Youth League One Women 87 d McKinnon Cougars 58
Werribee
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21
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23
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19
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24
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87
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McKinnon
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14
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17
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13
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14
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58
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Eliza Herne, 21 points, 10 rebounds
Tegan Hindle, 16 points, 4 assists, 6 steals
Teaghan Doyle, 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals
Rachel Miller, 10 points, 4 rebounds
Natasha Currao, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals
Hayley Jones, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
Taylah Lea, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
In Round 9, the Werribee Devils Youth League Women’s team (2nd, 7-2) hosted the McKinnon Cougars.
The game started slowly. Neither team scored in the first minute, then the Cougars were the first to get on the board thanks to a three-pointer from Emma Crees. Eliza Herne finally kicked things off for the Devils nearly three minutes into the game and Natasha Currao joined her soon after. Despite the slow start, the Devils put together eight unanswered points to open up an early lead. Tegan Hindle, Taylah Lea, Charlotte Lord and Hayley Jones all contributed and when Hindle hit a three-pointer with 2.08 remaining, the Devils had a handy double digit lead. However, six unanswered points to the Cougars brought them back in the game until a Teaghan Doyle basket in the final seconds resulted in a seven point lead to the home side at quarter time. Hindle (five points) and Currao (four points) led the scoring for the Devils, Herne grabbed three rebounds and Hindle and Doyle nabbed a couple of steals each.
Lord and Jenna Thomas scored early for the Devils and they set about asserting their dominance on the contest. Herne, Currao, Hindle and Rachel Miller all got in on the action as the Devils outscored the Cougars 19-8 in the space of eight minutes and all of a sudden the margin was out to 18 and looking dangerous for the visitors. McKinnon’s first field goal for the quarter came with two minutes to play. A 9-4 finish to the quarter in favour of the Cougars must have given them some sort of confidence going into the long break, but the Devils still won the quarter comfortably and held a double digit lead. Herne had six points and three rebounds for the Devils and was joined by Hindle with five points and two steals. Doyle also grabbed four rebounds for the quarter.
The third quarter belonged to the Devils talls, as Doyle, Lord and Herne ran riot in the early stages. They combined for ten points in the first four minutes as the Cougars could only manage a solitary free throw in the same period. Sarsha Follachio finally put one in for the Cougars from long range with 5.47 remaining, then neither team scored for almost three minutes before Hindle broke the drought, taking the margin out to 22. The two teams traded scores for the remaining couple of minutes and the Devils won the quarter and extended their lead at the final break. Doyle led the Devils with six points, while Miller and Hindle added four points each. Other contributors included Lord with three rebounds, Thomas had a couple of blocks and Currao nabbed two steals.
The Cougars managed to keep things under control early on, going goal-for-goal in the first three minutes, but then the Devils scored seven points in 30 seconds thanks to steals from Jones and Doyle, and the margin was approaching 30. When Olivia Woods scored for the Cougars with 5.19 remaining, the scoring again dried up for both teams, with Hindle and Herne the only scorers in four minutes of play. By the time Miller and Thomas scored in the last thirty seconds the Devils again increased their lead and saluted with a 29-point victory. Herne was the standout for the winners with 10 points and three rebounds in the last term, while Doyle added four points and two steals and Lord had four rebounds.
In Round 10 the Devils (2nd, 8-2) travel down the road to take on their nearest rivals the Altona Gators (3rd, 6-3), and will be looking to atone for their 61-71 defeat back in Round 6.
Werribee v McKinnon - Box Score and Stats
Werribee v McKinnon - LiveStats and Play-by-Play
Werribee v McKinnon - Full Game on YouTube
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