Big V Division One Women Round 9 – Werribee Devils 72 v Keilor Thunder 84, Sunday May 22nd, 2016

Division One Women 72 lost to Keilor Thunder 84

Werribee	21	13	20	18	72
Keilor	25	21	23	15	84

Bex Van Kuyk, 27 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks (Big V Blue Carpet)

Jessica Slade, 19 points, 14 rebounds

Jackie Silcock, 13 points, 4 rebounds

Doni Lewis, 5 points, 4 assists

Jasmine Silcock, 4 points, 5 rebounds

Nicole Greene, 4 points, 6 rebounds

In Round 9, the Werribee Devils Division One Women’s team travelled to Keilor to take on the Thunder, no doubt hoping for an improvement on their 67-101 result back in Round 3.

The Devils made a promising start. After conceding the first basket, Jessica Slade replied immediately and the Devils led the game until the last minute of the quarter, when a couple of J Scannell three-pointers gave the home side a four point lead at the first break. Their 21-point opening quarter was the Devils highest for the season so far. All five starters got on the scoreboard, led by Bex Van Kuyk (nine points, five rebounds) and supported by Slade (four points, two rebounds) and Jackie Silcock (four points). Doni Lewis chipped in with two assists and two steals

Keilor started the second quarter stronger, scoring seven of the first eight points and opening a double digit lead. However the Devils fought back with a 10-2 run, with Jackie Silcock, Slade, Nicole Greene and Van Kuyk all contributing. From there, Keilor finished the quarter with their own 13-2 streak in the last four minutes to go into half time with a 12-point lead. Jackie Silcock led the Devils with five points and Greene added four points and four rebounds.

The Thunder managed to hold the Devils at arm’s length in the third quarter. The Devils were competitive in the early minutes, getting the margin down to single digits before Keilor outscored the visitors 13-5 in the latter stages, and with a minute to go they led by 17. Once again the Devils had five individual scorers, led by Van Kuyk (seven points, two rebounds) and supported by Slade (4 points, four rebounds) and Jackie Silcock (four points, two rebounds).

Facing a 15-point deficit and with only seven players involved in the game, things were looking potentially dangerous for the Devils. However, this is when Van Kuyk (nine points, eight rebounds for the quarter) and Slade (nine points, four rebounds) went to work. The pair scored the first six points of the quarter, bringing the margin back to single digits, but then the Thunder replied with five unanswered points of their own, meaning that halfway through the quarter the Devils had made no ground on the scoreboard. Slade scored again, then Keilor went 6-0 in a minute to blow the margin out to 18 with three minutes to play. However, Slade and Van Kuyk weren’t done, scoring 10 of the next 12 points, resulting in the Devils winning the quarter and bringing some pride and respectability to a Devils unit that has had a tough first half of the season.

In Round 10 the Devils (10^th, 2-8) will face the Westernport Steelers (3^rd, 7-3) away on Saturday night. Last time they met was at Eagle Stadium in Round 2, where the Steelers came away with a 63-52 victory.

Werribee v Keilor - Box Score and Stats

Werribee v Keilor - LiveStats and Play-by-Play

Werribee v Keilor - Full Game on YouTube