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Jun 10, 2023

NBL1 North Recap | Saturday Round 11

By Chris Pike for NBL1.com.au

Maddy Rocci and Hannah Young ensured the South West Metro Pirates kept winning in the NBL1 North while Maria Blazejewski fired for the Ipswich Force as did Nathan Sobey and Deng Deng for their men as Jonah Antonio produced best performance of the season for the Cairns Marlins.

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Maddy Rocci and Hannah Young ensured the South West Metro Pirates kept winning in the NBL1 North while Maria Blazejewski fired for the Ipswich Force as did Nathan Sobey and Deng Deng for their men as Jonah Antonio produced best performance of the season for the Cairns Marlins.

Saturday night's women's results as part of Round 11 in the NBL1 North saw the Brisbane Capitals beat the Red City Roar 71-58 while the Northside Wizards defeated USC Rip City 64-60, the South West Metro Pirates downed the Darwin Salties 83-75, the Ipswich Force prevailed 89-67 against the Mackay Meteorettes 89-67, and the Cairns Dolphins beat the Sunshine Coast Phoenix 101-93.

Then in the men's matches, the Capitals beat the Roar 110-73, Rip City defeated the Wizards 86-85, the Pirates downed the Salties 102-96, the Force beat the Meteors in overtime, and the Marlins won 86-82 against the Phoenix.

NBL1 NORTH RECAP | FRIDAY ROUND 11

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Caps finish with 17-2 run to beat Roar

The Red City Roar threw everything at getting that elusive first win of the season but Mia Loyd would have none of it against her former team as the Brisbane Capitals dominated late to win 71-58.

The Caps came into the Saturday night clash at Auchenflower Stadium on the back of big wins over the South West Metro Pirates and Sunshine Coast Phoenix last week with a big job ahead of the Roar as they chased that first win of the season.

Despite Brisbane opening up an eight-point lead by quarter-time and then stretching that advantage out to 15 during the second stanza, Red City wouldn’t go away and had closed the deficit to five by half-time.

The Roar kept on coming in the third quarter and then grabbed the lead two minutes into the final period when Donica Cosby knocked down a three-pointer.

However, from that point it was a remarkable dominance from Brisbane and it was Mia Loyd who led the way in her first game against the team she played with last season.

After Red City led 56-54, the Capitals finished the final eight minutes of the game outscoring the Roar 17 points to two to go from two points down to winning by 14 in the finish.

Loyd produced a tremendous performance against her former team with 26 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Capitals including going 10/14 at the foul line.

Steph Collins added 10 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, four steals and three blocks with Courtney Middap hitting three triples for nine points and nine assists, Anna Cameron eight points and eight rebounds, and Hilary Fuller seven points and 11 boards.

Donica Cosby ended the night with 16 points and four steals with Red City while Lilly Rotunno had 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists, Jaylen Cooper 12 points, three boards and two steals, and Angela Beadle 10 points and nine rebounds.

Pirates go second over Salties thanks to Rocci, Young

Second position in the NBL1 North went on the line at Hibiscus Sports Stadium on Saturday night and it was the South West Metro Pirates who prevailed 83-75 against the Darwin Salties.

Coming into the Saturday night match, the Salties remained in second spot at 10-2 after starting their triple-header road trip this weekend beating the Gold Coast Rollers on Friday to be just ahead of the third placed Pirates.

However, the winner of the clash would end the evening in second place so the stage was set for a terrific contest and it didn’t disappoint with the biggest margin between the two sides being the final eight-point margin.

South West Metro did manage to lead for the majority of the contest including by seven points in the first quarter and six in the second, but by half-time scores were all tied at 41-apiece.

The Salties then did manage to lead by a point at three quarter-time, but the Pirates ended up getting the better of things down the stretch to pull away for the eight-point win to grab that second position.

The combination of Maddy Rocci and Hannah Young were brilliant for the Pirates. Rocci finished the night with 25 points, seven assists, four rebounds and two steals on 16/18 free-throw shooting with Young delivering 24 points, four boards and two steals with 4/8 three-point shooting.

Lulu Twidale also put up 16 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in what is her final weekend before heading off to join the University of California Golden Bears to begin her college life.

Leah Scott might have had a tough shooting night with 2/11 but still contributed overall with eight points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and three steals.

Darwin is now 1-1 in the first two games of its triple-header before playing the North Gold Coast Seahawks on Sunday with Chelsea Brook again top-scoring with 18 points and nine rebounds.

Catherine MacGregor added 15 points, three rebounds and two assists, Skye Rees 13 points and six boards, and Tsubasa Nisbet 12 points and seven rebounds.

Wizards just hold off Rip City to stay unbeaten

The Northside Wizards are still undefeated this NBL1 North season but only just as they had to come from behind in the final minute to beat USC Rip City on Saturday night.

Rip City played host to the unbeaten Wizards at USC Sports Stadium with the home team attempting to snap a seven-game losing streak, and they went ever so close to doing so.

It was a tight game the entire evening despite the differing form of the teams coming into the contest.

Rip City started strongly to lead by as much as six points in the opening period with that lead out to eight in the second stanza with the home team still clinging to a 28-27 advantage by half-time.

The deadlock was only broken going into the three quarter-time break when Courtney Woods threw up a prayer from almost three-quarter court that went down to give Northside the 43-40 lead.

After Georgia Dale put the Wizards five points up to start the fourth, Rip City would score the next seven points with all of them courtesy of N'dea Flye to see the home team regain the lead.

The lead continued to switch hands the rest of the final quarter including Rip City going back on top courtesy of a Steph Bairstow three-pointer with just under a minute to play.

From that point, Rebecca Haynes put Northside back in front before free-throws from AJ Johnson, and one from Haynes sealed the deal for the Wizards who won to stay unbeaten to prevail by four points.

Courtney Woods had another standout performance in the win for the now 12-0 Wizards with 30 points, seven rebounds and two assists while AJ Johnson contributed 14 points and 17 boards.

Lil Dart added seven points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals, and Rebecca Haynes seven points and six boards.

N'dea Flye ended the game with 18 points, seven steals, four rebounds and two assists for Rip City with Steph Bairstow contributing 15 points and six rebounds, and Liisa Ups eight points, three boards and two steals.

Blazejewski fires Ipswich to win in Mackay

Maria Blazejewski produced her best NBL1 North performance to keep the playoff hopes of the Ipswich Force alive with the 89-67 road victory against the Mackay Meteorettes.

Ipswich arrived at Mackay Basketball Stadium on Saturday night dropping a fourth straight match on Friday night away to the Rockhampton Cyclones so they needed to hit back to stay in touch with the top eight.

After a tight first quarter with scores tied at 22-apiece at quarter-time, the Force began to pull away in the second term with 25 points to 14 to head into the intermission leading 47-36.

Ipswich extended that lead to 15 by three quarter-time and then another 16 points to nine in the final period saw them claim the 22-point victory.

The win improves the Force to a 4-9 record and snapping that losing run while Mackay has now lost seven in-a-row to be 2-11.

After playing last season in the NBL1 West at the East Perth Eagles, Maria Blazejewski is settling in nicely at Ipswich and starred on Saturday night with 30 points and five rebounds on shooting 13/22 from the floor.

Alison Gorrell added 25 points, five steals, three assists and two rebounds with Grace George contributing 12 points, 13 boards, three blocks, two steals and two assists, and Georgia Ralph eight points, five rebounds and four assists.

Davida Dale delivered 21 points, nine steals, eight assists and seven rebounds on 9/18 shooting in a strong all-round performance for the Meteorettes.

Brittany Reeves added 12 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks, and Ellie Collins eight points and four boards.

Dolphins hold out Phoenix in entertaining affair

The Sunshine Coast Phoenix threw everything at getting their second win of the season but the Cairns Dolphins were able to just do enough to secure the 101-93 home victory.

Cairns were playing a first game in two weeks on the back of winning their previous three matches while the Phoenix arrived at Early Settler Stadium having lost eight straight including in Townsville on Friday night to open Round 11.

The Dolphins were on top for a lot of the evening including leading by six at quarter-time and then by as much as nine during the second period, but by half-time their advantage was only 46-43.

Sunshine Coast was even able to briefly grab the lead in the third quarter and then again in the fourth thanks to a huge three from Alex Wittinger.

But from there, the Dolphins began to pull away and Taylor Mole made a three-pointer to make it a 10-point ball game with five minutes to play. 

The Phoenix did make one more run to get back within four points, but Cairns had the answers to hold on for the eight-point win to make it four consecutive wins to improve to 7-5. The Phoenix are now 1-11 with nine straight losses despite the encouraging effort.

Taylor Mole knocked down 5/9 from three-point territory for the Dolphins to finish with 26 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Leichan Williams also ended up with 26 points and 11 rebounds on 11/14 shooting for Cairns with Shaneice Swain contributing 18 points, 12 boards and four assists, and Jennifer Coleman 16 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Alex Wittinger did all she could to lift Sunshine Coast to the drought breaking win ending the night with 24 points and 15 rebounds. 

Amy Browne added 20 points and five rebounds, Kathleen MacLeod 18 points, 14 assists and five boards, and Nicola Handreck 13 points with 3/6 shooting from beyond the arc.

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Caps produce fourth straight dominant showing

The Brisbane Capitals produced a fourth straight dominant NBL1 North performance beating the Red City Roar 110-73 at home on Saturday night.

After winning just one of the first nine games of the season, Brisbane has begun to build some momentum with the last three wins over the North Gold Coast Seahawks, South West Metro Pirates and Sunshine Coast Phoenix by an average of 25.3 points.

They brought that form with them into Saturday night's clash against a Red City team on a seven-game losing run, and by quarter-time the Caps had built a five-point advantage.

Brisbane then pulled away further with 30 points to 20 in the second quarter to be in control leading Red City 51-36 by the half-time break.

The Caps produced another 24 points to 13 in the third stanza and then 35 to 24 in the fourth to end up winning by 37 points to improve to 5-8 on the season with four consecutive wins.

The Roar are now 2-10 having lost their past eight matches.

James Moors top-scored in the win for the Capitals with 22 points and seven rebounds on a perfect 10/10 shooting from the field and 2/2 from downtown. Trevor Lakes joined him on 22 points and nine rebounds with 5/12 three-point shooting.

Lachie Dent added 13 points and 12 assists for Brisbane, and Matthew Johns 11 points, six rebounds and two assists.

Jaylen Key put up 18 points and four rebounds for Red City with Nelson Larkins contributing 12 points, seven boards and four assists, and Jarrod Molnar 10 points and two boards.

Strengthened Pirates overpower travelling Salties

The South West Metro Pirates welcomed back Lamar Patterson and then shook off a slow start to hand the Darwin Salties a second loss on their road trip with Saturday night's 102-96 victory.

Darwin is on a triple-header road trip this weekend which started with a loss to the Gold Coast Rollers on Friday thanks to the brilliance of Jason Cadee, but the Salties started well at Hibiscus Sports Stadium against the Pirates.

Darwin was on fire in the opening quarter with 28 points to 16 but following that, South West Metro ended up working on top including 31 points to 22 in the second period.

The Pirates continued with the momentum to grab the lead in the third quarter and then went on with the job in the fourth to secure the six-point win in a bounce back performance from last week's 48-point loss to the Brisbane Capitals.

Having Lamar Patterson and Roman Siulepa back for the Pirates was a significant boost but losing Ben Volkman just before quarter-time when he was ejected wasn't quite what they were after.

Despite that, Kai Woodfall finished with 23 points and three rebounds for South West Metro with Brendan Teys contributing 21 points, five boards, five assists and two steals, and Lamar Patterson 17 points and six rebounds.

But it was Chris Cedar who top-scored for the Pirates with 24 points, seven rebounds and seven assists on the back of 7/10 shooting from beyond the arc. 

Makuach Maluach backed up his 40 points from the night before against Gold Coast with another 23 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals for Darwin as he prepares for an NBL season at the Sydney Kings.

Sean Macdonald also had 18 points, six assists, four rebounds and four steals, Jerron Jamerson 16 points and five boards, Deng Riak 10 points, 12 rebounds and three assists, and Josh Spiers 10 points, two boards and two assists.

Noi's free-throws secure Rip City win over Wizards

He thrives for the big moment and reigning NBL1 North MVP Kouat Noi hit the game clinching free-throws in Saturday night's 86-85 win for the USC Rip City against the Northside Wizards.

The six-point lead that the Wizards opened up in the first quarter would prove the biggest margin between the two teams the entire game on Saturday night in what turned into a tremendous contest.

The Wizards were still leading by four points at quarter-time but that lead was down to just one at the half-time break.

Northside were still leading by two at three quarter-time and then again the Wizards were up four with 2:30 to play thanks to a Josh Hughes bucket.

It was up to Rip City to respond and Josh Tueta knocked down a three to make it a one-point ball game and ultimately the last score of the game was the two free throws from reigning MVP Kouat Noi.

That put USC up by a point and the late prayer for the Wizards from Cameron Healy wouldn’t fall and Rip City held on for the crucial one-point win to improve to 5-6 on the season with the Wizards now 6-5.

Brandon Wood put up 20 points and five assists in the win for Rip City with Noi contributing 19 points and nine boards with 13/14 at the free-throw line.

Matt Kenyon added 16 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and two steals, Verle Williams 12 points, five boards and five assists, and Josh Tueta nine points on 4/4 shooting.

Andrew White III top-scored for Northside with 24 points, nine rebounds and three steals with Lual Diing adding 13 points, seven boards, three assists and two steals, DeShawn Ross-Paiwan 13 points and three rebounds, and Cameron Healy 10 points and six boards.

Deng, Sobey lift Ipswich over White's Meteors in OT

The battle of Brisbane Bullets teammates Isaac White and Nathan Sobey was worth the price of admission alone, but that was just where things started in a remarkable overtime battle between the Mackay Meteors and Ipswich Force.

Ipswich started the game on the road on fire on the back of Friday night's 15-point win against the Rockhampton Rockets with the Force racing to a 15-point lead on the back of a 38-point opening period.

The Ipswich lead grew to 21 points in the second quarter and they were still leading 67-48 on the back of a phenomenal offensive performance in that first half.

However, Mackay worked back into the contest with 27 points to 19 in the third stanza and the Meteors kept the momentum going in the fourth term and even managed to lead by as much as seven points on the back of an 11-0 run.

It was a Brad Rasmussen triple that put the Meteors up seven with six minutes to play and they were still up four with 3:45 to play after a bucket to Isaac White.

However, Ipswich wasn’t going away and ultimately a turnaround jumper from Deng Deng, and then free-throws from Nathan Sobey for the Force was enough to force the game into overtime.

Mackay made the first break in extra time and led by five after a triple from Isaiah Lee, but Sobey answered in kind for Ipswich before a Kyrin Galloway dunk and the extra put the visitors back in front.

Deng then pushed the lead out to three and then when the Force broke the defensive trap and Galloway delivered another dunk, Ipswich had done enough for the five-point win to improve to 10-3 on the season. Mackay is now 7-6 and a top four spot is slipping away.

Nathan Sobey finished with 26 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two blocks for Ipswich on 9/14 shooting with 6/8 from the foul line.

Kyrin Galloway added 21 points, seven rebounds and three blocks, Jaylin Galloway 10 points and five boards, and Cameron Goldfinch 16 points and four assists.

But it was Deng Deng who was a difference maker for the Force with 29 points, five rebounds and three assists on 13/22 shooting from the floor.

Isaac White continued his scintillating form this season for Mackay with another 33 points, 15 assists, five rebounds and two steals.

Isaiah Lee finished with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Meteors while Christian Maran added 15 points, six boards and four assists, and Tyler Williams 11 points, six rebounds and three steals.

Antonio fires Marlins to tight win over Phoenix

Jonah Antonio produced his best performance of the NBL1 North season and the Cairns Marlins turned it on to start the fourth quarter to set up the 86-82 home victory against the Sunshine Coast Phoenix.

The Marlins were playing their first game in two weeks and attempting to break into the top eight while hosting a Phoenix team inside those playoffs positions having beaten the Townsville Heat to start their road trip on Friday night.

Sunshine Coast were looking to make it a double road win weekend and started well to be leading by five points at quarter-time and then leading by as much as seven in the second before Cairns worked its way on top.

The Marlins ended up outscoring the Phoenix 30 points to 23 in the second stanza to go into half-time with the narrow 46-44 lead.

It remained a tight contest with Sunshine Coast leading 63-62 but Cairns produced a stunning opening to the final period firstly by grabbing the lead through Tad Dufelmeier.

Jonah Antonio then extended the lead as did Ky Stattmann, and ultimately the Marlins opened the final period on a 14-4 run which included two three-point bombs from Antonio to blow the game open, and then hold on in the finish to score the four-point win.

The victory improves the Marlins to a 6-6 record on the season with consecutive wins while the Phoenix are 6-6 having split their weekend in Townsville and Cairns.

Antonio produced his best performance of the season for Cairns ending up with 29 points and six rebounds while knocking down 7/16 from beyond the arc.

Ky Stattmann added 17 points, three rebounds and two steals, Tad Dufelmeier 13 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, and Lachlan Anderson 12 points, five boards, two assists, two steals and two blocks.

Jamaal Robateau ended up with 20 points and three rebounds for Sunshine Coast with Kiran Shastri contributing 19 points and three boards, Mason Bragg 11 points, six assists and five rebounds, Nelson Kahler 10 points, 12 boards and three blocks, and Cooper Urquhart 10 points and 10 rebounds.

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