The Werribee Devils have bombed out in their first two games in the Big V men’s state championship.
In the first match, against Corio Bay, the Stringrays ran out easy 109-74 winners.
The Devils were never in the game after allowing the Stringrays to score 29 points in the first quarter while only scoring 10 points themselves, despite having the same number of scoring shots.
In the second quarter, the Devils improved their shooting to 50 per cent from the field to reduce the margin to 15 points at the main break.
Any hope of a comeback from the Devils was soon gone, the Stringrays hitting five from seven attempts from beyond the three-point line. The Devils scored 13 points.
In the weekend’s second game, the Devils were level at three-quarter-time with the Bulleen Boomers but were out-scored in the final term 29-20 to lose 95-84. Rustin Dowd was the star of the show, hitting 39 points for the Devils – but not enough to get them over the line.
The Devils women’s side split their matches, defeating Latrobe City in a thriller 81-80 on Saturday before falling eight points short against the Keilor Thunder on Sunday in a 63- 55 loss.
