HELLO,
HELLO, HELLO! Welcome to Last Week Sometime, I'm your Hostus with the
Boastus, Lachie!
To
start, apologies for the delay in starting the blog, I'm sure you all
know how life can be.
BUT!
We've had a good start to the year so far, nominating 3 Mens and 1
Womens team in the SA Church competition, and 4 teams for the SAABL
comp which starts soon.
We've
been getting some games recorded and will be uploading them to
YouTube once I figure out how the hell to do it, I swear I've tried
like 4 times and nothing! Much sadness.
Onto
reports!
Let's
start with the Grand Final reports from the end of the Summer Social
season
Thursday
Night GF In the Thursday A reserve GF we came up against Mean St
Posse who got through to the GF on a forfeit.
The
game was tight all the way through, with the reffing seeming to
dictate who was leading.We went on a run at the start of the 2nd half
going up by 8, with MSP focussing more on the refs than the game.
As
with the trend of the game, the reffing starting going more there
way, and unfortunately we were unable to keep our heads in the game
and they pulled back the lead and got ahead by 8.
We
tried to pull it back in the dying minutes but the damage was already
done.
Monday
Night GF
In
the Monday B Grade GF we were up against the footy players called
Cats.
We
got out to an early lead 6-1 which probably should be bigger as our
shooting percentage was quite low.
On
the court we were clearly out playing them but their #6 kept them in
the game. Halftime the score was 18-17.
The
second half we hit our stide getting some good ball movement and
pushing it up the floor quickly. However a series of BS shots from
#11 and great play by #6 kept them right in the game.
We
controlled the game perfectly in the last few minutes and came away
with the win 44-41.
Week
1 SACBA
PAOCBC
Gold (...fine, Yellow. I prefer to call you Gold, because you're
precious to me) 35-34 Spicer Uniting A
It
looked to be an interesting start to the season for the Gold / G team
this year. The first opposition team lining up against us seemed to
be composed of a selection of retirees, children and fat guys. We
should perhaps not be complacent when viewing the opposition as such,
as they very nearly had our measure.
It
should be noted that a quick glance at the scoresheet tells a tale of
uneven scoring.
While
the opposition team all got a chance to touch the ball, with lots of
passing around the three point line, only one of their players
actually made a difference to the scoreboard worth mentioning. 24 of
34 points scored going to the young number 13. Clearly he is a great
shooter and useful ball handler, worthy of extra attention when they
are in offence.
Our
team acquitted itself reasonably well. Scoring divided amongst 5 of
the 6 players, Flair being the only one to remain scoreless, although
he did get 4 fouls for his efforts (and others uncalled, as seen by
me).
B-Rad
high scored with 13 (although he robbed himself by missing 7 or so
foul shots). Road Train scored 11 (1 of 2 at the line) with the
remaining points shared amongst Hendo, Caldy and Mike Evans.
The
final score ran out to 34-35 in our favour, with some late minute
fouls giving Spicer a good shot to win it. Fortunately the ball was
with us on the day, and we prevailed.
Insert
report writers overly cynical comment here
Special
thanks to the assembled crowd of vocal supporters and also to Jordy
for scoring. Nele came along too, purely in a support capacity owing
to an ankle injury. Troy was absent with other commitments, I am sure
he will bring some welcome three point attempts (and possibly
baskets) in coming weeks.
PAOCBC
White 30-37 Our Saviour Hubitans D
The
only video I've managed to upload properly, for some reason the Gold
vid doesn't land :/
Saturday
White (Fs) squared off against Hubtitans Ds. The team was a similar
look to last year with the addition of Tim Silby and a filling in
Hahnz Sullivan.
We
got out to a slow start with too many one pass offenses getting us
poor shots. We took a time out and started looking a lot better in
offence getting good looks, but unfortunately couldn't get many of
them to drop.
Whilst
we were looking like the better team on the floor, the other team
were having more luck getting the ball in the hole, going into the
half 13-17.
The
second half we played much better and were able to find Tim on the
fast break a few times to bring ourselves almost even. In the last 3
minutes the other team couldn't miss and coupled with a few easy
baskets from risks we needed to take to win, they pulled ahead again
and ended up winning 30-37.
It
was a good starting point for the season which will only see us build
on this effort, getting all players involved, not talking to the
refs, and ultimately having fun playing basketball.
Scorers:
Tim Silby with 14, Hahnz Sullivan with 4, Henry Milic
PAOCBC
Red 20-0 Taperoo A
Unfortunately
the opposition forfeited on the morning of the game!
Lady
Reds
No
game for the ladies this week
Week
2 SACBA
PAOCBC
White
BYE
week! 2 ladder points?
PAOCBC
Red 58-25 Our Saviour Hubitans C
...no
report?
Lady
Reds 14-28 Unley Park Baptist
First
hit out for the new look Lady Reds - back for 2018 are Tracey, Megan
and Hannah, joined by Melissa W, Kate and Elese.
After
a slow start the Reds scored a couple of fast break baskets from
Tracey and Megan and an Elese jumper. Unley had the athletic Moon
sister who as always proved a tough cover. Reds down 6-10 at half
time.
Reds
continued to play feisty D - but struggled to score - Kate got a nice
lefty, Elese with board and putback and Hannah with a nice basket in
the lane.
Unley
just did enough - getting out on the break and hitting open jumpers.
Reds lost 14-24.
D
was good - Hannah and Mel played well low. Good signs!
PAOCBC
Gold 32-13 Holdfast Heat C
Once
again we suited up to face what appeared to be an interesting
opposition.
At
least one known good player faced us, with a raft of unknowns.
Our
game plan was simple, get the orange ball through the red hoop more
than they did. While we finally succeeded, basketball was clearly not
the winner on the day. Timeout and half time discussions gave us a
better game plan, but it was a bit hard to tell if we actually
executed the plan.
At
least holding them to a low score showed that our defence wasn’t
too bad.
B-Rad
high scored with 14, which was more than the opposition could amass
as a total.
Hendo
with 8 and Mike with 6 (all scored late in the game).
Our
shooting was appalling, RT went 2/2 at the line, but missed
everything from the deck, mostly from right under the ring. Old age
definitely setting in there.
Flair
had a few looks, but nothing dropped. His passing was also
interesting to watch, if not successful in execution.
Troy
bought 25 years of club experience to the game, then left it all at
the door. A few good steals and almost steals, but no points to
trouble the scorers.
Caldy
with 2 to round out the scoring.
Nele
was a no show, although our esteemed team captain thought he would be
there.
Hopefully
we can improve as the season progresses. The display we put on was
nothing short of embarrassing for most of the game. The opposition
made us look better than we were, discussion post game labeled them
as probably the worst team in the entire Saturday competition. We
need to do much better, particularly with finishing what should be
simple shots.
Perhaps
the week off will allow us to regroup and recover to come back as a
stronger and more accurate shooting team.
In
the end, another win, 32-13 keeping us undefeated for the season
(only two games played, but we have to cling to whatever glory we can
find).
Also,
in late news Phil Walker gets a mention in this report, as requested
by himself. Thanks Phil.
Formatting
is going to be horrendous until I have time this afternoon to update
it after the trial games!
