Waratah Basketball Update

 WARATAH ACTION ROUND 3

Round Three action saw the Bankstown Bruins take care of the Hornsby Spiders at the Bankstown Sports Stadium. It wasn't easy for the Bruins who had to hold off a stiff challenge from young point guard Jarrad Weeks. Weeks had 39 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field, including 4-of-8 from downtown. Quite a nice performance, it's just a shame he had to walk out on the losing team. On the winning side, it was another up and coming superstar Jason Cadee who proved to much for the Spiders. Cadee racked up 25 points on 5-of-9 shooting. It could have been more had he been able to hit his free throws, only hitting 6 of his 12 attempts. Underrated Vlad Jankovic was also a big contributor finishing with a double-double (12 points, 11 rebounds) in just 24 minutes. Bruins won 87-78.

100 points is what the Canberra Nationals have been beaten by, throughout the first three rounds of the competition. Parramatta racked up 110 points in a 40 minute game, that is ridiculous. Maybe they shouldn't have entered a team this year. At least traveling teams can enjoy their road trips, knowing they will be celebrating in Canberra. Those road trips were always so much fun, especially when you won. No one played more than 22 minutes for the Wildcats, who bounced back after a loss in Round two to the hands of Warren Rosen's Comets.

The big match up of the round though was the Comets v Sharks at the Shark Tank. Blake Hendricks returning to face his old club for the first time, and a chance for BJ Carter to take on Borgia and Seckold. It lived up to the hype. Comets and Sutherland have always had a strong rivalry. With Hendricks and Overs getting into foul trouble early in the match, it gave the Sharks a chance to steal this one. However, Seckold and Borgia combined for 37 points (17 & 20 respectively), and the Comets came out 3 point victors. Carter shot 4-of-11 from downtown finishing with 17 points. It was good to see on the box score that Adam Marjoram got eight minutes. He works his butt off at practice and deserves some court time here and there. Great energy guy to bring off the bench to give the starters some rest. It must be hard this season with 8 minutes less for coaches to give their bench guys some playing time. Comets won 70-67.