Aussie Boomers start this Saturday night. You'd be surprised how hard the schedule is to find so here is something I have put together - I am pretty sure it is correct. Aussies have to win one of their 1st 2 games if they are any chance of a medal.
Australia v France Sun., 7 Aug. 2:45 AM
Australia v Serbia Tue., 9 Aug. 2:45 AM
Australia v United States Thu. 11 Aug. 7:30 AM
Australia v China Sat., 13 Aug. 2:45 AM
Australia v Venezuela Mon., 15 Aug. 7:30 AM
To the reports:
A's (13-2-0) v B's (2-13) - Written by Mike - This is often a game hard to feel good about, At least one team walks away disappointed. The A's had their full 6 squad whilst B's made some phone calls to bring together a team with Tauny, Alex and Manners lending a hand to replace Phill, Self and Gussy. The game started in A's favour, again getting out on the break early and capitalising with some good inside passes, no one that could really Guard Orken in the B's line up. Luckily for them, Orken would throw down a monstrous dunk, and with safety in mind, took his time to land. This was met with a tech, and another tech for complaining about the first one. Well done officials, way to over control a friendly game. A's down to 5 players, B's caught some momentum and brought the gap to 5 points at the break 21-16. The A's regrouped, pressed and changed the pace of the game. B's struggled to break the press and capitalise on opportunities when they did. Some stand out efforts by the B's but unfortunately over shadowed by a 40+ point half by the A's. A's win 65-27. A's - Foo 19, Liam 12, Phil 11, B's Mitch 8, Brendon 7, Moops 6.
C's (12-3) v SPOC C (6-9) - Written by Jay - Keen to avenge an ugly intercol loss, we started off…slowly. Saints were getting to the basket and scoring on offensive rebounds and we were out of sync, not scoring for the first 4 or 5 mins. Eventually some good movement resulted in Jay hitting a few 3s and Ned, Jamie and Goody scored inside and we were able to hang around, down 21-17 at the half. The 2nd half was a completely different story as we started pushing the pace and picking up our defence. Lachie was driving relentlessly, scoring and dishing when Saints collapsed around him. Ned was making them pay from the line, and Alex and Jamie both were hitting shots from deep. Saints only scored 5 in the half (quite late as well), and we ended up with a nice win 37-26. Jay 9, Lachie 8, Ned 7.
D's (9-6) v Unley A (3-12) - D's win by forfeit.
E's (6-8) v Blackwood A (5-1-7) - Written by Max - It was a tale of two halves for the E’s against Blackwood on Saturday. In the first half Blackwood were happy to shoot away from behind the 3 point line but couldn’t find the net. The E’s utilized their size advantage to dominate the defensive boards. At the other end the E’s showed flashes of brilliance. This included Road Train scoring off of a give and go, as well as some nifty passing between Morgan and Road Train around the keyway. Blackwood made a couple of late 3 pointers to pull back the E’s lead to 16-10 at the half time break. In the second half Blackwood found their shot including five 3 pointers and a number of long 2 point jump shots. Blackwood were making these shots in spite of decent defense from the E’s. The scoreline pegged along fairly closely for most of the half but the E’s 2 pointers couldn’t keep pace with their outside shooting. Morgan had a blinder with 13 points in the second half. In the end Blackwood came away with the win 43-39. Morgan had 14 points, Max and Sam had 7 each. A welcome return from Kobe after missing 8 weeks with injury. Thanks to Stu for scoring for us.
F's (8-6) v Knightsbridge A (9-4) - NO REPORT. Win 36-20. G 11, JT 10, Charlie 5. Come on lads ... someone can send me 4 sentences a week.
Because there is no F's report I will do a quick look at the next 4 weeks in the Central 2/3 Grade as it is very close. Below is the ladder as it now stands and the next 4 games. Note - all the teams that have 2 byes - got an extra 2 points. The E's and Taperoo only had 1 bye. 1* in the Bye column means they have had one bye and they have another one coming up.
The Knightsbridge v Taperoo and E v F game in Week 19 are huge and will likely shape the finals. The E's have an interesting draw - they play the top and the bottom teams, as the team they are vying for 4th with - their destiny is well and truly in their own hands and they could do a favour for the E's. The F's have a decent draw home (except the bye). The team that is probably in the best position is Taperoo - if they win their remaining games - they could really help the Reds.
| Team | Pos | Points | % | For | Ag | Play | Won | Lost | Draw | Byes | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 |
| Knightsbridge Baptist A | 1 | 34 | 107 | 441 | 411 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1* | BYE | SPOC C | E | Taperoo |
| PAOCBC F | 2 | 30 | 101 | 426 | 419 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1* | St Paul | BYE | SPOC C | E |
| Taperoo Uniting A | 3 | 30 | 99 | 407 | 411 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Blackwood | Northgate | Big Sunday | Knightsbridge |
| Big Sunday A | 4 | 26 | 109 | 376 | 343 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | SPOC | E | Taperoo | Blackwood |
| PAOCBC E | 5 | 26 | 106 | 472 | 443 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Northgate | Big Sunday | Knightsbridge | F |
| Blackwood C of C A | 6 | 24 | 96 | 508 | 527 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Taperoo | St Paul | Northgate | Big Sunday |
| St Paul's O.S. | 7 | 23 | 99 | 450 | 451 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1* | F | Blackwood | BYE | Northgate |
| SPOC C | 8 | 22 | 94 | 468 | 496 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1* | Big Sunday | Knightsbridge | F | BYE |
| Northgate A | 9 | 22 | 89 | 415 | 462 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | E | Taperoo | Blackwood | St Pauls |
G's (6-9) v Golden Grove A (11-4) - NO REPORT. Loss 20-36. Reid 13, Matt 3. Player Scorer 2. See F's comment above.
Lady Reds (10-5) v CityReach A (11-4) - Lady Reds had to win on Saturday to be any chance of finishing top 2. Reds started well with Megan and Alicia hiting early 3's and Rachel and Jordy getting to the basket - Reds up 16-7 at halftime. This was almost exactly the same scoreline last time we played CityReach - and then they scored 32 in a half. And once again CityReach came out hot - hitting jumpers that they were missing in the 2st half, scoring inside. The Reds kept the scoreboard ticking over - Jordy had a nice couple of jumpers inside, Tracey scored on the break, Rachel hit Hannah inside - when Megan hit a big 3 the score got back out to 6 and the Lady Reds were able to hold them off. Big win 31-27. Rachel and Jordy 8 and Megan 6. This was a big win for the team - 1. to prove that they can beat these girls and 2. it puts them 1 game behind. The Reds will need to beat Unley in 3 weeks if they are any chance of finishing top 2. Big month ahead.
Palky's Player of the Week - Week 15 - Tough one this week. I'm going to give it to G - his 2nd half 11 points against Knightsbridge held them off in an important win.
Game Times - Week 16:
A's v SPOC A - 3.30 - St Peters Crt 1
B's v Gateway A - 5.10 - St Peters Crt 1
C's v D's - 2.40 - St Peters Crt 1
E's v Northgate A - 1.50 - St Peters Crt 1
F's v St Pauls A - 4.20 - St Peters Crt 1
G's v SPOC D - 2.40 - Mars Crt 1
Lady Reds v Trinity A - 1.00pm - Wayville Crt 1
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