VJBL TEAMS OF THE WEEK
We welcome the players, coaches and families from the following teams who will actively participate in the BIG V Game experience today!
COACHES CORNER – PREVIEW FROM THE COACH
We enter Round 5 coming off a solid win against the Camberwell Dragons. Keli Romas shone in the game finishing with 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 7 steals.
This week, we face the McKinnon Cougars who are looking to bounce back after a tough loss to Warnambool on the road.
The key matchup for this week will be at the point guard position between recent teammates in Amy Baum and Em Maltezos. Maltezos was part of the 2023 championship team and has been off to a hot start averaging 16 points and 2 assists for the Cougars. Likewise, Baum has begun the season with an All Star 5 level of performance contributing 9.6 points, 9.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game.
This will be a game of two styles, as we must lock in on the great isolation scoring of Matezos and import A'Lexxus Davis (12 points per game). McKinnon will no doubt try to pressure and push us out of our movement centric offence.
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No Name Height Age Position Sponsored By 3 Amy BAUM 170cm 24 Guard CHARM BUILDING 4 Charlotte VINCENT-LORD 180cm 24 Forward DONCASTER VOLKSWAGEN 6 Keli ROMAS 170cm 25 Grd/Fwd L&L ORTHODONTICS 7 Maxine ALLAN 168cm 28 Guard BARRY PLANT EASTERN GROUP 8 Tahlia LEESON 179cm 17 Grd/Fwd CHARM BUILDING 12 Sarae BEVERIDGE 184cm 21 Forward EVOLVE HOOPZ LAB 15 Keira LINDEMANS 180cm 18 Forward BENDIGO BANK DONCASTER EAST 17 Danijela KUJOVIC 186cm 19 Fwd/Cnt L&L ORTHODONTICS 21 Nicola CROSS 172cm 24 Guard BENDIGO BANK DONCASTER EAST 25 Catelyn VAN ES 188cm 18 Centre DONCASTER VOLKSWAGEN 32 Bella NIVEN-BROWN 178cm 22 Forward BARRY PLANT EASTERN GROUP
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No Name Height Age Position 2 Lily Brancatisano 25 Guard 3 Emily Suckling 28 Guard 10 Hannah McGilen 20 Guard 12 Emily Maltezos 20 Guard 15 Chloe Hicks 25 Guard 20 Cassie Hill 29 Forward 22 Lee Wilkins 34 Forward 24 A'Lexxus Davis 27 Forward 30 Madison Simmons 18 Forward 33 Kate Bazzucchini 24 Forward Team Staff Name Head Coach Paul GRAHAM Assistant Coaches Simon FROST, Ryan HEGART & Nikolina SUKURICA Team Manager Toby COLLINS-SMITH
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COACHES CORNER – PREVIEW FROM THE COACH
Welcome to the game, tonight marks 1/3 of the regular season in the books and while it still feels like early days with our disjointed schedule, the games will come thick and fast from this point forward so we must continue to defend our home floor.
Last week we hosted a well-connected Chelsea team in a game that could have gone either way down the stretch. Ultimately Matt Fennell put in a performance for the ages capturing weekly league All-Star honors for his 39pts and 7rebs at an unbelievable 71% from the field but was ably assisted by Tyrone Tonkin with 15pts, Kraig Shields 14pts & 11rebs and Andrew Noller put in his best performance since crossing from Waverley.
Tonight’s match-up sees local rival Warrandyte visit who currently sit with a 1-4 record but similarly to ourselves, they were active in the off-season retooling their roster so we’re under no illusion of the task at hand as they will only continue to gel and solidify roles the more they play together.
They are anchored by ex-NBL Development Player Tristan Forsyth who is averaging 25.2ppg & 14rpg which is top 3 across the league in both categories and paired with stretch four Oscar Percy who has US college experience currently averaging 13.4ppg & 5rpg.
Last week they pushed 2nd placed Whittlesea only going down by four points after trailing by 13 at halftime and having played RMIT (1st place) and Whittlesea (2nd place) twice in their five games shows wins aren’t far away.
To all our fans we appreciate your support, I hope you enjoy the night and spread the word as we would love to pack out EDSC throughout the season.
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No Name Height Age Position Sponsored By 1 Matt SNOW 178cm 40 Guard SCHOOL FURN 2 Peter DENG JR 196cm 24 Grd/Fwd AVAILABLE 3 Mack KANELLOS 192cm 27 Grd/Fwd KANELLOS CONSULTING 4 Tyrone TONKIN 190cm 25 Grd/Fwd BELLELI KING & ASSOCIATES 5 Brendan TAIT 190cm 29 Forward AVAILABLE 6 Bailey ROSS 181cm 24 Guard AL-KO TOW ASSIST 8 Evan SOLAKIDIS © 192cm 29 Grd/Fwd AVAILABLE 10 Matthew FENNELL 195cm 36 Forward CHARM BUILDING 11 Mitchell DOUGLAS 189cm 23 Forward AVAILABLE 12 Justin RONAN-BLACK 183cm 27 Grd/Fwd COMPLETE HEATING & COOLING 13 Lachlan EVANS-McKENZIE 195cm 30 Fwd/Cnt AVAILABLE 22 Kraig SHIELDS 205cm 28 Centre CHARM BUILDING 24 Mitchell WHITE 200cm 32 Fwd/Cnt AVAILABLE 29 Troy SCHAECHE 178cm 23 Guard ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTRE 54 Andrew NOLLER 183cm 29 Guard AVAILABLE Team Staff Name Head Coach Ryan ROGERS Assistant Coach Steve BROPHY Team Manager Jordan ROGERS
No Name Height Age Position 0 Mitch Evans 190 29 Guard 1 Shannon Kendall Guard 2 Ben Linkin 182 23 Guard 4 Acelin Adama 181 19 Guard 6 Mitch Hawley 191 35 Guard 8 Bryan Moore Forward 12 Brenton Charles 180 33 Guard 13 Aaron Van Foort Grd/Fwd 14 Jordan Adnam 197 29 Grd/Fwd 23 Noah Mullin 183 22 Guard 34 Tristan Forsyth 199 26 Centre 44 Oscar Percy 203 22 Forward Team Staff Name Head Coach Aron PANTANO Assistant Coaches Jordan WHITE & Ian WOOD Team Manager Caitlin DAVIDSON
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