RAMS NEWS: RAMS AWAY DOUBLE-HEADER: JETS & HAWKS
by Piet Van Hasselt
13 & 14 June 2003

RAMS v JETS
JETS SHOOTING CLINIC IN SECOND HALF
The Manawatu Jets simply shot the lights out at Arena 3 on Friday night beating the Canterbury Rams, 96-82.  In the second half, almost every Jet hit a three-pointer, with the team combining for an amazing 10 of 17 attempts!  Every shot that was missed by Manawatu was cleaned up on the offensive board with a short put-back, and Canterbury was never allowed a sniff of victory.  The Jets had a balanced scoring attack with their leading scorer being point guard Jon Southey who compiled 14 points.  Canterbury must now travel to Napier to take on the Hawks on Saturday night
Manawatu Jets 96 (Jonathan Southey 14, David Cooper 13)
Canterbury Rams 82 (John Whorton 21, Andrew Gardiner 17)
Halftime 47-45
BOXSCORE
 

RAMS v HAWKS
POPE LEADS RAMS TO MASSIVE COMEBACK
Rams American Centre John "Pope" Whorton nearly matched the number on his back (52) with 50 points to lead Canterbury on the back end of their away double-header against the Hawks, 99-94.  The Rams were down by 20 mid-way through the second quarter and slowly chipped away at the deficit until they claimed the lead 69-67 in the third quarter.  The Rams continued to build on their lead and had a few jitters at the end of the game, but held on for the victory.  The early going was all with the Hawks as Adrian Majstrovich had 19 points mid-way through the second quarter.  Canterbury's coaching staff made a crucial adjustment moving to a box and one defence, which restricted Majstrovich to only one more point in the game.  Rams forward Rewi Manahi played alongside Whorton for most of the game and had his best game this season with 14 points.  The Rams went to a two-point guard alignment for much of the second half and Jeremy Kench scored a career high nine points in 26 minutes on the court.  The Hawks offence was well spread with all of the five starters scoring at least 13 points, but the bench only scored four points.

Canterbury Rams 99 (John Whorton 50, Rewi Manahi 14, Jeremy Kench 9)

Hawks 94 (Aidan Daly 24, Adrian Majstrovich 20, Paora Winitana 20)
Halftime 48-53
BOXSCORE