2019 #9 Round 7 Recaps - A's escape the Red Wedding

Key Dates

·      Intercol – Monday 22^nd July

·      Quiz Night – Saturday 27^th July

·      Players Player – Saturday 24^th August

·      Club Lunch – Saturday 12^th October

**Tickets for Quiz Night now available HERE.

SAABL Division 1

A’s v Moonshiners with Mike and Lachy

Score: Reds 56 defeat Moonshiners 43

Points: Liam 15, Stuart Brennan 13, Mike 10

SAABL Division 2

B’s (Red 2) v Taperoo Taps by Brandon

The B’s came out to Saturday’s game having had a quality win against the Titans last week. We were looking to go above .500 and put ourselves back in to finals contention and with the return of Selfy it made us even more confident we could knock off Taperoo. The game started out slow with Selfy making a couple of 3’s to get our offense going. Krantz helping us out by crashing the boards and communicating on defence saw us take the lead 8 minutes in. Unfortunately, we couldn’t maintain the lead and were down at the half, but we were sure we could get it back if we exploited their terrible zone and turned the heat up on defence.

Changing to a man defence in the 2nd half saw Taperoo’s scoring dry up, but after expending so much energy on it we were unable to exploit it on the other end. Taperoo’s subpar defence meant that we were in the bonus with over 10 minutes to play. Instead of using this to our advantage we became too focused on drawing fouls and found ourselves in awkward positions, subsequently turning the ball over. It was a frustrating day for the team as we know that on paper, we’re a solid team who have the potential to be a threat come finals time. With the return of our full squad after Tim’s holiday in Hawaii (which we are all very envious of with some of the weather here) we’ll hope to find some synergy together as the season develops.

Score: Taperoo 47 defeat Reds 39

Points: Jon 16, Brandon 11, Gus 9

C’s (White 2) v Sacred Heart by Jon Foo

C’s were up against the undefeated Sacred Heart team and knew it would be a tough match. Sacred Heart came out hot hitting their first 3 shots from downtown jumping out to a 9-0 lead in a couple minutes. They were essentially playing 5 out on offense and so we adjusted to a man defence. After this we started to make some ground with Isaac scoring consecutive tough buckets inside. Dylan and Daniel hit 3s but Sacred Heart was tough to stop and started scoring inside. Dillon scores on a couple baseline jumpers and Morgan and Cam scored inside and we ended the half down by 10.

We started the second half on a 3-2 zone which worked ok while Sacred Heart dried up a little from 3. Dylan and Dillon kept up in it's with 3s and baseline jumpers respectively. Cam hit a pair of free throws and Morgan got some late buckets to keep us close. Ultimately we fell short by 7 but did a good job to win the second half.

Score: Scared Heart 60 defeat Reds 53

Points: Dylan 11, Morgan 10, Cam and Dillon 8

SAABL Division 3

All Stars v Saints Gold by Manners

This week saw the All Stars against a good Saints outfit - a credit to the growing strength of SAABL to field such a good side in 3rd grade.  The Stars started off well, with Madman hitting a baseline jumper and Stu with a 3 from the elbow - 5-0, and we wish the report could end there.

Saints were good, scoring the next 11 before another baseline J from Madman, followed by a 2 from BB and a three from Lunny and unfortunately that was the end of the good news from the Stars, down 14 at the half. 

Second half opened up worst possible way for the Stars, Saints with two quick buckets and it got worse for the Stars from there. The Stars battled hard, especially on the boards but as has been the case all year, lamenting too many unforced turnovers (with equal contributions from all teammates in that regard). End score Stars lose by 34. Stars looking to get one this week against a weaker opponent.

Score: Saint Gold 65 defeat Reds 31

Points: Matt Williams 9, Stu 8, Lunny 7

E’s (Red 3) v Punjab Lions by Noah

This week we came up against the Punjab Lions in an intense matchup. Struggling for numbers, with Noah coming up from the G’s to give us a full lineup, the game was lining up to be a gruelling affair. The Lions opened up an early lead, getting up 9-2 in the opening five minutes. But behind some hot shooting from Ollie and strong rebounding from Jeremy we closed the gap to be down by only 4 at the half.

The second half was a see-sawing affair, with our zone defence holding them off quite well on the inside. But some hot shooting from Punjab kept it close with the game going down to the wire. The Reds took our first lead of the game with 8 minutes to go behind some strong drives from Tim and Noah. However, we were unable to hold off the bigger opposition in end, going down in a thriller.

Score: Lions 55 defeat Red 49

Points: Noah 16, Ollie 14, Tim 10

F’s (White 3) v East Adelaide Newbie by RT

I think it has been said before that our team is a strong Div 4 team. It was such the case on Saturday, with a game played against a strong Div 3 team. The end result was another case of same old same old. A clear loss, although, as usual in good spirits.

Things started reasonably well until the Newbies figured out that a bunch of 20 somethings could outrun a bunch of 30 and 40 somethings all day. Our total of 43 points isn’t too bad for us, but it was never going to be competitive against 71.

We had six 3 point shots in our total, including one from Nele (11 points total). Trev with 11 points as well, 3x3 and a 2. B-Rad with 10, unusually not the highest scorer. G with 6 from a couple of 3s, RT with 5 and some kind words from Lyn Wieland in her match review. Caldy only troubling the scorers with a foul. Beers by Nele, chips and shiny meat by RT.

Score: Newbies 71 defeat Reds 43

SACBA Central Men 3

G’s (Rookie Reds) - BYE

2019 #8 Round 6 Recaps - B's and C’s win & stay in touch with Div 2 Top 4

Key Dates

·      Intercol – Monday 22nd July

·      Quiz Night – Saturday 27thJuly

·      Players Player – Saturday 24th August

·      Club Lunch – Saturday 12th October

**Tickets for Quiz Night now available HERE. Form a table and get ready to drink your quiz-mates under it! All welcome, will be an entertaining night and is an important fundraising opportunity for the club's ~sweet new uniforms~!

SACBA Central Men 3

G’s (Rookie Reds) v Holdfast Sunrise by Lincoln

Another gritty and hard fought win against Holdfast Sunrise sees the Rookie Reds sitting comfortably on top of the table with 6 wins and 1 loss. The first 5 minutes of the game the opposition had us on the back foot after conceding some easy points and a 3 pointer. We immediately fought back after some individual brilliance from Noah Miles. At about the 10 minute mark Holdfast Sunrise called a timeout in which we made the decision to switch from a zone defense to man on man defense. What a great idea that was. The man on man defense stopped the opposition from getting easy shots which frustrated them. Solid team defense saw Lachlan Crawford, Stephen Ottanelli and Noah Miles score freely on the other end to give the rookies a slender 20-16 lead at half time.

In the first 10 minutes of the 2^nd half both teams found it easy to score. There was constant end to end scoring but some fantastic lockdown defense from Martins Lidums, some brilliant individual defensive efforts (*cough* Lincoln Halton *cough*)  and some excellent rebounding from Connor Craigie and Noah Miles brilliance saw the Rookie Reds hold their nerve and run out comfortable 39-32 winners.

Ps. congrats on Noah Miles on finally overtaking Igor Negrao for the competition’s top scorer!

Points: N. Miles 18, L. Crawford 8, S. Ottanelli 7, L. Halton. 2, M. Lidums 2, C. Craigie 2

SAABL Division 1

A’s v The Franchise by Mike

Saturday was a game the Reds would like to forget. They headed to the Schnithouse (formerly Lost Barrel Bar andG) on the Parade. The Parade has happy hour specials from 3-6 (which was Mike’s free throw shooting this week) and 8-9 (which would have been The Franchise’s conversion rate) where they do half price jugs of craft beer as well as $7 pints. The boys got a jug of the Infra-red, easily the best decision making they had all day, choosing far too late to change to man in the game.

Mike shouted this round throwing cash around carelessly, similar to the ball in the game giving up too many possessions needlessly. James chimed in with another jug, keeping the court as the only dry spell for the day for our Reds. Twiss accompanied the Reds to the bar with Brendon, a choice as dubious as his shot selection this week, not carrying on from his heavy lifting the day before. Boneless wings were on the menu, greasing up the hands that already seemed rather primed for the game, as we saw many passes fall through hands. A game we’d rather forget.

Final Score: Reds go down 35-51.

Scorers: Mike 8, Brendon and Stu 7. Best reds player: Billy (franchise) with 13.

*Lachlan, Mike and Phil all rocked up at PAC despite writing in the group that the game was at Saints.

SAABL Division 2

B’s v Titans BC by Charlie

Coming off two bad losses the pregame chat focused on not getting beat in transition and trying to play a defensive minded game, knowing we didn’t have the firepower to beat them in a contest in the 60s. 

It was shaky early as we went down 9-2 after some tough makes from the Titans. However we managed to take advantage of their sloppy passing, pushing the tempo and getting some easy baskets in transistion. We moved the ball well with Brandon hitting two big triples and Gussy and fill in big man Rory showing good touch around the basket. Half time Reds up 25-19.

The second half started on a similar note - B hitting triples in both the half court and transition (I don’t know why they didn’t get a hand up ...). After a Titans time out they started playing a *pretty garbage* trap, that we quickly realized was only off their makes. We negotiated the trap well, getting a few easy scores and them in foul trouble.

Personal fouls 19-7 told the story, B’s played more disciplined defensively as the Titans got frustrated and sloppy. Brandon and Kara spent most of the second half at the free throw line as we were in the bonus with 9 minutes to play.

Good to be back in the winners list after two loses, taking out a team above us on the ladder. Post-game beers were enjoyed in much higher spirts this week and it was nice to be joined by Chairman Heylen and hopefully soon to be regular contributor Rory.

Final score: Reds 47 defeat Titans 35

Buckets: Brandon 20, Gus 13, everyone troubling the scorers.

C’s v Southside Spartans

First Half: C’s got out to a hot start, Jon scored in transition and hit a 3! Morgan, Cam and Will (fill in) dominated the board getting plenty of second chance points. Dylan hit a 3 and a runner 0 C’s were up by 9 at the half and as much as 15 at one point

Second Half: After missing lots of 3s early, Spartans started to heat up making 4 in a row and coming within 2 pts of us. C’s were getting good looks but missing some open shots - in the last 2 minutes will got a crucial put back and Dan hit a 3 with 30 seconds to go to put us up by 8.

Final score: Reds win 46-38

Scorers: Jon 15, Will 10, Dylan 8

SAABL Division 3

PAOCBC White 3 (F’s) v SAABL All Stars by Road Train (F’s perspective)

Here it is, the first “dance with your sister” round. Tasmanians especially welcome. I think I speak for most of the club when I say I particularly dislike playing against my own club mates. With 3 teams in the same division this is obviously the first of a few games of this ilk. Something that wasn’t supposed to happen with the proposed 4 division competition… but I digress.

We had 6 for the start, including an RT provided fill in by the name of Scott Kenny. He brought some welcome height to the game and ended up with a decent carpet burn to one shin after diving for a loose ball. The kind of commitment we welcome, if not the kind we display ourselves! He also got a handy 4 points and three fouls.

Once again SACBA style reffing was the order of the day. Inconsistent from one end to the other, poor calls, no calls, etc. It went both ways, but both ways badly. RT with a tech for voicing frustration towards the end of the game, but certainly not going to have a change of opinion.

A loss for us, but no one was really surprised by the outcome. Caldy supplying surprisingly good beers (no West End!) and RT with chips (Crisps to Dangerous Stu). All were welcome after the game, Stu the only taker from the opposition team. Manners made the comment that it would be uncouth, which probably describes our team very well! 

Final score: All Stars 47 defeat White 3 31

F’s Scorers: B-Rad top scored with 9, Caldy with a crafty 7, Hendo got 6, Nele with 3 and RT with 2.

All Stars Scorers: Stu 13, Matt Williams 10, Bishop 8, Lunny 6.

E’s v Pace and Space

The PAOCBC Reds played against Pace and Space who are a finals contender in Div 3. To begin the game we had only four for the first 6 minutes. We gained a little control back when our 5th arrived however it was no match for the IQ of the much, much older team of Pace and Space. All in all, our defence and ability to secure rebounds let us down and allowed the other team to get up many jump shots of which they missed only a few. We look forward to putting this game behind us and moving on to the next game. Special mention to Tristan Kitchen for his highest scoring game of 5 points which is 5 more than all his previous games combined.

Final score: *gulp* Pace and Space 92 defeat Reds 52.

Points: Ollie 25, Sibly 11, Borken 6.