HAMILTON Hurricanes has fallen just shy of victory against the Terang Tornadoes at Hamilton Indoor Lesure and Aquatic Centre on Sunday, in what was the locals’ first home game of the Country Basketball League (CBL) season, losing 56-61.

Playing against the team that sits atop the CBL ladder, the Hurricanes took the game right up to the Tornadoes and ended with the closest contest of the round.