NBL1 West Recap | Sunday Round 11

The troops were back for the Mandurah Magic women and then CJ Bobbitt produced his best NBL1 West performance for a pair of Sunday wins for them at home against the Goldfields Giants.

Round 11 in the NBL1 West wrapped up at Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre on Sunday with the Magic women beating the Giants 100-66 before Mandurah's men defeated Goldfields 120-106.

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WOMEN

Leaders return and Magic win big over Giants

The Mandurah Magic welcomed back their captain, coach and legend on Sunday to bounce back with a 100-66 victory at home to the Goldfields Giants.

The Magic had a rough night on Friday away to the unbeaten Cockburn Cougars to end up losing by 21 points in a game where they arrived without coach Vlad Alava, captain Rachel Halleen and the league's games record holder Casey Mihovilovich.

WOW! What a dime by Kelly Bailey! ?

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Then throughout the evening, they lost Carly Boag to an apparent knee injury and even fill-in coach Craig Reynolds was ejected late on the back of a second tech foul.

The Magic were then back home on Sunday at Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre to host a Giants team buoyed by the presence of Darcee Garbin and trying to bounce back from last Saturday's loss at home also to the Cougars.

Mandurah was boosted by the return of coach Alava and with Mihovilovich and Halleen straight back into the starting line-up against the Giants even though they were without Boag.

Mandurah did start well to lead by six points at quarter-time before the Magic turned it on in the second stanza with 30 points to 18 to see the home side leading 49-31 by the half-time break.

Mandurah added another 30 points to 13 in the third term which saw the lead blow out to 37 points, it got to 38 in the fourth and the Magic would end up winning by 34 on their home court.

The victory improves the Magic to a 10-4 record on the season with the top four battle remaining a fascinating one. The Giants slipped to 3-10 with their only appearance of the weekend.

Kat Tudor turned it on for the Magic in the big win with 29 points, 10 rebounds and four assists on the back of knocking down 5/10 of her three-point attempts.

Sarah Toeaina also added 26 points, three rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots on 10/12 shooting with Hannah Hank producing 13 points, 11 boards, four assists and two steals, and Casey Mihovilovich 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals.

Darcee Garbin delivered 20 points, 12 rebounds and three assists for Goldfields on a floor she had so many fascinating battles against the Magic with when she was playing at the Rockingham Flames.

Regan Turnour-McCarty finished with 17 points and six rebounds for the Giants, Ash Sidebottom 10 points and two rebounds, and Kiriana Hawaikirangi eight points, five boards and four assists.

Darcee Garbin is too strong ?

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MEN

Bobbitt fires Magic to win over Giants

CJ Bobbitt produced the best performance of his NBL1 West career to inspire the Mandurah Magic to their second win of the season, beating the Goldfields Giants 120-106 on Sunday.

Both teams arrived at Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre attempting to bounce back from losses earlier in Round 11 with the Magic losing to the Cockburn Cougars on Friday, and the Giants going down to the South West Slammers to start the road double on Saturday.

Mandurah was hunting a second win of the season and Goldfields just needed a win to stay in touch with the top eight setting the stage for the last match of Round 11.

Goldfields put together an outstanding opening quarter as well to go into quarter-time leading 33-25, but the Giants couldn’t maintain that pace away from home.

The Magic put together 33 points to 26 in the second stanza to go into the half-time interval narrowly leading 59-58 in an entertaining affair.

Mandurah took charge further throughout the second half including scoring 10 straight points in the third quarter to open up a nine-point lead.

That advantage grew to 15 points for the Magic in the fourth term and the home team would go on to score the 14-point victory to improve to 2-13 on the season.

It's another tough loss for the Giants who slip to 5-10 with the defeat having now lost their past four matches to remain outside the top eight.

CJ Bobbitt was playing his ninth game of the season since joining the Magic and after his night ended early on Friday against the Cougars, he produced his best performance on Sunday in the win against the Giants.

He finished with 35 points, 12 rebounds and four assists on 11/20 shooting from the floor, 5/8 from three-point range and 8/9 from the foul line.

Dequan Abrom continued his tremendous form with 24 points, 13 assists, eight rebounds and two steals with Isaac Abergut contributing 20 points and eight boards, Ray Turner 18 points and eight rebounds, and Cousteau Kyle 11 points and two boards.

Michael Dupree did what he could to try and lift the Giants with 31 points, four assists and three rebounds with Hamish Cummings adding 24 points with 7/13 shooting from beyond the arc.

Lafonzo Smith also had 20 points, 12 rebounds and three assists, Mayo Malek eight points, seven boards and two blocks, and Kon Anguik eight points and six rebounds.

Ray Turner from half-court ?

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