THERE were moments you could sense Ballarat Miners would fight their way back into the lead – this annual mid-week rumble with Geelong Supercats is always fiery and hard-fought.
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Only, the Supercats looked to maintain that they wanted to win this game more. They are the South East Australian Basketball League’s top east conference team and reinforced this in a 16-point win in Miners’ territory.
The GMHBA Miners are battling to stay in east conference finals contention but these are the games they need to win most. A slicker Supercats capitalised on its chances and hurt the Miners with sharper field goal shooting and the Miners could not break their buffer.
New Kiwi Dyson King-Hawea was named most valuable player for showing fans a bit of spark in his game. American Gregg Thondique finished strong with 18 points, 10 rebounds but the bulk of his work was made after half-time. The Miners must repair their game for a road trip to Canberra next.
