Basketball New Zealand

Koru Tour

The under-14s provided the only wins on a tough day two for the New Zealand Koru Tour development teams at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup in Albury, New South Wales, on Tuesday.

On a day punctuated by extreme heat, the 11 Kiwi teams combined to go 3-15, with all three wins coming from the youngest age-group.

The under-14 Kea boys defeated South Australia Sharks 77-51 in their morning tilt before dropping to 2-1 with a 74-71 loss to the Victoria Goldminers in the afternoon, while the Koru boys edged the SA Magpies 66-62 to remain unbeaten before falling 82-60 to the New South Wales Kookaburras.

The under-14 Kea girls accounted for the SA Sharks 61-50, but couldn’t stay undefeated in the afternoon, going down 68-59 to the Vic Goldminers.

It was a fruitless day for the older age-groups, with the under-16s and under-18s going 0-10. The under-16 Kea boys were the closest, falling 72-69 to the SA Sharks to sit at 1-1.

The under-16 teams will do double duty on day three, with both the boys and girls Kea squads still in line for the playoffs.

Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup

Tuesday, January 13

Under-14 Boys
NZ Kea 77 SA Sharks 51
Vic Goldminers 74 NZ Kea 71 (Joseph Kang 29, Jaylen Gerrand 18)
NZ Koru 66 SA Magpies 62
NSW Kookaburras 82 NZ Koru 60 (Brandon Gleaves 28)

Under-14 Girls
NZ Kea 61 (Annabelle Jenkins 12) SA Sharks 50
Vic Goldminers 68 NZ Kea 59 (Annabelle Jenkins 18, Gayle Broughton 11, Georgia Buist-Young 11)
SA Magpies 70 NZ Koru 67 (Leylanni Cameron-Tai 18, Laken Wairau 15)
NSW Kookaburras 80 NZ Koru 63 (Breeze Leonard 20, Gabriela Edmondson 20)

Under-16 Boys
SA Sharks 72 NZ Kea 69 (Benjamin Crombie 27, Lawson Morris-White 10)
SA Magpies 78 NZ Koru 50

Under-16 Girls
SA Sharks 95 NZ Kea 66 (Alex Svoboda 21, Monique Hornby 10)
SA Magpies 70 NZ Koru 39 (Jaime Campbell 9)

Under-18 Boys
NSW Waratahs 83 NZ Kea 54
Vic Goldminers 131 NZ Koru 46
Vic Bushrangers 96 NZ Kea 56
NSW Kookaburras 93 NZ Koru 59

Under-18 Girls
Vic Goldminers 86 NZ Koru 68 (Josie Stockhill 16, Zoe Cadzow 11, Dallas Frederikson 11)
NSW Kookaburras 61 NZ Koru 37 (Hannah Wong 8)