South Recap | Round 14 Tuesday

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The Ringwood Hawks men and women scored crucial NBL1 South Tuesday night wins to close in on playoff positions while the Keilor Thunder women and Sandringham Sabres men also enjoyed victories.

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Sandringham Sabres (80) lost to Keilor Thunder (89)

Keilor Thunder produced a terrific performance minus Maddy Rocci and Issie Bourne to make it nine straight wins with the 89-80 win over the Sandringham Sabres to consolidate second place.

The Thunder came into the match up at Southern Basketball Stadium needing to keep winning to stay in second spot while the Sabres needed to as well to remain any chance of breaking into a playoff position.

Keilor arrived again without the serves of Rocci and Bourne but were still on an eight-game winning run while the Sabres had won their last two to be sitting ninth including beating the Melbourne Tigers on Saturday night thanks to a clutch three-pointer from Funda Nakkasoglu.

After Sandringham did have an early six-point lead, Keilor went on a 12-0 scoring run in the opening quarter to be leading 20-17 by quarter-time.

Then after Keilor went up six in the second term, Sandringham answered with their own 10-0 streak and then by half-time things were still close with the Thunder on top 42-38.

It was still a four-point lead the way of Keilor by three quarter-time and the Thunder were able to hold the Sabres at bay in the final term to secure the important nine-point victory.

The win improves Keilor to a 16-2 record having now won nine in-a-row and to finish against the Ballarat Miners, Geelong United and Nunawading Spectres.

Without their dynamic duo, others had to step up for Keilor and Penina Davidson led the charge with 29 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, three blocked shots and two assists with 12/19 shooting from the field and 3/5 from downtown.

Jasmine Dickey added 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists, Nikki Metcalfe 18 points, three boards and two assists, and Isobelle Wightman 14 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists.

Sandringham miss the chance to break into the top eight to now sit on a 9-9 record with games to finish against the Waverley Falcons, Eltham Wildcats and Bendigo Braves.

On the back of hitting her game winner on Saturday night, Funda Nakkasoglu had another 26 points and five assists for Sandringham with 4/11 three-point shooting.

Isis Lopes also produced 17 points, four rebounds and four assists while Lucy Cochrane contributed 16 points, 11 boards and three assists, Eilidh Vanderwal 13 points, seven rebounds and two assists, and Haylee Andrews five points, five boards and six assists.

SANDRINGHAM SABRES 80 (Nakkasoglu 26, Lopes 17, Cochrane 16)

KEILOR THUNDER 89 (Davidson 29, Dickey 20, Metcalfe 18)

Ringwood Hawks (69) defeated Melbourne Tigers (43)

The Ringwood Hawks were able to take full advantage of the shorthanded Melbourne Tigers to move closer to locking in a playoff spot with the 69-43 victory.

The Hawks came into the Tuesday night match up at Norwood Secondary College just outside the top eight with a 10-9 record having won their past two matches including beating the Bendigo Braves on Sunday.

Melbourne then arrived having lost to the Sandringham Sabres and still being without Sara Blicavs and Izzy Borlase who are both with the Australian Opals ahead of the FIBA Asia Cup in China.

It was a dominant first quarter from Ringwood with 17 points to six and even though the Hawks shot just 1/7 from downtown, they held the Tigers to 3/16 shooting in those opening 10 minutes.

Ringwood completed a 13-0 run in the second term and then opened up an 18-point advantage before still leading 32-21 by the half-time interval.

It was another 22 points to 16 in the third term from Ringwood and then 15 to six in the fourth stanza with Melbourne managing to just shoot 3/21 in that last quarter while missing all 11 three-pointers.

Ringwood won the game while only hitting 1/20 from behind the three-point arc but the Tigers also only went 2/27. Ringwood ended up shooting 38 per cent overall to 29 while the Hawks dominated with 14/19 at the foul line to 1/4.

It's a win that enhances the top eight prospects of the Hawks as they improve to an 11-9 record with games to finish against the Knox Raiders and Kilsyth Cobras.

Camille Hobby finished with 20 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and two steals on 10/19 shooting for Ringwood with Nyaduoth Lok adding 16 points, eight boards and two assists.

Sarah Elsworthy also had 15 points, six assists, five steals and four rebounds with Annabel Deerbon adding nine points, four boards and two steals, and Sian Gillam five points and eight rebounds.

The Tigers are now 11-8 with the second straight loss and they will find the going tough to make the finals without Blicavs and Borlase with games to go against the Diamond Valley Eagles, Casey Cavaliers and Waverley Falcons.

Abbey Sutherland stepped up for Melbourne to finish with 13 points and seven rebounds on 6/8 field goal shooting.

Indiah Bowyer added 11 points, six rebounds and three assists, Genna Ogier six points, eight boards and two blocks, and Eve Braslis six points and five rebounds.

RINGWOOD HAWKS 69 (Hobby 20, Lok 16, Elsworthy 15)

MELBOURNE TIGERS 43 (Sutherland 13, Bowyer 11, Ogier 6, Braslis 6)

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Sandringham Sabres (70) defeated Keilor Thunder (69)

It was a Tuesday night thriller albeit a low scoring affair with clutch free throws ending up sealing the deal on the 70-69 win for the red hot Sandringham Sabres against Keilor Thunder.

The Sabres were back home at Southern Basketball Stadium having moved all the way up into fourth place having won their eight straight matches to go from 2-7 and having plenty of work to do to be 10-7.

They were looking to keep that momentum going on Tuesday night at home on the back of beating the Melbourne Tigers by 21 points on Saturday night.

Keilor arrived having also beaten the Diamond Valley Eagles on Saturday night and it was a high scoring opening quarter with the Sabres leading 25-21 by quarter-time.

Sandringham shot 10/16 from the field in that opening quarter to 8/19 from the Thunder, and then the Sabres managed another 23 points to 17 in the second term to be in control at half-time leading 48-38.

Keilor weren’t done with yet, though, and outscored the home team 17 points to 10 in the third quarter while holding Sandringham to 4/21 shooting.

That trend continued in the final quarter and Keilor even managed to hit the front with four minutes to play when Daniel Poelsma scored.

Daniel Foster scored with 2:30 to play to return to the lead once more too but in the end four clutch free throws to close out the game from new Tasmania JackJumper Ben Ayre was enough to seal the one-point win for Sandringham.

The result isa ninth straight win for the Sabres as they continue to be the hottest team in the NBL1 South to improve to an 11-7 record to replace the Melbourne Tigers in third position.

Malith Machar delivered 21 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in the win for Sandringham with Ben Ayre adding 20 points, three assists and two boards with 9/10 shooting at the foul line.

Fabijan Krslovic also had nine points, 11 rebounds, five assists and two steals, and Tom Koppens eight points and five boards.

Keilor slip to a 7-11 record with the defeat to fall further from playoff contention despite the strong showing with new South East Melbourne Phoenix development player Daniel Foster finishing with 19 points, seven rebounds, six steals and two assists.

Daniel Poelsma added 12 points and four rebounds, Chris Harris 12 points and eight boards, Jayce Beasley 11 points and four rebounds, and Dante Thompson six points and 17 boards.

SANDRINGHAM SABRES 70 (Machar 21, Ayre 20, Krslovic 9)

KEILOR THUNDER 69 (Foster 19, Poelsma 12, Harris 12)

Ringwood Hawks (93) defeated Melbourne Tigers (82)

Harry Froling was back but it wasn’t quite enough for the Melbourne Tigers as the Ringwood Hawks kept their form going to stay in the playoff mix with the 93-82 victory.

It was always going to be a big game for both teams on the Tuesday night at Norwood Secondary College with the Hawks needing to keep winning to break into the top eight after beating the Bendigo Braves on Sunday with Angus Glover going off for six first quarter three-pointers.

Melbourne then came into the clash in third position despite having lost to the Sandringham Sabres on Saturday night but they did regain newly signed Illawarra Hawks big man Harry Froling as his remarkable basketball comeback continues.

It was a good start from the Tigers to lead 26-19 by the end of the first quarter and that 19 points from Ringwood was what Glover scored on his own in the opening 10 minutes back on Sunday.

But it was the second term this time where the Hawks fired up scoring 33 points to 15 on the back of knocking down 6/9 from three-point territory to end up going into half-time with the 52-41 advantage.

 The Tigers were able to respond with 25 points to 15 in the third quarter and then even found themselves in front when new Melbourne United guard Tom Wilson scored to open the fourth quarter.

Jack Purchase stretched that lead to four when he hit a three ball but once the Hawks regained the lead thanks to a three-point from Glover with 5:30 to play, the home team never looked back.

Ringwood would go on a 10-0 scoring run which included another triple from Tanner Krebs and from there they were able to score the 11-point win that enhances their playoff aspirations.

With the last two wins, Ringwood now moves into the top eight with an 11-9 record with games to finish against the Knox Raiders and Kilsyth Cobras.

Jonathan Lawton produced another 26 points and four assists in the win for the Hawks while shooting 9/13 from the field, 4/7 from three-point territory and 4/4 at the foul line.

Angus Glover also had 20 points, 13 rebounds and four assists with 4/9 three-point shooting while fellow NBL player Tanner Krebs delivered 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for an impressive triple-double despite shooting 5/18 from the floor.

Harry Sealey contributed 11 points, three rebounds and two assists, Shaun Clarke nine points and three boards, and Matthew Fennell eight points, five rebounds and two assists.

The Tigers now slip to fourth position with the second straight defeat with an 11-8 record and games to finish against the Diamond Valley Eagles, Casey Cavaliers and Waverley Falcons.

Harry Froling was back in the Tigers line-up and finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and three assists while it was Michael Wearne top-scoring with 21 points and two assists.

Jack Purchase added 18 points, 12 rebounds and two blocked shots with shooting 4/8 from behind the three-point arc with Tom Wilson contributing 13 points, seven boards and six assists.

RINGWOOD HAWKS 93 (Lawton 26, Glover 20, Krebs 14)

MELBOURNE TIGERS 82 (Wearne 21, Purchase 18, Froling 15)