Kickz101 Perth SBL Players of the Week
The week thirteen “Kickz101 Perth” Women’s SBL Player of the Week has been awarded to Darcee Garbin of the Orange Autos Rockingham Flames.
The Rockingham Flames stretched their undefeated winning streak to sixteen games over the weekend thanks to a standout performance from Darcee Garbin.
The Flames and Senators matched up on Saturday night at Mike Barnett Sports Complex with Garbin proving to be the difference between the two sides recording 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists to lead Rockingham to a twelve point victory over Stirling 72 to 60.
Garbin, a current WNBL player with the Alcohol Think Again West Coast Waves is an up and coming superstar and last year represented Australia in the U19 world championships where she won a bronze medal.
Standing at 188cm and only just nearing her 20th birthday, Garbin is having an outstanding season currently averaging 14.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for the championship favourite Rockingham Flames.
Other considerations for the award included;
Amy Patton (South West), Alison Schwagmeyer (Kalamunda), Kate Anthony (Perry Lakes), Amber Land (Stirling), Taylor Wild (Stirling), Stephanie Jones (East Perth), Casey Mihovilovich (Mandurah), Lauren Jeffers (South West), Alix Hayward (Perth), Taryn Priestly (Cockburn), Marita Payne (Cockburn) & Tarsha Fletcher (Rockingham).
The week thirteen “Kickz101 Perth” Men’s SBL Player of the Week has been awarded to Lee Roberts of the Perth Redbacks.
Perth look to be a serious contender this season after a huge performance on the weekend by the recently signed star import Lee Roberts.
The Redbacks travelled down the Kwinana freeway on Friday night to take on the star studded line-up of the Mandurah Magic who possess one of the strongest offensive line-ups in the league.
As anticipated the game was a high scoring affair with Perth’s Lee Roberts and Stanley Okoye combining for 71 points while Mandurah’s stars Hafford, Mullenax, Maddalena and Smith combined for 94 points.
Roberts finished with a game high 36 points to go with 15 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks and a huge slam dunk to entertain the crowd.
With Roberts and Okoye firing and 2012 SBL all-star point guard Joel Wagner to return to the line-up, the Redbacks have assembled a formidable line-up which could see them in their first grand final since 1999.
Other considerations for the award included;
Cooper Land (Rockingham), Bradley Tinsley (Lakeside), Seb Salinas (Joondalup), Justin Cecil (Perry lakes), Gavin Field (Cockburn), Quinn McDowell (Willetton), Stanley Okoye (Perth), Damien Scott (Cockburn), Joshua Throns (Stirling), Kyle Armour (East Perth), Clive Weedon (South West) , Duran Blue (Goldfields), Bennie Lewis (Geraldton), Louis Timms (Kalamunda), Jarrad Prue (Lakeside), Paul Hafford (Mandurah), Taylor Mullenax (Mandurah), Ty Harrelson (South West) & Ben Purser (Perry Lakes).
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Photo by Mick Cronin
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