Eltham v Indonesia | Sunday June 12

The Indonesian national team produced a spirited fightback to beat the Eltham Wildcats by seven points on Sunday evening.

It was the third game of their Australian tour and the Indonesian national team came back from 11 points down to defeat the Eltham Wildcats 75-68 at Eltham High School.

Andakara Prastawa Dhyaksa was the star of the evening for Indonesia with 28 points while Mitchell Dance top-scored for Eltham with 18 points and five rebounds.

The first game of Indonesia's tour of Australia saw them lose on Friday night to the Diamond Valley Eagles 108-80.

Indonesia then scored 74-66 victory on Saturday evening at Eagle Stadium in Werribee against Wyndham of the Big V competition.

Now following their Sunday night victory against the Eltham Wildcats, Indonesia plays the Waverley Falcons at Waverley Basketball Centre on Monday night, the Sunshine Coast Phoenix at Maroochydore Stadium on Wednesday, and the South West Metro Pirates at Hibiscus Sports Stadium on Thursday.

The tour continues on Sunday with Indonesia taking on Logan Thunder at Bendigo Bank Cornubia Park Sports Centre before a clash with Ipswich Force at JBS Stadium on Wednesday June 22.

The trip then wraps up against the Brisbane Capitals at Auchenflower Stadium on Thursday June 23.

INDONESIA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA
SUNDAY JUNE 12

ELTHAM WILDCATS 68 lost to INDONESIA 75

Indonesia produced quite the impressive fightback on Sunday evening to continue their tour of Australia to beat the Eltham Wildcats by seven points.

The Indonesian national team began their tour back on Friday night with a 28-point loss to the Diamond Valley Eagles on an evening where Sydney Kings NBL championship winning star DJ Vasiljevic lit it up for 41 points.

However, the Patriots hit back on Saturday night to beat the Big V's Wyndham at Eagle Stadium by eight points leading into the Sunday clash with the Wildcats at Eltham High School.

Eltham came into the clash on a high having won a thriller in impressive fashion over the Frankston Blues on Friday night, and they continued that momentum early on Sunday against Indonesia.

Even though the Wildcats led by four points early on, Indonesia soon steadied to lead by as much as eight points during the opening term and went into quarter-time on top 21-17.

It remained a tight contest with Eltham outscoring the Patriots 19 points to 16 in the second quarter to cut the Indonesia lead at half-time to 37-36.

Eltham were able to work their way on top during the third quarter and opened up a seven-point lead after a 7-0 run. Seven more consecutive points saw the Wildcats lead by as much as 11 points in the fourth quarter too, but Indonesia weren’t going down without a fight.

They reeled off 12 straight points to work their way in front and then end up scoring 25 points to 15 in the fourth quarter to secure the 75-68 win in front of an energetic crowd at Eltham High School on a Sunday night during the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

Andakara Prastawa Dhyaksa was the star of the impressive come from behind win for Indonesia finishing the evening with 28 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals while knocking down 6/10 from three-point range.

Abraham Damar Grahita added 14 points and four assists for the Patriots, Arki Dikania Wisnu 11 points, five rebounds and four assists, Vincent Rivaldi Kosasih five points and 11 boards, and Juan Laurent Kokodiputra five points, four rebounds and three assists.

On the back of his match-winning performance on Friday for the Wildcats against Frankston, Mitchell Dance produced another 18 points and five rebounds on 7/9 shooting for Eltham.

Deng Kuany added 14 points, six rebounds and three steals, Owen Foxwell eight points and three assists, Zak Cunningham seven points, and Sam Short seven points, six boards, four steals and three assists.