2025 Basketball Australia U16 National Championships: Watch Day 7 action from all courts

SA Metro’s boys team shocked a tournament heavyweight while two favourites in the girls’ Basketball Australia Under-16 National Championships showed why they must be feared - for different reasons. Watch replays from Day 7 here.

Victoria Metro's Stevan Tasic during the Basketball Australia Under-16 National Championships: Picture: Prime Time Hoops

Vic Metro and Queensland South were tipped to dominate this week, and now both are one win for a shot at glory in the Basketball Australian U16 Girls National Championships.

Neither side was troubled in their quarter final clashes on Friday, as Vic Metro swept past Tasmania 82-51 and Queensland South romped home 66-45 against WA Metro.

But the news wasn’t as good for the male Queensland South team, who fell to a shock loss - their first of the campaign - against a stunning SA Metro side.

Every quarter-final as well as all lower-seeding placement matches across three courts were exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV, with every replay available here.

Here’s what we learned from Day 7 of the national titles.

Queensland South maintained their winning ways at the Basketball Australia Under-16 National Championships. Picture: Ethan Cunningham/Basketball Australia

MADDISON RISES ABOVE

When Maddison Reisinger is on, good luck trying to stop her.

Reisinger showed out again for South, with 25 points and 15 rebounds to lead her side to the semi finals and a chance to bring the national title to the Sunshine State.

At this point in the tournament, an outing like this is surely to be expected – remember, she dropped 38 points (at 81 per cent from the field) and grabbed 16 boards in their first game of this championships against Tasmania.

She is undoubtedly the key strength of this Queensland South team and the challenge for her remaining opponents – whether that’s one or two – is to contain her if she starts going offensively.

Jay Sebasio was off-target with the ball but nonetheless instrumental as she dished 10 dimes, grabbed four rebounds, four steals, two blocks to maintain Queensland South’s 6-0 run.

Jay Sebasio, pictured playing Tasmania earlier in the tournament, played a big role for Queensland South. Picture: Ethan Cunningham/Basketball Australia.

THE TEAM DREAM

Vic Metro might be Queensland South’s biggest title rival but they have shown they have plenty of buy-in from their troops to make the championship dream a reality.

Jasmine Jones scored a team-high 16 points in Vic Metro’s 82-51 win against Tasmania, which was built upon the foundation of a phenomenal 21-5 second term.

But it was a true team approach, with two players scoring 10 points, three adding nine of their own, and Zodia Folau just one basket away from those marks on seven points.

It’s the kind of community approach which can prove the difference in the pointy end of the campaign.

Yes, it always helps to have that genuine gun put up a monster stat line, or boast a dominant shooter and a just-as-dominant rebounder to lead a multi-pronged approach.

But Vic Metro, who have been particularly strong through this tournament, has shown the other way, where if everyone chips they can share in the glory.

Victoria Metro got the job done by committee against Tasmania, underlining their status as a tournament heavyweight. Picture: Prime Time Hoops

NOBODY IS UNBEATABLE

SA Metro has taken the massive scalp of Queensland South after perhaps their best first half of basketball at these championships, providing a handy reminder to any high-performing team that winning the national title won’t be easy,

SA was fourth in Pool A having gone 2-3 before this game, while Queensland South’s 6-0 start had the Queenslanders placed as firm favourites.

But previous form matters not when you’re on the court and the stakes are high, and a SA Metro side led by Lucas Breeding’s 11 first-half points built a 17-point at the main break.

SA Metro’s Lucas Breeding during the win against Queensland South at the Basketball Australian Under-16 Boys National Championships. Picture: Ethan Cunningham/Basketball Australia

A 13-0 run near the end of the first quarter took SA Metro from a 16-11 deficit to 24-16, then 26-18 lead at the first break, then outscored Queensland South 20-11 in the second term for a 46-29 lead at halftime.

It wasn’t that Queensland South suddenly forgot how to shoot, as SA Metro’s defence clicked into gear and kept the Queenslanders far enough away from the basket to put up 12 more shots than their opponents.

Queensland South fought back, and while they outscored SA Metro in both third and fourth quarters, the deficit was too much to overcome – leaving the Queenslanders’ title hopes in tatters.

Scroll down for every replay, and find the full tournament schedule below.

REPLAYS

COURT 1

Victoria Metro v NSW Metro (B, QF)

NSW Metro v Victoria Country (G, QF)

Victoria Metro v Tasmania (G, QF)

South Australia Metro v ACT (G)

COURT 4

Queensland South v South Australia Metro (B, QF)

SA Country v WA Country (G)

Tasmania v ACT (B)

COURT 6

SA Country v Queensland North (B)

NSW Country v Queensland North (G, QF)

Queensland South v WA Metro (G, QF)

Northern Territory v Queensland North (B)

They have been the standard bearers of the week in Bendigo and both Queensland South and Victoria Metro will feature prominently on the first day of finals.

The two state sides have managed to remain unbeaten across both the girls and boys tournaments to emerge from the group stage with the top seeding.

While they received a late scare in the pool stages, Queensland South girls will be full of confidence heading into a quarter-final showdown with a WA Metro side who dominated their playoff play-in clash against SA Country on Thursday.

Victoria Metro girls, who warmed up for Friday with a 50-point win, will clash with the South Australia Metro side who put the scare through the Queensland girls.

In the boys quarter-finals, the unbeaten Queensland South will clash with Western Australia Country, while unbeaten counterparts Victoria Metro will clash with a South Australia Country side who scraped their way through with a one-point win on Thursday.

Every match of the Basketball Australia Under-16 and National Championships will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV from July 5-13.It is the third of five national junior pathways events on the Basketball Australia calendar, following the under-20 and under-18 nationals earlier this year.

Originally published as 2025 Basketball Australia U16 National Championships: Watch Day 7 action from all courts