NBL1 East Recap: Round 6 - Saturday May 14

An eventful day of basketball to end round 6 of NBL1East.

Of course, these came with the usual levels of outstanding play, as all teams truly start to get a sense of who they are.

Check out how the games went below. 

WOMEN 

Maitland Mustangs (47) def by Central Coast Crusaders (71)

This was a statement win from the Crusaders, putting 71 points in a 24-point victory against the Hornets. 

Sara Matthews recorded a huge 17 pts and 10 reb, while only two Maitland players reached double figures. 

MAITLAND 47 (Dombkins 16, Unicomb, Burton 8)

CENTRAL COAST 71 (Matthews 17, Wittwer 15, Rowe 12) 

 

Albury-Wodonga Bandits (76) def by Canberra Nationals (81) 

The first half belonged to Albury-Wodonga, though Canberra’s second half scoring efforts saw them leave with a win. Albu

With Albury-Wodonga’s star scorer Lauren Jackson sidelined, Ai Yamada filled her shoes with 37 points, 8 steals and 4 rebounds. This was not enough for Canberra, who shot 48% from the field.

ALBURY-WODONGA 76 (Yamada 37, Theodore 13, Ardern 11)

CANBERRA 81 (Solway 16, Dufelmeier 14, Tugliach 14)

 

Inner-West Bulls (52) def by Norths Bears (84) 

Inner West were short-handed with only 8 players suiting up in the 32 point loss to Norths. Norths’ pressure caused 26 turnovers and ultimately a convincing win.

Riley Evans came off the bench and dropped 22 points, backed up by Emily Simons’ 22.

INNER-WEST 52 (Stirton 16, Peric 13, Yeomans 8)

NORTHS 84 (Evans 22, Simons 20, Schicher 18)

 

Sutherland Sharks (55) def by Newcastle Falcons (65) 

Newcastle was in control for almost all of the game. They managed to come away with the win despite shooting only 53% from the free throw line, which could have proved to be crucial if the game was any closer.

Lauren Nicholson had a stellar 40 minute, 27 point performance. University of Michigan commit Chyra Evans had 21 points and 11 rebounds of her own.

SUTHERLAND 55 (Nicholson 27, Norris 9, Pasakarnis 7)

NEWCASTLE 65 (Evans 21, Johnson 17, Kingham 12)

 

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (70) def by Illawarra Hawks (82) 

It was a high scoring matchup between MW and Illawarra. Illawarra dominated inside with 36 points in the paint.

Georgia Ohrdorf was unstoppable, recording 23 points, 9-10 ft and 12 boards.

MANLY WARRINGAH 70 (Hodge 17, Delaney 16, Miller 10)

ILLAWARRA 82 (Ohrdorf 23, Scaife 21, Dent 13)

 

MEN 

Maitland Mustangs (73) def by Central Coast Crusaders (91)

Maitland reached deep into their roster, but couldn’t find an answer as Central Coast pulled away with an 18 point win

Callum Jenkins led Central Coast with 30 points and 18 rebounds, shooting 100% from the free throw line.

MAITLAND 73 (Hunter 24, Milburn 12, Clifford 11)

CENTRAL COAST 91 (Jenkins 30, Trustum 19, Cracknell 16) 

 

Albury-Wodonga Bandits (93) def by Canberra Gunners (113) 

It was a high scoring contest between the Bandits and Gunners. 

25 Canberra offensive rebounds led to 25 second chance points, compared to the Bandits’ 4.

William Mayfield and Glenn Morison combined for a monstrous 63 points. Branden Jenkins tried to answer with 37 of his own but it wasn’t enough in the end.

ALBURY-WODONGA 93 (Jenkins 37, Hayward 21, Dawam 8)

CANBERRA 113 (Morison 33, Mayfield 30, Mills 16)

 

Norths Bears (79) def by Inner-West Bulls (84)

An incredibly tight contest between the Bulls and Norths resulted in the Bulls sneaking a 5 point victory.

Free throws were the name of this game - Norths only shooting 13-24 from the stripe.

Chier Maker led Inner west with 17.

INNER-WEST 84 (Maker 17, Higgins-Titscha 15, Signal 14)

NORTHS 79 (Bose 18, Rymer 17, Mitchell 13)

 

Sutherland Sharks (75) def by Newcastle Falcons (78) 

Myles Cherry was unconscious, scoring 36 - almost half of Newcastle’s 78 points.

Newcastle’s starting group scored 74 of their 78. Ryan Beisty contributed 13 points and 11 rebounds.

SUTHERLAND 75 (Cabrera 16, Musulin 12, Woodhill 11)

NEWCASTLE 78 (Cherry 36, Maluach 16, Beisty 13)

 

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (72) def by Illawarra Hawks (90) 

The Sea Eagles couldn’t keep up with Illawarra’s star Guard Kiwi Gardner. Gardner keeps up his mvp-calibre form with 35 points to go along with 9 assists and 2 steals. 

Despite 23 turnovers the Hawks were still able to walk away with an 18 point victory. 

MANLY WARRINGAH 72 (Pitcher 16, Ace-Nasteski 14, Bulgin 10)

ILLAWARRA 90 (Gardner 35, Walker 17, Morris 15)

 

Hills Hornets (58) def by Bankstown Bruins (62)

The two bottom-of-the-ladder squads faced off in what was a low scoring contest, with Bankstown pulling of the victory.

Paul Brotherson top scored with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

HILLS 58 (Brotherson 14, Kalwy 11, Kearins 9)

BANKSTOWN 62 (Saipaia 13, Ramos 10, Vera 10)