WBHS Premier Basketball vs Rosmini College
The Westlake Boys Premier team went down the road to Rosmini College for their second annual clash. As always the Rosmini fans were out in force to support their team. Westlake Boys had a great group of faithful supporters who threw out some chants of their own. From the tip-off you could see Rosmini really wanted the win. For the first five minutes they could not miss, no matter what shot they took, it went straight in. This early run put the pressure on Westlake, but the boys never faulted. The team knew they had to keep grinding away and playing their own game, to enable them to get back into the match. After a timeout and a thunderous dunk to Matt Freeman, the boys got really fired up and Westlake started to gain momentum.
In the second quarter Westlake started to assert some dominance and pushed out their lead behind some fantastic ball movement and a great defensive effort. At the half Westlake was up 40-29. Rosmini came out of the break wanting to get back in the game and the third quarter was very tight with Westlake maintaining its lead. The intensity ramped up in the fourth quarter, as Westlake pushed its lead out only to see Rosmini claw back to a single digit lead. The boys again kept their cool and managed to come away with the win 81-70.
Matt Freeman in his first game back after being in the States at Adidas Nations, had a great game on both ends of the floor and managed to get several huge dunks. The back court of Logan Hunt and Isaac Letoa kept the defensive pressure on the whole game and lead the teams’ great offensive ball movement.
Other Basketball Results
Seniors Results: Semi-finals
WBHS Senior B won their Semi-final game against Kristin, 76-63. Marc Malingin had a fantastic game top scoring with 27 points. The team will take on Takapuna Grammar School in the North Harbour Final this Friday.
Senior Results: Final placing games
WBHS Senior A team took on Northcote in their final game and managed a hard fought win at the buzzer, 64-63. That placed them fifth overall in the Senior Grade.
WBHS Senior C had a hard final game against Birkenhead College, going down 45-64. They finished seventh overall in the competition.
U17 Results: Semi-finals
WBHS U17 A won in their Semi-final taking down Northcote in impressive fashion 69-44. They will take on Rangitoto College A in the North Harbour final this Friday.
U17 Results: Final placing games
WBHS U17 B pulled out a great win over Long Bay College A, taking control of the fourth quarter to take the match, 33-28. The win placed them sixth overall in the U17 Grade.
WBHS U17 C had a good final win over Rosmini B, 33-28.
WBHS Green and WBHS Red had a good friendly game to finish the year.
U15 Results: Semi-final and final placing games
WBHS U15 Red took on Rangitoto College A unfortunately going down, 53-41. The loss placed them third overall in the U15 Grade.
WBHS Green lost a close one to Kristin School, going down 36 – 41. The team placed eighth overall in the U15s.
Other basketball news:
Westlake 2015 Premier Basketball co-captain Matt Freeman is the latest Westlake Boys student to pick up an American College Basketball Scholarship. The U18 3×3 World Champ who currently features in the New Zealand U19 team and the Breakers development squad, has been picked up by the University of Oklahoma basketball programme. The Oklahoma Sooners made the ‘Sweet Sixteen’ in last year’s March Madness after coming in as a three seed and have made the last three NCAA tournaments.