South Recap | Round 6 Friday

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Rachel Antoniadou and Jack Gandolfo came up huge respectively with match-winning road performances for the Nunawading Spectres in NBL1 South Friday night action against the Hobart Chargers.

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Hobart Chargers (58) lost to Nunawading Spectres (68)

On a night where both teams struggled to put the ball in the hole, Rachel Antoniadou was the difference with 31 points for the Nunawading Spectres in the 68-58 win over the Hobart Chargers.

The Chargers arrived back home at South East Stadium trying to back up their last up win against the Bendigo Braves as they played host to a Spectres team trying to avoid a third consecutive defeat.

The Chargers did make the better of the start to be leading 20-14 by the end of the first quarter having limited the Spectres to 5/19 shooting from the floor.

Hobart then held Nunawading to just eight points in the second quarter on 4/19 shooting with the Chargers well in control leading 42-22 going into the half-time break.

The game then underwent a dramatic transformation after half-time starting with the Spectres putting up 22 points ton nine in the third period.

Nunawading went on with the job in the fourth quarter too with another 24 points to seven and after being down by 20 at the half, outscored the Chargers 46-16 in the second half.

The Spectres went 17/21 at the foul line alone in the second half while limiting the Chargers to 6/31 shooting as they scored the road win to improve to 4-4 on the season.

Ultimately Rachael Antoniadou was the difference between the two teams with 31 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals on 10/18 shooting from the floor, 6/10 from three-point range and 5/6 at the foul line.

Laina Snyder delivered nine points, 14 rebounds, four steals and three blocks, Rachel Brewster eight points, four boards, three assists and two steals, and Kate Tanner seven points, eight rebounds and three steals.

Hobart are now 3-7 on the season following the defeat with Tayla Roberts finishing with 17 points and nine rebounds with Chelsea D'Angelo adding 14 points, six assists, five boards and three steals, Kayla Steindl 10 points and nine rebounds, and Ellie Collins nine points, four boards and four assists.

HOBART CHARGERS 58 (Roberts 17, D'Angelo 17, Steindl 10)

NUNAWADING SPECTRES 68 (Antoniadou 31, Snyder 9, Brewster 8)

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Hobart Chargers (87) lost to Nunawading Spectres (88)

Jack Gandolfo completed the game winning three-point play for the Nunawading Spectres to claim the thrilling 88-87 road victory over the Hobart Chargers.

The Chargers were back on their home floor at South East Stadium having lost their past three matches but welcoming back Will Cranston-Lown into the line-up.

The Spectres arrived to begin their Tasmanian double-header also looking to bounce back from a loss to Keilor Thunder, and not much separated the two teams most of the evening.

Each team shot 10/21 from the field in the first quarter with Nunawading leading narrowly 26-25 having hit a couple more threes while Hobart did make one more foul shot.

The Spectres knocked down another 4/8 from downtown in the second quarter to slightly outscore Hobart 23 points to 22 which saw the visitors clinging to a 49-47 lead going into the half-time interval.

Nunawading were able to open up a 10-point lead in the third quarter and were still 10 points to the good to start the fourth period when Jack Gandolfo knocked down a three ball.

Hobart responded with the next nine points which started with a dunk to Ole Angerstein and topped off with a triple to Joe Chilcott to bring it back to a one-point ball game.

It was big shot for big shot the rest of the way with the lead continually changing hands, but in the end the biggest play of the game was an and-one completion for the Spectres from Gandolfo with just over 30 seconds to play.

That gave Nunawading the one-point lead and would be the last score of the game following a turnover each, and a missed shot for the Chargers that potentially could have been the winner by Angerstein.

The one-point win sees Nunawading improve to 4-4 on the season ahead of playing the North West Tasmania Thunder on Saturday with Gandolfo not only hitting the winner but delivering 30 points on 6/13 three-point shooting.

Brian Mack II also had 22 points and eight rebounds, Cameron Cranston 11 points, eight boards, four assists and two blocked shots, and Daniel Baxter four points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals.

The Chargers have now lost four in-a-row for a 4-5 record with Jacob Richards finishing with 27 points, 12 rebounds and five assists on 10/19 shooting from the field.

Ole Angerstein added 12 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks, Joe Chilcott 11 points and three boards, Jordan Straatsma 10 points and two rebounds, and Ambros Eugster eight points, six assists and four boards.

HOBART CHARGERS 87 (Richards 27, Angerstein 12, Chilcott 11)

NUNAWADING SPECTRES 88 (Gandolfo 30, Mack II 22, Cranston 11)