By Tara Murray
It was a big weekend off the court for Wyndham as it unveiled its premiership banners but its championship sides remain winless.
Both the women’s and men’s sides hosted the Sunbury Jets on Saturday, the first home game for both sides.
The women’s side trailed all game but were able to stick with the Jets in the first half.
The Jets stepped it up a level in the second half and finished the game with a 23-6 final quarter to come away with an 89-57 win.
Wyndham coach Jason Bryant said it was a poor second half.
“It was our second game for the season and we added in Birgit Snorradottir to our group for the first time,” he said. “We started the game strongly, keeping within a few baskets of Sunbury during the first half.
“In the second half we moved away from what was working for us and allowed Sunbury too many offensive rebounds. Coupled with turnovers, we gave Sunbury too many second changes, and they made us pay for that.
“Next round we will have our full roster available and will be working hard through the week to improve and learn from our first two rounds.”
Sydney Skinner scored 18 points and had six rebounds and four assists, while Snorradottir had 12 points and nine rebounds in her debut.
The men’s side had a much closer game, losing 81-74.
The third quarter when the Jets outscored Wyndham 18-9 would prove to be the difference in the game.
Mayoul Maukac had a good allround game with 10 points, two rebounds, six assists and four steals.
Gojco Stevkovski top scored with 17 points.
The youth league women’s side lost to the Coburg Giants, 79-57.
Coach Matt Stephens said not coming away with the win is always disappointing however its was a game that they can be proud of!
“Going down by 13, the team really stepped up,” he said. “It was great to see the younger players in Admira [Ali] and Aluk [Kuol] step and contribute.”
The men’s youth league side had a mixed weekend.
On Saturday night, Wyndham beat Geelong United 102-95.
Spencer Smith had 35 points, while Hunter Salmons had 19 points to lead the way.
Coach Aaron Bensted said they came in with the intent of imposing themselves throughout the game and got the result.
On Sunday Wyndham didn’t get going, losing to the Kilsyth Cobras, losing 111-93.
“It was a disappointing performance from the start of the game,” Bensted said. “Full credit to Kilsyth for imposing their level on us early and pushed us away from our game. A lot of learnings for our team across all facets of the game.”
