Saturday nights home opener for the HoopCity Supercats Women gave the home fans a nail-biting game that eventually saw our Women come away 9 point winners as the final buzzer sounded. Our NBL1 Women have split their first double header weekend of the season coming away winners against the Ringwood Hawks Saturday, and falling just short against Bendigo on Sunday. The Men will look to protect their undefeated record at home this Saturday when they will take on the Keilor Thunder who come in 1-2 on the season, tickets are available for purchase here. George Blagojevic 16 points 8 rebounds 3 assistsÄeMarcus Gatlin 13 points 7 rebounds 3 steals Isaac Turner 26 points 3 rebounds 3 steals Gabe Hadley 27 points 4 rebounds 1 assists Once again Gabe Handley led the way with 25 points to go with 7 rebounds and was backed up by his backcourt partner Isaac Turner who turned in a 23 point performance including 5 threes. However the Second half showed the defensive dominance holding the Braves to just 25 points for the half. A battle in the first half saw our men going into the break down 46-48. Sunday the team headed to Bendigo to take on the Braves in hopes of staying undefeated and secure their spot on top of the NBL1 South ladder. Ringwood never looked closed to competing with the length and athleticism of the Supercats as a dominant 39 point last quarter capped off the 51 point win. Debutant Jay Posterino (Try Boys) led the way off the bench with 8 points to go with 1 rebound. Gabe Hadley (Lara) led the way with 27 points including a perfect 9/9 from two point range, while Isaac Turner backed him up with 26 of his own. Round 2 is in the books for our NBL1 Men as they managed to rout the Ringwood Hawks in our home opener at the Geelong Arena 110-59 in front of a sell out crowd! A 14 point first quarter lead set up an all around dominant game in which every player took the court and hit the scoreboard. We had some great results from the weekend as our Men are currently sitting outright first on top of the NBL1 South ladder. Round 2 saw our teams take on their first double header of the season.
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