Hawks fly too high as Bullets misfire

THE Illawarra Hawks will enter the new year on a threegame winning streak after a 104-82 defeat of the Brisbane Bullets in Wollongong.

Starring for the Hawks were Americans Demitrius Conger (24 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, three steals) and Rotnei Clarke (21 points), while Australian Boomers forward Nick Kay (16 points, four steals) also stood out.

Leading at every change yesterday, the Hawks ruined Brisbane guard Travis Trice’s time on the greens as he can manage.

Court and fellow Cairns golfer Gordon Perry were among countless golfers around the Far North who found time to have a hit between impressive 32-point performance and improved their own win-loss record to 8-9.

“It’s all about tempo for us and racking up as many points as we can,” Illawarra coach Rob Beveridge said.

“The way we got up and down tonight is the way we want to play. For us to be successful, we have to play a confident style of game.

“Meech (Conger) is a special player, and what makes him even better is his work ethic. He was in the gym at eight o’clock last night working on his shooting.” the Christmas and new year period.

The lifelong Cairns Golf Club member said it was a perfect time to enjoy a round.

“I have been with the club since I was a teenager,” Court,

The Bullets have lost three meetings with Hawks by big margins.

They dropped to 7-10 on the ladder and are fighting an uphill battle to stay in finals contention.

“This match-up against this team hasn’t worked well for us,” Brisbane coach Andrej Lemanis said.

“They like to fire it up and play a fast pace and we got caught up in that.”

The Bullets were out of synch early, falling behind 32-24 at quarter-time, despite Trice’s 11 points. all the who plays off a handicap of six, said. “The group we played with are all guys we play with regularly and there is plenty of banter flying around.

“I played three days in a row last week just before Christmas

Illawarra stretched the margin to 12 early in the second period, but Trice boosted his tally to 24 to cut the home team’s advantage to just 54-50 at halftime.

The Hawks regained the momentum after the break, building an 81-72 lead heading into the final quarter.

They swiftly blew the margin out and were never threatened down the stretch.

The Bullets’ next game is against the Taipans in Cairns on Friday, while Illawarra are scheduled to host Melbourne on Saturday. and a few times this week too. It is pretty hot out there at this time of the year.

“But it is just something you need to deal with or you do not get the chance to play much golf.”