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SEABL - Round 14 results
4/06/2007
SEABL MEN: FRIDAY JUNE 1

Geelong 146 (Myers 31, Reardon 27)
def
Hobart 121 (Stewart 32, Nash 30)
MVP – Shawn Myers (Geelong)

Mt Gambier 131 (Shepherd 35, Blankson 35)
def
NW Tasmania 115 (de Vries 41, B Armstrong 34)
The first half was an interesting contest with both teams playing offensive basketball. The Thunder stretched out to a handy lead early in the game and threatened to take the advantage through some brilliant team and individual performances but the Pioneers worked hard to bring themselves back into the contest. Armstrong hit a difficult shot at halftime to bring the margin back to four points in favour of the Pioneers. The second half saw the Pioneers gain some momentum and stretch the lead out with some great offensive play. The Thunder mounted several challenges but the Pioneers covered them with some great discipline and teamwork. The final quarter was similar to the third with both sides playing some real offensive basketball and exhibiting some great outside shooting.
MVP – Ryan Blankson & Jon Shepherd (Mt Gambier)

SATURDAY JUNE 2

AIS 103 (Carter 21, Armour 18, Young 18)
lost to
Nunawading 114 (Eversteyn 25, Flynn 23)
MVP – Shane McDonald (Nunawading)

Southern Districts 121 (Gibson 33, Williamson 21)
def
Hobart 96 (Heather 18, Inches 18)
Hobart led by as much as seven early in the quarter but team fouls brought the Spartans closer. The Chargers were up 33-26 at the end of the quarter but the Spartans made a stand in the second term, leading the game four minutes into the quarter. The Chargers came back to tie the game at halftime, 58-58. A technical foul at half time to the Spartans' coach gave the visitors a two-point lead soon after the break but the Spartans answered, leading the game by nine-points halfway through the quarter. The Spartans dominated the rest of the quarter to lead the game at three quarter time 89-75. The Spartans extended the lead with two minutes to go to win by 23 points.
MVP – Adam Gibson (Southern Districts)

Albury/Wodonga 129 (Payne 35, Sheridan 30)
lost to
Frankston 133 (Harms 30, Timmons 27)
MVP – David Gruber (Frankston)

Kilsyth 123 (Taylor 29, Cameron 29)
def
NW Tasmania 105 (de Vries 42, L McGaffin 24)
MVP – Troy de Vries (NW Tasmania)

Ballarat 99 (McSwain 15, Daniels 13, Benn 13)
lost to
Geelong 138 (Myers 32, Cox 27)
In front of a near full house at the WIN Minerdome, the Ballarat Miners took on an undefeated Geelong Supercats outfit. Early into the game the Supercats' unbeaten run looked set to continue, taking a very handy lead early in the game. At the main break the Supercats led the Miners by 19 points and this was due to an unbelievable shooting display as the team shot at 60%. In the second half it was all Geelong after Miners veteran Ricky Daniels was fouled out after receiving a questionable unsportsmanlike foul then two technical fouls. At this point Miners coach Matt Shanahan played a lot of his younger players off the bench with Geelong going on to win 138 to 99, with Shawn Myers hitting 32 for the winners and for the Miners it was youngster Adam McSwain hitting 15 points.
MVP – Shawn Myers (Geelong)

SUNDAY JUNE 3

Knox 93 (Massingale 35, Simpson 24)
lost to
Bendigo 105 (Hill 27, Rigby 26)
MVP – Cameron Rigby (Bendigo)

Canberra 111 (Petrie 33, Denman 22)
def
Nunawading 100 (McDonald 28, Thorp 25)
MVP – Anthony Petrie (Canberra)

SEABL WOMEN: FRIDAY JUNE 1

Bendigo 86 (Gilmore 16, Richards 10, Walsh 10)
def
Launceston 62 (Hays 21, Jordan 16)
MVP – Ashley Gilmore (Bendigo)

SATURDAY JUNE 2

Albury/Wodonga 99 (Hurst 34, Bibby 26)
def
NW Tasmania 91 (Carr 28, Finnigan 22)
MVP – Nat Hurst (Albury/Wodonga)

Ballarat 73 (Ashby 22, Abrams 15)
def
Bendigo 61 (Richards 16, Walker 15)
In the top-of-the-table clash between the Ballarat Lady Miners and the Bendigo Lady Braves it was all Ballarat in the first half, getting a very early jump on Bendigo to take a 17-point lead into the main break. This was due to some great shooting by Kellie Abram and Lynly Doherty and the inside presence of Karen Ashby. In the second half Ballarat came out firing to go out to a 23-point lead before Bendigo tightened up its defence to get within seven points of Ballarat early in the final quarter. But as top sides do Ballarat with stood Bendigo's come back to record the win.
MVP – Karen Ashby (Ballarat)

Southern Districts 82 (H Smith 19, Burrell 19)
lost to
Launceston 87 (Pardon 32, Jordan 20)
Spartans took the early lead but teh Tornadoes came back towards the end of the first to only be down by three at the end of the quarter. The Spartans again stretched the lead to five, but only to have the Tornadoes come back. The Tornadoes led by five going into the break but the Spartans came back to within one point before the Tornadoes stopped the comeback, leading by
five with two minutes to go. A Spartans comeback was not enough, with the Tornadoes winning the game.
MVP – Lisa Pardon (Launceston)

Kilsyth 90 (Schrader 18, Keane 14)
def
Frankston 63 (McMeeken-Ruscoe 14, Jordan 11)
MVP – Lil Keane (Kilsyth)

SUNDAY JUNE 3

Knox 72 (Randall 20, Grima 19)
def
Ballarat 69 (Abrams 20, Ashby 16)
The Knox Ford Raiders SEABL women came from five down at halftime to defeat the Ballarat Lady Miners in a high-standard thriller at the Knox Converse Stadium. In a game between two teams expected to challenge for the Championship, this clash let none of the fans in attendance down, with the game living up to all the hype.
MVP – Hollie Grima (Knox)

Kilsyth 109 (Glaubitz 30, Schrader 20, Keane 20)
def
NW Tasmania 89 (Braunberger 31, Veal 25)
MVP – Desiree Glaubitz (Kilsyth)

Nunawading 95 (Cunningham 23, Smith 22)
def
Frankston 66 (McMeeken-Ruscoe 14, Krolke 14)
The Spectres came out focused and held a significant 13-point lead going into the second quarter. In the second quarter the Spectres maintained their dominance of the game and extended their lead, going into halftime 44 to 28 in front. The Blues could make no inroads and the Spectres continued to dominate, leading by 26 points going into the final quarter. The last term saw the Spectres play most of their bench and score a convincing 95-66 win.
MVP – Caitlin Cunningham (Nunawading)

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