22nd Game: vs Air Force One

This game was played at the Arch Sports Centre and for this game Simbo got a guy from his church (Jarrod) to play for us. Sure he has the skills and is energetic with youth, but there were times throughout the game where he tried to do to much himself and not pass the ball.

Anyway, this meant we had a substitute and it was good to not have to play the whole game, but it also creates a certain level of annoyance with some players not spending long enough on the bench. I ended up playing just 23 of the 34 minutes in the game.
The game was only 34 minutes because i was late and the team hadn't paid the sheet on time. This also meant that we started 5 points behind. This didn't matter to much as we scored first and took the lead about half way through the term. We restricted them to just three more points for the half, and we scored 19. The foul count at the half was 3 to 8. Jarrod had 10 points with one 3ptr and 1 of 4 free throws, Dave had two points which came from rebounding one of Jarrod's shots, James made 7 points including 1 of 3 free throws.

The start of the second half we were a bit lapse on our defense, and with a few three pointers by the opposition the gap closed a little bit. We regrouped after a timeout and managed to stop them and score ourselves to eek out the lead again. Jarrod made another 11 points including one 3ptr, Tim and Dave each scored 2 points, James scored another 8 points and missed a free throw, and Simbo made 6 points and missed two free throws. We ended up winning the game 51 to 32.

Maybe i'm a bit miffed that Simbo suggested that I sub off with 7 minutes remaining in the game, when I reckon he should have gone off to even out the bench time. Doesn't matter anyway since we won the game and that gives us 3 and 1 on the ladder and in second place behind Exies.

21st Game: vs Desteradoes

After the walkover last week, we had the same five players this week, and again Timmy was a few minutes late to the game.

We started well with James scoring the first 7 points for our team, Drew hit a three pointer from about half a metre outside the three point line, but hit no more shots.
Tim made one layup while Dave hit two jumpers. We led at the half 17 to 10.

Our second half we were let down in our defense. We lost the lead after a 11 to 3 run. The lead swapped a few times during the half until they hit a couple more shots without us scoring. James was the only one who scored for us in the second half with 13 points for a total of 21 for the game. Simbo fouled out with a few minutes left in the half.

We lost the game 30 to 47.

20th Game: vs Prospectors

The New Season 2007, and with the Social now split into three grades, we have found ourselves in the White grade facing just one of the same teams from last season. All the other teams appear to be new teams for this year.

Our first game on the 1st of February was against the Prospectors at 6 o’clock. They were wearing tops with Ballarat on them, and I think they borrowed them from the centre. Our team consisted of Dave, Simbo, James, Drew, and Tim. We started with four players as Tim was a few minutes late due to the early game. Harbs was away for this week. The opening tip had to be redone as they missed the ball at the top of the arc. The opponents got the first clear possession of the game, and scored first with a three pointer, but James and Simbo quickly scored to take the lead which went back and forth for awhile. We stretched the lead out to 6 or 7 points near the end of the first half, and ended the half up 21 to 16. Tim had 3 fouls at the half with two of them while trying to stop their #5 after he got past me, after that Tim decided that we should swap in defence, but they changed their attack. Their #5 appeared to be their best and most experienced player, as he controlled most of their plays, but also took the ball himself launching shots off balance. After he hit the first 3 ptr we thought that he might continue to hit them, but only made one more 3ptr. He probably scored most of their points though for the game. At half time Simbo had 6 points, Dave had 6 points, Tim had 4 points and James had 5 points.

There were two jump ball (possession arrows) in the first half, and so we started with the ball in the second half. We had a bit of a plan for the rest of the game, and it kinda worked. Keeping the defence tight and helping out when we had the ball. Several times Simbo got the rebound in defence, and had the open player behind him but kept passing in front through the danger zone. Despite that Simbo played a superb game scoring a further 15 points in the second half for a total of 21. He took several rebounds at both ends of the floor which allowed him to get some easy baskets under the ring. We managed several fast breaks in the second half with James in control of the ball and passing off for the assists. Simbo was on the receiving end of many passes and also was there to clean up the missed shots. Tim scored a total of 8 points, while Dave also had 8 points and James made 12 points. Drew launched several shots but couldn’t make the shots, although most of the shots were rebounded by one of our players. The couple of fouls Drew picked up could possibly have been deliberate. A highlight of the game was with about 4 seconds left of the clock, the tall guy of the other team went to launch a 3 pointer, when Drew came from nowhere and got his hand to the ball to block the shot cleanly and this game us the last possession of the game. The final score was 49 to 33.
A great way to start the new year and hopefully a sign of things to come. We are looking forward to the making finals this season.

19th Game: vs Exies Acmy

Our final game of the season is one that we had to win so that we didn't finish on the bottom of the ladder, a loss would see Exies move ahead of us to second last.

We Tim missing this game, the rest of us played hard and ended up winning in a great tussle.

18th Game:

To be Reported on.

17th Game:

To be Reported on.