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 Undefeated Harbour Breeze win Womens NBL 18in18 title (Photo: nzsportswire.com)
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Australiabasket.com All-New Zealand WBC Awards 2020 - Dec 9, 2020 Finals MVP: Ashleigh Kelman-Poto (186-F/C-91) of Harbour B. Player of the Year: Ashleigh Kelman-Poto (186-F/C-91) of Harbour B. Guard of the Year: Brooke Blair (173-G-94) of Harbour B. Forward of the Year: Sharne Pupuke-Robati (180-F-01) of Auckland D. Center of the Year: Ashleigh Kelman-Poto (186-F/C-91) of Harbour B.
1st Team Kayla Manuirirangi (170-PG-97) of Waikato W. Brooke Blair (173-G-94) of Harbour B. Zoe Richards (182-F-97) of Otago GR Sharne Pupuke-Robati (180-F-01) of Auckland D. Ashleigh Kelman-Poto (186-F/C-91) of Harbour B.
2nd Team Letava Whippy (175-G-91) of Capital S. Gabriella Fotu (176-G-96) of Harbour B. : Terai-Ma-Teata Elia of Canterbury W. Esra McGoldrick (188-F-99) of Waikato W. Sharne Pupuke-Robati (180-F-01) of Auckland D. Undefeated Harbour Breeze win Women's NBL 18in18 title - Dec 6, 2020 The Harbour Breeze have continued their top form as they accounted for the Waikato Wizards 70-59 in the Women's NBL 18in18 final. The Breeze, runners-up in 2019, went one better as they completed the truncated WNBL season at South Auckland's Pulman Arena on Sunday afternoon with a perfect 7-0 record. The Wizards will rue their slow start where they scored just seven points in the first quarter. Eleven points down at three-quarter time, it looked as if they might complete a memorable comeback when they closed to within three points with six minutes to play. However, led by captain Ashleigh Kelman-Poto (186-F/C-91, college: ECU), who posted 18 points, 14 rebounds and six steals, the Breeze held firm in the closing minutes. The winning skipper deservedly won the final MVP award. Also prominent for Harbour were Tiarna Clarke (170-G-99, college: N.Colorado) (16 points and five assists), Brooke Blair (173-G-94, college: Idaho St.) (10 points) and Jazzmyne Kailahi-Fulu (184-F/C-02) (eight points and nine rebounds). For the Wizards, Kayla Manuirirangi scored 15 points, Esra McGoldrick (188-F-99, college: NC State) put together a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds, while Makayla Daysh (183-F-95) recorded 10 points and nine boards. Jazzmyne Kailahi-Fulu made the first score of the game and with Blair taking her WNBL tally to 100 points with a transition basket, the Breeze were 10-2 ahead in three minutes. Keeley Tini (183-F-00, college: Hutchinson) increased the Breeze's advantage before Arielle Parai got a jumper to drop, but it was slim pickings for the Wizards, who trailed by 12 at the first break. McGoldrick, the leading shot blocker in the competition, swatted away a couple of efforts, but a turnover gave Blair an open three. Matangiroa Flavell made back-to-back baskets before Kelman-Poto scored with some deft footwork. Parai scored in transition to reduce the deficit to eight points ahead of Clarke unleashing an arching three to push the Breeze 29-16 ahead. Jillings also knocked down a three, but despite a half where their offence spluttered along the Wizards were only 12 points down at halftime, 34-22. As she had at the start of the game, Kailahi-Fulu opened the scoring in the half before McGoldrick made a brace of baskets, Flavell's three reducing the Breeze lead to seven, 40-33, at the mid-point of the third period. Olivia Bell made her first basket of the game, Waihi cancelling that out with an athletic drive. Kelman-Poto returned after a facial injury to convert an 'And-1' play, before Parai and Fotu trading triples as the scoring tempo increased. McGoldrick then scored in the paint and Daysh from the foul line, meaning the Wizards deficit was 11 at the three-quarter mark, 55-44. Daysh scored the first two baskets of the final period ahead of a Clarke floater. McGoldrick made back-to-back buckets and with the margin reduced to five points, 57-52. Waihi made it a three-point game with a score through traffic, but Kelman-Poto and Clarke, having her best game of the season, ensured the Breeze claimed a fourth title in 12 years. The Breeze had previously tasted success in 2010, 2011 and 2014, with Jillings, Fotu and Blair the three survivors from the last championship team. Meanwhile, in the inaugural D-League championship, the Taranaki Thunder defeated the Rotorua Lady Geysers 78-68 in the final. The stirring contest, which featured 15 lead changes, had many outstanding performers, with the Thunder's teen forward Lauren Tewhata producing a stat-line of 20 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Taranaki also got 14 points from Vanessa Weir, 12 from Gemma Walsh, 10 from Caitlin O'Connell and eight points and 12 rebounds from Raquel Sampson. Awatea Leach dropped a game-high 20 points for the Geysers, backed up by Waiata Jennings' 19 points, Dekoda Roberts' 11 and Alyssa Webster's 10. Courtesy of: nzsportswire.com Tags : ASHLEIGH KELMAN-POTO, NORTH HARBOUR BREEZE, NEW ZEALAND BASKETBALL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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