Live stream: Millicent U16s shooting for gold in SA Junior Country Basketball Championships (SA Junior Country Championships)

Great Southern, Strathalbyn, Eastern Hills, Yorke Valley and Whyalla were among the title winners as SA Country’s flagship junior tournament came to an exciting climax. Relive the action.

Strathalbyn Storm put the seal on a wonderful tournament with a dominating display in the U16 girls Division 1 final at the SA Country Junior Basketball Championships in Adelaide.

Emerson Beeching nailed nine points from beyond the arc in a match haul of 25 as the Storm took control early and cleared out late to beat Great Southern 71-47.

Star point guard Daisy Hocking, who played for SA Country in last year’s U16 national championships, contributed 15 points in the final to push her three-day tally over six games over the century mark.

Meanwhile, Whyalla held off a tenacious Eastern Hills fourth quarter fightback to take the U12 Division 1 boys crown with a 51-45 success.

Matthew Jones scored 21 points for the victors to take his tournament total to 133 and Peter Dunk grabbed 14, while Griffin Harders scored 14 points for Eastern Hills.

Check the LIVE STREAM draw below.

REPLAYS

COURT 4 (State Basketball Centre)

Great Southern v Mildura (U16 boys div 1 grand final)

Strathalbyn v Great Southern (U16 girls div 1 grand final)

Port Pirie v Murray Bridge (U16 boys div 2 semi-final)

Strathalbyn Storm v Great Southern (U16 boys div 1 semi-final)

Great Southern v Millicent (U16 girls div 1 semi-final)

Mildura v Mount Gambier (U16 boys div 1 QF)

Strathalbyn v Yorke Valley (U16 boys div 1 QF)

COURT 5 (State Basketball Centre)

Mildura v Eastern Hills (U14 boys div 1 grand final)

Barossa v Port Pirie (U14 boys div 5 grand final)

Whyalla v Port Lincoln (U16 boys div 2 semi-final)

Mildura v Eastern Hills - (U16 boys div 1 Semi-Final)

Strathalbyn v Riverland (U16 girls div 1 semi-final)

Murray Bridge v Port Augusta (U14 boys div 1 QF)

Mildura v Port Pirie (U14 boys div 1 QF)

COURT 1 (St Clair Recreation Centre)

Yorke Valley v Millicent (U14 girls div 1 grand final)

Barossa v Eastern Hills (U12 girls div 1 grand final)

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Port Lincoln v Port Pirie (U12 girls div 2 semi-final)

Whyalla v Eastern Hills (U12 boys div 1 grand final)

Yorke Valley v Port Augusta (U14 girls div 1 semi-final)

Barossa v Yorke Valley (U12 girls div 1 semi-final)

Whyalla v Strathalbyn (U12 boys div 1 semi-final)

PREVIEW

Millicent’s brightest young women’s stars are ready to shine at this year’s SA Junior Country Basketball Championships.

The championships have featured teams from SA country’s top basketball regions including Yorke Valley, Strathalbyn, Great Southern, Millicent, Riverland, Barossa and Port Augusta.

After winning their quarterfinal emphatically on Sunday, Millicent face Great Southern in the semifinal. The victor will play either Strathalbyn or Riverland in the decider.

“The girls are all fit at the moment, which is a big bonus, and they’re keen to see what they’re capable of against the best opposition,” Millicent U16 girls coach Darren Dean said.

“We’re confident against the opposition and we’ve had some really good hit-outs recently but we also know that if we have any slip ups opposition will make us pay.”

Millicent will be led by Emily Denton at centre and Belle Coghlan, who excels as a guard.

With both players having experience for SA Country, Denton backed them to lead their team by example.

“They’re our two main stars, they drive our performances,” he said.

Millicent star Emily Denton.

Promising young guard Belle Coghlan.

“We’re very much a team which has a defence-first mentality and then we can control the boards through Emily and back our guards to lead the way in terms of offence and scoring.”

While the side will be aiming to go all the way this month, Denton maintained developing each player would be the main goal of the tournament.

“We want to win games but we also want to develop the girls and put them on that elite pathway,” he said.

“Our program over here, a lot of our girls play senior basketball and then go on to play in the Country Basketball League, so we want to make sure we can give as many players that opportunity as possible.”