Uni Rebels League Women showed great form Friday night against Ansett and came out with the win 54 to 44. The win gets them in the Preliminary Final to play Eagles this Friday night June 12, 2015 for a spot in the Grand Final to verse TV Jets on Saturday June 13, 2015. The Rebels Men booked the first spot in the League Men's Grand Final after defeting Eagles 88 to 84 on Friday night. Tyler Jefferson spearheaded the win with a 39pt performance. League Men Grand Finals will be played at 8pm on Saturday June 13, 2015. Make sure to ome down and support All Rebels Teams that are in the Finals this week. GO REBELS!!!

League Women - Uni Rebels v Ansett

The Uni Rebels had to stay focused to get past the upset minded Ansett side 54-44. The Blues just wouldn’t go away and it took a huge effort from the Rebels to charge home in the last quarter for the win. They now advance to a Preliminary final showdown with archrivals Eagles next Friday. This game was nip and tuck all the way until the Rebels charged home in the last quarter on a 15-7 run for the win. The Blues had kept it close for three quarters (they only trailed 39-37 with a quarter to go), but the last quarter surge led by Shaan Mitchell and Danielle Ponter of the Rebels sealed the fate of Ansett for another season. Ponter (11.1ppg) led the Rebels with 15, Ambah Kowcun (12.8ppg) hit 11 and Mitchell finished up with 10. Clancy Dorman (10.9ppg) and Tamiyah Perkins had 10 each.

League Men – Uni Rebels v Eagles

Another close finish between the minor premier Uni Rebels and Eagles provided plenty of excitement for spectators in Friday night’s major semi-final. The game went into Overtime and the Rebels won the match 88-84, but only after some highlight footage from Rebel Tyler Jefferson as time wound down on the close fought affair. At the end of regulation time it was all tied up at 77 apiece. In the OT the Rebels held just a two point advantage with about 30 seconds left to play when Jefferson capped off his best game of the season with a basket from deep in a corner with two defenders hanging all over him. The shot put the Rebels up by four and the Birds ran out of time to catch up. Jefferson (26.1ppg) led all scorers with 39 (including 5 treys), Lance Schmidt had 16 and Bradley Jachmann hit 14. For the Birds Reece Turner (15.2ppg) led from the point with 23, Jesse Williams-Hook (14.6ppg) had 17, Deola Folarin 16 and Henry Bui 14. So the Rebels go straight into the Grand Final which they will be defending champs from last year and the Eagles square up against the Tracy Village Jets in next Friday’s Preliminary Final.

 

Write-up from DBA website