Hulkamaniacs Match Review - Pre Mix King

Line-up: Ross, Jayson, Beau, Murray, Phill S, Luke (visit player stats)

Round 2, 2004/05 Summer Season

Wednesday, 13th October 2004

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Hulkamaniacs bounce back with convincing victory.

BENDIGO (AP).

After last weeks solid hit-out versus the Throwbacks, a game in which the Hulkamaniacs went down by just 6 points, this week was a second consecutive game against a new team into the division 2 men's competition - Pre Mix King.

And the Hulkamaniacs suffered a blow before the match even got underway, with the withdrawal of 2003/04 and 2004 MVP - Phill C - was was suffering for the flu.  The good news was the return of Hulkamaniacs foundation player Phill S, whilst Ross' contract has been extended in the ongoing absence of Adam with suspension.

In the early going, it was Pre Mix King that got the jump on the Hulkamaniacs, making a succession of early baskets to open up a handy margin and looking dangerous.

Without their MVP, the Hulkamaniacs needed someone to step up.  Surprisingly, it was second gamer Ross that would ignite his side, hitting on the Hulkamaniacs first 7 points of the night, seemingly sparking them into action.  Ross' barrage of points, was quickly followed by contributions from Beau and Jayson and things were starting to roll.

Further compounding matters for Pre Mix King, was a leg injury to one of their key players, effectively forcing them to play with 4 players for the remainder of the contest - though the injured player remained on court, but it would prove just to be a band-aid solution, as from this point - the contest was never in doubt.

The first half for the Hulkamaniacs closed with a total of 21 points shared between Beau and Jayson (a sign of things to come), taking the match from being slightly in doubt, to all but over at the half - especially taking into consideration the reduced capacity of the opposition team.

The second half continued just how the first half finished, with the Hulkamaniacs not letting up the pressure, as Beau and Jayson continued their big day out - getting to the basket almost at will.

Pre Mix King, to their credit, battled on admirably - taking full advantage of having one player stay on the offensive end of the court the entire half, with several long passes and subsequent long range attempts almost unavoidable from a Hulkamaniacs point of view.

The margin throughout the second half barely crept below 15, whilst getting as high at one point of 30 points.

Beau and Jayson continued their onslaught throughout the second half, whilst Ross chipped in again to add to his tally, with Murray and Luke also making offensive contributions.

The final score was 63-42.

Leading scorers for the Hulkamaniacs were Beau with 24, Jayson 21, Ross 12, Murray 4 and Luke 2 points.

Next week, the Hulkamaniacs are up against yet another new team - the Dwarfz, at 7:40pm on court 6.  The Dwarfz are in second spot, having started the season quite well after just the 2 games.  With Phill C hopefully back in the line-up - the Hulkamaniacs should be quite a difficult proposition for the new team in the division.

MVP Standings: To be updated once grading for division 2 is completed.

- Luke

Game notes

Beau's personal tally of 24 points tonight was equal to his effort of 24 points against the Magic Men back in round 6 of 2002/03… Jaysons tally of 21 points is his best ever, having previously scored 10 points in a match on two ocassions… Ross, playing his second game with the Hulkamaniacs, attained his personal high of 12 points, having not scored last week… Luke passed the 450 point milestone tonight, moving to 451 for his career, in 71 games… Jayson has now eclipsed the 100 point milestone in a total of 19 games… Phill C is just 6 points shy of being the all-time leading points scorer for the Hulkamaniacs, sitting on 576 points behind Adam's 582 career points… Phill C is expected to be back next week, whilst Adam's spell on the sidelines is set to continue for at least 1 or 2 more weeks… See the Records and Player Stats sections for more.

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