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BASKETBALL ON THE INTERNET - PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

AS usual, there were some superlative performances over the round but two stood out, making selection of this week’s B.O.T.I. Players of the Week considerably easier than usual.

In the NBL, Hawks centre AJ Ogilvy was all over it, scoring 36 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including a perfect 14-of-14 from the stripe, plus 11 rebounds in the home win over Cairns.

The only time Illawarra looked vulnerable was when it strayed from giving him the ball.

Honourable mention also goes out to NZ Breakers playmaker Cedric Jackson who had a triple-double against Melbourne with 16 points, 14 boards and 10 assists after he had 11 points and 13 assists in the win over Adelaide.

The peanut-butter and plum jam sandwich is all yours AJ, if you collect it before Thursday by when I’m afraid some of the hungry hordes here at the B.O.T.I. basketball and antique furnishings factory might have devoured it. Apologies. You can't get good help anymore. Just ask the NBL Refs boss.

NBL PotW
Rd1 Todd Blanchfield
Rd2 Kirk Penney
Rd3 Jerome Randle
Rd4 Corey Webster
Rd5 AJ Ogilvy

THE women also had a number of grand efforts but after putting in a sub-par performance last round in the loss to Adelaide, Bendigo’s Opals centre Gabrielle Richards stood out.

Gabe led from the front in the strong win over WNBL-leading SEQ with 33 points on 12-of-19 shooting, including a perfect 9-of-9 free throws, and 10 rebounds.

She also blocked three shots and had a steal and an assist, just for the hell of it.

WNBL PotW
Rd1 Tess Madgen
Rd2 Suzy Batkovic
Rd3 Sami Whitcomb
Rd4 Suzy Batkovic
Rd5 Gabrielle Richards