NBL1 CENTRAL Round 2 Recap: Friday

Round 2 of NBL1 Central opened with the Norwood Flames up against the West Adelaide Bearcats. The Bearcats women and men were too strong for the homeside however there were some promising sparks from the Flames - and a veteran turned back the clock.    

Here are the results from Friday's games:

Molly’s game of double double splashes young Flames

Molly Coleman against her former side led the Bearcats with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 5 steals helped Annaliese Watkinson and Keeley Pearce and bury the Flames in the second quarter. The 11-28 quarter led to Coleman’s sides solid 54-78 win at the ARC and kept the Bearcats unbeaten in 2023.

Molly Coleman added 5?? steals to her double-double to help lead the undefeated Bearcats to a win over her old side ?

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Mighty Mitch and Drmic hold off De-Lycett Flames 

Mitch McCarron went within striking distance of a quadruple double with 20 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and seven steals in an all-round performance that led the Bearcats to a 80-94 win. Anthony Drmic contributed 22 points and 11 rebounds in his double double but they were both forced to hold off Flames veteran Matt Lycett who equalled his 2022 haul of 30 points on six of eight from beyond the arc.  

The Flames may have gone down, but Matt Lycett had a game to remember!

He scored 3??0?? points, including going 6 of 8 from long range ?

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