NBL1 South Recap | Friday Men's Round 5

Jack White helped the Geelong Supercats to a thrilling road win over the Mount Gambier Pioneers in Friday night's NBL1 South action while Tim Guers also inspired the Ringwood Hawks to a dramatic comeback win on the road to the Hobart Chargers.

Precious little separated the Mount Gambier Pioneers and Geelong Supercats all evening at The Ice House on Friday and it was Jack White's late triple that proved the difference in the Supercats' eventual 83-82 victory.

The Melbourne United star produced 20 points and 10 rebounds in his first appearance of the season for Geelong with Michael Harris putting up 24 points and nine rebounds for Mount Gambier.

Also on Friday night, the Ringwood Hawks overcame a 24-point deficit early in the third quarter to produce a remarkable comeback victory on the road to end up beating the Hobart Chargers 91-87.

Tim Guers finished with 31 points and 12 rebounds in the stunning win for Ringwood while Harry Froling finished with 30 points for Hobart.

Round 5 in the NBL1 South Women's competition continues on Saturday starting at 7pm with the Sandringham Sabres at home to the Nunawading Spectres.

Then at 7.30pm, the Bendigo Braves are hosting the Diamond Valley Eagles with the Frankston Blues at home to the Casey Cavaliers and the Knox Raiders battling the Kilsyth Cobras. The North West Tasmania Thunder will also be at home to the Ringwood Hawks.

Then at 8pm also on Saturday, the Ballarat Miners will be playing host to the Melbourne Tigers with the Eltham Wildcats at home to the Waverley Falcons and the Keilor Thunder battling the Dandenong Rangers.

Round 5 wraps up on Sunday afternoon with the Kilsyth Cobras playing the Dandenong Rangers, the Melbourne Tigers hosting the Sandringham Sabres, the Nunawading Spectres taking on the Keilor Thunder, and finally the Waverley Falcons at home to the Ballarat Miners.

NBL1 SOUTH – 2022 MEN'S SEASON
ROUND 5 – FRIDAY NIGHT

MOUNT GAMBIER PIONEERS 82 lost to GEELONG SUPERCATS 83

Jack White warmed to the task nicely and ended up hitting a clutch three-pointer to help the Geelong Supercats to a thrilling one-point win over the Mount Gambier Pioneers on Friday night.

The Pioneers and Supercats locked horns to open Round 5 of the NBL1 South season at The Ice House and it was a tight contest virtually the entire evening.

Mount Gambier was able to open up a narrow 22-18 advantage by the end of the first quarter but Geelong then turned things around in the second term with 26 points to 15 to go into the half-time break with a 44-37 advantage.

The Pioneers turned things back around with 22 points to 17 in the third quarter and Mount Gambier soon led by 10 on the back of an Erik Burdon three-pointer with just over six minutes on the clock.

Geelong had to dig deep and it was a Gabe Hadley triple that brought them back within three points. He hit a couple more down the stretch but for a while at least, the Pioneers continued to have all the answers.

In the end, it was with two minutes remaining that Jack White stepped to knock down the three ball on the pass from Melbourne United teammate Owen Odigie to put the Supercats in front, and they went on to win 83-82.

The result improves Geelong to a 6-1 record on the season while they handed Mount Gambier their first defeat in the process who are now also 6-1.

Jack White finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Supercats in his first game of the 2022 season while DeMarcus Gatlin added 17 points, four boards and four assists.

Gabe Hadley put up another 15 points on 5/12 shooting from three-point range for Geelong as well while Isaac Turner had eight points, four rebounds and three assists.

Michael Harris finished with 24 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals for the previously unbeaten Mount Gambier.

Jordan Rawls added 15 points and five rebounds, Nick Marshall 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists, Tom Kubank nine points, three boards and three steals, and Kane de Wit nine points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals.

HOBART CHARGERS 87 lost to RINGWOOD HAWKS 91

Harry Froling and the Hobart Chargers made a flying start at home on Friday night but couldn’t quite maintain it with Tim Guers and the Ringwood Hawks overrunning them for the eventual four-point win.

The two talented teams locked horns at Kingborough Sports Centre to open Round 5 on Friday night and it was NBL big man Harry Froling who helped to give the Chargers the flying start on their home floor.

With Froling on fire, the Chargers led 29-18 by quarter-time and they put up another 33 points to 22 in the second period. Froling had 24 of them to the half-time break and as a result it was Hobart leading 62-40.

Hobart's lead grew to as much as 24 points early in the third quarter and it would have been easy for the Hawks to turn up the ghost in the start of their double-header this weekend on the Apple Isle.

However, Ringwood dug deep and went on two individual 10-0 scoring runs in the second half, and after being down 24 early in the second half, the Hawks were able to outscore the Chargers the rest of the way 49 points to 21 to end up winning 91-87.

It was a stunning fightback and finish to the game from Ringwood away from home with Tim Guers instrumental in everything they did finishing with 31 points and 12 rebounds while shooting 4/9 from three-point land.

Shaun Clarke added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Hawks, Kyle Daggett 12 points and five boards, and Robert Heath 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

Harry Froling finished the night with 30 points and five rebounds for Hobart with Ole Angerstein 15 points, 12 boards and three blocked shots, AJ Harris 14 points, seven boards, five assists and three steals, and Jack Stanwix 11 points and three assists.