26 May: ABL Men and Women at home this week
The Lions ABL Men and Women take on the Forestville Eagles this week!
The Lions Women have smashed many records this season and are pushing for a finals berth whilst the men have only had 1 win so far but have been very close in a lot their games.
There will be some impressive talent on display such as Central Districts Lions Junior and Australian rep Dan Carlin teaming up with the US import for the Lions, Josh Kollasch. The women are packed with some great national level players including: Jess Mahony a seasoned National league player, as well as their US Import who is dominating the competition, Alisha Heglund.
All Lions' families are encouraged to check out our ABL teams in a great family night out, close to the action of some quality basketball.
8:15 PM Men at STARplex
6:30 PM Women at STARplex
Here is what Hoops SA (http://www.hoops.com.au/) poster "Jack Toft" had to say about the clash (note: these comments are from an online basketball forum, where posters are anonymous, and the person that wrote them is not necessarily involved with the Lions).
Lions v Eagles @ Siberia North (ed: STARplex)
Anyone who thinks the Lionesses are pushovers this season have been hiding under a rock. The Lionesses have found their ROAR! and the Eagles wings have been flapping without success this season. The change of coach hasn’t affected the Lionesses who have found their savannah. When was the last time someone felt confident tipping the Lionesses? Mahoney (ed: Jess Mahoney, Lions player) might be in for some special attention from her old teammates tonight, but her presence on court will be the difference. Lions don’t often dine on Eagle, but I hear “it tastes like chicken”.
Women:
The Lions have been unlucky not to have more wins, but seem to had a brain fade for about 5 minutes each game that gives it up. The Eagles have been inflicting “The Rash” (ed: Rashard Tucker, former NBL player and import for the Eagles) on their opponents and the Lions will need to apply the “Kollashnikov” (ed: Josh Kollasch, US Import for the Lions) lotion to avoid an outbreak. Mottram is suiting for the Eagles and this will test the Carlinator (Ed: Dan Carlin, Lions Junior and Australian Rep) who is leading the Lions scoring and must be attracting the attention of Marty (ed: Marty Clarke, 36ers Head Coach) as he finalises his roster. The 3 points specialists will be out tonight. Atkins (ed: Matt Atkins, Lions Shooting Guard) for the home team and "the Brads" (Ed: Brady Haydon and Brad Sullivan for the Eagles) for the visitors. For the Lions to knock off their more fancied opponents, some of the old faces will need to step up to the plate. While this game will be closer than the ladder suggests, Eagles can play the full 40 minutes and this is the telling difference as the Lions bad 5 minute spell is the only thing to give an opponent a game
Men:
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