By Dion Stergiopoulos
After a nail-biting win against Goulburn Bears in round five, St George Saints Mens White hit the road again to take on Camden Valley Wildfire in round six of the Basketball NSW Waratah League.
The Saints had an excellent week of preparation leading up to last weekends clash and were confident they could come away with another road win.
Both teams started the game at a frantic pace looking to get out in front early and eager to set the tone for the rest of the game.
The Wildfire showcased their strong outside shooting early, hitting an incredible amount of 3’s.
The young Saints squad struggled to keep up with the Wildfire’s frantic pace as they continued to punish St George from behind the arc.
Camden finished the first quarter strong with the Saints trailing by 22 points at the end of the first quarter (42-20).
The Saints knew they would have to dig deep if they were ever going to cut into the insurmountable deficit.
Going into the second quarter the Saints regrouped and were on a mission to try and stop Camden’s momentum.
Unfortunately, the damage had already been done, and the Saints could not recover, unable to find an answer for the Wildfire’s rampaging offense going down by 24 points; 114-89.
St George superstar Jayden Tanevski continued his amazing scoring streak finishing with 41 points and Yianni Trikillis continued to impress contributing with 15 points also.
Saints head coach George Aliferis while disappointed with the result is confident his team can re-group and bounce back.
“I was devastated by the loss, our performance in the first quarter was simply not good enough,” he said.
“You can’t give a team a 22-point head start and then expect miracles to happen.
“We have a big week ahead in training with a difficult game this weekend, that we CAN win.”
The Saints hit the road once again this Saturday 10 May as that face off against Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Spiders.
St George Saints Senior Reps results – 3 May 2025
Youth League Mens White
- Hills Hornets 87-54 St George Saints
Youth League Mens Red
- Illawarra Hawks 83-90 St George Saints
Youth League Womens
- St George Saints 95-71 Penrith Panthers
Waratah League Mens White
- Camden Valley Wildfire 114-89 St George Saints
Waratah League Mens Red
- Newcastle Falcons 92-79 St George Saints
