Brisbane State High School look to take down GPS Basketball heavyweights, Gregory Terrace
After a late fade out cost them a big win last week, Brisbane State High School will look to change their fortunes when they host last year’s premiers St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace in GPS Basketball this weekend.
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One team is already at the top and another is trying to knock them off.
That’s the story of the match-up which will headlineround five of the GPS Basketball competition, with the rising Brisbane State High School to host last year’s premiers St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace tomorrow.
And it will be an intriguing clash for fans with young stars all across the board including big man Geordan Papacostas, David Eltima and more for Terrace going head-to-head with state point guard Tane Kirisome as well as Haizyn Mellars and Wes Briggs from State High.
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On top of the talent set to take the court, this clash has significant meaning as far as the GPS premiership goes.
After a late fade out against The Southport School last week, State High need a victory to keep their season alive, while Terrace can remain undefeated with a win.
“After being up double figures in the third quarter last week and letting TSS back in, we’ll be looking to keep up the defensive intensity for the entire game this week,” State High coach Kris Robinson said.
“Terrace has talented bigs and their guards like to run, so we’re expecting a fast paced game. “But we can get up and down the floor with anyone and have trained well, so we’ll meet the challenge of playing last year’s premiers and will feed off the speed and intensity of guards Haizyn Mellars, Tane Kirisome and Wes Briggs.”
Terrace are coming off a 30-point victory over St Joseph’s Nudgee College but coach Matthew Hamilton-Smith said they still had a lot of room for improvement.
“We weren’t at our best last weekend and tried to address some poor habits at training this week,” he said.
“The boys understand the importance of this game and the talent of the opposition.
“With all due respect to the teams we have played, this will be our biggest challenge of the season so far.”
Hamilton-Smith said his team were excited to welcome back several players from injury including Tama Tuhi, Justin Sullivan and Ose Motuga.
“Our keys to victory for me would be to limit turnovers and ensure great close outs on their perimeter threats,” he said.
“We have also discussed the need to remain focused in the face of adversity such as a scoreboard deficit or individual foul trouble.
“They are a very talented group with numerous guys to focus on but we assume much of their play goes through the guards of Tane Kirisome, Haizyn Mellars and Wes Briggs.
“They also have a number of talented bigs that they will rotate through the game.
“It will be a great game with some of the top talent in the state going head-to-head.”
Tip-off is at BSHS at 2.30pm.
OTHER ROUND 5 GPS BASKETBALL GAMES
– Anglican Church Grammar School v Brisbane Grammar School, 1.30pm
– St Joseph’s Nudgee College v Ipswich Grammar School, 1.30pm
– The Southport School v Toowoomba Grammar School, 1.45pm, Livestream: https://bit.ly/3iHnIxY
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Originally published as Brisbane State High School look to take down GPS Basketball heavyweights, Gregory Terrace
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