Craigieburn Eagles have well and truly found its feet in Big V division 1 with six wins in a row putting them back in the finals conversation.
After starting the season 2-5, the Eagles have moved to 8-5 and fifth on the ladder.
Coach Tim Annett said they were thrilled with how it has started to come together after finding themselves in trouble early on.
“We’re going well at the moment,” he said. “We’ve won six in a row at the moment and we’re definitely on the right track and hopefully there’s more to come.
“We had a disrupted start to the year. We had a guy at college and has now played five or six games now.
“We had a few injuries but we’ve had some continuity in the squad and the guys are training well.”
Annett said the group was starting to gain some confidence at this level, having had success last year at division 2.
He said they knew it wasn’t just going to happen.
“We had to put in a lot of hard work,” he said. “We’ve done that and the success has come from that and credit to the guys who have put the hard work in.”
On Saturday, the Eagles travelled to Warrnambool to take on the Seahawks
On the scoreboard it was a 100-71 win, but Annett said the match was closer than that.
“They were up for the fight for the first three quarters,” he said. “We were able to weather them down late and were able to come away with a good win.”
The Eagles were able to spread their load with all 12 players getting on the court.
Lewayne Grant top scored with 20 points as five players reached double figures.
Annett said it was good to give some of those guys who don’t get a lot of minutes some court time.
He said they had been working hard at training and deserved some court time.
While they’re on a winning streak, Annett said they were just taking it game by game.
“Our aim is to finish in the top five,” he said. “We want to finish as high as possible but it’s a fairly tight competition.”
The Eagles face ladder leaders Coburg Giants this week.
Annett said they go in believing that they can win that match.
In the women’s division 1 competition, the Eagles suffered their first loss of the season.
Melbourne University got the job done, winning 64-55.
Tegan Hindle top scored for the Eagles with 17 points.
The Eagles remain top.
