ROUND ELEVEN PREVIEWS
Grew. McGrew scored 41 points
and collected 17 rebounds playing
the entire game in a performance
that saw him awarded QBL Player
of the Week honours. The Phoe-
nix had a strong 30-point win over
Toowoomba in Round 10 restricting
the Mountaineers to just 62 points.
Matt Donaldson top scored with 20
and was backed up by Breland Ho-
gan (18) and Matthew Kenyon (17).
Kenyon also chipped in with 11 re-
bounds in the big win. The Phoenix
will need to back this performance
up against the Pirates if they are to
play finals this season. The Pirates
will be hurting after last week, look
for them to bounce back with a big
win at home.
IPSWICH FORCE
VS GLADSTONE
PORT CITY POWER
Ipswich ran into a brilliant Cap-
itals team last Friday night and
despite some strong scoring con-
tributions were ultimately beaten
by 22 points, making it their eighth
straight loss. Captain James Legan
again led the way for the Force with
22 points including 18 from down-
town. Kyle Harvey scored 21 whilst
Jason Ralph led the team with 7
assists. This will be Gladstone’s
second game of a triple-header in
the southeast and they will hope to
turn around a disappointing sea-
son. Raymond Willis has been the
standout scorer for Gladstone av-
eraging over 24 points per game
and leading the team with 4 assists
per game. It may only be 11th vs
13th on the ladder but pride will be
put on the line in this match-up.
Ipswich will be desperate to snap
an eight-game losing streak and at
home should be able to get it done
over a tired Gladstone team.
SOUTH WEST METRO PIRATES
VS BRISBANE CAPITALS
This match-up between the Pi-
rates and the Capitals will be a bat-
tle of the fittest as both teams play
their second game of the weekend.
The Capitals have averaged over 94
points per game this season whilst
only giving up 78. The Pirates have
been averaging 85 points in offense
and over 89 in defence for 2017.
Brisbane have been led by their
American duo Anderson and On-
was who average 22 and 19 points
respectively, whilst Dusty Rychart
continues to grab the boards av-
eraging almost 11 per game. With-
out Daniel Kickert the Pirates have
been 0-5 this season and if they
can’t contain Anderson and Onwas
on Sunday, that statistic will contin-
ue. Capitals too strong.
LOGAN THUNDER
VS GLADSTONE
PORT CITY POWER
The Thunder will be looking for
another strong performance from
their offense when they take on
the Port City Power at home on
Sunday afternoon. Logan current-
ly sit eighth and two wins from this
weekend will put them in a good
position going into the finals. Glad-
stone have been averaging just 72
points per game – the lowest in the
league. Raymond Willis needs more
support on the floor and if Logan
shut him down on Sunday it could
end up a big deficit for the Power.
BRISBANE SPARTANS
VS TOWNSVILLE HEAT
The Brisbane Spartans sit in sev-
enth position on the ladder and
have won three of their last four
games. Their three-game winning
streak was broken last Friday night
going down to the USC Rip at
home in a thriller which included 17
lead changes. The McDowell-White
brothers have been great additions
for the Spartans and William led the
team with 19 points and 8 rebounds
against the Rip. The Spartans tack-
le a Townsville Heat team backing
up from the previous night against
the Capitals. It should be an easi-
er prospect for the Heat going into
Sunday’s game against the low-
er ranked Spartans but if Wilcher
and Baker don’t fire expect the
Spartans to put the hammer down.
Townsville should have enough to
get the win and stay above Cairns
in fourth position on the ladder.
Get out there and perform
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