July 30
In a game in which two players produced 40-point performances Takapuna Grammar School beat Baradene College 86-79.
In a sign of things to come Deyna Topia and Ritorya Tamilo combined for all of Baradene’s 24 first quarter points while Bailey Flavell nabbed 17 of Takapuna’s 25.
Flavell would go on to tally 48 points with Tamilo totaling 43. The pair weren’t without support however as Baradene point guard Deyna Topia came up with a season high 31 points and Takapuna’s Amy McKenzie tallied 20 points while Nahikari Illarramendi chipped in with 9 points.
The two teams went toe to toe throughout with Takapuna leading by just five points (49-44) at half-time and six points at three-quarter time (62-56).
That pattern continued in the final spell as Takapuna shaded the period 24-23 with Flavell’s 17 fourth quarter points moving Takapuna closer to a top-four finish.
Takapuna 86 – Flavell 48, McKenzie 20, Illarramendi 9
Baradene 79 – Tamilo 43, Topia 31
Westlake Girls High School, with six players in double figures, scored an emphatic 114-41 home win against St Kentigern College.
Ash Tuumaialu scored 11 of St Kent’s 14 first quarter points but Westlake piled on 28 with Zenthia Stowers making 8 of those.
Amy Pateman posted 14 second quarter points and Rebecca Moors added 7 as Westlake stretched their advantage to 58-25 at half-time.
St Kent’s were unable to repel the red wave in the second half – the Westlake win keeping them top of the Premier ladder.
Westlake 114 – Pateman 26, Moors 19, Stowers 14, Emily Schroeder 14, Lily Fotu 12, Elin Vincent 12
St Kentigern 41 – Tuumaialu 19, Kilani Tuineau 7, Gigi Forster 5
Hot on the heels of Westlake are Epsom Girls Grammar and they secured another victory with a strong showing against Northcote College winning 76-56.
Leah Patuwairua and Draun Forbes combined for 15 points as Epsom shaded the opening frame 22-18.
Seven points in the second period from Lily Morgan and threes from Lizzie May and Nikki Gear kept Northcote in the hunt – down 40-33 at half-time.
The gap widened in the third quarter as Threes from Maya Fowler and Forbes helped stretch the Epsom lead to 56-43 with ten minutes to play.
Year 9 debutant Kyra Tuihalangie-Midson got in on the scoring act, as did Andrea Ape-Paia, as Epsom pulled away to a 20-point win.
Epsom 76 – Forbes 29, Fowler 14, Patuwairua 11, Savana Feite 8
Northcote 56 – Morgan 14, Nikki Gear 11, May 10, DJ Hannah 9, Lisa Gear 8
Mt Albert Grammar kept their hopes of a top-two finish alive with a comfortable 99-29 win against St Mary’s College.
Opening up an initial 28-5 lead they were never troubled as six players scored eight points or more. Tamzin Jakeman top scored for St Marys with 10 points.
St Mary’s 29 – Jakeman 10, Olive Maling 6
MAGS 99 – Wai Clarken 22, Jorjia Fiu 16, Peyton Uri 16, Emina Tiatia 11, Phoenix Kaipo 10, Lara Cocker-Lemalie 8
Standings
10-1 Westlake
9-2 Epsom
8-3 MAGS
5-6 St Kent’s, Takapuna
3-8 Baradene, Northcote
1-10 St Mary’s
LACEY LOWDOWN 