Darwin Airport Resort League

Challenge Season

Results from Tuesday 16th March – Round 7

Women’s

Ansett stormed home late with a 30-17 fourth quarter to win 66-60. Sam Drescher proved nearly unstoppable late scoring 15 of her 25 in the final term, but it was a real team effort which earnt Ansett the win with all eight players testing the scorer. For the TV Jets it looked like they may have stolen the game in the third quarter when they led by 9 entering the final break after Tara Carroll exploded in the third quarter with 11 of her team high 18, but they just didn’t have the answers defensively down the stretch.

Lightning have rebounded from their surprise loss last week to break both the all-time team and individual scoring records with a 126-30 thumping of the Warriors. Tamara Sheppard smashed the recent all-time individual game scoring record set by Sam Drescher (46) with a dazzling 66 points (14-16-18-18). Chelsea Cook also produced one of her best games since defecting to Lightning with 28 points. For the Warriors Natasha Bennett led the way with 11 but struggled to find any real help.

The Eagles have continued their recent great form with a convincing 90-52 win over the Uni Rebels despite having only five players. Every player for the Eagles scored at least 13 points with Megan Reeve top scoring with 23 and standout veteran Patricia Graham finished with 22. Jaylene Bonson again led her team with 17 and Delsey Ah Wang finished with 14But after falling behind by 14 in the first quarter the rebels never found a way into the game.

Ladder:
Lightning 6-1
Eagles 6-1
Ansett 5-2
Uni Rebels 2-5
TV Jets 2-5
Warriors 0-7

Next Games (Saturday 20th March):
5.00pm Warriors v Eagles – Court 2
6.30pm TV Jets v Uni Rebels – Court 1
8.00pm Ansett v Lightning – Court 2

Men’s

Ansett have cruised to a 78-55 victory over a spirited Warriors outfit. Despite the valiant efforts of Warriors point guard Christian Williams who finished with 37 points the Warriors fought hard but just couldn’t peg Ansett back after losing the first quarter by 7. For Ansett Ernest Holmes was dominant inside finishing with 28 points and numerous big rebounds. Tom Hunt (19) amd Ross Vasic (14) were the other lead scorers for Ansett.

The Eagles have inflicted the first defeat of the season on the TV Jets in over-time despite missing ace Timmy Duggan 76-73. Ina  see-sawing affair the Jets led by 8 at half-time but a big third quarter saw the Eagles enter the last break up by 7. With 46 seconds Travis Ellis (30 points) hit two clutch free throws which were the last points in regulation. In over-time with only seconds to go the TV Jets had two opportunities to win the game but both fell short and the Eagles held on to win by three with Matthew Bakunowicz top scoring with 21.

Despite leading by 20 points well into the third quarter the Rebels have dropped another heart breaker 76-73 to Lightning who have now won two games after dropping their first four. Lightning’s Cameron Bailey was unstoppable in the fourth quarter hitting five 3’s and finishing with 17 fourth quarter points and 28 overall. Tom Leonard was also a big contributor to the win and finished with 20 points despite not scoring in the first half. For the Rebels it was a clear case of them losing their way once star point guard Marcus Ch’ng went down with an ankle injury and failed to return, despite the efforts of Jarrod Sheppard who finished with 27 points and Kamus Gordon who finished with 20.

Ladder:
TV Jets 5-1
Eagles 5-1
Ansett 5-2
Uni Rebels 2-4
Razzle 2-3
Lightning 2-4
Warriors 0-6

Next Week’s Games (20th March):
5.00pm TV Jets v Lightning - Court 1
6.30pm Razzle v Eagles - Court 2
8.00pm Uni Rebels v Warriors – Court 1
Bye – Ansett