Young Seahawks beaten but promising signs

DON’T let the 92-57 scoreline fool you, North Gold Coast Seahawks coach Bradley Kann was extremely impressed with his side’s performance against the reigning QBL champion.

In the Queensland State League’s version of David v Goliath, a young Seahawks outfit matched it with the starstudded Capitals for the first quarter and even won the fourth quarter but the game slipped away from them in the quarters between.

“It was one of our best games for the season,” Kann said after his side lost two games by a combined 96 points in the preceding round.

“We came out with a lot of intensity, aggression and physicality, which was a great response (after last week).

“We took it right to them in the first quarter but their talent and depth took over in the second and they pushed the margin out.

“They scored 60 points in the first half but we held them to 30 in the second and we won the fourth quarter and that’s one of our goals, just making sure we continue to compete and not let ourselves be judged by the scoreboard.

“We’re judging ourselves on our development and Saturday night was a step forward so I think there are some really promising signs there.”

The Seahawks women also went down 83-64 to the Capitals in their clash.

On Sunday, the Gold Coast Rollers women beat the South West Metro Pirates 84-47.

Carleigh Patrick and Kisha Lee were prolific with 18 points each while Sarah Ambrose finished with 13 points. The Rollers men lost 101-89.