Basketball Report

With Scots just one win ahead of Shore on the ladder, this week was an opportunity for our First V to make a late push for second place. Scots came out of the blocks quickly, racing out to a 24-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. But just like last week, Shore stuck to their guns and were able to narrow the gap to just seven points at half-time and were only four points behind midway through the third quarter. Shore continued to create good scoring opportunities in the final quarter and actually took more shots than Scots did throughout the game, but the ball just wouldn’t drop when the boys needed it to. The game ended in a 54-70 defeat. Oscar d’Almeida toughed out an impressive defensive performance, while Brandon Salis led all scorers with 23.

Our Second V went into Saturday level on points with Scots (seven wins each), with the winner keeping their premiership hopes in their own hands and the defeated needing other teams to do them a favour. In this game it was Shore who shot into an early lead at the end of the first quarter, with Scots struggling to break down an unexpected zone defence and Shore scoring well at the other end.

The tide started to turn in the second quarter, with Scots’ scorers finding their rhythm and Shore struggling to break down a tenacious Scots defence. Shore relinquished the lead at half-time and, despite some good scoring runs, were unable to ever reclaim it, going down 43-57. Captain James Boyd impressed with his leadership and scoring inside the paint, while James Hewitt led Shore’s scoring with 12 points.

Around the other courts, it was a tough week for Shore in terms of number of wins, but we still had some good news stories. We loved seeing Sam Harris and Jake Wagstaff of the 16Bs stick around after their game to share some words of encouragement with the 13Hs, who were doing it pretty tough in their first ever competitive fixture for the School. Also deserving of a shoutout is the 14Gs, who had their biggest win of the season courtesy of a massive 18 points from Spencer Campbell, as well as the 14As and 15As who both ended up on the losing side of epic one-score games against strong Scots sides which could have gone either way.

Disappointingly, the undefeated coaches’ race has ended in a tie, with all five remaining coaches falling to Scots this weekend. The two undefeated teams, however, remain unblemished. I’m still not naming them here out of fear of curses, but they’re still out there!

Player of the Week: Ryan Horwood scored all eight of his team’s points in a combative loss for the 13Gs.

Team of the Week: The 16Cs have won a lot of games at a canter this year but they came through under pressure this weekend to deliver a narrow 24-21 win against Scots.

	Opens	16s	15s	14s	13s
Week 10 Record	2-12	1-7	6-2	2-6	0-8
Overall Record	77-59-1	41-21-1	37-40-1	39-38-1	2-12

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
Firsts	Scots	Loss	54-70	Brandon Salis 23
Seconds	Scots	Loss	43-57	James Hewitt 12
Thirds	Scots	Loss	40-47	Ed Gall 14
Fourths	Scots	Loss	24-43	Luke Goddard 8
Fifths	Scots	Loss	37-48	Adam Walker 5
Sixths	Scots	Loss	25-27	Angus Baker 13
Sevenths	Scots	Loss	23-32	Ethan Tan 8
Eighths	Scots	Loss	33-38	Lachie Brown 7
Ninths	Scots	Loss	23-39	Declan Hill 11
Tenths	Scots	Loss	24-26	Edward Walker 8
Elevenths	Scots	Win	38-31	Lachlan Firek 18
Twelfths	Scots	Win	36-31	Tom Ellis & Mac Deane 11
Thirteenths	Scots	Loss	10-25	Matthew Davis 5
Fourteenths	Scots	Loss	12-42	Harry Corcoran 6
16A	Scots	Loss	35-51	Bill Gao 11
16B	Scots	Loss	27-45	Oscar Shirley 6
16C	Scots	Win	24-21	Rory Tucker 8
16D	Scots	Loss	15-53	Tom Houstone 4
16E	Scots	Loss	20-40	Ethan Wu 6
16F	Scots	Loss	25-45	Joseph Steyn 5
16G	Scots	Loss	18-39	Sam Walker, Griffin Williams and Luke Horwood 4
16H	Scots	Loss	22-30	Harry Siebld 8
15B	Scots	Win	56-21	Joe Eggleton 11
15C	Scots	Win	28-22	Charlie Glancy 6
15D	Scots	Win	40-18	Oliver Piper 10
15E	Scots	Win	22-18	Angus Goode 6
15F	Scots	Loss	34-39	Zac Chang 9
15G	Knox	Win	33-12	Otis Hunter 7
15H	Knox	Win	25-10	Oscar Dimitropoulos 6
14A	Scots	Loss	40-42	Louis Pichler 15
14B	Scots	Loss	20-33	Marcos Perez and Edward Colvin 7

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Top Scorer
14C	Scots	Win	30-27	Hugo Noe 9
14D	Scots	Win	37-17	Fox Court 10
14E	Scots	Win	41-29	James Cunningham 14
14F	Scots	Win	34-30	Lucas Wright 10
14G	Scots	Win	52-8	Spencer Campbell 18
14H	Scots	Loss	18-22	Jet Seeto 8
13A	Scots	Loss	31-56	Isaac Kasprowicz 11
13B	Scots	Loss	5-45	Kieran Blakely 2
13C	Scots	Loss	8-32	Toby Cay 4
13D	Scots	Loss	8-47	Sean Chang 4
13E	Scots	Loss	15-36	Miller Boyle 8
13F	Scots	Loss	9-38	James Allen 3
13G	Scots	Loss	8-18	Ryan Horwood 8
13H	Scots	Loss	8-72	Cameron Whitehead 8

Mr G Davis
MIC Basketball