Old Foes Square Off
Tagged in: WBC
NZ Force Harbour Heat and Oceania Otago Goldrush will face off once more for honours at the Women’s Basketball Championship second round in Waitakere on Saturday.
The two rivals - finalists last year and at last month’s 2010 opening round - have again emerged unbeaten from pool play over the past two days.
Harbour probably had their biggest scare when they trailed Taranaki Trojans on the first night, but rallied when Tall Ferns point guard Zoe Kensington left the court with a broken wrist.
On the next court, Otago also fell behind Palmerston North Storm, but finished strongly to a key victory. They then dispatched the experienced Waikato Wizards to seal their top spot going forward.
The Wizards will face the NZ Force Academy for third spot as teams scramble for a top-five spot and a place in the championship division of next month’s WBC finale in Dunedin.
Women’s Basketball Championship
Round Two
Waitakere
Friday, July 23
9am
Te Wanango O Aotearoa 43 (Sandra Renata 26) Hutt Valley Flyers 62 (Jess Slade 21, Ava Filipo 11)
Mt Albert Grammar 55 (S Tupu 13, J Katu 11) Palmerston North Storm 69 (Jordan Hunter 21, Freya Newton 12, Natalie Moore 14)
11am
NZ Force Womens Academy 61 (Milika Nathan 20, Jasmine Davis 10) Taranaki Trojans 60 (Jelena Vucinic 19, Georgie Richards 15)
Waikato Wizards 50 (Miriam Slatter 14, Natasha Lenden 10) Oceana Goldrush 58 (Patrice McKenzie 17, Suzie Bates 10, Janet Main 10)
2pm
NZ Force Harbour Breeze 75 (Julie Kelman-Poto 17, Kate Lacey 15, Anna Lacey 11) Te Wanango O Aotearoa 40 (K Keuno 11, Sandra Renata 10)
NZ Force Cougars 57 (Tenielle Wilkinson 11, Meike Elkington 10) Palmerston North Storm 71 (Natalie Moore 23, Jordan Hunter 22)
5pm
Hutt Valley Flyers 47 (Jess Slade 15, Ava Filipo 11) Taranaki Trojans 63 (Jody Hikuroa 24, Rebecca Van Kuyk 11)
Oceana Goldrush 68 (Renee Johnson 20, Zoe Cadzow 14, Kelly Groot 12) Mt Albert Grammar 43 (Morgan Roberts 16, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 10)
7pm
NZ Force Womens Academy 48 (Chevannah Paalvast 10) NZ Force Harbour Breeze 73 (Noni Wharemate 14, Natasha Hall 10, Jody Cameron 10)
NZ Force Cougars 35 (Rhaiah Spooner-Knight 12) Waikato Wizards 62 (Mella Shortland 15, Natasha Lenden 14, Miriam Slatter 10)
Saturday, July 24
9am
Hutt Valley Flyers v NZ Force Cougars
MAGS vs Te Wanango O Aotearoa
11am
Waikato Wizards v NZ Force Women’s Academy
Taranaki Trojans v Palmerston North Storm
1pm
NZ Force Harbour Breeze v Oceania Otago Goldrush
