THE Hamilton Basketball Association season saw blowouts across the top division’s round seven games this week.

Women’s Division 1

St Mary’s Orange d St Mary’s Black

IT was a battle for Saintly bragging rights, as the club’s Orange and Black teams faced off in the early game on Tuesday night.

Orange burst out of the blocks and dominated proceedings from the outset to put the result beyond doubt by the main break, thanks to a 40 points to 14 first half.

It was tough going for Black, but the team fought back in the second half and kept Orange to just 15 points, while putting up eight points, but Orange’s dominance ensured the team won comfortably, 55-22.

Grace Cleaver shot a game-high 19 points for the winners, supported by Leesa Iredell and Karoraina Karatau-Keightley who each added 12 points.

Indi Ryan was the Black team’s top-scorer with six points.

Tigers d Minders

THE later game was slightly tighter, but Tigers still breathed easy in the final minutes, defeating Minders by 15 points.

It was a positive start for Tigers, dominating possession and restricting Minders to 14 points, while putting up 23 at the other end to go into the break with a nine-point advantage.

Minders tightened its defence in the second half, conceding just 17 points, but the team wasn’t able to bridge the gap, going down 25-40.

Rhianne Lewis and Tahlia Ross were the standouts for Tigers with 10 points each, while Caeleigh Humphries topped the scoring for Minders with 12 points at the other end, including two three-pointers.

Men’s Division 1

Barber Boys White d Barber Boys Black

ONCE again, it was club bragging rights up for grabs in the early game, with Wednesday’s clash going to White with a 30-point win.

Black struggled to make an impact early in the round seven clash, with White doubling the team’s score by the end of the first half, 36-18.

With Black needing an almost perfect second half to reel in the deficit, early points from White put the result beyond doubt, adding 34 points to win, 70-40.

Nate Krause was the standout for White, putting up 15 points, while Nathan Hardingham also added 15 points for the winners.

Ryan Anton and Tyson Sparrow each put up eight points for Black.

Minders d St Mary’s Black

IT was an experienced trio which guided Minders to victory in its clash against St Mary’s Black in the late game.

The game started steadily for both teams with points flowing at both ends.

Minders edged clear late in the first half to go into the break leading, 20-17.

It was the second half which saw the game blown wide open, as Minders dominated with 37 points to go on and record a 57-34 victory.

Josh Miller top-scored with 15 points for Minders, while Angus Hayden-Simpson (14 points) and Jakob Greaves (10 points) offered plenty of support.

Harlie Manson was Black’s best scorer with nine points.