In Round 6 of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Senior A competition Rangitoto College maintained top spot on the ladder after defeating nearest rivals Manurewa High School 83-67.
The three-quarter time scoreline was 62-54 in favour of Rangitoto but with Bella Manu-Moore (27 points) in good form a Manurewa victory was still on the cards.
However 8 points from Tamsin McAsey and further scores from Maddy Skelton and Kyree Rakena ensured Rangitoto bossed the final frame 21-13 to secure the win and remain undefeated.
Earlier Eva Veale’s 11 points had given the visitors a 23-15 lead although Manu-Moore’s 8 second quarter points, and contributions from Beautiful Campbell and Shirley Tuilimu, reduced the Rangi lead to just three points at half-time (35-32).
Manu-Moore scored another dozen points in the third but 10 points from Skelton and 11 from Mela Andrews gave Rangitoto that valuable 8-point three-quarter time cushion.
Manurewa 67 – Manu-Moore 27, Campbell 14, Tuilimu 9, Wai Hetaraka-Brown 8
Rangitoto 83 – Andrews 19, Veale 19, Skelton 16, McAsey 14, Rakena 5
Carmel College, on the back of a double-double from Ruby Railton, secured a valuable away win at Mt Roskill Grammar School winning 61-47.
Railton finished with 24 points and 19 rebounds as she duelled with Roskill’s Nelly Ioane (31 points) for the player of the game nomination.
In the first half Ioane and Annelliesse Folaumoetao countered the scoring threats of Railton, Annie Gaylor and Imogen O’Rourke to give Roskill a narrow 26-25 advantage.
The hosts controlled the third period as the Ioane’s (Nelly and Bree) scored all but two of Roskill’s 17 points as they established what appeared to be a match winning 43-34 lead.
However momentum swung around completely in the fourth quarter as the Carmel defence kept Roskill to just 4 points – Gaylor, O’Rourke and Railton provided the shot making as Carmel nipped a two game losing streak in the bud.
Mt Roskill 47 – N Ioane 31, B Ioane 6, Folaumoetao 6
Carmel 61 – Railton 24/19rebs, Gaylor 14, O’Rourke 8, Leighton Esra 6
In the other game Auckland Girls Grammar School solidified their spot in the top four with a 59-33 win against One Tree Hill College.
A couple of scores from Milla Eckford and Harriate Heta got One Tree Hill out to a 14-11 quarter time lead. However that was just a prelude to AGGS, and Faith Hurt in particular, dominating the remainder of the game.
Faith, destined for a game high 26 points and the only player to reach double figures, had 14 points by half-time with AGGS ahead 29-19.
They would go on to win the second half 30-14 to complete a comfortable win and move up to third on the points ladder.
OTH 33 – Heta 8, Kizyra Thompson 7, Eckford 6, Jesse-Lee Upu 5
AGGS 59 – F Hurt 26, Zara Leavassa- Avauli 8, Harmony Hurt 6, Julia-Rose Fiesher-Martin 6
Massey High School have unfortunately withdrawn from the Senior A competition with their results now void.
Standings
5-0 Rangitoto
4-1 Manurewa
3-2 AGGS
2-2 Carmel
1-4 Mt Roskill, One Tree Hill
0-4 Avondale
*Massey High School have withdrawn from the competition
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