{"id":6386,"date":"2019-07-01T20:47:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.draftcentral.com.au\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2019-07-01T20:47:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:47:02","slug":"muvjbl-u16-boys-vc-review-round-3-thunder-strikes-for-five-consecutive-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/muvjbl-u16-boys-vc-review-round-3-thunder-strikes-for-five-consecutive-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"MUVJBL U16 Boys VC review: Round 3 \u2013 Thunder strikes for five consecutive wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Keilor Thunder kept their winning streak alive in the Melbourne United Victorian Junior Basketball League (MUVJBL) Under 16 Boys competition following a win over league-leaders, Bulleen Boomers. The four-point win (57-53) on the road bodes well for Keilor season, remaining one of two teams yet to face a loss in the Victorian Championship Division since the two-grade split. <strong>Brodie McWhinney<\/strong> and <strong>Cooper Colson<\/strong> starred in the win, recording 19 and 14 points respectively. For Bulleen, <strong>Daniel Johnston<\/strong> (10 points) and <strong>Will Rimmington<\/strong> (10) both impressed in the loss, while their best scorer, <strong>Daniel Poelsma<\/strong>, followed close on nine.<\/p>\n<p>The Waverly Falcons also managed to keep their impressive run going, handing the Eltham Wildcats their first loss (58-67) in the VC. Keeping their own streak alive (four wins), the Waverley Falcons tore up the floor at Eltham High with <strong>Harvey Moore<\/strong> (15), <strong>David Amum<\/strong> (14) and <strong>Tesloch Thong<\/strong> (13) combining well. The game moves Amum to 8th on the top scorers list, while <strong>Kristian Ferronato<\/strong> moves to 10th with an impressive 29-point game alongside teammate, <strong>Joshua Weddle<\/strong>, who had 14 for the night.<\/p>\n<p>In a huge upset, the Knox Raiders fall to the Dandenong Rangers \u2013 70-65. While they still sit in tenth following the win, the Rangers should be impressed by <strong>Jerome Pierre<\/strong>, who had 28 points in the win. His teammates, <strong>Beau Tranter<\/strong> (13) and <strong>Arian Berisha<\/strong> (11), also starred in the win. For Knox, <strong>Jordan Anderson<\/strong> held his own against a barrage of shooting, dropping 30 points to secure top spot on the scorers list. His were efforts complimented well by <strong>Zachary Greeves<\/strong> (13) and <strong>Tejaye Kleverkamp<\/strong>(10), who played well in the loss also.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakenham Warriors continue an unfortunate streak with their third consecutive loss in the VC, going down to the Geelong Supercats by 14 points (63-49). Geelong\u2019s, <strong>Olivier Northam<\/strong>, surged to second place on the top scorers list after dropping 31 points in the win, alongside <strong>Jet Kneebone<\/strong> who had nine. For Pakenham, <strong>Kayne Taylor<\/strong> (12) and <strong>Jarred Small<\/strong> (10) were the biggest threats in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Bendigo Braves snatch their first win for the season, beating the Latrobe Energy 45-33 at home. Sitting just one win below Keilor Thunder, Knox Raiders and Eltham Wildcats, the win puts the Braves in the hunt for a top-four spot. <strong>Luke Salvador<\/strong> led scoring for the Braves with 10 points, followed close by <strong>Oliver Mayman<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Kiraly<\/strong> who had eight points each. For Latrobe, scoring proved minimal without <strong>Jack Hrehoresen<\/strong> and <strong>Coby Burgiel<\/strong>. <strong>Thomas Stephenson<\/strong> led the way for the Braves with nine points, while <strong>Tom Hamilton<\/strong> followed close on eight.<\/p>\n<p>In the reserve grade, Diamond Valley lost at home to Sunbury (57-60), Kilsyth suffered similarly against Hawthorn (67-76), while Eltham starred over Southern Peninsula in a big win (73-49). Nunawading prevailed over Whittlesea (68-44) at home and Melbourne fell hard to Casey (46-61) to close out the round.<\/p>\n<p>In Round 4, Dandenong opens the round against Bendigo, followed by Eltham verse Bulleen and Waverly verse Pakenham. Geelong will close out the round against an in-form Keilor, alongside Knox and Latrobe, who will both look to rebound from Round 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Keilor Thunder kept their winning streak alive in the Melbourne United Victorian Junior Basketball League (MUVJBL) Under 16 Boys competition following a win over league-leaders, Bulleen Boomers. 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