Sealed with a slam: Forestville Eagles Greg Mays seals the win for his side with a slam off an alley-oop pass from Malith Machar Photo by All Star Photos
COE vs North Adelaide Rockets
Petrie dish and Puoch prove too strong for young Rockets
The COE Women accounted easily for the young North Adelaide team handing them a second half demolition 37-98 at the Lights. Seven COE players chalked up double figures in an impressive display led by Jess Petrie (13 points and 11 rebounds) and Nyadiew Puoch (13 points). Sienna Harvey also made her presence felt with 14 points as did Summah Hanson (12 points and 8 rebounds) and NSW Country rising star Isla Juffermans (11 points and 7 rebounds). It was a tough scoring night for the Rockets with Corrigan netting 10 points and 5 rebounds and Sammy “DeFran” Francesco showing her young cohort the way with 11 points and 7 rebounds. The COE were able to force the Rockets into 15 points from turnovers and 14 points from the fast-break after half-time through coach Kristian Veal’s instruction.
Toohey good in first as COE comfortably keep Rockets on ground
Captain of the COE Alex Toohey set the tone from tip off as he scored 8 points in the opening term of 16-32 to comfortably lead the COE to a 63-94 win over the Rockets at the Lights. Toohey finished with 11 points and 9 rebounds who along with son of the gun Jansen Bradtke (6 of his 11 in the first quarter off the bench) setup the win early for their side. NBA aspirant in the making Tyrese Proctor starred through the remainder of the evening with 14 points as did Rory Hawke with 13 points and 9 rebounds and Bol Dengdit with 13 points and 7 rebounds. The Rockets struggled to find anyone to score against this lineup but also notably only played a majority of their key players for no more than 20 minutes giving plenty of court time to their role players. Taking advantage was Nic Logan with 9 points in his 19 minutes on the floor.
COE Women vs Southern Tigers
Dallas drills gap between COE and Tigers in third
Dandenong Ranger Dallas Loughridge helped shake off a strong Tigers team in the third as the COE dominated the second half in their 52-76 win at the Cage. Loughridge dropped 8 of her 16 points in the 9-20 third quarter to setup a second half of 17-35. SA star Izzy Borlase did most of the damage through the afternoon with 18 points on 4-5 shooting beyond the arc and 5 rebounds and along with an impressive weekend from Puoch (11 points) were the best. The Tigers were led by Yaeger with 17 points and McKendrick with 14 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.
COE Men vs Forestville Eagles
Mays DJ spins COE to first loss of series
It was closed by an emphatic dunk by import Greg Mays as he and 36er Daniel Johnson inflicted the first loss on the COE Men of their 2022 series 81-79 at the Nest. The Eagles went toe-to-toe with Robbie McKinlay’s side with Johnson dropping a whopping 39 points and 9 rebounds and along with Mays (12 points and 7 rebounds) caused the COE some big headaches. Hawke was dominant for the COE with 19 points along with skipper Toohey again with 11 points and Tyrese Proctor lodged 10 points but was well contained.
The next lot of Wildcard games will be due for July 16 and 17 for the Men and feature Norwood Flames and Sturt Sabres.
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