NBL1 West Recap | Men's Sunday Round 11

Spurred on to bounce back from losing the Grand Final rematch on Friday night, the Rockingham Flames took out their frustrations on the Goldfields Giants on Sunday to close Round 11 in the NBL1 West.

There was just the one match on Sunday to close Round 11 in the NBL1 West Men's season and it saw the Rockingham Flames defeat the Goldfields giants 109-80 at Mike Barnett Sports Complex.

Marshall Nelson backed up his Friday night triple-double for Rockingham with another spectacular performance with 25 points while Tom Jervis also had 22. Mayo Malek top-scored for the Giants with 22 points.

Round 11 in the NBL1 West Men's season began back on Friday night with that Grand Final rematch which saw the Perry Lakes Hawks beat the Rockingham Flames 102-93.

Then on Saturday night, the Joondalup Wolves defeated the East Perth Eagles 83-61, the Geraldton Buccaneers beat the Perth Redbacks 94-69 and the Kalamunda Eastern Suns down the South West Slammers 84-80.

The Warwick Senators also beat the Mandurah Magic 95-71 while the Cockburn Cougars prevailed 104-94 against the Lakeside Lightning and the Goldfields Giants won a nail-biter over the Willetton Tigers 86-81.

NBL1 WEST – 2022 MEN'S SEASON
ROUND 11 – SUNDAY

ROCKINGHAM FLAMES 109 defeated GOLDFIELDS GIANTS 80

The Rockingham Flames took out their pent up frustration after losing on Friday night on the Goldfields Giants in an eventual 29-point victory on Sunday to close Round 11 in the NBL1 West Men's competition.

Rockingham came into the round on a four-game winning streak to sit in second position on the table before losing a Grand Final rematch against the Perry Lakes Hawks at Bendat Basketball Centre on Friday night.

They backed up on Sunday at Mike Barnett Sports Complex up against a Giants team who had defeated the Willetton Tigers the night before to keep themselves in the mix for a top four position as well.

However, the Flames were in no mood to mess around on Sunday afternoon with a good crowd on hand on their home floor. Coming off his triple-double on Friday night, Marshall Nelson set the tone early for Rockingham even though they were still without key experienced pair Ryan Godfrey and Justin Beard.

Rockingham raced to an 11-point lead on the back of scoring 13 straight points in the opening quarter, but Goldfields had done well to stay in touch and only trail by four points at quarter-time, and just the seven points at half-time.

The Flames were never going to let them hang around for too long, though, and put their foot down in the third quarter piling on 30 points to 14 to open up a 23-point lead and to be in control 80-57 by three quarter-time.

From there, Rockingham secured the 109-80 victory to improve to a 10-3 record on the season while Goldfields is now 8-5 with both teams splitting their two Round 11 match ups.

The Flames shot a brilliant 55.6 per cent from the field for the game along with hitting 16/33 from three-point land with Marshall Nelson delivering another standout performance consisting of 25 points, six rebounds and three assists.

Tom Jervis put up 22 points, six boards and three blocks as well for Rockingham with Devondrick Walker adding 14 points and four assists, Travis Durnin 14 points, Callum Beard nine points and three rebounds, and Greg Hire nine points, 12 boards and four assists.

Mayo Malek led the charge on a tough afternoon for the Giants with 22 points and seven rebounds with Lafonzo Smith contributing 14 points and eight boards, Hussayn Ford 13 points and six rebounds, and Damon Ballantyne 10 points and five rebounds.