Tara Murray
Hume City Broncos are hoping their win against the Sherbrooke Suns on Saturday night will kick start their Big V women’s state championship season.
The young Broncos side which is focused on development this season, played their best game of the year against the Suns.
Playing in front of a big crowd at home as the club marked pink round, the Broncos started slow before finding their feet in the second quarter.
A three point half time lead turned into a 15 point one heading into the final quarter. The Broncos were able to hold solid in the final quarter to seal a 102-87 win.
Broncos coach Tim Devlin was thrilled with the result.
“We had a great win,” he said. “Obviously every win is important to get on the board.
“From the learning side of things, we showed that we could be competitive with a really good side like Sherbrooke for four quarters which was great.”
Devlin said they started a bit nervously having spoken about what the night meant as a whole to the club, not just on the court.
He said once they settled into their game they played some really good basketball.
“We were able to match them physically,” he said. “We learned a couple of things when we played them a couple of weeks ago.
“We also made some shots, I’m really happy.”
With a 15 point lead, the Broncos knew that the Suns would come at them late in the piece.
Devlin said they played some good basketball in the last quarter, but they were able to match it.
The Broncos had six players score in double figures, led by Tegan Hindle off the bench with 27 points.
Delvin said they were hoping it would be a breakout game for her.
“She had 27 points, six rebounds, five assists and a couple of steals, it was a ripper of a night,” he said.
“We’ve known that she has the capability to produce it and she did last night which was really good.”
The win was the Broncos third of the season, with the side now sitting sixth on the ladder.
Devlin hopes this is the start of something they can build on for the rest of the season.
“We should be able to get some confidence from that,” he said.
“That should be the standard every week and we can’t be slipping off.”
The Broncos this week face the Sunbury Jets on Sunday at Boardman Stadium.
Devlin said despite getting the win earlier in the season against the Jets, they were taking anything for granted with the Jets since getting two imports into their side.
While the Broncos women got the win, the Broncos men fell short against Wyndham in a top of the table clash.
Wyndham jumped out of the blocks and led by eight points at quarter time, before the Broncos led by five points at the main break,
The second half was all Wyndham as it won 98-85. Chris Elder top scored with 25 for the Broncos.
Wyndham now sits top of the table ahead of the Broncos.
