NBL1 Central Grand Final Preview

The NBL1 Central Grand Finals are this weekend! 

All the games will be hosted The Lights Community and Sports Centre on Saturday in a great day of South Australian hoops! 

The West Adelaide Bearcats with superstar and All-Star 5 Member Jasmin Fejo will take on the Mikayla William’s Sturt Sabres on Saturday, at 4:30pm streaming live and free on Kayo Sports. 

The best team in Central all season, the Woodville Warriors will take on NBL1 Central MVP Jeremy Smith on Saturday at 8:30pm, streaming live and free on Kayo Sports.

Check out the full Grand Finals preview below: 

Women’s 

West Adelaide Bearcats v Sturt Sabres 

This is a re-match of the Semi-Finals where the Bearcats beat the Sturt Sabres 94-82. The Sabres were on the wrong end of Jasmin Fejo’s 32 points and Madelynn Utti’s 21 points and 17 rebounds. 

Sabres star Williams’ also made All-Star 5 alongside Fejo. She had 31 points and 19 rebounds in the Preliminary Finals and will be the key factor if Sturt gets this win. 

But the Bearcats have their own highly talented roster, with three players averaging over 15 points per game this season. 

So it all comes down to Saturday, can the Mikayla Williams’ Sturt Sabres beat the Bearcats on Saturday? Watch the NBL1 Central Grand Final at 4:30pm on Kayo Sports here. 

Men’s

Woodville Warriors v South Adelaide Panthers 

This is also a rematch from the Semi-Finals, where the Woodville Warriors beat the Panthers 97-77. Central MVP Jeremy Smith had 33 points Woodville shot 56% from the field led by Jawan Stepney’s 29 points! 

The Panther’s Alex Starling was the conference Defensive Player of the Year and recent on the Coles Express NBL1 Show. He broke down in detail what worked and didn’t against Woodville below.

The game will likely be decided by Starling, he has been able to produce on both ends at an extremely high level, while the MVP Smith has carried the offence. If Woodville locked down Smith, the game will fall on Starling to carry the offence, which he is capable of doing averaging 19.5 points per game this season. 

While Woodville packs their own punch offensively as well, with the team averaging an impressive 95 points per game. 

Tune in on Saturday, at 8:30pm to find out who will be crowned the NBL1 Central champion, streaming live and free on Kayo Sports here.