Recap NBL1 South | Round 6 Saturday

Read full report from Saturdays round here.

North West Tasmania Thunder (74) lost to Melbourne Tigers (84)

A dominant performance from Jack Purchase led the Melbourne Tigers to the 84-74 road victory against the North West Tasmania Thunder.

The Tigers started their double header on the Apple Isle with a loss to the Hobart Chargers on Friday night before arriving at Mazda BT-50 Thunder Stadium to take on a North West team trying to improve on a 3-5 record.

After North West went up five early on, Melbourne turned on a spectacular 16-0 scoring run to take an 11-point lead, and to still be up 28-19 by the end of one.

The Tigers lead got out to as much as 14 points in the second period and they went into the half-time break still leading 49-36.

Melbourne maintained its control of the contest throughout the second half as well leading by as much as 22 points and then going on to score the eventual 10-point victory and improve to a 4-6 record having split their Tasmanian double.

Jack Purchase proved to be the major difference between the two teams with the former NBL big man delivering 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Tigers on shooting 10/18 from the field, 4/9 from downtown and 5/7 from the foul line.

Tom Wilson continues to shine on his return to basketball with 18 points, four assists and two rebounds with Taj Chehhal contributing 11 points and four boards, and Callum Barker 11 points and seven rebounds.

Sekou Sylla finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for a Thunder team now 3-6 on the season with Archer Woodhill contributing 17 points, four rebounds and two steals, and Seth Swalve 11 points, two boards and two assists.

The Thunder will be on the road to the Ringwood Hawks next Saturday with the Tigers hosting the Ballarat Miners the same night.

NORTH WEST TASMANIA THUNDER 74 (Sylla 20, Woodhill 17, Swalve 11)

MELBOURNE TIGERS 84 (Purchase 29, Wilson 18, Barker 11, Chehhal 11)