Keilor Thunder’s women pulled off a massive turnaround while the men got another win on the board in the National Basketball League 1 South competition on Saturday night.
The Thunder had to work hard to get the points against the Dandenong Thunder after trailing for most of the night.
The Rangers led by nine points at quarter time and the margin was out to 17 points at half time.
It was out to as much as 24 points early in the third quarter.
Slowly the Thunder started to work its way into the game and was able to reduce the margin to eight points at the final break.
With the momentum the Thunder kept going in the final quarter to run over the top of the Rangers to win, 69-64.
Penina Davidson top scored with 19 points while Isabelle Bourne and Lilly Rotunno finished with 17 points each as the Thunder used just six players.
The win was the Thunder’s eighth of the season and it sits on top of the ladder. During the week, the Thunder’s loss to the Ballarat Miners was overturned due to the Miners playing an ineligible player.
The men were then on court against the Rangers in another tough match up.
The Rangers led by one point at quarter time and extended the lead to eight points at the main break.
That deficit was wiped away in the third quarter as the Thunder levelled the scores heading into the final quarter.
The Thunder were able to take the lead with four and half minutes to go. The margin managed to get out to as much as eight in the dying minutes, but the Rangers stuck at it.
Keilor was able to do enough to come away with a 101-97 win.
Trevor Lakes scored 34 points for the Thunder, playing all by 22 seconds in the win.
The Thunder sit in fifth spot with six wins and four losses.
Both Thunder sides are back in action on Saturday night against the Hobart Chargers, before facing the Nunawading Spectres the following day.
