The Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Premier Grade regular season title race is still a three horse race after Rosmini College defeated Westlake Boys 96-76 in a Round 11 fixture on Monday night.
Completing the double over Lake, Rosmini were well led by Guard Chris Wyllie who posted a game high 31 points. Bart Jackowski chimed in with 19 points while Josh Wyllie, Mattie Dalton and Hunter Johns also made double figure contributions.
Noah Rasmussen was outstanding in a losing cause scoring 26 points with Oscar Neville and Daley Poiho making 11 apiece.
Dalton scored 9 points for Rosmini in the opening quarter but Rasmussen had 8 for Westlake as they carried the narrowest of leads into the first break (23-22).
Rosmini began to seize the initiative in the second period. With Josh Wyllie scoring 9 straight points for the hosts they led 38-33 and after threes from Jackowski and Chris Wyllie it was 46-40 at half-time.
Rosmini trajectory continued in an upward curve as they opened the second half with a 9-2 run. Neville landed his second from beyond the arc and the hustling Rasmussen conjured up 9 points but the hosts got a dozen out of Chris Wyllie and a three from Xavier Wells to lead 78-61 at three-quarter time.
Troy Supple and Harper Wilson made the opening scores of the fourth stanza but any chance of a Westlake comeback were snuffed out by Jackowski who sunk three triples in the closing minutes – Lake slipping to just their second defeat of the season.
Rosmini 96 – C Wyllie 31, Jackowski 19, J Wyllie 15, Dalton 14, Johns 10
Westlake 76 – Rasmussen 26, Pohio 11, Neville 11, Supple 8, Wilson 8, Wentworth 8
The closest game of the round was at St Peter’s College where Cooper Lepou scored a career best 37 points for St Kentigern but it wasn’t quite enough to get his team the win – although it was mighty close with St Kent’s going down 79-75.
Lepou warmed up with 9 points in the opening quarter and Charlie Hughes added 5 but 8 points from Bryan Marsters helped St Peter’s to a 25-21 lead.
Lepou and Co dominated the second period 22-13. The shooting guard scored 13 and with
Jamie Griffin connecting from deep the visitors led 43-38 at half-time.
The scoreline in the third was almost identical but this time 21-13 in favour of St Peter’s – 8 points from Tana Ekerome the major contribution.
Trailing 59-56 Lepou, Griffin and Hughes combined for all 19 of St Kent’s points in the final minutes but they fell just short as Marsters, Alex Davis and Spencer Carr put together 18 of the hosts 20 points in the last ten minutes.
St Peter’s 79 – Marsters 18, Carr 17, Ekerome 16, Davis 12
St Kent’s 75 – Lepou 37, Griffin 14, Hughes 13
Sacred Heart College proved too strong for Mt Roskill Grammar winning 103-80 on the road with Sam Snowdon scoring 27, Jamie Vile 24 and See Ieremia 20 points.
The pair helped Heart rack up 32 first quarter points to lead by 11 before Roskill came back strongly in the third.
Wai Tonga and Lincoln Tupa’i-Samuel dropped a couple of threes apiece and with 8 points from Sarangan Sutheswaran Roskill trailed by just five points at the interval (50-45).
It was a similar story in the third as the afore mentioned trio and Ezra Ogbuze got the hosts on level terms at 66 points apiece.
Unfortunately for the home supporters despite Tupa’i-Samuel landing triples number four and five Heart dominated the final term.
Vile produced 10 points in the spell, Snowdon drained a brace of threes ahead of Cam Stewart and Harry Rutter capping off the 37-point fourth quarter barrage.
Mt Roskill 80 – Tonga 24, Sutheswaran 16, Tupa’i-Samuel 15, Ezra Osbuze 6, Haisem Osman 6
Sacred Heart 103 –Snowdon 27, Vile 24, Ieremia 20, Max Hakaraia 10, Cam Stewart 7
In the traditional Grammar derby top of the table Auckland Grammar, with six players in double figures, beat Mt Albert Grammar 105-65.
MAGS duo Logan Wood and Lucas Cartwright scored 6 points each in the opening quarter although it was won 25-18 by Auckland with Roman Ma’afu-Moerua and Jackson Couper shining.
Finn Lawler nailed a three for MAGS but a similar make from Noah Mackay and half a dozen points each from Couper and Bobby Neels took AGS to a 50-34 half-time lead.
Cartwright, Natu Amanuel and Mose Leiasamaivao kept the scoreboard moving for MAGS in the second half but AGS were travelling at twice the pace.
Lawson Pryor demonstrated his ability from deep dropping a trio of threes and with Brigham Hakaraia scoring 14 second half points it was AGS that cruised to a comfortable win.
AGS 101 – Hakaraia 14, Pryor 14, Couper 14, Ryan Hunt 12, Ma’afu-Moerua 10, Mackay 10, Carver Gibson 7
MAGS 65 – Cartwright 19, Leiasamaivao 10, Wood 6, Amanuel 6, Mikey Moses 6
Standings:
10-1 AGS
9-2 Westlake
8-2 Rosmini
5-6 St Kentigern, St Peter’s
3-7 MAGS
3-8 Sacred Heart
0-11 Mt Roskill
*Mt Albert Grammar v Rosmini College postponed to August 5th.
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