By Tara Murray
Hume City Broncos are focused on fixing the small things in the back part of the Big V men’s championship season.
The Broncos sit atop the table with an 12-2 record and have shown they are one of the teams to beat this season.
Broncos coach Matt Foster said they would have taken that record at the start of the season.
“Definitely happy with where we are at,” he said. “There’s still work to do, but it takes a bit of pressure off not being in the mix of the fifth and sixth sort of spot.
“If we thought we would be 12-2 and sitting on top, definitely exceed where we thought we would be with a new roster and fitting new pieces in and that sort of thing.”
Foster said while the squad has started to click a bit better as the season progresses, they still have a bit of work to do.
He said there were parts of games where he was pretty happy with what they were doing and parts where they drop off a bit as well.
“We want to extend those good parts,” he said. “Minimise areas not performing as well.
“The guys are still getting used to each other’s strengths and weaknesses and gelling a little more on court.
“Any team in our league can beat any team on any given night. If you’re not switched on mentally, it evens the game out pretty quickly.”
Foster said they won’t look to change things too much as they fine tune what has been working so far for them.
He said remaining healthy was one of the big things for them in the back end of the season.
“Getting reps into guys who potentially might not have got a lot of reps,” he said. “We want to continue preparing for the pointy end of the year.”
The Broncos have a big few weeks coming up with a couple of double headers in the mix.
On Saturday night, the Broncos faced Melbourne University.
Foster said before the game it was one that they really wanted to get after Melbourne University beat them earlier in the season.
The Broncos were able to get one back against Melbourne University, winning, 125-92.
After leading by 11 points at quarter time, the Broncos won the second quarter 37-17 to blow the margin out to 31 points at the main break.
The second half was a lot closer as the Broncos shared the minutes around.
Zach McKenzie and Kavione Green top scored with 24 points each.
The Broncos face Wyndham this Saturday night.
In the women’s championship division, the Broncos lost to the Sherbrooke Suns, 76-58.
The Suns got off to a flier and the Broncos weren’t able to peg them back.
Madeline Holland top scored with 16 points for the Broncos.
The Broncos sit in seventh spot, but out of finals contention.
