NBL1 East Recap | Saturday Round 1

It was a stacked NBL1 East Saturday night for both the men and women.

There were a number of impressive individual and team performances across the board.

Check out how the games went below:

WOMEN

Illawarra Hawks (71) def by Albury Wodonga Bandits (82)

It was a tough matchup through and through - once Illawarra took the lead in the second half there was no turning back

Brodie-Page Theodore led the Bandits with 27 backed up by Ai Yamada's 23 and 5.

ILLAWARRA 71 (Dent 22, Phillips 18, Ohrdorf 14)

ALBURY WODONGA 82 (Theodore 27, Yamada 23, Hassett 10)

 

Canberra Nationals (66) def by Sutherland Sharks (76)

Canberra shot 18% from three and 28% from the field, which let them down along the stretch against the Sharks.

Vanessa Panousis played all 40 minutes of the contest and ended with an impressive 28 pts 8 reb and 3 ast.

CANBERRA 66 (Tonks 21, Solway 19, Mayen 6)

SUTHERLAND 76 (Panousis 28, West 12, Pasakarnis 10)

 

Inner West Bulls (45) def by Newcastle Falcons (61)

Despite shooting 1 for 19 from three, Newcastle's offensive rebounding was what got them the W over Inner West.

Michigan NCAAW commit Chyra Evans led the way with 26 pts and 17 reb.

INNER WEST 45 (Evans 26, Mcspadden 10, Raidaveta 8)

NEWCASTLE 61 (Stirton 8, Peric 5, O'Flynn 4)

 

Maitland Mustangs (55) def by Hills Hornets (74)

Two Hills double doubles were the root of their 19 point win against Maitland. They dominated inside with 46 points in the paint.

Erica Pittman - 22 pts 11reb 4 stl

Rhiannon Yetsenga - 19 pts 17 reb 2 blk

MAITLAND 55 (Dombkins 21, Griffin 15, Williams 11)

HILLS 74 (Pittman 22, Yetsenga 19, Pentney 10)

 

MEN

Bankstown Bruins (61) def by Norths Bears (78)

Norths Bears fourth quarter surge led them over the line in their Saturday night matchup with Bankstown.

Brennan Rymer led the Bears with 33 points on an incredible 13 FGA.

BANKSTOWN 61 (Timonera 15, Saipaia 12, Musters 8)

NORTHS 78 (Rymer 33, Mitchell 12, Bose 9)

 

Illawarra Hawks (93) def by Albury Wodonga Bandits (101)

It was a high scoring matchup between the Bandits and Hawks. Albury-Wodonga held the lead for most of the game and finished out on top.

Branden  Jenkins and Duom Dawam combined for 57 points, while Keyondrei Gardner and Lucas Walker had a combined 60.

ILLAWARRA 93 (Dawam 31, Jenkins 26, Hayward 18)

ALBURY WODONGA 101 (Gardner 33, Walker 27, Macdonald 10)

 

Sutherland Sharks (75) def by Canberra Gunners (112)

Canberra's 3 point shooting was too much for Sutherland, leading them to a convincing 37 pt victory. 

Canberra had six players in double digits, Akech Aliir led the way with 23. Lochlan Hutchinson had 11 pts 11 ast.

SUTHERLAND 75 (Norris 18, Woodhill 16, Hutchinson 11)

CANBERRA 101 (Aliir 23, Mayfield 19, Cooper 17)

 

Newcastle Falcons (62) def by Inner West Bulls (73)

Inner West had depth that could't be matched by Newcastle with 39 combined bench points, ultimately giving the Bulls the nod.

Alexander Higgins-Titscha threw down an electrifying dunk. Isaac Signal finished with 17.

NEWCASTLE 62 (Cherry 23, Goodwin 13, Beisty 8)

INNER WEST 73 (Signal 17, Rentoy 14, Crnogorac 12)

 

Hills Hornets (84) def by Maitland Mustangs (87)

Thriller matchup between Hills and Maitland went down to the wire. Maitland won by three points after four quarters and one overtime period.

24 points and 11 rebounds - it was that type of night for James Hunter.

HILLS 84 (Brotherson 23, Charlton 15, Moss 13)

MAITLAND 87 (Hunter 24, Edwards 13, Turner/Milburn 10)

Feature image via Basketball NSW