East Perth have gold-plated Armour
Kyle Armour's 86-point weekend only resulted in the one win for the Vorian Agency East Perth Eagles in Week 4 of the men's SBL competition with the defending champion Lakeside Lightning remaining unbeaten from four games.
There were two men's SBL matches to open Week 4 on Friday night with the Perry Lakes Hawks getting their first win of the season, beating the Cockburn Cougars 95-92 at the WA Basketball Centre.
The Perth Redbacks then recorded their third win of the 2014 campaign recording a 129-112 victory at Belmont Oasis.
It was then a massive Saturday night with five matches taking place right across Western Australia.
The Kalamunda Eastern Suns upset the first appearance for the Stirling Senators of Cody Ellis recording a 125-116 victory at Ray Owen Sports Centre with the Vorian Agency East Perth Eagles putting on a scoring clinic beating the Mandurah Magic 148-118 at Morley Sport and Recreation Centre.
The Sun City Plumbing Geraldton Buccaneers then scored an impressive 120-100 win over the Collie Crane Hire South West Slammers at Active West Stadium with the Silver Lake Resources Goldfields Giants winning for the first time in 2014 defeating the Cockburn Cougars 98-97 at Wally Hagan Stadium.
Willetton and Perry Lakes then played their match at Willetton Basketball Stadium rescheduled from last week with the Hawks beating the Tigers 132-112.
The round then concluded on Sunday with three more big match-ups with the Rockingham Flames beating the Silver Lake Resources Goldfields Giants 113-85 at Mike Barnett Sports Complex, the Lakeside Lightning defeating the Vorian Agency East Perth Eagles 113-104 at Lakeside Recreation Centre and the Joondalup Wolves thrashed the Perth Redbacks at Joondalup Basketball Stadium.
After the 10 matches over the course of the weekend, the defending champion Lightning remain atop the SBL standings with a 4-0 record.
Just behind them are the Rockingham Flames on a 5-1 record followed by the 3-1 Joondalup Wolves.
Just behind are the Geraldton Buccaneers (4-2), Mandurah Magic (3-2), Perth Redbacks (3-3), Stirling Senators (2-2) and the South West Slammers (2-2) in eighth place.
Just outside the eight are the East Perth Eagles (3-4) followed by the Perry Lakes Hawks (2-3), Kalamunda Eastern Suns (2-3), Cockburn Cougars (1-4), Willetton Tigers (1-4) and Goldfields Giants (1-4).
As always there were outstanding individual performance across the weekend as well.
On Friday, Justin Cecil led the way for the Hawks with 24 points on the back of shooting 9-of-17 from the field with Josh Garlepp adding 19 points, Corey Easley 16, Ben Purser 14 (nine rebounds, five assists, two blocks) and Rob Cassir 11.
Seva Chan scored 22 points for the Cougars with Damien Scott contributing 22 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals while shooting 9-of-16 from the field, and 3-of-6 from three-point territory.
Stan Okoye led the Redbacks to their win over the Tigers with 32 points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocked shots while shooting 12-of-21 from the field and a perfect 7-of-7 from the charity stripe.
Dennis Tawhiti also contributed 23 points and 10 boards for Perth with Jarrad Prior adding 23 points.
John Dickson did all he could for Willetton finishing the night with 44 points and seven rebounds while shooting 15-of-23 from the field and 6-of-9 from downtown.
Quinn McDowell was also a welcome addition to the Tigers line-up and had 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Then on Saturday night, Bennie Lewis led the Buccaneers over the Slammers with 34 points. Carter Cook added 28 points with Aaron Ralph finishing with 17 points and eight rebounds.
All eyes were on Cody Ellis' first appearance with the Stirling Senators on Saturday night, but it was Kalamunda who stole the show recording a nine-point victory.
Kerrod Horn led the way for the Eastern Suns with 33 points shooting 5-of-10 from downtown.
Ben Smith also added 32 points and six assists with Louis Timms finishing with 29 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots.
Josh Throns finished with 24 points and six rebounds for the Senators with Jordan Wild contributing 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and Ellis 18 points and nine rebounds.
The Eagles put together an incredible scoring display to beat the Magic by 30 points with Kyle Armour leading the way with 43 points, six rebounds and six assists while shooting 7-of-10 from three-point range, and a perfect 12-of-12 from the foul line.
Sunday Dech wasn't far behind with 35 points, 10 rebounds and six assists shooting 13-of-25 from the floor.
Nikola Donlagic also contributed 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the winning East Perth.
Taylor Mullenax did all he could for the Magic finishing with 37 points and eight rebounds with Paul Hafford adding 26 points and nine boards, Daniel Thomas 18 points and Ben Smith 14 to go with nine rebounds.
Goldfields got its first win of the season by beating Cockburn by a point with Tommy Hannon outstanding with 33 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists on the back of shooting 14-of-20 from the field.
Duran Blue wasn't far behind for the Giants with 28 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals.
Damien Scott top-scored for the Cougars with 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists with Gavin Field finishing with 23 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocked shots.
And finally on Sunday, the Flames had five players score in double-figures in what was a strong even performance in the win at home by 28 points over the Giants.
Cooper Land top-scored with 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point land.
Andrew Bowman added 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists with Jarryd Griffin adding 16 points, Taylor 15 and Travis Moore 13 to go with nine boards.
Duran Blue led the way for Goldfields with 28 points and six rebounds on 9-of-14 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from three-point range.
Russell Hurst also added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Giants.
The defending champion Lightning continued their unbeaten start to the season downing the Eagles by nine points and despite another 43-point effort from Kyle Armour.
Brad Tinsley top-scored for Lakeside with 29 points and six assists on 10-of-16 shooting and 3-of-5 from downtown.
Caleb Palkert contributed 27 points and 10 rebounds as well while shooting 11-of-17 from the floor and a perfect 3-of-3 from long range.
Jarrad Prue once again was simply superb for the Lightning with 21 points, 31 rebounds, six assists, two steals and two blocked shots while shooting a perfect 10-of-10 from the field.
Brad Jackson also contributed 15 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Armour was once again the star for the Eagles despite the loss scoring 43 points for the second day on the trot. This time he finished with 43 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists while shooting 19-of-37 from the field.
Sunday Dech also contributed 25 points and seven rebounds for East Perth.
The Wolves then thrashed the Redbacks on Sunday also with Rob Huntington leading the way for the Wolfpack with 22 points and nine rebounds.
Trian Iliadis contributed 20 points, six boards and five assists with Seb Salinas adding 19 points, 12 rebounds and five assists.
Joel Wagner top-scored for the Redbacks with 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists with Jarrad Jackson adding 13 points, Marshall Nelson 12 and Dennis Tawhiti 11.
FRIDAY results
Perry Lakes Hawks 95 defeated Cockburn Cougars 92
Perth Redbacks 129 defeated Willetton Tigers 112
SATURDAY
Stirling Senators 116 lost to Kalamunda Eastern Suns 125
Vorian Agency East Perth Eagles 148 defeated Mandurah Magic 118
Willetton Tigers 112 lost to Perry Lakes Hawks 132
Sun City Plumbing Geraldton Buccaneers 120 defeated Collie Crane Hire South West Slammers 100
Cockburn Cougars 97 lost to Silver Lake Resources Goldfields Giants 98
SUNDAY
Rockingham Flames 113 defeated Silver Lake Resources Goldfields Giants 85
Lakeside Lightning 113 defeated Vorian Agency East Perth Eagles 104
Joondalup Wolves 113 defeated Perth Redbacks 81
