Preliminary Finals League Women –Ansett v Uni Rebels Ansett staged a last quarter come-back that overcame the tenacious Uni Rebels for a 56-52 win that gives the Blues another shot at the Tracy Village Jets in Saturday’s Grand Final at 2:00pm. The Rebels had led throughout the first three quarters of play before the Blues made their move close to the end of the last quarter. Before that however, the Rebels held a slim margin thanks to the effort of the two Jaylene’s, Boundry (19pts) and Bonson (13pts), who shouldered the scoring burden for the Rebels as they have during the season. The stage was set for a furious finish as the teams began the last quarter with the Rebels clinging to a 36-35 lead. It took the Blues almost seven minutes to peg back the Rebels. With 4:05 left to play Ansett’s Lauren Flanagen hit a three pointer to tie the game up at 44-44 and then Sam Drescher nailed a trey that gave them a game changing 47-46 with 3:18 remaining in the game. The Rebels never got any closer as Drescher (18pts and 16rebs) hit the next two baskets for the Blues & Flanagen (15pts) added another for a 7 point lead with 1:57 to go. The Rebels didn’t go away though as both Bonson and Boundry hit three pointers to retain a glimmer of hope, but in the end the Blues hung on to advance to the Grand Final. The last time the Blues won a Challenge Season GF was in 2007.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:53:00 +0000
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