NBL1 East Recap | Saturday Men's Round 4

Indiana Faithful produced a 40-point performance for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on Saturday night while the Illawarra Hawks, Canberra Gunners and Norths Bears also scored Round 4 NBL1 East victories.

The Illawarra Hawks defeated the Bankstown Bruins 96-73 at Bankstown Basketball Stadium with Kiwi Gardner delivering 32 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five steals for the Hawks.

The Canberra Gunners downed the Maitland Mustangs 88-83 at Maitland Federation Centre with Glenn Morrison putting up 23 points and 17 rebounds for the Gunners. James Hunter top-scored for the Mustangs with 18 points.

Norths Bears also delivered the 78-73 Saturday night victory against the Central Coast Crusaders at North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre. Brennan Rymer put up 25 points for the Bears while James Trustum had 20 points for the Crusaders.

The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles then produced a 93-71 win against the Albury-Wodonga Bandits at Lauren Jackson Sports Centre. Indiana Faithful had a night out for the Sea Eagles with 40 points and 13 rebounds.

Meanwhile, the Inner West Bulls and Sutherland Sharks clash was unable to completed due to an injury that required an ambulance. It will be rescheduled for a later date.

Round 4 in the NBL1 East competition will wrap up on Sunday with the Hills Hornets hosting the Illawarra Hawks, and the Newcastle Falcons playing the Canberra Gunners.

NBL1 EAST – 2022 MEN'S SEASON
ROUND 4 – SATURDAY NIGHT

BANKSTOWN BRUINS 73 lost to ILLAWARRA HAWKS 96

The Illawarra Hawks scored their third win of the 2022 NBL1 East Men's season while keeping the Bankstown Bruins winless at the same time on Saturday night.

Illawarra started impressively at Bankstown Basketball Stadium with 27 points to 15 in the opening quarter. The Hawks then blew the game wide open with 40 points in the third period on the way to the eventual 96-73 victory.

That result improves the Hawks to a 3-2 record so far this season while the Hawks slip to 0-3.

The Hawks knocked down 15/40 from three-point range for the game with Kiwi Gardner drilling 6/9 on his way to 32 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five steals.

Riley Chrystal-Foy added 13 points and eight rebounds, Harry Morris 12 points and six boards, Ethan-James Laudato 11 points and four rebounds, and Fletcher MacDonald eight points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Nicko Timonera finished with 17 points for Bankstown while Jack Lopez contributed 13 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals, Nathaniel Musters 10 points and 17 rebounds, and Nathaniel Brown nine points, seven boards and three steals.

Tomas Ramos also had 15 points, three rebounds and two steals.

MAITLAND MUSTANGS 83 lost to CANBERRA GUNNERS 88

The Canberra Gunners kept their winning form going to start the NBL1 East season with a hard earned road win over the Maitland Mustangs on Saturday night.

The Mustangs started strongly on their home floor with 21 points to 18 in the first quarter but eventually the Gunners were able to work their way on top and come away with the eventual 88-83 victory.

The win improves Canberra to a 3-1 record on the season while the loss leaves Maitland at 2-3.

Glenn Morison had a strong showing for the Gunners with 23 points and 17 rebounds with Dhal Fieg contributing 21 points and five boards.

James Toohey added 18 points and four rebounds for Canberra, and Shaun Mills 12 points and three assists.

James Hunter top-scored for the Mustangs with 18 points and seven rebounds with Sharif Watson adding 16 points and nine boards, Jack Edwards 12 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, Scott McGann 11 points, and Terrell Turner 11 points and five rebounds.

NORTHS BEARS 78 defeated CENTRAL COAST CRUSADERS 73

The Norths Bears and Central Coast Crusaders were both hunting their third wins of the NBL1 East season when they did battle at North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre on Saturday night.

It was the second quarter which would ultimately prove to be where the game was won for the Bears. They outscored the Crusaders 21 to 13 in that period and ended up winning 78-73 in the finish.

That result saw Norths improve to a 3-1 record on the season while Central Coast slipped to 2-2.

It was just the shooting of the Bears that saw them get over the top going at 43.6 per cent from the field opposed to 34.2 per cent from the Crusaders.

Brennan Rymer put up 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Bears while Nick Blair finished with 11 points and four rebounds, and Tom Gillis nine points and four boards.

James Trustum put up 20 points and six rebounds for Central Coast, Oliver Robilliard 15 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists, Jacob Cracknell 13 points, nine boards and four steals, and Callum Jenkins 13 points and 13 rebounds.

ALBURY-WODONGA BANDITS 71 lost to MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES 93

With Indiana Faithful having a night out, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles enjoyed their road trip to beat the Albury-Wodonga Bandits on Saturday night.

The Sea Eagles headed to Lauren Jackson Sports Centre on Saturday night and dominated more as the evening went on against the Bandits.

Manly-Warringah led by three points at quarter-time and by seven at the half, but then put up 51 points to 36 in the second half on the way to the 93-71 victory.

Indiana Faithful proved the ultimate difference between the two teams putting up 40 points for the Hawks to go with 13 rebounds, three assists and two steals while shooting 17/31 from the floor and 4/8 from three-point territory.

Daniel Pitcher added 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals, Luca Ace-Nasteski eight points and eight boards, and Francois Dazemar seven points and 10 rebounds.

Branden Jenkins scored 21 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals for Albury-Wodonga while Duom Dawam contributed 21 points, 13 boards and five blocked shots, and Lochlan Cummings 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.