Ellas Titans, Eagles and Lightning involved in 2024-25 Darwin Basketball grand finals
The stage is set for a couple of thrilling grand finals to cap off an exciting 2024-25 Darwin basketball season. Check out which players will have an influence.
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Darwin Basketball’s standout sides from the 2024-25 season will clash to decide who reigns supreme in this weekend’s set of grand finals.
The Titans won this encounter all the way back in Round 1 with an 85-80 scoreline, and it’s expected to be a close one again.
The Eagles have been the trend setters beating Ellas 141-108 and 119-108 in their most recent meetings, while earning direct passage to the grand final with the win over Ansett.
The Titans replicated that feat in the preliminary final beating the table topping Ansett 93-88 in an incredibly tight scrap to set up this grand final.
American import and small guard Kobe Powell will be the difference maker for the Eagles with a DBA high average of 38.87 points from 15 games.
Powell torched Ansett in the first week of finals, putting up an unbelievable 46 points which equates to 40 percent of the Eagles’ total.
Colbye Jackson is another Eagles player to watch with his ability to get hot from the spot when it counts.
He averages 18.16 points per game he is a constant threat from deep with 57 threes to his name this season.
Joseph Johnson is another player that is a consistent attacking threat as he has proven plenty of times in the past for the Eagles.
He averages 15.5 points per game across 18 matches, he too got hot in the qualifying final putting up 22 points over Ansett.
For Ellas, eyes will naturally be on Darwin Saltie and former NBL player Deba George, who has been the Titans’ main strike weapon this season.
George has averaged 29.29 points per match across 17 games, having scored an impressive 63 threes and scored a match-defining 33 points in the semi-final against Ansett.
Jeremee Davis is the second most prolific scoring threat at the Titans, boasting a 23.61 points per game average across his 18 matches.
Another Salties alum Verle Williams has been lethal this season, proving an opportunistic player that reads the game better than most has been averaging 20.94 points per game.
Meanwhile, in the women’s competition all eyes are on Lightning to see if they can topple the more-favoured Ellas Titans in the final.
Both sides had to beat an incredibly experienced Tracy Village Jets outfit on their way to the big dance and will want to make it count again.
The Titans have plenty of talent with Abbey Lee Wood and Madeline Campbell crucial in their semi-final victory that sent them directly into the grand final.
Meanwhile, Lightning saw off both their finals challenges beating both Eagles and Jets with young gun Taneesa Hampton leading the way on the scoring front in both matches.
Kirra Hill-Carter and Kahlee Stanislaus have both been influential too and will be joining forces to ensure the table topping Titans don’t have it all their own way.
Originally published as Ellas Titans, Eagles and Lightning involved in 2024-25 Darwin Basketball grand finals
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