Strong Play from Emerging Kiwis in Youth Championships
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Issue 58 - December 2012 Hi from the Front Desk Welcome to the final Newsletter of 2012. More than a handful of young kiwi’s are playing extremely well in the col- This year has flown by. It was a fantastic legiate system in the United States. year and many thanks go out to all of the associations around the country who You can find out more on page three. contributed to the great sport of basket- Please note that the BBNZ office will ball. be closed from 24/12/12 and will reo- Congratulations to both the Emerging pen 7/1/13. Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks who made In this Issue the finals of the FIBA Oceania Pacific You can always keep up to date with Youth Championships held over in Aus- anything Basketball by following us tralia. Strong Play from Emerging 1-2 on Facebook or Twitter. Kiwis It was a fantastic opportunity for both sides to face the best of what Oceania From the team at Basketball New NZ Under 20s Named 2 had to offer. Zealand we wish you a safe Merry Hunter Clutch for SEMO 3 NZ Basketball is on a high with up and Christmas and a Happy New Year. coming talent. Look forward to seeing you in Coach Development Director 4 2013! Baldwin Starts CBA Strong 4 Strong Play from Emerging Kiwis in Youth Championships News Around the Country 4 The Emerging Tall Blacks and Tall Referees Corner 5 Ferns have had strong tournaments at the FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Cham- Meet Your Local Official 6 pionships, both reaching the final. Player of the Future 6 Both teams finished the tournament with five wins and only one loss. Abercrombie in the Dunk 6 The finals were going to be a tough ask for the New Zealand teams as they would face the hosts Australia in Contact Us Latrobe City, Victoria. Basketball New Zealand The Tall Ferns dominated pool play winning their three games by an aver- Postal Address age margin of 60 points, while the Boys went through their pool play winning by PO Box 6052 and average margin of 24. Marion Square Wellington 6141 The teams would then head to the quar- vantage in the third (26-2), holding ter finals where the girls would face Sa- their opponents to just 17% shooting Courier Address moa and the boys Tahiti. from the field. Credit Consultants House The young Kiwi women were quickly on Article continues on page 2 Level 4, 3-9 Church Street top of Samoa in their, winning 88-25. Wellington 6011 New Zealand led 26-8 after the opening Phone: (04) 498 5950 quarter and drove home their ad- Fax: (04) 472 3623 Email: [email protected] Thanks to all our valued sponsors and partners Community Newsletter Page 2 Emerging Kiwis Cont. Aussie-based forward Hanna Tusa was and 11 rebounds, while Tusa added the execution of their rivals. the pick of the Ferns, with a double- another double-double of 14/14. double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. The Emerging Junior Tall Ferns The boys would sneak through their were ahead 21-13 in the second Meanwhile, the NZ boys trailed through semi, after Guam led with nine sec- quarter, but conceded 15 straight the early stages of their knockout en- onds left. points to trail 21-28 at halftime. counter with Tahiti and led by just two points midway through the second quar- Canterbury player Ihaka Pink sank a ter, before finally drawing clear 70-48. three-pointer to put them back up by The Kiwi boys led 16-10 after the two. opening quarter, but also let their The Kiwis committed 25 turnovers, which advantage slip away in the second kept their rivals in the contest for long Guam launched from the arc with a and lost the third 7-17. periods, but dominated in the paint to second on the clock in an attempt to outscore the Tahitians 34-24 around the win, but North Harbour centre Jack Salt North Harbour centre Jack Salt was basket. was able to gather the defensive re- a standout for the Emerging Junior bound and made the game safe 63-60 Tall Blacks, with 15 points, 12 re- Again in the semis the Ferns would from the free-throw line. bounds and six blocks in the 66-49 cruise through to the Final defeating defeat. Guam 67-39. The finals were going to be a tough ask for the Kiwi sides as they would face Buller’s Charlotte Elley led her side The girls dominated their opponents in- the hosts Australia. with 12 points and Hawke’s Bay side, outscoring Guam 48-18 in the paint. guard Aaliyah Ah Koing had 10 in Both Kiwi sides took their opportunities the 67-49 loss. Carline Hardeman picked up 22 points to lead early, but could not withstand NZ Under 20s Named The following athletes have been selected to represent Basketball New Zealand at the Australian U20 State Championships at Launceston, Tasmania, from February 17-23. U20 Women U20 Men Jacinta Beckley (Hutt Valley) Nico Buckrell (Hutt Valley) Makayla Daysh (Tauranga City) Kyaz Karaitiana (Australia) Leba Korovou, Monique Hornby (New Plymouth) Mathew Lacey (Waitakere West Auckland) Keziah-Brittany (Waitakere West Auckland) Jack Salt (North Harbour) Viani Lewis Danielle Paenga (Waikato) Tohiraukur Smith-Milner (Waitakere West Auckland) Anita Snowdon (Canterbury) Jackson Stubbins (Hutt Valley) Te Oramae Solomon (Waitakere West Auckland) Alexander Talma (North Harbour) Habiba Tawfik (Waitakere West Auckland) Reuben Te Rangi (North Harbour) Shenade Southon (Hawke’s Bay) Tai Webster (North Harbour) Josh Howe (North Harbour) Reserves Leiani Tautiepa (Counties-Manukau) Reserves Courtney Wilson (Tauranga City) Jamal Mikaio (Wellington) Mitchell Newton (Eastern Southland) Staff Alex Schipper (Tauranga City) Sean Fuller (Head Coach) Mihai Streza (North Canterbury) Michelle Swain (Assistant coach) Zachary Young (Wellington) Sarah Waldron (Manager) Timothy Apisai (Waitakere West Auckland) Staff BBNZ Closed Pero Cameron (Head coach) Please Note the BBNZ office will be closed Anthony Corban (Assistant coach) from 24/12/12 and reopen 7/1/13 David Murray (Manager) Community Newsletter Page 3 Hunter Clutch for SEMO Just call Tall Fern point guard Jordan points, with eight rebounds, two blocks Hunter “Ms Big Shot”, after she pro- and an assist. duced her second game-winning bas- In the final, the Raiders were overrun ket in the space of a week. 51-33 by Drexel, with Stockill named to Five days after scoring the crucial lay- the tournament team. up in a one-point victory over Arkansas Colgate (2-3) now travel to take on col- State, Hunter was again the heroine, lege superpowers Connecticut, ranked seeing Southeast Missouri University second in the nation, on Thursday. home 55-54 over Teas-Pan American at the David Jones Classic in Houston. Tall Fern Erin Rooney put up her fifth Trailing by as many as 12 points early straight double-digit scoring perfor- in the second half, the Redhawks ral- mance for the University of Forham, but lied, with Hunter also hitting a key three it wasn’t enough for them to secure -pointer in the comeback. their fifth win to start the season, falling With six seconds remaining and down 40-62 at Pacific. by one, Hunter drove to the basket on The Canterbury guard had 10 points, Jordan Hunter the left side and put up a shot from just including 8/8 FT, six rebounds, three outside the keyhole that rolled into the steals and two assists in a team-high basket. 37 minutes, as the Rams fell to 4-1. “We executed the same play that we They travel to the Bronx to face Man- did on Monday night, with Jordan driv- hattan on Thursday. ing to the basket,” said coach Ty Mar- genthaler. “She did a great job getting Tall Black Rob Loe and the University to the basket and made a big shot of St Louis bounced back from a previ- again.” ous loss to beat Southern Illinois 61-51. Hunter finished the game with 10 Loe, who went scoreless against Kan- points (2/5 3pt), five rebounds, three sas last week, had 12 points (3/3 3pt), steals and two assists, as SEMO im- four rebounds and an assist in 28 proved to 3-3 for the season. They trav- minutes against the Salukis, who suf- el to Missouri on Friday. fered their first loss of the season. The Bilikens are now 3-2 and next visit Meanwhile, Whangarei’s Megan Craig Washington in Seattle on Thursday Steve Adams had a career night for the University of (NZT). Albany, scoring 27 points to lead the second straight loss. Penney had 24 Great Danes to a 62-49 win over Dart- Steven Adams also returned strongly points (5/5 3pt, 5/6 FT), as his team fell mouth. from University of Pittsburgh’s first loss, to 3-4 for the season. The Kiwi centre shot 12/17 from the scoring 13 points (6/9 FG) in an 85-59 field, and also had nine rebounds, an win over Delaware in the NIT Tipoff Tall Ferns captain Natalie Taylor again assist and a block. Tournament consolation game. provided the highlight for Kiwis across Albany (3-2) host New Jersey Institute He also had three rebounds, three the Tasman over the weekend, leading of Technology on Thursday. blocks and two steals in 24 minutes. Logan Thunder to a nail-biting 70-69 vic- The Panthers (5-1) next host Howard tory over Sydney University Flames. Waitakere’s Chevannah Paalvast also on Wednesday. Taylor had 18 points, seven rebounds, starred for her US college, scoring 15 six assists and three blocks, as Logan points to lead Monmouth University Harbour guard David Clarke led nation- improved to 3-6 for the season.