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Albury Wodonag Bandits  and the Frankston Blues

 

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Closer, But Still Not Good Enough

  
   

 

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  If you’d told Bandits coach Brad Chalmers his team would win 70 per cent of its key performance indicators against the Hobart Chargers, he would’ve gladly taken it, fairly certain it would mean a win.

 Unfortunately, the Apple Islanders had other ideas. In an entertaining shoot-out at the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre, the visitors ultimately prevailed 94-90 but not before some tense moments late in the fourth quarter.

  With just 12 seconds left and the Chargers clinging to a 92-89 lead, Bandits import Jermel Jenkins was fouled by Deba George on a three-point attempt, sending the New Jersey native to the line to potentially tie the game. But Jenkins was forced to the sidelines with severe cramp, leaving the free throws to his substitute, young guard Jack Duck.

  Much to the dismay of the partisan home crowd, Duck missed the first two attempts, leaving the Bandits agonisingly short of making ground on their SEABL South Conference rivals.

  There were encouraging signs, with new imports Jenkins (23 points, 10 assists) and Flenard Whitfield (24 points, 12 rebounds) showing they’ve found their feet relatively quickly, and the Bandits outplayed the Chargers in almost every major statistical category — except the one that matters most — leaving Chalmers partly satisfied he has the defending champions back on track.

“Overall, pretty pleased, Jermel played pretty well,” Chalmers said. “Flenard was tough around the hoop, did some good things and he’s got more scope than perhaps I thought, so hopefully he can keep that going. “Benny Hollis was good.
“There’s no doubt we’ve turned the corner. “It was frustrating but you just have to put your hand up and say you were beaten by a better team. “It was a high-quality game, from a fan’s perspective it was certainly better than what we’ve been dishing up. “And our chemistry is really good. “I don’t think we could’ve contested much more than we did.”

  With home games against Frankston and fellow conference grand finalist Knox coming up, Chalmers admitted he had seen flashes of promise. His beleaguered squad, despite the loss, are still just two games back from fourth spot. He said probably the difference in the game came when the Bandits “had a four-minute stretch (in the third quarter) where we didn’t shoot well,” Chalmers said.

   “Their ability to make buckets under pressure and our free throw shooting hurt us as well. “Through the course of the game I thought we were very good but Hobart are playing and shooting well, so all credit to them. “So pretty pleased, but disappointed as well. “We started to look like the team of 2012 a little bit, starting to find some form and we just need to get back to playing like we did in the back end of last year.” “We just ran into a pretty hot team, unfortunately. “So pretty pleased, but disappointed as well.

Original Article written by Steve Smith @http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1528685/closer-but-still-not-good-enough/?cs=10

SEABL Round 10 Wrap Up

                       25 May 2013(Round 10)

 ALBURY-WADONGA BANDITS(90)

                 (Whitfield 24, Jenkins 23)

           
                         

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       HOBART CHARGERS(94)
                            (Polk 28, Gregg 21)




  After welcoming two new imports into the league on the road last week, the Albury/Wodonga Bandits returned home to welcome the Hobart Chargers to the Hideout. 

  Having suffered a loss at home the week before against Bendigo, Hobart were out to pull ahead of the pack in their double header weekend. 

  In an intense battle between the two teams, with neither willing to give any ground, Bandits big man Flenard Whitfield showed his talents with 24 points and 12 rebounds while fellow import Jermel Jenkins added 23 points and 10 assists. 

  Brandon Polk top scored for the Chargers with 28 points and 7 rebounds, and Jordan Gregg had 21 points and 9 rebounds to help lead the Chargers to a four point victory over the Bandits, 94-91. 

  Despite the loss, the Bandits have to take what they can from the game – and that is the vast improvement of the team play with the addition of the two new guys. Jenkins is the true point guard that the Bandits needed and Whitfield with a few more games under his belt is proving to be a solid replacement for the injured.

Full article can be found @ http://andthefoul.net/archives/6167

NunaWading vs Albury-Wodonga Final Roll Up

18 May 2013 Game Roll Up

NUNAWADING 75 
(McDonald 16, Cameron 14)

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ALBURY-WODONGA 81 
(Payne 18, Jenkins 16)

  A 28-21 second period helped get Albury-Wodonga over the line in a tight contest against Nunawading on the weekend. Nunawading began the contest well, shooting 58.3% from the field and forcing 5 steals. 

 From there, Albury-Wodonga took hold of the contest, dominated the boards and finished stronger. Coming into the final break, Nunawading were only 1 point down but could only manage 25% from the field in the fourth quarter. Shane McDonald top scored for the Spectres with 16PTS (0-4 from 3), while Simon Conn finished with a double-double; 12PTS/12RBS. 

  Nick Payne, despite going 33.3% from the field and 10% from long range, still finished as Albury Wodonga's top scorer with 18PTS.

Original Info from http://www.seabl.com.au/index.phpid=257&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7502&cHash=2fd002fb3a

Geelong Vs Albury-Wadonga Final Roll Up

19 May 2013 Game Roll up

GEELONG 104 (Wilson 30, Mercer 16) 

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ALBURY-WODONGA 86 (Jenkins 37, Whitfield 11, Duck 11)

   Geelong went two-from-two for the weekend with an easy win against a travel weary Albury-Wodonga. The Bandits outscored the Supercats by 8 points in the final term, but the 26-point deficit proved to be too great.

 Geelong's shooting line of 49/41/82, along with their +10 rebounding differential was the difference in this contest. Theron Wilson had another solid performance with 30PTS/11RBS on 63.2% shooting for a Supercats side that had 6 players register double-digit scoring. 

Jermel Jenkins was easily the standout for Albury Wodonga with 37PTS/7AST with a shooting line of 52/41/89. 

Original Info from http://www.seabl.com.au/index.phpid=257&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7502&cHash=2fd002fb3a

I'm Up For The Job: New Bandit

The reigning SEABL champions sacked under-performing US guard Eric Vann on Tuesday, replacing him with former Iona University playmaker Jermel Jenkins.

     Vann’s dismissal came less than a day after pivot Flenard Whitfield came aboard as a replacement for injured centre Momo Ntumba. Jenkins and Whitfield both trained with the Border outfit on Tuesday night and Chalmers said he was confident Jenkins would prove adept at running the Bandits’ offense.“We looked at the areas of concern and inefficiency and it was certainly in the playmaking area, running an offense,” Chalmers said.“And that was where Eric had his weaknesses so we needed to find someone to bring some relief there.“We certainly think Jermel will be able to come in and still score the ball but make plays and use his high basketball IQ to get the ball to guys in good position.“For the last month we’ve had Payney (Nick Payne) running the point and we need an import point guard to run the system, that’s just how it works.“I think Jermel Jenkins will thrive, he’s had a practice session already and he enjoyed it, thought it was an easy system to run and he’s excited about what he thinks he can get out of it.“He seems to be a really level-headed kid and communicated well with the rest of the players, so that was a real breath of fresh air and something we haven’t had for a little while here.”And the Bandits latest recruit was quick to stress his desire to help drag the defending champions back to play-off contention.

   

   The diminutive playmaker added the Bandits’ pick-and-roll based offense was something he was already quite familiar with.“Most definitely happy, I’ve been blessed with a great opportunity,” Jenkins said.“I’m surrounded by some great team-mates and a great coach on a team that won the championship last year.“We have a variety of players that know their roles and I’m just looking to come in, make plays, make everybody happy and win, most importantly.“I’m a leader on the floor, I won at every level, I try to bring the best out of my players and try to continue to win.“I’m really excited about this, the goal is always to win a championship, whether it’s big leagues or little leagues.”“In college, we ran a lot of pick-and-roll in a system similar to this, so I’m pretty used to it, we can stretch the floor with it and get my shooters open,” Jenkins said.      

   Chalmers didn’t mince his words when asked about Vann’s departure, saying the Maryland native didn’t live up to his own expectations. In 11 games, Vann averaged 20.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists, hitting just 34.1 per cent of his field goal attempts.“It was one of those things where the club had been evaluating his performance over the past three or four weeks,” Chalmers said.“After trying to get Eric to address the concerns we had, the decision was made that he hadn’t made any strides there and we decided to go in another direction.“Eric was clearly told when he was recruited that we needed a point guard, he sold himself as really capable of that.“He was adamant and talked the talk about his ability to run the point, he was going to be explosive and dynamic and was going to come in and be a really good quality pick-up.“Quite clearly, there was an issue where Eric was unable to deliver against the expectations and the role we had.“We weren’t ever going to change the offense for Eric, we selected him to come in and run the offense we had.”

 Original Article Written by STEVE SMITH @ http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1505019/im-up-for-the-job-new-bandit/#