City of Joondalup Wolves Lose a Thriller
The City of Joondalup Wolves opened their Womens State Basketball Season with a tough game against the Kalamunda Eastern Suns on Saturday Night. Whilst it was the Wolves first game for the season, the Suns had played an impressive game the previous night – beating the Lakeside Lightning 68-39.
The Wolves started the game with a strong first quarter that saw them attack the basket aggressively. Had more of the Wolves opportunities been capitalised on, they would have had a very healthy lead at the first break. The Suns were able to hang around however, and the game was close at the half.
The Suns pulled away later in the game, but as with the Mens squad, the wolfpack were not prepared to lie down and fought back to provide a nail-biting finish to the game. There were many opportunities for both teams to win the game, and some pressure free throws to be taken. At the final buzzer however it was the Suns who had their noses in front – 59-58.
For the Suns Sam Norwood was tough inside the paint all night, and finished with 15 points. For the Wolves, Meghan D’Arcy played an provided some inspirational hustle with a 11 point/4 assist game, and Whitney Perret put in a solid captains performance of 9 points, 8 board and 5 assists.
After the gut-wrenching result the girls had the Sunday bye and play their next game on Saturday away against the Australian Central Eagles.
The Wolves started the game with a strong first quarter that saw them attack the basket aggressively. Had more of the Wolves opportunities been capitalised on, they would have had a very healthy lead at the first break. The Suns were able to hang around however, and the game was close at the half.
The Suns pulled away later in the game, but as with the Mens squad, the wolfpack were not prepared to lie down and fought back to provide a nail-biting finish to the game. There were many opportunities for both teams to win the game, and some pressure free throws to be taken. At the final buzzer however it was the Suns who had their noses in front – 59-58.
For the Suns Sam Norwood was tough inside the paint all night, and finished with 15 points. For the Wolves, Meghan D’Arcy played an provided some inspirational hustle with a 11 point/4 assist game, and Whitney Perret put in a solid captains performance of 9 points, 8 board and 5 assists.
After the gut-wrenching result the girls had the Sunday bye and play their next game on Saturday away against the Australian Central Eagles.
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