NBL1 South Recap | Friday Men's Round 6

The Hobart Chargers fired up late to overcome the Bendigo Braves in a tight battle to open Round 6 in the NBL1 South Men's season on Friday night.

No more than eight points ever separated the two teams at Kingborough Sports Centre and in the end it was the Chargers prevailing 77-73 at home to the Braves.

Ole Angerstein threw down some monster dunks on his way to 20 points and 14 rebounds for Hobart with Kuany Kuany delivering 20 points for the Braves.

Round 6 of the 2022 NBL1 South season now continues on Saturday evening beginning at 7pm with the Geelong Supercats hosting the Frankston Blues at The Arena.

Then at 7.30pm, the Casey Cavaliers and Knox Raiders do battle and the Nunawading Spectres play the Kilsyth Cobras and the North West Tasmania Thunder are at home to the Bendigo Braves. 

At 8pm, the Dandenong Rangers are at home to Sandringham Sabres, the Keilor Thunder host the Ballarat Miners and the Eltham Wildcats play the Diamond Valley Eagles.

Finally at 8.30pm, and the Mount Gambier Pioneers play host to the Melbourne Tigers at The Ice House.

The round will then wrap up on Sunday afternoon with the Knox Raiders playing the Sandringham Sabres, the Waverley Falcons taking on Keilor Thunder and the Diamond Valley Eagles facing the Ringwood Hawks.

NBL1 SOUTH – 2022 MEN'S SEASON
ROUND 6 – FRIDAY NIGHT

HOBART CHARGERS 77 defeated BENDIGO BRAVES 73

The lone Friday night clash in the NBL1 South competition on Friday night for Round 6 turned out to be a tremendous contest between the Hobart Chargers and Bendigo Braves.

With two all-time NBL greats coaching their respective teams with Anthony Stewart at the helm of his local Chargers and Stephen Black in his first season at the Braves having made the move across the Nullarbor, the stage was set at Kingborough Sports Centre.

It was a seesaw contest all evening as well with no more than eight points ever separating the two teams.

Hobart did manage to open up an eight-point advantage during the first quarter after scoring six straight points to head into quarter-time on top 25-20.

However, the Braves were able to turn things back around in the second quarter away from home and went on to lead by four points at one stage, and then scores were all square at 39-39 by half-time.

Bendigo was again able to build some momentum in the third quarter and eight consecutive points helped them to a three-point lead heading into the fourth term.

However, with the game up for grabs, the Chargers were able to dig deep and they outscored the Braves 20 points to 13 in the fourth quarter to end up prevailing 77-73.

The result sees the Chargers improve to a 4-3 record on the season while the Braves are now 1-6.

Hobart ended up dominating the glass with 47 rebounds to 30 including 17 offensive boards to just eight from the Braves.

Ole Angerstein was the man largely responsible for that and he stamped his authority with his size and power inside. He threw down some powerful dunks on the way to 20 points and 14 rebounds on 7/8 shooting to go with 6/9 at the foul line.

Harry Froling had a slow start but ahead of the announcement of his return to the Brisbane Bullets for #NBL23, he finished with 19 points and nine rebounds for Hobart.

AJ Harris added 15 points, nine assists and six rebounds, Jack Stanwix 13 points and four boards, and Jaylen Howard six points.

Kuany Kuany finished the evening with 20 points and four rebounds for Bendigo with Malcolm Bernard contributing 17 points, six rebounds and three assists, Luke Rosendale 11 points, and Mitch Clarke 11 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals.