North Recap | Round 11 Sunday

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Summah Evans and Mia Loyd combined for 53 points in a Sunday NBL1 North win for Cairns Dolphins before Lamar Patterson and DJ Mitchell put up 65 in a big win for Ipswich Force.

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Ipswich Force (77) lost to Cairns Dolphins (115)

The Cairns Dolphins unleashed their full firepower with Summah Evans and Mia Loyd combining for 53 points as they wrapped up their road double beating the Ipswich 115-77.

The Dolphins started their double-header road trip with a 32-point win over the South West Metro Pirates with Ipswich playing host to them at Ipswich Basketball Stadium looking to back up last Saturday night's win over the Brisbane Capitals.

Cairns came into the contest in some ominous form but Ipswich knocked down 5/12 from three-point land in the first quarter and scored 11 straight points to limit the lead of the Dolphins to 29-26 by quarter-time.

But in the second quarter the Dolphins put their foot down with 36 points to 10 on the back of shooting 14/22 from the field to the 3/15 from the Force to go into half-time in control leading 65-36.

Cairns continued to build on their lead from there stretching it out to 39 points in the third quarter and 44 in the last on the way to the eventual 38-point victory.

The Dolphins return home with the pair of wins by a combined 70 points as they improve to an 8-4 record with Summah Evans producing her best performance since returning from Clemson University with 27 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks on 10/14 field goal shooting and 4/6 from downtown.

Mia Loyd also had 26 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists with 12/16 shooting from the field while Teyahna Bond contributed 18 points, eight assists, four rebounds and three steals, Leichan Williams 15 points and four boards, Mikaela Ruef 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and Aimee Brett 10 points, seven assists, three boards and three steals.

Ipswich are now 4-8 following the loss with Elissa Brett finishing with 24 points, five rebounds and four assists with Kahlaijah Dean contributing 15 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals.

Hannah Young also had 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists, Anna Bassett seven points on 2/3 three-point shooting, and Lily Sarra six points and two rebounds.

IPSWICH FORCE 77 (Brett 24, Young 16, Dean 15)

CAIRNS DOLPHINS 115 (Evans 27, Loyd 26, Teyahna Bond 18)

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Ipswich Force (110) defeated Cairns Marlins (96)

The duo of Lamar Patterson and DJ Mitchell could take the Ipswich Force a long way in 2025 with the pair combining for 65 points in the 110-96 Sunday home win against the Cairns Marlins.

Ipswich had scored 130 points in an overtime win the week before against the Brisbane Capitals and were back at Ipswich Basketball Stadium on Sunday afternoon to host a Cairns team who started their road double with a 15-point loss to the South West Metro Pirates.

It was a flying start at home for Ipswich with 30 points to 16 in the first quarter on shooting 12/22 from the field to the 6/18 from Cairns.

The Force added another 28 points to 24 in the second term to go into half-time leading 58-40 having led by as much as 23 points in that quarter.

The Marlins then stormed back into the contest in the third quarter by scoring 10 straight points but Ipswich responded by going on an 18-0 run of their own and that put the contest to bed.

From there the Force ended up scoring the 14-point victory even with the Marlins shooting at a slightly higher clip gong 48 per cent to the 46 from Ipswich.

However, the Force took seven extra shots and 12 more free-throw attempts along with 18 offensive rebounds and forcing Cairns into 16 turnovers from which they scored 16 points.

The win improves Ipswich to a 7-5 record on the season to be sitting in fifth position with two games to go at home to the Southern Districts Spartans and Gold Coast Rollers.

Lamar Patterson continues his MVP level form this season for Ipswich to show that another NBL opportunity might not be beyond him. He delivered another 34 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds with 4/9 three-point shooting and going 10/11 from the foul line.

DJ Mitchell is returning to the NBL this coming season at the South East Melbourne Phoenix and he had 31 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two steals with 6/15 three-point shooting.

Will Mahoney added 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Force, Kane Bishop 14 points and three boards, and Khobie De Haan 12 points, five rebounds and two steals.

Cairns remain in bottom spot at 3-9 after the double loss weekend on the road with two games to go both at home to the Rockhampton Rockets and Townsville Heat.

Kody Stattmann put up another 25 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and two steals for Cairns with Travis Drinnan contributing 20 points and four rebounds on 4/5 three-point shooting.

Curt Ah Wang added 15 points, three rebounds and two assists on 5/13 shooting from downtown with Ky Stattmann adding 15 points, seven boards and seven assists, and Kian Dennis 10 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

IPSWICH FORCE 110 (Patterson 34, Mitchell 31, Mahoney 14, Bishop 14)

CAIRNS MARLINS 96 (Kody Stattmann 25, Drinnan 20, Ky Stattmann 15, Ah Wang 15)