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Subscriber only WITH a core of home grown players, the Ipswich Force men s basketball team has been progressing tremendously in recent years. This season, they have the perfect player to inspire them further. Force has secured professional National Basketball League and Australian Boomers achiever Matt Hodgson for the inaugural NBL1 North season starting next month. After last year s new competition was postponed due to COVID, the Force men reached the semi-finals of the Queensland State League, having finished the regular season in second. Ipswich Force head coach Chris Riches is delighted to have a player the stature of Hodgson returning to his home town team.
Finn Delany (23 points, three three-pointers) was a constant inside-outside threat and the man chiefly responsible for the Breakers’ commanding 46-34 second half. Captain Tom Abercrombie wound back the clock with 19 points in his 354th game, equalling Mika Vukona s club record. We came with the right mentality and speed and we shared the ball collectively, Breakers coach Dan Shamir said.
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Finn Delany notched 23 points, including three three-pointers, and was a constant inside-outside threat for the Breakers. Twenty-one assists is the way we should play and it should happen more often. Sixers skipper Daniel Johnson scored 20 points while Giddey overcame a scare when he slipped on a decal early in the third quarter to post 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
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WHEN he signed with the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL) on Wednesday, Kai Sotto joined not just any other ballclub. The 36ers have a long and rich tradition in Australian basketball.
The 36ers were founded in 1982 when they were still known as the Adelaide City Eagles before switching to their current moniker in honor of the Adelaide settlement in 1836.
Here are 10 things you may not know about Sotto’s new ballclub.
1. The 36ers are one of the top teams in the history of the NBL, having won four championships. Its most recent championship came in 2002 when they won over Victoria, with Brett Maher capturing the Grand Final MVP. Adelaide also won in 1986 before becoming the second club to take back-to-back crowns in 1998 and 1999. Only the Perth Wildcats (10) and the Melbourne United (5) have won more championships than the 36ers.
Levi Randolph is the BamaCentral Crimson Tide Pro Athlete of the Week si.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from si.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.