West Adelaide Bearcats v Southern Tigers, Sat, May 22nd, 8.15pm at Port Adelaide
West Adelaide's victory against the Southern Tigers has moved them up to equal top place with the Sturt Sabres and the Norwood Flames, the three clubs now on 7 wins and 2 losses. In this match the Southern Tigers stayed with the home side for the first 3 quarters but were comprehensively outscored in the last quarter 25 – 12. West's Chris Molitor and Kurtis Phillips proved a handful for the Tigers' defence combining for 47 points between them. They were well supported by Brad Davidson (17 points) and Anthony Spadavecchia (12 points). For the Tigers Shane Boal and Tristan Braithwaite finished with 19 points each and Michael Florence finished with 10 points, and no other players were in double figures. West Adelaide shared the ball around better than Southern and got to the free throw line more often, converting 14 shots from 24 taken at 58%.

Woodville Warriors v Eastern Mavericks, Sat, May 22nd, 8.15pm at St. Clair
In a match where the Warriors (particularly Brad Goodchild and Mark Egel) were on fire early from outside, Eastern slowly worked their way back into the match to level the scores at half time 36 - 36. In the first quarter and the early minutes of the second period, Woodville's shooters had connected on seven 3 pointers to set up a 13 point buffer 33 – 20. In the last 6 minutes of the second period, Eastern scored 16 points while holding the home team to just one field goal and a foul shot, and this was probably where they set up victory. After the long break both sides traded baskets and with only 3 minutes left of the third quarter scores were level (44 – 44). In the remaining minutes of the quarter Brad Hill, Jordan Dodman and Ben Madgen established a mini break to start the last quarter up 57 – 51. Eastern were able to defend the lead in an entertaining last quarter. Madgen, a valuable acquisition, finished with 26 points in his first game back.

Norwood Flames v Forestville Eagles, Sat, May 22nd, 8.15pm at Mars
The margin stayed close throughout the contest with both teams finishing with an even spread of scorers. At the end of the first quarter scores were tied (15 – 15) after a Nick Blair (Eagles) 3 pointer with seconds remaining. In the second period the tempo increased with both sides scoring from outside, Norwood did edge away but the Eagles closed the margin to just 1 point by halftime (38 -37). Both sides kept the score board ticking over in the 3rd quarter with a number of players from each team scoring, Sam Grantham (Flames) and Riley Luettgerodt (Eagles) prominent in this period. In the last, Todd Matthews (Flames) started a run with two 3 pointers early and when he scored his third basket of the quarter the Flames had established a match winning break (71 – 60). The teams traded baskets for the remainder of the quarter but the Eagles couldn't close the gap. Norwood's David Cooper finished with a double double of 21 points and 12 rebounds to be the game high scorer.

Sturt Sabres v North Adelaide Rockets, Sat, May 22nd, 6.30pm at Pasadena
North Coach Tracy York and her team created the upset of the round in the Men's competition when they halted the 6 game winning run of the Sturt Sabres. North started slowly but built momentum in the second quarter when they outscored the Sabres 21 – 10 to set up a 6 point buffer at half time, 36 – 30. The Rockets and the Sabres were evenly matched in the third but by the end of the quarter North had stretched the lead to 10 points 59 – 49. Sturt were only able to eat into the margin narrowly in the last quarter and the Rockets held on for the all important victory to stay in 5th place and two games clear of the chasing pack. In his second game for the Rockets, Pero Vasilijevic finished the game high scorer with 27 points, just nudging out Jacob Holmes (Sabres) who finished with 26 points.

South Adelaide Panthers v Central Districts Lions, Sun, May 23rd, 3.30pm at Port Adelaide
South Adelaide struggled to shake off a determined Lions team until a mini run at the beginning of the last quarter. South jumped out of the blocks early with Steve Pilkington, Luke Frost and Sammy Gazzo doing the bulk of the scoring. For the Lions, Tom Cioffi and to a lesser extent Zane Reeves and Wade Pidock were their scorers. With 7 minutes of the 3rd period remaining the Lions took the lead 46 – 42 but by the last break South had eased back in front 58 – 54. In the first 4 minutes of the final quarter South added 9 points without reply before the Lions scored. South's Brian Finnis had a big last quarter to help his team record victory. The Panthers finished with 4 players in double figures led by Sammy Gazzo (19 points) but the Lions struggled offensively with only Tom Cioffi (17 points) in double figures.