E’s Recap by Caldy
This week the E team came up against fellow bottom of the ladder team "Adelaide All Stars". Having not seen them play this year we were unsure of what they would bring to the table. The All stars had a good mix of youth and seniority all with varying levels of basketball ability with number 9 and number 4 being the stand outs.
The Reds had 5 people available with Road train and Flair both out with injuries and Troy out with more important duties, luckily we had Dangerous Stu fill in once again. The game started out well with Brad getting several and-1 opportunities and making life hard for the all-stars forwards as well as Hendo and Stu working hard on the boards for second chance points. Simon, Nele and G man controlled the perimeter and the game was evenly poised at half time with the Reds feeling like the better team but knowing we needed to keep our foot on the gas.
Second half we managed to pull away with some nice shooting outside complimenting our inside work, coupled with an increased focus on defense and a number of steals and forced turnovers we were able to pull away and finish the game off.
Final scores were 56-35 with Stu scoring 22, Brad scoring 15, Hendo with 9, Simon with 4, G with 3 and Daniele scoring 3 (all from free throws!). We are now 8th on the ladder and come up against rivals SPOC next week.
D’s Recap by Mark Powell
The Red’s D’s finally unleashed for a fun win this week against Savage Army in a relatively high scoring game. The first quarter started off quite evenly matched with their Louis Qian taking our defence by surprise and connecting on a trio of 3 pointers. Jimmy kept us in touch with some accurate shooting of his own.
Once our defence readjusted to their scoring threat the D’s took control of the game by pushing the ball up the court quickly at every opportunity and also showing patience to find the open player in the half-court game. Lachlan Crawford was being rewarded for some crafty cuts to the basket and we kept feeding Jimmy some open looks from outside. By half time the game was all but over for Savage Army.
Final score was 59 – 41. Lachlan Crawford had 23 points and Jimmy had 16 including four 3 pointers. Thanks to Ethan Lunn for scoring for us this week.
C’s Recap by Baker
Tough game vs. the top of the ladder and undefeated The Schiz. They are fucking big and move the ball well really challenging our still yet to find its feet defense. O boards killed us. We had some good looks in the first half but we couldn’t connect.
Second half was largely junktime, the 60-45 final score was flattering but we worked hard to keep it respectable. Matt was good with 18 tough points on offence, Damien also had 8. Look forward to trying to crack a W against the mid table Ravens.
B’s Recap by Gus
Round 8 saw the B’s face the Ravens in a critical 5th vs 6th matchup which would see the winner jump into the Top 4 and end the round well poised to make a run at finals.
The team was undersized after losing Krantzy in Round 7 to a untimely elbow to the chin which required multiple stitches. By way of consolation, we no longer need to worry about him resigning from his presidency to pursue a late-blooming modelling career. We were also missing Mike (other basketball commitments) and Jake (isolating due to VIC spicy-cough restrictions). Riley played, but with a heavily strapped and “hopefully not” fractured finger.
They say basketball is a game of “runs”. So is cricket. If you were playing the latter, you could make our total first quarter score with a well-timed straight drive back over the bowler’s head – that’s right, 6 runs/points. We got jumped early and struggled to find a rhythm for the rest of the game.
Characteristically, Phil battled his heart out on defence against 2-3 legitimate big opponents and got us plenty of stops. We looked best when we got a quick high-post touch and kicked it to open shooters. However, for a team with plenty of legs, we rarely got out on the break and struggled to find a way to score consistently otherwise.
Next week presents a good opportunity to rebound and get a desperately needed W against a streaky team in the 7th placed Titans BC.
Final score: Ravens 59 def PAC 31
Scorers: Gus 12, Noah 8
A’s Recap by No-one
Can’t Touch This 75 defeat Reds 64
Points: S Warren 17, J. Wolstenholm 12,
