ANENDRA SINGH | 1st April 2010

SIDELINED: Jarrod Kenny watches the Central Districts play this week.

 

At Pettigrew Green Arena, Taradale

0800 Easy LPG Bay Hawks 92 (Golden 17, Bartlett 14, Daniel 13), Exodus Saints 72 (Maxey 23, Hudson 14, Tait 12) final
Referees - Dallas Pickering, Shane Nikora, Wayne Start

1Q: 22-15
HT: 45-37 (23-22)
3Q: 66-47 (21-10)
FT: 92-72 (26-25)

March 19, 2010

Friday night upsets as the Southland Sharks franchise get their first ever win beating the Bay Hawks 85-79 and, after 18 losses, on the trot the Taranaki Mountain Airs beat the Christchurch Cougars 84-62.

Sharks Rene Rougeau top scored with twenty points and Luke Martin in his first game for the franchise scored an efficient 15 also dishing 6 assists.

5:55 AM Saturday Mar 20, 2010

Breakers guard Kirk Penney has been named in the Australian National Basketball League's All-NBL first team for a third time.

Penney shares top billing in the five-man team with Townsville Crocodiles' point guard Corey Williams, Wollongong Hawks point guard Tywain McKee, plus forwards Mark Worthington (Melbourne Tigers) and Shawn Redhage (Perth).

BASKETBALL: Langrell finds feet to lead Hawks
ANENDRA SINGH | 19th March 2010

FAMILY FACTOR: Hawks captain David Langrell with wife Justine and their 18-month-old son Toby.H E IS ultimately a son of the preacher man.

A boy from a middle-class Pakeha family, David Langrell fancied himself as a tennis player.

Few would have argued with a youngster whose profile was almost a carbon copy of "The Scud", Mark Philippoussis, the former Australian Wimbledon and US Open champion.

ANENDRA SINGH | 19th March 2010

It's the trinity of family, faith and friends for Dave Langrell.

"My parents never forced me to go to church and from the age of 10 onwards I didn't. Now I totally do and it's a big part of my life, my Christian values," says the Wellington-born who has lived in Christchurch since he was 9 years old.

So when the Canterbury Rams franchise went down the gurgler in 2007 Langrell took up a teaching job at a high school as well as coaching the Canterbury under-19 team.

0800 Easy LPG Bay Hawks 79, Zerofees Southland Sharks 85, Final
Referees - Dallas Pickering, Shane Nikora, Wayne Start
1Q: 24-20
HT: 41-42 (17-22)
3Q: 57-61 (16-19)
FT: 79-85 (22-24)

March 18, 2010, 12:53 PM AEST
By: NBL

The National Basketball League is building on the success of the 2009/10 season and will welcome a new team to the league in 2010/11.

Sydney will once again have a team in the National Basketball League, with Basketball Australia announcing today that a club based in the New South Wales capital would be included amongst the nine teams to make up an expanded NBL competition for the 2010/11 season.

March 16, 2010

After the 49 point performance by Eric Devendorf in round one, Waikato Pistons have another player of the week, Thomas Abercrombie.

37 points (15/20 FG, 2/4 3pt, 5/7 FT), 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks
In the 96-78 win over the Taranaki Mountainairs.

The Airs had no answer for Abercrombie as he shot 75% from the field and blocking an amazing five shots. Abercrombie is fifth place in the player power rankings and his team mate Devendorf leads the rankings after a solid 25 point performance against the Airs as well.

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