July 23, 2023
Westlake Girls High School returned to the top of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girl’s Premier Grade ladder after a 67-58 victory at Mt Albert Grammar School.
It was far from a straight forward victory as Wai Clarken dropped 42 points to keep the MAGS team in the contest.
The first quarter was shaded 14-13 by Westlake before a personal dual between Clarken and Rebecca Moors unfolded in the second.
The MAGS captain scored 13 points while Moors, recently returned from the NBA Academy Men’s and Women’s Games in Atlanta, Georgia scored a dozen for Westlake – their lead 36-32 at half-time.
Clarken & Co were held to 10 points in the third period while Emma Schroeder, on her way to a team high 20 points, scored 11 of those in the spell.
Clarken, Jorjia Fiu and Lara-Poppy Cocker-Lemalie kept the pressure on the visitors but the combined scoring efforts of Zenthia Stowers, Lily Fotu, Katie Moors and Schroeder in the fourth saw Westlake to the win.
MAGS 58 – Clarken 42, Fiu 8
Westlake 67 – Schroeder 20, R Moors 15/12rebs, Stowers 9, Brennah Latoalevi-Nosa 6, Katie Moors 6
Ritorya Tamilo returned to high school basketball following a successful Asia Cup campaign with the Tall Ferns in Sydney earlier in the month to post 32 points as Baradene College defeated Epsom Girls Grammar School 84-55.
In dominant form throughout Tamilo posted 8 points in the first, Deyna Topia added 9 points while Poppy Cavanagh-Briggs chimed in with 6 points. Baradene were out to a 26-18 quarter time lead despite 9 points from Leah Patuwairua.
Maya Fowler made a couple of baskets for Epsom in the second period although a triple from Amelia Nathan and 6 points from Topia saw Baradene to a 42-31 half-time lead.
The third period determined the outcome with Epsom held to just 8 points. Tamilo had 12 points in the quarter as Epsom were outscored by 13 points.
Ahead 63-29 at the start of the fourth frame Baradene cruised to a third win of the season.
Baradene 84 – Tamilo 32, Topia 17, Cavanagh-Briggs 16, Nathan 8
Epsom 55 – Fowler 18, Patuwairua 16, Kiyara Te Amo 5
After helping the New Zealand team claim bronze at the U16 Asia Cup in Jordan last week Bailey Flavell was back in familiar territory on Friday to help Takapuna Grammar School to a comfortable 79-39 home win against St Mary’s College.
The New Zealand guard scored 7 first quarter points to compliment Amy McKenzie’s 12 and when Arabella Neville landed a triple Takapuna were 28-7 ahead.
Neville repeated the trick to start the next period and with McKenzie up to 20 points the hosts were in total command at half-time leading 50-13.
The third quarter favoured Taka again allowing Coach Katelin Noyer to empty the bench in the fourth period. St Mary’s pounced to enjoy their best spell of the game – India Nash and Layla Aholelei moving into double figures.
Takapuna 79 – McKenzie 26, Flavell 17, Amelia Glenn 9, Neville 8, Manaia Watson 8
St Mary’s 39 – Nash 10, Aholelei 10, Tamzin Jakeman 9
St Kentigern College defaulted their fixture against Northcote College.
Standings
9-1 Westlake
8-2 Epsom
7-3 MAGS
5-5 St Kent’s
4-6 Takapuna
3-7 Baradene, Northcote
1-9 St Mary’s
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