Isaac
Years ago
Sabres stop Bearcats twice
Sturt women won 71-60. The three Bowleys were in double figures (Brigid 21 and 6, Monique 18 and 14, and Hannah 12 and 9), while Leah Mencel had 16 and 4 steals for West. The difference was on the boards (56-43) and in field accuracy (42%-30%).
In the men's game, Oscar Forman posted 19 first half points on 8/13 shooting, but was scoreless in the second half to finish with 19 and 16. Ben Evans was a solid contributor for the Bearcats, nailing 3 long bombs in a short period. The Sabres led 69-51 at half-time, but the scoring pace slowed after that and West got the margin down to single figures courtesy of Danny Phillips (20, 5 assists) and Blake Truslove (18 and 13).
Darren Ng, however, restored order with 21 second half points and the home team won 107-96. 61-57 on the boards. 47%-42% from the field.
Paul Bell had 24 and 9 including 3/4 from outside, but 1/9 FT. Worked his usual magic. I thought Truslove was very average early on, but stepped up in the second half. Ben Evans was the best for West in my opinion with some great moves. Phillips loves shooting threes so much that it's hilarious to watch sometimes (6-15 from outside!).
Sabres had a wider spread of scorers. After 28 from Darren and 19 from Oscar, David Shepherd was decent with 14 and Hackendorf and Benson were also good (13 and 12 respectively. Benson had 7 boards.) Sturt played a second game without Paul Bauer (groin injury).
