The Grand Final in the Senior Men’s was between the top 2 teams after the minor round Eagles 67 defeated Roos 57. The 1^st half of the game was of good standard with only 1 point separating them at long break and the game looked likely to go down to the wire. Roos Ben Reynolds was on fire scoring 12 points in the 1^st half causing some trouble for Eagles as they were having difficulty stopping him close to the basket. After the main break however it was Eagles who started better with Scott Lonergan working his way into the game, but it wasn’t until the last quarter where he really broke loose and he finished with a 20 point second half which was enough to get his team Eagles over the line.

Grand Final high scorers: Eagles: S. Lonergan 30, A. Thorne 18, T. Watson 9. Roos: B. Reynolds 16, J. Elson 15, B. Tilley 12, B Wilson 8.

Senior Women’s grand final was won by Tigers 38 by defeating Pumas 36 in a game that was close, low scoring all the way with never more than 4 points separating the teams at any stage throughout the game. Pumas held a 3 point break at the 1^st change and Sarah Allan their sharp shooter was looking likely as she made 2 three pointers in the first quarter. Tigers tightened up their defense in the second and Sally Houlihan of Tigers found some shooting form to make 8 points for the quarter. The score at the main break was Tigers by 1 point. Tigers outscored Pumas in the third with Donna Denton leading the way for her team but the key factor to Tigers holding the lead at ¾ time was the strong rebounding which limited Pumas to one shot offences. The last quarter was tight with both teams desperate to stay in the game and with Allan again finding some range Pumas were always there about and ready to take the win. But through the experience and some good shooting at crucial times from Lisa Duldig and Keah Lynch, Tigers held on to win by 2 points. Team high scorers: Tigers: D. Denton 16, S. Houlihan 10, K. Lynch 6, L. Duldig 4. Pumas: S. Allan 13, J. Allan 8, E. Watson 7, M. Allan 6.

Women’s C Grand Final was between Devils 20 defeated Pink Ladies 12. Pink Ladies had a good start in this game leading by 6 points at the first break and looked to be going really well with all players getting into the game, while Devils were really struggling to find anyone that could get close to the ring to score. However it didn’t take Devils long to find their range in the second with four players scoring to bring the scores to level by the quarters end. Pink Ladies although matching Devils in general play just couldn’t find the way to score and Devils who had this problem early in the game were now starting to build a small lead and were not headed from this point in the game and went on to win by 8 points Devils: B. Clark 7, J. Brown 6, K. Werchon 4. Pink Ladies: J. Clark 6.

Women’s B Grand Final between Pumas 29 defeating Tigers 27. The game was a defensive battle with both team struggling to score however Pumas settled best in the first and had a 6 point lead at the first break. In the second Tiger managed to claw back half of the deposit by quarters end and this gave them some momentum in the third and they outscored Pumas to gain the lead by 3 points at ¾ time. Pumas were never going to surrender and with the old fox, Mardie Wight in their team, they set about wrestling the lead back right in the dying stages of the game to win by 2 points. Team high scorers: Pumas: M. Wight 11, S. Faulkner 8, S. Haines 4, K. Finch 4. Tigers: D. Smith 9, A. Wight 9, K. Wilson 4, Z. Blum 3, L. Puiatti 2.

Men’s B grade Grand Final between Devils 43 defeated Eagles 40. The first quarter was even with only 1 point the difference at the first break.In the secondDevils got off to a quick start and scored 15 points in the quarter while holding Eagles to 2 pionts. From this moment on they were never headed despite Eagles outscoring them 29 to 20 in the second half. Devils had done the hard work and put the score on the board in the 2^nd quarter to lead by a handy 23 to 11 at the main break. Eagles despite Chris and Ashley Butler of Eagles making every effort to get back in the game just fell short and Tom Butler of Devils their brother got the win.

Team high scorers Devils: T. Butler 15, S. Phillips 13, D. Clough 13. Eagles: C. Butler 13, A. Butler 10, T. Pink 7, Z. Walis 6, B. McRostie 4.

Best and Fairest and runner-up 2013 / 2014 Summer season

Senior Women

B&F     Sarah Allan    52 votes           Runner-up       Alex Walker    44 votes

Senior Men

B&F     Scott Lonergan 45 votes         Runner-up       Josh Murphy  35 votes

Men’s B

B&F     Sam Phillips  54 votes            Runner-up       Ashley Butler 24 votes                      

Women’s B

B&F     Michelle Hann  70 votes        Runner-up       Megan Theile 59 votes

Women’s C

B&F     Stephanie Buwalda    35 votes          Runner-up     Karla Werchon 33 votes

The next senior season commences again at the end of April so teams are urged to get their nominations in as soon possible before the 22^nd April. Nomination forms are available for the Millicent Basketball website or call Peter 0438388073