Knight leads the Manawatū Jets to victory over the Southland Sharks

BASKETBALL : Write the Jets Manawatū team at your own peril.

The Jets may be the last to be present, but the Southland Sharks, ranked third, were taught 94-91 by the Jets at the Arena on Sunday, their first win at Palmerston North this year

This follows the 106-103 double-overtime Jets defeat to the Canterbury Rams in Christchurch on Friday night. The Young Jets team has faced some big losses this season, but they have tested some of the best players and will not be an easy team to beat for the rest of the year.

The victory came to the death also when Theo Johnson hit a three point with five seconds left. Southland then had the opportunity to tie the points, but Conor Morgan missed the three pointer.

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* The Jets Fly Home [19659007] Daishon Knight, guardian of the import points, was involved in everything for the Jets, scoring a total of 45 points, not far from his 47 points Friday night. He also had 13 rebounds and seven assists.

"After a long defeat against the Rams in the locker room, the energy was still excellent," he said. "Everyone was always positive.

"I'm just as if it was something good to build and today we went out. We did not play too well, but we played together [and] played more games than usual. We shared the ball and we trusted each other.

"Getting that win over there – it does not make us that much in the rankings, but it motivates us, it brings us closer and the win is great – not only for us, but for fans and staff alike. d & # 39; coaches.

Knight also played a role in the winning game, while he was driving to the basket and had two defenders on him, but he sent the ball back to a "Everyone is waiting at this that me or Kuran [Iverson] is shooting at the ball, "Knight said. "I rolled up to the basket and I thought of 20 different things before arriving there, and I know that I saw Theo and I 've seen it. I saw two people and I feel like I have to trust my teammate and believe in my team -mate.

"Theo is a good shooter, so why not pass it to him, and he hit it. It was incredible. I'm sure everyone trusted him. "

Iverson was the top scorer with 23 points and 18 rebounds

Knight told the team during the match that the side that plays the most defense and plays together is the one that will win the game.

"It does not matter how good a team is or how bad the next team is, if you play hard and you play together, you have a great chance of winning the game. We stayed together. "

Initially, the Jets were beaten on rebounds by Southland's biggest team and the Sharks looked like the best team in the first half.

But, as they did all year, the Jets The Jets were better in defense in the second half and stopped Southland from getting easy buckets, as they were in the first quarter

Manawatū 53-47 after half-time, but some mistakes allowed Southland to come back in the lead, which allowed him to score for the remainder of the match

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Southland scorers spread, but they had big Morgan matches (17 points) and import Orlando Coleman (16 points, 13 rebounds) Striker Alex Pledger was dominant from the start, but fainted game.

Southland had the former Jets James Hunter and Derone Raukawa in their camp

The Jets are far against the Bay Hawks Sunday next

Manawatū Jets 94 (Daishon Knight 45, 13 rebounds, Kuran Iverson 16, 18 rebounds) Southland Sharks 91 (Conor Morgan 17, Orlando Coleman 16, 13 rebounds, James Hunter 13, Alex Pledger 12, Jarrad weeks 11). HT 46-47.

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