Round 17 Big V Division One Women: Werribee v Keilor; Sunday July 19th, 2015

The Werribee Devils Division One women have endured a disappointing Round 17 clash with Keilor, going down 67-39. In a game neither team will be in a hurry to revisit ever again, shooting percentage did not reach above 40% for the entire contest, meaning there were almost as many rebounds grabbed as there were points scored.

Keilor got off to the better start, jumping to a 9-0 lead inside three minutes before Suzie Ashford hit a free throw and Katrina Vogelezang (seven points, five rebounds) converted an “and-1” to get the Devils on the board. As the quarter progressed the Devils found themselves on the wrong end of a double-digit margin, from which they would never recover. Kelly Richardson (seven points, eight rebounds, three blocks) top-scored for the Devils with four points for the quarter, which finished with a 21-10 advantage to Keilor.

The second quarter was one to forget for both teams. The Devils only managed two field goals and six points for the quarter. It’s not often that the score with 2:30 remaining is the score at the half time break but that’s exactly what happened, with no score in the final couple of minutes resulting in a 34-16 advantage to Keilor. Georgia Tauschke (10 points, eight rebounds, three assists), Lauren Conroy (three points, five rebounds) and Lydia Brooks (seven rebounds, one block) managed to get on the scoresheet for the Devils.

Things didn’t get much better for the Devils in the third quarter. While they doubled their field goals and Brittany Klaman (five points, four rebounds, two steals) hit their only three-pointer for the match, Keilor marched away and held a 55-27 lead at the final change. Vogelezang top scored for the quarter with four points, while Klaman and Tauschke scored three each.

Despite the first three quarters, the challenge for the Devils was to save face and gain some sort of respectability in the last. While the shooting wasn’t much better, Keilor foul trouble gifted the Devils several free throw opportunities which they made the most of, managing to level the final term 12-12 for a final scoreline of 67-39. After being out-rebounded 9-15 in the third, the girls also got back on top on the boards 16-11, thanks largely to Adele Giarrusso (four points, eight rebounds) with four and Richardson with three. Giarrusso also top scored for the quarter with four points, while Richardson and Tauschke scored three each.

The Devils final game for the season is at home against Craigieburn on Sunday.