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3rd quarter saw Lubnan call a 30second time out, 14 seconds in, after the Polar Bear had scored.
Back on the court and less than a minute into the quarter and The Duke brought up his double double, his first in a competitive U21 game, with a powerful dunk.
The 3rd quarter proceeded to be one sided and it was noticeable that all 6 Aussie Managers present on the game chat, had gone idle.
3 quarter time saw the score at 91 to 33 Australias way.
4th quarter would certainly have caused the Wombat King some concerns as the Aussie players seemed to go a little “idle” themselves with 7 of the first 9 points of the quarter being scored by Lubnan.
Australia eventually came out winners 110 to 48 with the leading point scorers being the Polar Bear with 21, Barth and the Duke both getting 17, whilst Kharabsheh hit 16 for Lubnan.
Melhem with his 7 minutes extra court time was the games highest rebounder with 17 which was one more than the Dukes 16 boards.
None of the Lubnan players ranked over 9 and surprisingly for Australia only 3 players ranked over 12 them being the Duke with 15, Barth with 13.5 and Bald guy with 12.5.
Surprisingly the Hessian Bag who got 13 points, 3 steals, 3 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 block in his 19 minutes court time, only ranked 11.
Lubnan had chosen to play a patient offence which resulted in their players taking 22 rushed shots from outside the arch of which they only hit the one.
Of some concern for Australia might be the 39 rebounds that Lubnan got in this game which is considerably more than the 32 they got against one of Australias major threats in this tournament, being Iran
As for MVP, well as solid and reliable as Barth was it would be hard to argue with Mllama that the Duke didnt deserve this distinction
Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/8/2013 8:27:40 AM