Basketball Report

Basketball Report

This week saw the Shore First V travel away to take on a strong Kings College First V group. Kings started the game by jumping out to an early 24-18 lead in the first quarter. After Kings stretched their lead to 17 points in the second quarter, Shore showed their resilience by cutting the deficit to 6 points by the end of the third. Shore continued its momentum into the fourth quarter and held a slender four point lead with just three minutes remaining, but the bounce of the ball in the final minutes fell to Kings, who were able to execute offensively and finished the game just ahead at 95-90. 

Brandon Salis led the charge for Shore, finishing the game with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in 38 minutes of work. Joslin Barnes chipped in with an efficient 20 points and 18 rebounds on only 10 field goal attempts. Stef Petrellis also provided an efficient punch off the bench with 9 points in as many minutes.

The Second V set a blistering pace to begin the game going up 13-0 within the first 5 minutes. Kings couldn’t handle the intensity of Shore’s full-court defence or fast-paced transition in offense. The boys were able to maintain the pressure through the entire game and never relinquished the lead.

Amongst a strong team performance, Josh Ashton was outstanding in controlling the game, which allowed the other players to get up and down the floor with total confidence. Nick Wendt also had a strong game, grabbing 11 rebounds, to go along with 12 points and 4 steals. The win now places the Second V in equal second position.

Outside the competition teams, we had success stories across the School and out at Kings. Special congratulations this week go to Mr Polis (14C), Mr Ho (14E), Mr Joson (Sixths), Mr O’Brien (Ninths) and Mr Ng (Tenths), who all managed to come out on top in their first games as Shore Basketball coaches and are therefore currently the ‘winningest’ coaches in the School. We’ll keep an eye on the situation as it unfolds to see if they can keep it up!

Player of the Week: Jayden Sze thinks he scored 18 for the Ninths, but the scoresheet says 25 so we’re going with that.

Team of the Week: The 14As picked up where they left off with a 73-15 demolition of Kings in which almost every player scored, including a dominant full-court press and some highlight reel assists which I wish I’d filmed.

Mr G Davis
MIC Basketball

Opens16s15s14s
Week 8 Record8-64-44-45-3
Overall Record63-46-141-21-125-36-135-26-1
TeamOpponentResultScoreTop Scorer
First VKingsLoss90-95Brandon Salis 27
Second VKingsWin65-49Nick Wendt & James Hewitt 12
Third VKingsWin49-37Ed Gall 10
Fourth VKingsLoss27-39Tom Harbot, Luke Goddard & Daniel Kang 6
Fifth VKingsLoss25-30Tom Roberts 5
Sixth VKingsWin22-15Harvey Frewin 9
Seventh VKingsLoss24-25Finn Molloy 10
Eighth VKingsWin42-20Kobi Lomas 12
Ninth VKingsWin39-20Jayden Sze 25
Tenth VKingsWin32-12Lachlan Doy 11
Eleventh VKingsLoss23-31Josh Sikos & Billy Fennessy 6
Twelfth VKingsWin28-23Will Nugent 8
Thirteenth VJoeysWin38-16Benjamin Biggs 12
Fourteenth VJoeysLoss11-68Harry Corcoran 6
16AKingsLoss40-71Toby Ashton 14
16BKingsLoss18-22Bede Clout 5
16CKingsWin34-19Rory Tucker 8
16DKingsLoss17-27Logan Crookshanks 7
16EKingsWin27-23Jay Warnes, Ethan Wu & Dan Ritchie 6
16FKingsWin31-17Austen Petty 8
16GKingsLoss19-37Luke Horwood 9
16HKingsWin48-17Aidan Lord 20
15AKingsWin45-39Harvey Joyce 12
15BKingsWin39-25Hamish Jackson 7
15CKingsWin25-23Darcy Squire
15DKingsLoss11-36Lucian Lineker 4
15EKingsLoss21-22Ben Thomas 8
15FKingsWin23-35Jack Lamb 8
15GKingsLoss14-41Six Players 2
15HKingsLoss6-24Christian Wong 3
14AKingsWin73-15Louis Pichler 16
14BKingsLoss38-48Euan Milne 7
14CKingsWin46-1Ted Scott 18
14DKingsWin29-12Jaxon Black 7
14EKingsWin42-15Harry Whitney 10
14FKingsWin41-18Lucas Wright 12
14GKingsLoss14-25Harry Carpenter 4
14HKingsLoss10-54Sam Zhu 4