeys	Win	32-11	Austin Petty 10
16H	BYE
15A	Joeys	Loss	33-51	James Ellis 11
15B	Joeys	Loss	16-26	Rex Shoemark 6
15C	Joeys	Loss	11-12	Joshua Lo 7
15D	Joeys	Win	55-28	Felix Clarkson 10
15E	Joeys	Win	31-6	Ben Thomas and Angus Goode 12
15F	Joeys	Loss	22-28	Zac Chang 10
15G	Internal	–	–	–
15H	Internal	–	–	–
14A	Joeys	Win	49-18	Henry Trueman 11
14B	Joeys	Win	34-17	Matthew Allen-Paterson 7
14C	Joeys	Loss	21-29	Dylan Baxter 8
14D	Joeys	Win	27-15	Jai van Hamburg 6
14E	Joeys	Win	48-0	Austin Sainsberry, Harry Whitney and Jack Butcher 8
14F	Riverview	Loss	22-28	Tom Breakwell 10
14G	Internal	–	–	–
14H	Internal	–	–	–