Good news for coach Paul Henare is that Everard Bartlett, with the Tall Blacks trial taking place next week, appears to have found his scoring touch at the right time. He followed up his 16 points effort last week with a game high 22 points on Saturday as the Ballarat Miners accounted for the Brisbane Spartans 106-82 in the South East Basketball League.
The Spartans are winless on the road this season and didn’t look like reversing that trend as they lost every quarter to the Miners who improve to 7-8.
Bartlett had another productive night from behind the arc converting 6 from 11 from long range, which makes it 11/19 3PG (58%) from the past two games for the former Hawkes Bay sharpshooter.
Dyson King-Hawea gained release from the
Taranaki Mountain Airs final Bartercard NBL game of the season to debut for Ballarat against Brisbane. The Kiwi small forward played just 8 minutes, scoring two points, but can expect increased court time if Bartlett exits the team on Tall Black’s duty.
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