Day one of the Aon U19 Nationals started this morning in Hamilton, playing across three different stadiums in the Waikato Region. 38 teams and 400+ players made their way to the 07 for the second Aon Nationals tournament of the season.
Some close games headlined the day, such as Nelson’s narrow loss to Harbour 103-105 in the Boys Competition. Jonty Kells from Manawatū managed to snap up 41 points in a 94-74 victory against Hawkes Bay, and Christian Vano Jnr smashing 51 points down for Waikato Country over Southland in their 106-54 win.
The Girls Competition saw Harbour leading the way undefeated in Pool C, and also saw a close game between Auckland and Manawatū 58-64. Josey Hansen from Thames Valley helped her team to a 68-59 win over Auckland with a 35 point performance, including four three-pointers. In a 86-53 win to Waikato over Hawkes Bay, Olivia Lassey managed to claim 31 points and helped their team to top the table of Pool B.
Tomorrow will be the last games of pool play before the Quarter-Finals on Friday. See the broadcast schedule below to work out what times games will be streamed from Friday. The games will be shown on https://nz.basketball/tv
You can see all the results on Gameday or by downloading the Gameday App on the App Store or Google Play and searching for “BBNZ Tournaments”
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Check out BBNZ TV to watch select games on Day 3 and Day 4.
