Bailey Flavell scored 68 points as Takapuna Grammar won their Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Premier Grade Round 5 clash with Rangitoto College. There were also wins for Westlake Girls, Manurewa High and St Kentigern.
Bailey Flavell scored a career high 68 points as Takapuna Grammar School won the North Harbour derby at Rangitoto College 100-79. Flavell’s stunning performance keeps Takapuna inside the top four on the Prems ladder.
With Mela Andrews scoring 6 points Rangitoto trailed by just 21-19 at quarter time. However with Flavell and Manaia Watson in good scoring touch Takapuna began to pull away and led 50-36 at half-time.
A couple of threes from Peyton Laurence and regular scores from Maddy Skelton kept the scoreboard moving for Rangi but Flavell had 20 points on her own in the third and with Natalja Burton and Amy McKenzie chipping in with contributions the Taka lead grew to 79-61.
Takapuna had little trouble protecting their advantage in the closing stages.
Rangitoto 79 – Skelton 21, Andrews 14, Laurence 9, Eva Veale 9, Bella Anderson 9, Sienna Maurice 9
Takapuna 100 – Flavell 68, McKenzie 11, Watson 9
Westlake Girls High maintained their unbeaten record with a 70-46 win at Mt Albert Grammar.
Lara Cocker-Lemalie posted 6 first quarter points although 10 points from Emma Schroeder propelled Westlake to an 18-13 advantage.
Zenthia Stowers did most of the damage in the second period as Westlake eased out to a 39-23 half-time lead.
The scoring dipped in the third, a period won 10-9 by MAGS with Cocker-Lemalie moving into double figures.
Any chances of a MAGS comeback in the final frame were extinguished by Schroeder’s 3-point plays and 8 straight points from Stowers.
MAGS 46 – Cocker-Lemalie 16, Gianna Tiatia 7, Meiya Lemafa 6, Emina Tiatia 6
Westlake – Schroeder 21, Stowers 17, Kodee Williams-Sefo 10, Imani Rasmussen 8/12rebs, Lily Fotu 6
St Kentigern College moved to outright second on the Prems ladder with a 73-57 win at Northcote College.
St Kent’s were quick out the gate establishing a 30-14 lead with Gigi Forster nailing a couple of threes and Ash Tuumaialu racing to 10 points.
Northcote responded with DJ Hannah getting to the rack while Lisa Gear and Ema Lavemaau dropped threes – the deficit down to seven points at half-time (42-35).
Scoring dipped in the second half as defence’s held sway, the combination of guard Tuumaialu and forward Kilani Tuineau proving the game breaker as they scored 27 points apiece.
Northcote 57 – Gear 19, Lily Morgan 12, Hannah 12,Lavemaau 10
St Kentigern 73 – Tuumaialu 27, Tuineau 27, Forster 8 Mischa McLister 5
After losing their opening two games Manurewa High School have peeled off three straight wins with their latest success a 58-48 victory at Epsom Girls Grammar.
The victory seemed unlikely early on as Epsom charged to a 20-5 lead with Draun Forbes, Kiyara Te Amo and Savana Feite dropping threes.
Momentum swung dramatically in the second period as Emily Tanira and Alyssa Uluheua made multiple scores before a triple from Taisha Tanira gave Manurewa a 29-26 half-time lead.
The second half was a tight affair. Forbes and Kiki Reti kept the score moving for Epsom but the collective effort of Manurewa – six players scored 6 points or more – proved the difference.
Manurewa now into the top four!
EGGS 48 – Forbes 20, Reti 10, Kingi 6
Manurewa 58 – E Tanira 16, Beautiful Campbell 12, Waimihi Hetaraka-Brown 9, T Tanira 7, Uluheua 6, Shirley Tuilimu 6
Standings:
5-0 Westlake
4-1 St Kentigern
3-2 Manurewa, Takapuna
2-3 Rangitoto, MAGS
1-4 Northcote
0-5 Epsom
With Kings Birthday Weekend coming up the next round of games is scheduled for June 7th.
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