Season on the line for Wolves (Men's Preview)

Southside Mitsubishi Perth Redbacks should ensure its passage to the men’s State Basketball League semi-finals by wrapping up its series with Titan Interactive Wanneroo Wolves.

Perth pulled out a stunning comeback to win 118-109 at Wanneroo last week, meaning it has two chances at home to get the clinching second win in the best-of-three series this weekend.

The Redbacks outscored the Wolves 47-25 in the last quarter of game one to get the vital victory, on the back of dominant efforts from Jon Meriweather (39 points) and Joel Wagner (34 points, 11 assists).

Wanneroo will have to avoid any fadeouts and do a better job supporting Zachary Coverstone, Seb Salinas and Greg Hire, who combined for 78 of its points, to have any chance.

Lakeside Lightning thumped Australian Central East Perth Eagles 98-76 in game one and will be expected to sweep the series.

The Lightning were always in control, thanks to great efforts from Luke Payne, Ben Beran and Jarrad Prue, as Andy Stewart’s side looked a class above.

East Perth will need more from the likes of Tom Jervis and Jarrod Balcombe to challenge Lakeside, while Steven Weigh was restricted to 27 points in game one, his lowest total in six weeks, and will need to get closer to his best.

Sun City Plumbing Geraldton Buccaneers edged Total Connections Perry Lakes Hawks in the second half of game one to take control of the series and should wrap it up at home.

The Buccaneers are 10-3 at home this year and should have few problems wrapping up the series in the second game.

Perry Lakes is flying to Geraldton to help ease travel issues but will be massive underdogs after it struggled to support NBL star Peter Crawford and import Robert Kempf last week.

Southlands Willetton Tigers annihilated seventh seed SKILLED Goldfields Giants in the first game and should advance with a sweep of the series.

Willetton looked too good in the first game, beating the Giants in every major statistical category, and it will take a massive turnaround for Goldfields to have any chance.

Goldfields shot just 31.7 per cent from the field, with import John Vaudreuil (three-for-17) the worst offender, and improving that will be a priority for rookie coach Wayne Creek.

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Article by Jacob Kagi
Photo by Wayne Wright (Wayne Wright Photography)

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