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Published on: 4/27/2007
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Coach Brian Rossetti despite the loss was upbeat about the performance of his charges."In each game we have worked on improving our execution and mental skills.Tonight we were able to force Coburg out of their zone and answered two mini runs from the Giants" said Rossetti.
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Whilst we sent them to the stripe over 50 times with undisciplined defence that saw us in the bonus for three of the quarters" lamented Rossetti.Poor shooting from the line was one of the reasons for the Vikings' loss the other was the failure to adequately contain the Coburg transition game."Darren Maslen often quotes an old saying in basketball, that the team that gets the most lay-ups wins.Coburg scored 22 points off lay-ups while we could only manage 12.This probably underlies the strength of the Coburg team and containing their transition is a must for any team to defeat them" said Rossetti.
For the Vikings Maslen 28 points including 6 treys, Otten had 20 points but his game was marred by 9 turnovers.