Pool A
	Match# 1108
Tamworth Thunderbolts	77	[32]	d	Grafton Vikings	60	[26]
(J Deland 21,N Kay 16,R Craigie 14)				(S Murphy 23,N Ainsworth 17,M Moran 8)
Attendance: 200	Venue: TT
	Match# 1109
Port Macquarie Dolphins	102	[44]	d	Armidale Lions	58	[31]
(C Smith 30,B Montgomery 18,D Skinner 14)				(H DenShire 18,M Balderston 10,T Balderston 8)
	Venue: UNE
	Match# 1110
Lismore Storm	82	[37]	d	Coffs Harbour Suns	53	[22]
(J Whitby 30,M Fairweather 16,J Latovic 10)				(R Linton 17,B Calvert 10,C Tonks 5)
Attendance: 220	Venue: SZC
	Match# 1111
Port Macquarie Dolphins	80	[36]	d	Tamworth Thunderbolts	79	[31]
(B Montgomery 19,W Lee 18,C Smith 18)				(N Kay 22,R Craigie 20,B Monkton 11)
Attendance: 80	Venue: TT
	Match# 1112
Grafton Vikings	99	[44]	d	Armidale Lions	55	[32]
(M Moran 22,S Murphy 20,N Martin 14)				(H DenShire 13,L Malcolm 9,C Atkinson 8)
	Venue: DEN
Pool B
	Match# 1339
Queanbeyan Roadrunners	71	[33]	d	Shoalhaven Tigers	61	[31]
(S Brewer 18,A Jackson 16,J McGann 15)				(B Nemeth 21,B Mulvihill 17,S Jamieson 7)
Attendance: 74	Venue: QBS
	Match# 1313
Queanbeyan Roadrunners	81	[46]	d	Moss Vale Magic	58	[32]
(J McGann 19,A Jackson 18,M Ball 12)				(P MacFarlane 13,R Martin 13,N Taylor 9)
Attendance: 72	Venue: QBS
	Match# 1314
Shoalhaven Tigers	97	[38]	d	Griffith Demons	94	[41]	-1OT
(B Nemeth 24,S Jamieson 17,B Mulvihill 16)				(A Cullen 30,C Sibraa 24,A O'Callaghan 10)
Attendance: 150	Venue: DEN
Pool C
	Match# 1219
Dubbo Rams	91	[49]	d	Bathurst Goldminers	76	[33]
(C Brown 31,M Dawes 21,J Brown 16)				(J Cannon 14,T Fogarty 13,A Wilkinson 11)
Attendance: 90	Venue: BISS
	Match# 1218
Penrith Panthers	101	[59]	d	Bathurst Goldminers	45	[22]
(T Dawson 19,N Kennedy 18,J Moorehead 15)				(T Fogarty 13,J Cannon 9,W Aisake 8)
	Venue: BISS
Pool D
	Match# 1079
Illawarra Hawks	91	[45]	d	Maitland Mustangs	87	[45]
(B Bonham 36,J Goode 15,C Hodgson 14)				(T Huggins 20,W Brown 17,N Lovett 17)
	Venue: MFC
	Match# 1020
Hawkesbury Jets	66	[36]	d	Macarthur Heat	53	[26]
(R Daley 15,P Skinner 14,B Hawkesley 12)				(M Tyler 13,B Ryan 12,M McCoy 10)
	Venue: MISC
	Match# 1077
Macarthur Heat	63	[40]	d	Illawarra Hawks	46	[23]
(M McCoy 15,B Ryan 11,S Lewis 10)				(C Jackson 11,J Micalleff 10,J Goode 10)
Attendance: 40	Venue: MISC
	Match# 1078
Springwood Scorchers	88	[42]	d	Maitland Mustangs	71	[33]
(J Stevenson 24,R Abboud 23,L Van Hoogenvest 11)				(J Thomas 22,N Lovett 20,T Huggins 11)
	Venue: MFC

Scorchers Experience Highs and Lows - Noel Rowsell

The fifth-placed Springwood Scorchers senior men's team has split their results in round thirteen of the 2009 NSW State League Basketball competition, defeating the eighth-placed Maitland Mustangs 88-71 in Maitland on Saturday night, then falling 88-44 to the third-placed Illawarra Hawks on Sunday morning at the Blaxland High School Basketball Stadium (BHSBS).

Scorchers head coach Vince Browning took a very small squad north to Maitland but the visitors found little danger from this year's likely wooden-spooners, leading from the opening whistle. "It was freezing in the stadium" said coach Browning, "so I just kept rotating the squad to ensure everyone stayed warm." "Everyone played well and I was very pleased with the effort". Sunday's game started positively for the Scorchers, who led 10-8 at the end of a very dour first quarter against the higher-placed Hawks.

The home team kept the visitors in check until just minutes before the half time break but subsequent sloppy work on both offence and defence would see the Scorchers implode in spectacular fashion.

The Hawks staged a fourteen-point turnaround in a matter of minutes, storming to a 33-20 lead at half time then continuing that momentum, throughout the third term, to literally blast the Scorchers out of the game. Coach Browning patrolled the sidelines powerlessly as the Hawks kept increasing the points margin between the two teams, with the visitors eventually romping away for a 44-point win.

"We just didn't handle their trap (defence)" said coach Browning. "We see this type of defence all the time but we just didn't run anything against it - and that killed us". The Scorchers host the sixth-placed Glebe Magic at the BHSBS at 7.30pm this Saturday night and will be looking to grab a convincing win over the fledgling inner-Sydney association.

SATURDAY: Springwood Scorchers 88 (Josh Stevenson 24 points, Rimond Abboud 23, Lee Van Hoogenvest 11, Trent Awadallah 10) def Maitland Mustangs 71

SUNDAY: Illawarra Hawks 88 def Springwood Scorchers 44 (Josh Stevenson 12 points, Lee Van Hoogenvest 10, Keith Browning 9)

	Match# 1079
Norths Bears	67	[29]	d	Glebe Magic	53	[32]
(M Copper 18,H Papuke 16,A Moyse 14)				(L Dok 18,S Gyimah 16,J Wilson 7)
	Venue: GPCYC
	Match# 1080
Hawkesbury Jets	89	[39]	d	Hornsby Spiders	73	[39]
(B Wells 18,B Hawkesley 15,R Daley 15)				(J Price 24,M Crowe 20,R Alcock 8)
	Venue: HIS
	Match# 1021
Glebe Magic	74	[42]	d	Hornsby Spiders	73	[30]
(T Tuino 26,D Estevens 12,J Wilson 11)				(M Crowe 18,J Price 15,R Alcock 14)
	Venue: GPCYC
	Match# 1022
Norths Bears	78	[32]	d	Maitland Mustangs	69	[22]
(R Murray 28,S Brown 13,D Fletcher 12)				(T Huggins 18,J Thomas 17,R Compton 13)
	Venue: MFC
	Match# 1023
Illawarra Hawks	88	[33]	d	Springwood Scorchers	44	[20]
(B Bonham 25,J Goode 15,J Micalleff 14)				(J Stevenson 12,L Van Hoogenvest 10)
	Venue: BHSSC

Hawks crush Scorchers - Noel Rowsell

The fifth-placed Springwood Scorchers senior men's team made a solid early start to their clash with the third-placed Illawarra Hawks on Sunday afternoon at the Blaxland High School Basketball Stadium, leading 10-8 at the end of a very dour first quarter but eventually fading under pressure to fall 88-44 on the day. The Scorchers had in fact kept the Hawks in check until just minutes before the half time break but subsequent sloppy work on both offence and defence would see the home team implode in spectacular fashion. The Hawks staged a fourteen-point turnaround in a matter of minutes, storming to a 33-20 lead at half time then continuing that momentum, throughout the third term, to literally blast the Scorchers out of the game.

Illawarra Hawks 88 (B Bonham 25 points, J Goode 15, J Micaleff 14, B Dragun 11)  def Springwood Scorchers 44 (Josh Stevenson 12 points, Lee Van Hoogenvest 10, Keith Browning 9)