Sorry guys dont have no stats for the game hope some1 can help us out with that.

I was the caller, and Elder had no assists, because his passes didnt count.

If a player looks to even improve position, or pass off the ball (even if they dont actually do it)...the assist is cancelled.

Direct quote from the statisticians manual :
"An assist is credited when a pass is made to a teammate who shoots and scores - provided the
shooter's immediate intention, upon receiving the ball, was to shoot and that intention was maintained
until the shot was taken. It does not prohibit an assist where the shooter takes time to balance or
makes a small play to score, provided the scorer always intended to shoot."

Other reasons are that we cant see everything, due to bodies being in the way, and if Matt had passed the ball down in the post at the western end (Warriors bench end), I normally have the coach, and a ref at the very least to try and see through.

Stats for the game are :


Elder 35 points (14/17 FG), 10 rebounds
Wilson 27 points, 6 rebs, 10 assists
Puddifoot 26 points, 13 rebounds

Centrals
Watson 23 points, 7 rebs, 5 assists
Wilkey 22 points
Reggie had 10, 11 and 8, almost pulling out the triple double.

Was a great game, Elder looks to be a find for Woodville.

Vandenbergh was back to his usual self, Watson was effective, Hammond was very quiet.

Birmingham was quieter than usual,but was covered by Wilson & Puddifoot.

Great game, great crowd, well done to the blue army for making the trip and giving the game a bit more atmosphere.

Yogee -- well done with the clarification -- just learnt something new!

Woodville won the women's too, by 18.

well done yogee, but when you see steve nash with 19 assists and others the same sometimes do you reckon they go by that same definition. Because theres a huge difference in assists between NBA and NBL

Rees would have led the game in assists almost, if the shots had dropped - he was finding guys everywhere.

Fuller on Watson was a great move, get him quiet for the first half where Woodville built the lead and kept it.

Elder was amazing, he doesn't miss!

A 6 man rotation of Elder, Rees, Birmingham, Puddifoot, Wilson, Fuller with Leroy off the bench is as good as it gets bar Sturt/Forestville. I take my hat off to Woodville - I along with many other peeps predicted them to not win a game - I stand corrected, they're top 5 for shizz.

Eating my words over here too, Libertine. Gaz and Mark were underrated going into this season. Only those who played reserves the last 2 years really know how good these two guys are (two straight grand finals says something).

Imagine if they re-signed the retired Scott Whitmore (still playing reserves) and Ben Todd!

Does anyone know how Scotty's going in the 2s?

Woodville's zone worked a charm. the lead should of been about 30 odd but KB put on his bench players for the last 5 or so, and Centrals brought it back. I think woodville's unorthodox defenses (constantly switching between the 1-2-2 trap and 2-3 zone) is doing them a ton of favours.

Matt Elder seems like an excellent find, admittedly the opposition wasn't top notch (Centrals really only had Hammond to guard him) but to score 33 in his debut, with which I'd assume a reasonably high field goal percentage is excellent.

They aren't reliant on only that. Woodville are scoring a lot of points lately (two games in a row 118 points) and now with another offensive weapon to their arsenal I can see them easily making the finals

I'm going all right thanks Moses.

I started my first game last week and look forward to many more.

a box score for this game?

Stinge, I'd like to see a boxscore to prove it's true too ..... and no, I'm not talking about the ABL.

Anonymous(#33109). stop being a hater man. this is a versitile line up with a great main 7 and good young players to back them up (e.g. zaneo when he comes back, swish pascoe). this is a playoff team and everyone no's it!! and to add to the, to only lose to f/ville by 4 (no newley i realise, but still a very good team) and 12 to a full strength sturt without rees puts them in good sted for the rest of the season.

put a lid on it take luck.woodville has to now organise thier deep 9 man rotation.it will be tough to please everyone.

its called wats best for te TEAM cheezy. YA NO. And the players int this year team seem to be good TEAM ppl. i cant c anyone there that wont want wats best for the TEAM. and if there is they wont be on the team i would say.