Perth ran out of puff Saturday night in their quest to sweep the "NQ" double falling to the Cairns Taipans by a score of 89-71. The Wildcats seemed to be on the verge of breaking the game open early in the second quarter leading 37-29 but were doomed when team spark plug Shawn Redhage picked up his third foul. From there the Snakes went on a 16-6 run over the next few minutes. halftime saw Cairns leading 48-43 and looking to consolidate.
The third quarter was a nip and tuck affair before a monster dunk by Rich Melzer sparked the crowd. From there Dusty Rychart scored a quick basket and Perth's Brad Robbins was called for and offensive foul along with a technical foul. Phill Jones turned the blunder to points and the Cairns crew led 70-55 heading into the fourth. The Taipans were never headed in the fourth in route to the win.
Melzer finished the night with totals of 23 points/7 rebounds while Rychart fired in 18 points to go with his 7 boards. Phill Jones with 12 points and Gary Boodnikoff with 11 points also scored in double figures for the Taipans.
Kevin Lish led Perth with 14 points.Luke Schenscher scored 13, Shawn Redhage was held to 12 points/five rebounds and young gun Steven Weigh finished with 11 points in the Wilcat loss.
In Adelaide, the New Zealand Breakers fought hard but were overcome by another poor shooting performance in going down 80-76 to the 36ers.
The 36ers were emotionally charged from the start with Bret Maher's #5 being retired in a pre match ceremony. They led at every change and survived for the close win.
Adam Ballinger's 22 points topped the score sheet for the 'Sixers with support from John Gilchrist 17 points/7 rebounds, Brad Hill (13 points) and Cortez Groves (10 points/5 rebounds).
Kirk Penney and Rick Rickert scored 18 points apiece for the Breakers with Awvee Storey chipping in 11. Rickert also grabbed 8 rebounds while Storey and Thomas Abercrombie snared 7 rebounds each in the second loss of the season for the Breakers.
Prediction wise, I had a perfect 0 right, 5 wrong week!! But at least I picked the Storm in the NRL!!!
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