After a poor shooting performance on Wednesday the boys were hoping to come out firing, and they did just that. Shooting 62% from the field, WHS looked like they were going to run away with the game. Kapiti obviously didn't like the idea of that and in their 3 month old gym really took it to us in the second half of the match.

Although we had no problems scoring, we struggled to adjust on defense. With 15 seconds left, WHS failed to foul to stop the clock and Kapiti hit a devistating jump shot to put them up by three points. Facing our first defeat of the season, the boys dug deep and showed the have the ability to step up when it counts with Sam Keller hitting a big three pointer to tie the game up with only seconds remaining. Kapiti failed to respond and WHS went into extra time having taken away all the momentem from the home team.

Extra time was a one sided affair with WHS outscoring Kapiti 16 points to 2 and remaining the only undeafeated team in the division with 6 wins from 6 matches. This win seals promotion for us and we will move up to Division 1 following our next game.


Turnovers really hurt us in this game which really kept Kapiti in the hunt. 29 turnovers is inexcusable and comes from what looks to be a lack of ball protection, something we will need to work on. Hamdi Yusuf followed up Wednesdays poor performance with a stunning effort scoring 30 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 7 steals. Sam contributed 23 points with Dier also picking up 31 points to be the top scorer on the night. Dier also had a big dunk over two players in the second half. It was great to see all players take the court and play with passion and a lot of heart, this win really was a team effort.

Check out the video below for highlights of the game, as well as play of the match.