NBL1 South Recap | Friday Women's Round 5

Shakera Reilly got to live out everyone's dream on Friday night hitting a walk off game-winning three-pointer on her home floor in overtime to help the Mount Gambier Pioneers to a remarkable win against the Geelong Supercats to open Round 5 in the NBL1 South competition.

The Round 5 action got underway with an overtime thriller at The Ice House and it concluded in the most spectacular fashion with a buzzer-beating three ball from Shakera Reilly to give the Mount Gambier Pioneers the stunning 82-79 win against the Geelong Supercats.

While Reilly hit the game-winner for the Pioneers, Cassandra Brown was huge all evening for the home team with 32 points. Sara Blicavs delivered another 22 points and nine rebounds for Geelong.

Also on Saturday night to open Round 5, the Ringwood Hawks proved too powerful for the Hobart Chargers to record the 87-60 road victory.

Marena Whittle top-scored for Ringwood with 19 points while Angela Tompkins and Sharna Thompson combined for 38 of Hobart's 60 points for the night.

Round 5 in the NBL1 South Women's competition continues on Saturday starting at 5pm with the Sandringham Sabres at home to the Nunawading Spectres.

Then at 5.30pm, the Bendigo Braves are hosting the Diamond Valley Eagles with the Frankston Blues at home to the Casey Cavaliers and the Knox Raiders battling the Kilsyth Cobras.

Then at 6pm also on Saturday, the Ballarat Miners will be playing host to the Melbourne Tigers with Eltham Wildcats at home to the Waverley Falcons and the Keilor Thunder battling the Dandenong Rangers.

The Saturday night action then wraps up at 6.30pm with the Launceston Tornadoes at home to the Ringwood Hawks.

Round 5 wraps up on Sunday afternoon with the Kilsyth Cobras playing the Dandenong Rangers, the Melbourne Tigers hosting the Sandringham Sabres, the Nunawading Spectres taking on the Keilor Thunder, and finally the Waverley Falcons at home to the Ballarat Miners.

NBL1 SOUTH – 2022 WOMEN'S SEASON
ROUND 5 – FRIDAY NIGHT

MOUNT GAMBIER PIONEERS 82 defeated GEELONG SUPERCATS 79

It took until the end of overtime for the Mount Gambier Pioneers to snatch a win at home on the buzzer against the Geelong Supercats to open Round 5 of the NBL1 South season.

The Pioneers were back at home at The Ice House hosting the Supercats and with Cassandra Brown on fire early, the home team started on fire and were leading 22-15 by the end of the opening quarter.

Geelong was able to work back into the contest with 24 points to 20 but it was still Mount Gambier leading 44-39.

The scoring dried up for the home team in the third quarter and scores were all tied by three quarter-time, and it stayed close the rest of the way.

After Brown put Mount Gambier on top 72-69 with a minute to play, it was a triple for Geelong from Jessica Scannell that tied scores up and that's how things stayed by the end of regulation.

Then in overtime, the Supercats scored the first six points courtesy of Scannell, Taylah Simmons and Sara Blicavs. Sherrie Calleia hit back for the Pioneers with a triple to keep the home team in touch and then coming down to the last possession, scores were again level at 79-79.

It came down to Calleia driving and then dishing out to the open Shakera Reilly in the corner, and she delivered the buzzer-beating three-point bomb to break the deadlock and give the Pioneers the 82-79 victory as time expired.

On top of that match winner, Reilly finished the game with 13 points, three rebounds and two assists while Cassandra Brown had a huge evening with 32 points and five boards on the back of shooting 11/18 from the floor and 5/8 from three-point territory.

Sherrie Calleia added 17 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals with Jasmine Howe ending up with 15 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Sara Blicavs produced another strong display for the Supercats with 22 points, nine rebounds and two assists with Aimie Rocci adding 16 points, three rebounds and two assists, and Jessica Scannell 12 points, five assists and four rebounds.

HOBART CHARGERS 60 lost to RINGWOOD HAWKS 87

The Ringwood Hawks started their double-header in Tasmania this weekend with a commanding 27-point win against the Hobart Chargers on Friday night.

The Hawks arrived at Kingborough Sports Centre on a 4-1 record against the winless Chargers and Ringwood started impressively with two early triples from veteran Toni Farnworth.

The Hawks kept the momentum going to lead 27-10 by the end of the opening quarter before adding another 28 points to 20 in the second term to head into the half-time break leading 55-30.

From there the Hawks cruised to the eventual 87-60 victory to improve to 5-1 on the season while the Chargers remain winless after six matches.

Marena Whittle ended up top-scoring for Ringwood with 19 points, three rebounds and three assists on 6/9 shooting from the floor while Digna Strautmane delivered 14 points, 11 rebounds, four steals, two assists and two blocked shots.

Marta Hermida added 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Hawks, Zoe Jenkins 11 points, and Bella Niven-Brown 10 points and four rebounds.

Angela Tompkins put up 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Chargers with Sharna Thompson adding 18 points, three boards, two assists and two steals.