Strong weekend for Hawks in NBL1 competition
14 Jun 2022
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While the NBL1 East and South competitions had a bye due to the Queen's Birthday long weekend, the North division pushed on with round seven of their 2022 season.
Hawks recruit Wani Swaka Lo Buluk, who was recently named to the Boomers squad, produced his best game of the season for USC Rip City, tallying 22 points, four rebounds, four steals and one assist in his side's 93-77 win against Southern Districts at USC Sports Stadium.
Rip City have the bye in round eight before on Sunshine Coast at Maroochydore Stadium on June 25.
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Elsewhere, Lachlan Dent and his Brisbane Capitals played a double-header on Friday and Saturday nights.
At Maroochydore Stadium, Dent added 10 points, four assists and three rebounds in Brisbane's 79-73 loss to Sunshine Coast, before the young guard added six points, six assists, five rebounds and two steals in his side's 99-88 loss to Gold Coast.
His Capitals have another double-header in round eight, starting with the Spartans at Auchenflower Stadium on Saturday before travelling to Paul Bancroft Centre on Sunday to face Red City.
At JBS Stadium, Isaac White and his Ipswich Force downed Mackay 80-72, thanks to 24 points, nine rebounds, eight steals, four assists and one block from the Illawarra guard.
In round eight, White's Force will go toe-to-toe with Northside at JBS Stadium on Saturday and Sunshine Coast at Maroochydore Stadium on Sunday.
Up north, Sam Froling double-doubled (13 points and 13 rebounds) in Townsville's 89-80 loss to Logan at Townsville StarFM Stadium.
Froling, who was also recently named to the Boomers team, added six assists in the defeat.
Next up for the Heat are road fixtures against Mackay (Saturday) and Rockhampton (Sunday) in round eight.
Other players set to hit the hardwood this coming weekend include AJ Ogilvy, whose Hills Hornets take on Sutherland on Saturday, Deng Deng, whose Kilsyth battle Mount Gambier and Emmett Naar, who will lead Ringwood in their fixture with Keilor.
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