Intercol Tonight - Wooooooooooo! Man I love Intercol (woo) - so much so I dreamt about it last night. I dreamt I went to shoot at the PAC gym but I couldn't leave (much like the Hotel California) and when I did leave there was no one would give me a lift. I kept thinking - I could walk there cos it is so close. Then BB gave me a lift but couldn't find a park. I arrived for the end of the B's game and we lost. I said "how did we lose" and someone said "they hit 100 3's" I looked at the scoreboard and it said 300-0. The A's game was forfeited because the Church league heard we were playing and they said we can't play basketball unless it is their league. So we all went to the pub ... but I couldn't find BB to take me to the pub. I then woke up - it was a nightmare.
Intercol (woo) @ Saint Peters Gym (enter off Hackney Road and carpark 100m on the right)
*Can usually get there from around 5.30
C’s at 6.30
B’s at 7.30
A’s at 8.30.
Maid and Magpie after for a couple of drinks.
*Need volunteers – we have people to score the A’s and C’s but need someone to score the B’s – if we get a couple of people they can do a half each. Also – we will be filming the games – so if can get people to work a camera that would be sweet.
Reds Teams:
A’s - Jack Harford, Corey Gaard, Josh Orken, Liam Golding, Tauny Schmidt, Jon Foo, Phil Harford, Ryan Williams
B’s - Ryan Williams, Mike Hill, Jono Self, Angus Crawford, Ben Palk, Mark Powell, James Davey, Brad Daniel
C’s - Nathan Graham, Matt Williams, Mark Henderson, Andrew Good, Tim Wong, Alex Bubner (injured), Chris Woodrow, Jay Nguyen, Simon Miller
Saints Teams:
A's - Proctor, Rogerson, McMillan, Good, Sainsbury, McMichael, Gibbons, Gilmartin
B’ - Ness, Rogerson, Adzanku, Horan, Bishop, Artaro, Cobain, Sedsman, Whittaker
C's - Mansfield, McArthur, Pellew, Jeffries, Minarelli, Thomson, Bedi, Iles , Stanes, Tegan-Andersen
To the reports:
A's (9-1) v Gateway A (7-3) - Written by Phil - Coming off the bye weekend we found ourselves facing Gateway, an occurrence that seems to come around frequently (we have played Gateway 3 times and Knightsbridge once for those keeping score at home). We had only 5, with Tauny MIA,
Foo nursing a sore ankle (too many foo-euro steps obviously) and Hobbs done for the season with a back injury forcing an early end to 2014. Horrible news for Tom, but we know that he will recover and return to being one of the best players in the club. Gateway came out of the blocks aggressive, with another new recruit getting a few layups and Jo hitting tough contested 3s early. We started flat, but got moving and started force feeding Orken the ball with everyone playing good team basketball. Gateway were in foul trouble for the last 7 minutes, and the clock bleed down ever slowly to halftime with the A's facing from memory a 22-19 deficit. An unfamiliar position for us, but we felt good how we were playing and looked to keep doing what we were doing and we would be right in the game at the end. The second half we started to punish Gateway inside, with spread scoring all around. Corey was playing awesome, getting plenty of assists and looking dangerous inside. Jack led the team well, Phil started hitting a few shots, Liam playing his usual do it-all role and Orken asserting his dominance. The game went back and forth, and we pulled away with a few minutes left. My recollection from here is hazy, but it was back and forth for the last 5 minutes with the biggest lead being 3 for us. They switched to man, which in the end was their downfall with Phil getting on the ring for an and 1 and some free throws. With Gateway in the bonus, we bled the clock down and when Campbell fouled out (he was called for a foul, he questioned itvery calmly and was teched for his trouble. Horrible tech foul, but both teams had warnings so it was justifiable). Phil made 3 of 4 free throws (2 for being in the penalty and 2 for the techs). On the inbound - Jack got fouled and went to the line for a 2 of 2 giving us the lead by 2 with 45 seconds left. Gateway then came down looking to tie, and Phil somehow blocked Jo inside on their last possession (taking his illustrious season total to 3). Clock ran out with a 2 point win for the good guys. Win 49-47. Orks had 17, Phil 13. Orken will get lion share of votes, dominated the boards and played great D second half despite being on 4 fouls.
B's (6-4) v SPOC A (8-2) - Written by Mike
Some games we're bad sports
Others hungry for food
The only thing we're waiting for
Is a game we all play goooooooood!
Seeeeeee SPOC's best, See SPOC's best
Making three's when shot from chests.
Feel our pressure? they're much better
When left open, with time to set(ter).
Show a hand or change to man,
Won't work if we can't follow plan.
Making shots were rare albino
African endangered rhino.
Call more fouls, Steve and Pete,
Try and run space out on the sheet.
Twas not luck, or 4 leaf clovers,
Just Mike's passes were turnovers.
Free throws shot, not free throws made,
Would not go in even if were paid.
We started well, out of the gate,
But screen calls were far too late.
30 points the overall difference it shall rest,
Try and break it back,
Or give their head's a crack*
See SPOC's Best, see SPOC's Best, See SPOC's best.
We really didn't have the heart in the game at all... Defence (our best part of the game) was dialed in on all counts. We barely showed hands to shots, people didn't talk up the screens. We looked like a bunch of lost puppies at times. Things MUST sharpen before Intercol Monday or we will embarrass ourselves and the club. Reds lost 27-57. Jono had 9, Kartik 6, Mike and Phill 5.
*Tomo accidentally gave McMillan a bit of an elbow in the dying second. I believe he's fine.
C's (8-2) v SPOC B - The C's were up against the rejuvenated SPOC B who took care of business against the D's in the last game. This is a typical Saints squad - loads of 3's, attack the O glass and solid defence. 1st half was an arm wrestle - Saints hit an early 3 and #41 Cobain (how many Nirvana puns can I squeeze in ... I am giving All Apologies now) was "In Bloom" around the basket, he was being a "Negative Creep" and a "Downer" trying to rip out the C's "Heart Shaped Box" by making crafty layups*. G made a 3, Good was big inside - getting to the line** and scored on a couple of layups going to the hoop. Jay and Madman made some jumpers and Reds up 18-15 at halftime. In the 2nd half the Reds shut Saints down and a frustrated St John (remember - this is Saints version of Jon Hanzalik - does some really athletic things and some really silly things) got ejected for kicking the ball after fouling Jay going to the basket. Jay had a great 2nd half - highlight was getting to the front of the rim and making a tough layup. Brad hit a runner and Goody inside and Reds were up 28-21 with 2 minutes left and it was all over - so much so Palk had a hearty laugh at Bill's expense. Or so we thought. Brad got a tech for saying "that was a push off" ... the ref said that he thought he said "that was a piss off". I have been advised his "syntax is exemplary and I would never of said such a thing". He then got another tech for dropping the ball after he fouled someone and the ball ended up in his hands. Brad was ejected. Saints hit a 3 and got 2 and it was 28-26. Jay went to the basket and hit 2 clutch free throws - proving once again Jay is clutch ... and the score was 30-26. Reds held on just ... proving never switch off against Saints - they are robots - it is not in their programming to give up. Reds win 30-28. Jay 11, Goody 7, Madman 4. This shows that the C's can get scoring from other areas when G is not shooting well.
*BOOOOOOOOOOO!
**Goody shot 3 airball free throws - a new record
D's (7-3) v Unley Park A (8-2) - Written by Simon - On a dark side court of Adelaide Arena an epic duel was scheduled between Baptists of Unley Park (the A variety) and the Reds of Princes (D-style). Unley are tough, we saw our C’s fight against them last year and although we beat them last match-up, we needed a good effort to take home the chocolates again. Unley came out on fire - they hit their first 6 shots against good D and with hands in their face. But with G providing the sage advice on the bench that it’s how they always start off, we dug in and stuck to a simple plan of 2-1-2 and scrambling to get out to the shooters. The best thing Reggie did all game was to sub himself off after 5 minutes and unleash Stu ‘Even more Dangerous than normal’ MacDonald on the game. Never mind Denzel Washington, Stu was the man on fire. He hit 17 for the half (bettering 13 from Unley’s #32) including 3 of 4 treys, great driving that led to foul shots and a 3 point play. Half time it was a slim 22-21. Defence was ok, but Unley were still hitting their shots when they needed. Then like Pamela Anderson, Tyra Banks and Dolly Parton, it was DD time – the D’s defence busted out and went to a whole new level, holding Unley scoreless for the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half. Unley went up a gear too with a man D. But at the same time Stu went nuts again, adding another 13 to his tally for an incredible 30 point game – including 6 from 8 long bombs. While Stu was by far the standout, I felt we played a great team game with our energetic D, getting out to every shot – sure it added to the foul count and we only had 4 for the last minute with Kobe & Reg fouled off, but it was what needed to happen. The whole team contributed – Palky & Reggie screening and drawing players to help Stu get looks, Jon & Kobe hitting the boards hard against Unley’s youth and giving 2nd chances, Frangars active with some good finishes & a trey for a 10 point game, Kobe with 2 x 3-point plays and Jon taking 2 big charges – who needs teeth anyway. We outscored them 26-10 in the second to finish for a 48-31 win. Great work!
Really appreciate JT’s efforts on the scorebench again; he has certainly been bringing sexy back to the scorer’s role these last few weeks.
E's (7-3) v SPOC C - With a number of players coming back from injury (Bubner a last minute inclusion after being sick all week) and other absences we were down by 10 points within the first 5 minutes of the game. We were hardly recognisable as the seemingly unbeatable team in the league just a few games ago, now looking flat and very quiet. To be fair Saints were getting lucky rolls on everything they put up and knocked down a couple of contested 3 pointers. On the defensive end they were exposing us by adopting a ‘Hack-a-Shaq’ strategy, making us earn all of our points from the free throw line. With 11 of their 16 fouls for the game being shooting fouls we responded with a miserable 7 of 22 free throw shooting. In hindsight we would have been better to look to our outside shooters more often to try to spread the defence, rather than to keep getting fouled on inside contested shots. In the second half we dropped back to a zone defence which slowed down their scoring a little and put us in a better position to force some transition opportunities. Even then we could rarely outnumber them on the break and so were often forced into low percentage shots. Rough Justice was showing the rest of us up with his intensity and willingness to put his body on the line. He took a couple of big charging fouls and was going after the loose balls like a maniac. We pulled to within 6 points with 5 minutes remaining but a couple of very costly turnovers at critical moments put any chance of a win out of reach. Saints got a couple of steadying baskets to run out 10 point winners, even though we outscored them in the second half. Thanks to BB for scoring, G-man for running the subs, and Flair for filling in again. In closing I was going to take a ‘Palk-esque’ swipe at the hyphenated double-barrelled surname in Saints team but I think his profile here says it all; http://cirillohooper.com/People_Sebastian_Tegen-Anderson. Everyone hates an over-achiever right?
E's lost 24-34 - Bubner 9, B. Daniel 4.
F's (6-3) v Golden Grove A - Written by Toma - Our grade is not unlike the NBA Eastern Conference, with two teams (our own E's and an admittedly good Saints) leading the pack, and three teams rounding out the contenders. This week was a matchup of the contenders to the contenders, as our gelling F's took on a heartfully short-manned Golden Grove 5. Golden Grove were helped in the first half by [heavily edited] some interesting interpretations of the rules by the referees. This allowed Golden Grove, who are a strong free-throw shooting team, to fixate on a double-digit lead almost exclusively off-of free throws. So frustrating was [heavily edited] some of the referring decisions our captain was T'd up for swearing, and immediately thereafter for staring (aka 'dissent', [heavily edited] as is a referee's ability to make such decisions'). The Captain's ejection from the game actually hurt Golden Grove more than it helped them, as a very angry F's squad spent a ronin-like halftime break swearing vengeance for their master. And take vengeance they did! The 2nd half was an example to all of the kids watching in how to play with heart, as we owned the boards, allowed only the ass-iest of shots to go in, got out and ran, made the right passes at the right times (Charlie Baker, here's looking at you!), and hit the baskets that mattered most. It took nearly 20 minutes to do it, but after being down by 8 at the half, we had a foul-troubled 3-player GG squad nearing seppuku, taking the lead with about 2 minutes to play, and never relinquished it. Tim showed that when his 3's aren't dropping he can score in many other ways, top scoring with 11 points on great transition plays. After a shaky start that saw him pulled early, Orken did everything that he should, getting in position for passes, grabbing rebounds, and straight-up hustling. Somewhere out there, an already departed Josh was quietly shedding a tear. Mad D from Tone created mad points. Hanzolo shot a couple of GG storm troopers on his way to 7 points. And I spent the entire 2nd half trash-talking the whole GG team for cheering themselves every time we let them do something good. All said, we overcame ourselves, and some [heavily edited] tough calls, to beat GG by 4. Win 35-31 - Tim 11, Tom 10, Zolo and Bjorks 7. [Statement deleted]. The F's are finding their groove. Watch this space.
G's (3-5) V Knightsbridge B - Written by Hitman - After a two-week hiatus, G-Force returned to the court to face the White Knights of Knightsbridge, who fielded five players even more youthful than our own starting five. Pre-game we planned to continue our solid play from before the break, and to use our numbers advantage to wear down the opposition. During the early going we held up the first part of the plan, moving the ball well for wide-open looks, and for a change we knocked down our opportunities to keep the score board moving. At the other end the energetic Whites matched us and the scores remained tight. At the mid-way point of the half the Reds had a short dry spell but the Whites scored with a flurry of threes and frees to push the margin out to double-figures. Scoring equilibrium was restored in the latter part of the half and at the interval the score was 30-18, the Reds whistled for 11 fouls (of which maybe half were actually committed) and the Whites cashing in with 8 from 11 free throws to provide the bulk of the margin. The first half of the second half was dominated by the Reds, with Dillon finding an open lane on the baseline time and again, and with others chipping in, the hefty margin was trimmed to a single long-range bucket. It was at this point the refs decided they needed to use their whistles more, whether or not a foul was committed, and foul-outs quickly ensued, which coupled with an injury to Hux combined to reduce the Reds’ numerical advantage. On top of this, the Whites started hitting ridiculous circus shots (a reverse layup that went in off the top of the backboard was allowed to stand), and were awarded free throws for a shooting foul when the player was clearly passing, a fact which he clearly admitted to, but the ref insisted he was shooting. The margin blew out again and it became clear our pre-game plan to wear down the Whites was a forlorn one, the Energizer Bunnies running out the game and then hanging around for ten minutes more to practice their circus shots. Ultimately the final scoreline read 56-37, the large margin not a true reflection of how close the teams were. The poor refereeing padded the margin slightly but the Whites were still the better team and worthy winners, their two top scorers finishing with 21 and 19 points each. For the Redmen the scoring contribution was more even, James leading the way with 10 and Dillon with 8.
Lady Reds (6-4) v Trinity A - Lady Reds started fast getting out to a 10-1 start - Jordy getting out on the break time after time. The Reds took the foot of the gas and Trinity were scoring. Georgie before the game informed us of her hangover - it worked in her favour. Not known as the most efficeint FT shooter - she hit 5/6. Alicia got and and 1, Tracey and Megan on the break - Reds up 24-9 at halftime. The 2nd half was scrappy - Trinity allowed the Reds to shoot long jumpers that just weren't falling - Tracey and Georgie were scoring inside and Megan and Alicia hit a jumper each. the Reds didn't get out of 1st gear and Trinity were able to score - the 2nd half was 17-17. Reds win after a good start 41-26. Georgie 15, Jordy 9 and Tracey 8.
Super Top Trio - Week 10
3rd - Stu MacDonald
2nd - Stu MacDonald
1st - Stu MacDonald
Week 11 Game Times - 26 July
*All games at Adelaide Arena
A's v Knightsbridge A - 1.50pm
B's v Gateway A - 1.00pm
C's v Southwest A - 1.50pm
D's v Taperoo A - 3.30pm
E's v Spicer A - 4.20pm
F's v St Casmir A - 4.20pm
G's v Northgate A - 1.00pm
Lady Reds v Taperoo A - 1.00pm
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