Big V Division One Women Round 4 - Werribee Devils v Sunbury Jets and Latrobe City Energy

Division 1 Women - Werribee 45, Sunbury 108

Werribee	11	10	11	13	45
Sunbury	25	34	30	19	108

Bex Van Kuyk: 13 points, 11 rebounds
Jessica Slade: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists
Jackie Silcock: 6 points 2 rebounds

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Werribee 82, Latrobe City 71

Werribee	19	24	11	28	82
Latrobe	11	11	32	17	71

Bex Van Kuyk: 22 points, 25 rebounds, 4 assists
Jessica Slade: 18 points, 8 rebounds
Jackie Silcock: 17 points, 2 rebounds
Doni Lewis: 13 points, 5 assists, 4 steals
Nicole Greene: 6 points, 4 rebounds
Jenna Conroy: 4 rebounds, 4 assists



After being on the end of a thumping at Sunbury on Saturday night, the Werribee Devils Division One Women’s team returned home on Sunday to face the Latrobe City Energy, still searching for their first win for season 2016.

Tanarly Hood scored first for the visitors, then the Devils went on a 13-0 run to set up a nice lead with four minutes remaining. Latrobe recovered and started warming up but the Devils showed composure and kept an eight point lead at the first break. Bex Van Kuyk started well with six points and seven rebounds, while Jessica Slade and Nicole Greene added four each.

The Devils started the second term very well, scoring the first eight points through Van Kuyk and Greene and setting up a 16 point lead. They maintained a healthy double digit lead and Slade scored the last three points of the quarter to take the margin out to 21 at the main break. Van Kuyk scored seven for the quarter and was joined by Doni Lewis with five and Lauren Conroy with four.

Whatever the Latrobe coach said at half time obviously made an impact, since the Energy came out and scored the first ten points of the quarter in under three minutes. The Devils appeared to lose all confidence in bringing the ball down the court, and the Energy pressure resulted in 11 Devil turnovers for the quarter. Latrobe made them pay, with 17 points from turnovers. Latrobe’s Coco Henry was unstoppable, scoring 17 points for the quarter and the Energy kept coming until they finally hit the lead with 1.19 to play. The ball was now in the Devils court: could they fight back, or would they collapse under the pressure? Van Kuyk and Slade got the Devils back on level pegging at the last break, 54-54.

The stage was set for a huge final quarter as the Devils had a genuine opportunity to snatch a confidence-building first win for the season. Jackie Silcock and Greene both entered the quarter on four fouls. Both would end up getting fouled off, but before she did, Silcock lit the Energy up with 10 points, including three three-pointers. The Devils skipped to a five point lead early on through Van Kuyk and Jenna Conroy but the Energy fought back to regain the lead. Silcock hit the first of her long bombs to put the Devils back in front, and by the time she had landed two more, the Devils had a handy lead. Latrobe weren’t done, though, getting within 70-68 with a minute to play. Foul trouble ended up costing them dearly, with the Devils showing great composure, drawing fouls and converting 11 of 16 free throws in the final minute, to run away with a well-deserved 82-71 victory. Van Kuyk finished the quarter with eight points and eight rebounds, supported by Slade with five points and Lewis had four assists and two steals.

In Round 5, Werribee (19^th, 1-4) hosts Mildura (2^nd, 3-1) at home on Saturday night.

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Big V Youth League One Men Round 4 - Werribee Devils v Keysborough Cougars and Coburg Giants

Youth League One Men – Werribee Devils 100, Keysborough Cougars 79

Werribee	22	40	26	12	100
Keysborough	16	23	19	21	79

Josh Tang: 23 points, 5 rebounds
Cam Hutton: 14 points, 7 rebounds
Josh Zamperoni: 14 points, 11 rebounds
Jesse Harberger: 14 points, 12 rebounds
Mitch Alush: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals
Bubby Luxford: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
M Manyang: 6 points, 6 rebounds
TJ Remy: 5 points, 7 assists



The Werribee Devils Youth League Men continued their excellent early-season form with a convincing 100-79 victory over the Keysborough Cougars. This game really showcased the depth of this talented team, in that even when a couple of their stars have quieter-than-normal games, there are plenty of others willing and able to step up and fill the breach.

The Devils were caught napping in the opening minutes, with the visitors jumping to a 14-6 lead thanks to Tom Stiglich (8) and Damien Pace (6). Gradually the Devils warmed up and finished with a 14-2 run to end the quarter, taking a six point lead to the first break. Josh Tang was the go-to-guy with nine points, while Mitch Alush had four points and three steals.

In the second quarter, defence went out the window and it was just wall-to-wall scoring as the Devils poured in 40 points and the Cougars scored 23 themselves in an entertaining ten-minute shoot-out. With under four minutes to go, the Cougars were within eight points, but a subsequent 12-0 Devils run blew the margin beyond 20 at the main break. Jesse Harberger had a big quarter with nine points, including a three-pointer on the half-time buzzer; Cam Hutton chipped in with eight, Tang shot a couple of treys, while Josh Zamperoni and Bubby Luxford added five each. Zamperoni and Harberger were big on the boards, with four each for the quarter.

The third term started slowly, as the Devils gradually built on their half time lead. With 4.38 remaining the Devils were up 9-4 for the quarter. However, once again the shackles came off and in the last four minutes the Devils nailed 17 points and the Cougars scored 15, giving the home side a 30-point lead at the break, 88-58. The two Joshes led the way for the Devils: Zamperoni scored a couple of threes and Tang had five points. In his first game for the season, big man Mangar Manyang had four points and five rebounds for the quarter.

The Devils eased off toward the end of the game, and in the final three minutes the Cougars scored nine of the last ten points to finish 21 points behind, 100-79. Tang was the Devils leading scorer for the quarter with three points, while Hutton pulled down four rebounds.

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Youth League One Men – Werribee Devils 108, Coburg Giants 87

Werribee	35	17	28	28	108
Coburg	26	16	26	19	87

Jesse Harberger, 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, 4 steals
TJ Remy, 14 points, 4 rebounds
Josh Zamperoni, 13 points, 5 rebounds
Josh Tang, 11 points, 4 assists
Travis Dale, 10 points
Bubby Luxford, 10 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals
Mitch Alush, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
Mangar Manyang, 6 points, 12 rebounds
Cam Hutton, 5 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals

After their win at home against Keysborough, the Werribee Devils Youth League Men travelled to Coburg to take on the Giants.

The home side struck first through Ovie Magbegor, then Travis Dale, who had nine points in a big first quarter, hit back with a three. The scoring was regular and both teams combined for 61 points. Werribee was on top and gradually built a double digit lead. When a Josh Tang three-pointer made the lead 14 with 1.41 remaining, things were looking dangerous for the Giants. However, they weren’t done, and a Sean Ross jump shot in the final seconds brought the margin back to nine at the first break. As well as Dale, Jesse Harberger started with nine points and four rebounds, and Tang chipped in with seven. Bubby Luxford had two assists and two steals to go with four points.

Josh Zamperoni started the Devils off well after the break with a three-pointer, and for the next few minutes the margin hovered around double figures. Five unanswered points from the Giants late in the quarter brought the margin back to six, but the Devils steadied through baskets from Tang, Mangar Manyang and free throws to Luxford, to take a 10-point lead into the main break. Zamperoni led the Devils with five points for the quarter, while Manyang had four points and four rebounds. Cam Hutton and Luxford were also prominent on the glass, grabbing four rebounds each.

No matter what the Giants did, the Devils seemed to always be that one step ahead. The home side once again crept within six points early in the quarter but were immediately answered by a TJ Remy three-pointer. The teams traded blows throughout the quarter, with the Giants initially not making much headway on the scoreboard until the Devils hit a quiet patch and the Giants found themselves within four, 60-64. Once again Remy answered with a three pointer, then Hutton added five points in quick succession to give the visitors some breathing space. When Liam Paul hit one from downtown with 20 seconds to go, the margin was back out to 14, but was pegged back by a Jack Jeavons basket in the final four seconds. Remy had nine points for the Devils while Hutton and Harberger back him up with five points each. Manyang was doing his job as the big man, grabbing five rebounds.

Armed with a 12-point lead, the Devils would have been careful to avoid a repeat of the previous night’s final quarter where they were outscored 21-12. Harberger, who had a huge last quarter with 11 points and 5 rebounds, kickstarted the Devils with the first basket, and the Devils maintained their double digit lead throughout the quarter, running away with a 21 point victory. Remy added 5 points and three rebounds, while Mitch Alush featured with four assists and two rebounds to go with four points.

The two wins place the Devils at the top of the Youth League Men ladder ahead of Whittlesea on percentage, and Altona has now dropped to third. Speaking of Whittlesea, they just happen to be the Devils Round 5 opponents. The top-of-the-table clash will take place on Sunday, 1.00pm at Eagle Stadium.

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Big V Youth League Women Round 4 - Werribee Devils v Camberwell Dragons and Warrandyte Venom

Youth League One Women – Werribee Devils 50, Camberwell Dragons 52

Werribee	13	12	17	8	50
Camberwell	15	12	14	11	52

Alex Moss: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals
Natasha Currao: 11 points, 4 rebounds
Taylah Lea: 9 points, 7 rebounds
Teaghan Doyle: 8 points, 8 rebounds
Eliza Herne: 5 points, 4 rebounds
Hayley Jones: 3 points, 4 rebounds
Rachel Miller: 6 rebounds

The Werribee Devils Youth League Women suffered their first loss of the 2016 season in a nail-biter against the Camberwell Dragons.

Eliza Herne got the team off to a great start with a basket inside the first 20 seconds. The Devils then went scoreless for three minutes before a Taylah Lea score and a Natasha Currao three-pointer gave the Devils a narrow lead. The Devils were either leading or tied for the rest of the quarter until a last-second three-pointer from Dragon Rachel Bett gave the home side a 15-13 lead at quarter time.

Three points to Hayley Jones and a free throw to Herne gave the Devils the lead back within the first two minutes. However, the Dragons proceeded to go on an 8-0 run before Alex Moss and Lea got the Devils back within two points. The Dragons seemed to have all the answers and stretched their lead back out to six, but a late Moss basket plus two free throws to Currao in the last six seconds brought the half time margin back to two in favour of the Dragons, 27-25.

Mirroring the previous two quarters, the Devils scored first through Moss, plus free throws to Currao and Lea and briefly regained the lead. They then went scoreless for four minutes as the Dragons scored six unanswered points. Finally Teaghan Doyle broke the drought and Lea quickly followed, and it was clear this contest was going to go down to the wire. Doyle and Currao continued applying scoreboard pressure late in the quarter but the Devils saw their hard-earned three point advantage disappear when Tiarnie Ellingworth scored on the three-quarter time buzzer.

The Devils held a 42-41 advantage going into the last quarter; the question was whether they could finish off strong. It took the Devils seven shots and four minutes before they got on the board thanks to Moss, by which time the Dragons had a six point lead. It was a long time between scores for the Devils. Lea scored with just under five minutes to go, then it was another two minutes before Moss scored again for the visitors. Fortunately for the Devils, the Dragons weren’t shooting any better, and despite only making three field goals in eight minutes, the Devils were still within two points. Doyle scored what was to be the Devils last basket with 1.26 remaining and the Dragons had most of the play but couldn’t put the Devils away.

With her team leading by one, Amber Carr had the chance to make it very difficult for the Devils but could only make one of two free throws. Down by two with five seconds to go, the Devils had the last possession. Moss’s three point attempt was unsuccessful but Doyle grabbed the offensive rebound. The Dragons managed to get a steal before the Devils could put up another shot, and the Devils simply ran out of time, leaving the Dragons with a 52-50 win.

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Youth League One Women – Werribee Devils 58, Warrandyte Venom 56

Werribee	10	11	14	23	58
Warrandyte	14	8	26	8	56

Teaghan Doyle: 13 points, 3 rebounds
Charlotte Lord: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Natasha Currao: 10 points, 4 rebounds
Hayley Jones: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 steals
Eliza Herne: 6 points, 5 rebounds
Alex Moss: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals


A day after suffering their first loss for the season at the hands of Camberwell, the Werribee Devils Youth League Women have handed the Warrandyte Venom their first loss for the season. The Devils got up by two points on the final play thanks to a massive offensive rebound from Natasha Currao and then a successful last second shot by Tegan Hindle, sending the Eagle Stadium crowd into wild celebrations.

Despite leading for just over three minutes the whole game, the Devils lifted in the final quarter to storm home and pinch the 58-56 win, which leaves Warrandyte on top of the ladder, ahead of the Devils by just two percent.

The Devils scored the first two baskets of the game through Currao and Taylah Lea and they led for the first three minutes of the game before the Venom started to take control. The visitors were controlling the boards 16-8 thanks to Natalie McDonald (6) and Simone Caruana (5), while Ellie Locke scored eight points. Hayley Jones led the Devils with four points for the quarter. The Venom led by six, before a late basket from Jones made the score 10-14 at quarter time.

The second quarter was hardly a spectacle, with both teams combining for 7-of-32 from the field. Teaghan Doyle got the Devils off to a good start with the opening score and they drew level on a couple of occasions, but spent most of the quarter trailing by one or two baskets. Charlotte Lord finally put them in front with 0.43 left in the half but the lead was short-lived as she was immediately answered by Venom’s Izzy Feller, giving the visitors a 22-21 half time lead. Lord led the Devils with four points for the quarter and Eliza Herne had three points.

The third quarter saw the Venom take complete control of the game, outscoring the Devils 26-14 and outrebounding them 17-7. The Devils stayed in touch early, and a Lord three-pointer got them within 27-31 with 5.43 remaining. From there the Venom went on a 10-1 run, opening up a double-digit lead. The Devils scored 2-of-16 from the field, with nine made free throws adding some respectability to their scoreline. Lord scored six for the quarter, while Jones and Herne both added three.

Facing a 13-point deficit, something special was required and the girls delivered. In stark contrast to the previous night’s eight-point final quarter effort, the Devils went on a 16-4 hot streak to draw within one point with four minutes to play. The shooting percentage lifted and the Devils won the rebounds for the first time all game. Currao (eight points, three rebounds), Doyle (seven points, two rebounds) and Alex Moss (four points, five rebounds) all had huge quarters and stood up when they were needed. The Venom got their lead back out to five points inside the last two minutes but foul trouble proved costly, with the Devils scoring five of their last seven points from free throws.

With 20 seconds left, scores were tied at 56-56 and the Devils had possession. All they had to do was look after the ball and get a good shot off to win the game. The Venom had one final chance when Moss missed from the corner but Currao pulled in a huge offensive rebound and Tegan Hindle found herself with the ball. In desperation she threw up an awkward looking ‘prayer’ from mid-range but whatever it looked like, the important thing was that it went off the backboard and through the ring, giving the Devils an unlikely but impressive two point victory.

In Round 5 the Devils (2^nd, 4-1) will travel to Bentleigh to face the McKinnon Cougars (4^th, 2-2)

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