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Sunbury Jets fall short

A late Sunbury Jets’ comeback fell short against the Hume City Broncos in the opening round of the Big V women’s state championship.

Playing each other in the season-opener for a second straight year, it was the Broncos who came away with the points.

The Jets trailed most of the game and fought hard to reduce the margin to two points in the final quarter but the Broncos remained composed and held on to win, 84-80.

Jets’ coach Kennedy Kereama said while they would have liked a first-up win, there were still a lot of positives.

He said Hume was shaping up as one of the teams to beat this season.

“It was a good game of basketball,” he said.

“Both teams played a good game and shot at a good clip. They shot at 55 per cent and we shot at 46 per cent, so it was a good game for the spectators.

“We got ourselves into a position to steal it, but had lapses at the wrong time especially in the defensive end.

“We still shot 80 points and are still missing two important pieces of the puzzle.”

Lynn Leaupepe top scored in her first game for the Jets, with 22 points. Courtney Duever, Josie Stockill and Courtenay Wragg all scored double figures as well.

Chloe Tidswell. Picture Shawn Smits.