Wheelcats Off to a Perfect Start.
Wednesday July 6 2010.
The Perth Wheelcats new coaching partnership of
Lee Nott and Kelvin Browner got the reigning
NWBL Champions’ title
defence off to the best possible start on the
weekend, as they led the Wheelcats to two
dominating victories over last year's
grand
finalists the Wentworthville Wheelkings! The
victories on the weekend continued to bolster
Nott’s impressive coaching
CV,
adding to the WA Black Ducks victory at the U/20
National Championships, as well as coaching his
team to victory in the
National Development League. With results like
this, Nott is undoubtedly in line for future
Australian Paralympic coaching roles,
as he proves he is developing into a coach of
real quality and under the guidance of Browner
is displaying maturity beyond his
years.
In front of over 300 fans the reigning NWBL
champs got off to a great start putting up 34
points for the first quarter! Big men
Justin Eveson, Shaun Norris and Adam Deans kept
the score board ticking throughout the first
half, coupled with some
impressive
defence
as they tore apart the young opposition! Michael
Hartnett was unavailable for the 2 games over
the
weekend leaving Clare Burzynski and Nang Nguyen
the responsibility of getting the tall timber in
the paint! The low point
players
did a fantastic job working with the highs and
mids which saw the Perth Wheelcats score 94 of
their 122 inside the
keyway!
Halftime score 64-17 after the Wheelcats rotated
all players re-energized for a very defensive
orientated 3rd quarter!
Keeping
the Wheelkings to 1 point in the 3rd while
stacking on another 28 points! Impressive
performances from Brant Garvey
with 19 points in 11 minutes of total game time
play, such a skillful player hits the floor
plays well and shows what he can do is
exactly
what the Wheelcats need coming off the bench!
Full time score was 122-24, Justin Eveson (20
points,14 rebounds,15
assists) finished up with an easy triple double
while
Shaun
Norris (25 points,7 rebounds,11 assists) and
Adam Deans (22 points,
17 rebounds,2 assists) proved dominant with some
great
figures!
Game 2 saw the Wheelkings step
up and play some decent basketball, although
going down 107-51, they put up a good fight
making the Wheelcats earn their money! Once
again for the Wheelcats the usual suspects got
the score board ticking, Garvey
again with 21 points in 21 minutes played a
great part off the bench, Eveson picked up 25
points and big man Adam Deans
with 19! The Cats kept the Kings to 10 point
quarters in the first 3, but in the 4th the
Kings stepped up while the Cats
struggled
to contain them defensively!
Overall a
great start to the year, however it won't be as
easy as previous years with other clubs
recruiting international talent,
but as always it is going to be really tough to
knock this experienced team from the top!
The Wheelcats next take on Adelaide away before
they return home to take on the Dandenong
Rangers in a double header
on the 31st July and 1st
August! Come down to the CAGE and be part of all
the excitement as the Wheelcats hunt down their
5th consecutive NWBL title!
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