NBL1 North Recap: Round 2 - Sunday May 8

There was a hectic four-game slate of basketball for Sunday of round 2, something for everyone in the mix of all the matches

There were close contests, there were blowout wins, and of course, there was some exceptional hoops played by the country's best. 

Check out the games below.

WOMEN 

Sunshine Coast Phoenix (70) def by North Gold Coast Seahawks (82) 

A pair of evenly matched teams in this match, with North Gold Coast able to claim the win thanks to their shared scoring load.

Four of the Seahawks' five starters hit double-digits scoring, Erin Riley the most impressive with 19 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists, two blocks, and two steals. 

Three Phoenix players scored at least 10, but they did not receive enough bench support to truly challenge in this one. 

SUNSHINE COAST 70 (Beacham 18, Browne 15, Sidney 13)

NORTH GOLD COAST 82 (Deeble 21, Riley 19, Willemse 16) 

Cairns Dolphins (90) def by Mackay Meteorettes (91)

It couldn’t have been any closer than this, going into overtime to finally find a winner. 

Shaneice Swain was massive for Mackay, 23 points and a shocking 10 steals as her team managed to clinch the victory. 

Cayla George tried her best to keep her team in it, 26 points and 17 rebounds, but the Meteorettes were able to get the job done.

CAIRNS 90 (George 26, Burke 17, Bond and Davidson 10)

MACKAY 91 (Swain 23, George 19, Jenkins 18)

MEN 

North Gold Coast Seahawks (80) def by Sunshine Coast Phoenix (115) 

In one of the highest-scoring games of the NBL1 season, the Phoenix obliterated the Seahawks by 35 points. 

Six of the North Gold Coast players hit double digits in this game, led by Lachlan Wood with 15, but still got completely blown off the board.

For the Sunshine Coast, their trio of Jamaal Robateau, Jonathan Janssen and Nelson Kahler combining for 74 points was the clear reason that the Phoenix ran away with the game. 

NORTH GOLD COAST 80 (Wood 15, Wigness, Krause and Vines 13) 

SUNSHINE COAST 115 (Robateau 30, Kahler 24, Janssen 20)

Cairns Marlins (81) def by Mackay Meteors (88) 

In our final game of the night, the Meteors hung on to beat the Marlins by seven points. 

Mackay had five players in double figures, led by Malok Majak with 26 points and 17 rebounds. 

Cairns' Benjamin Ayre led all scorers with 31 points, but only two other teammates in double digits were not enough to get the Marlins the win. 

CAIRNS 81 (Ayre 31, George 21, Ah Wang 10)

MACKAY 88 (Majak 26, Galloway 18, Foketi 15) 

Feature image via Kieron Place Art & Photography