The Ararat Redbacks will be back in front of their home crowd with a Country Basketball League double header scheduled against Millicent at the Ararat Fitness Centre on Saturday.
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It will be the final match in Ararat for the season with the teams set to play away in the final round.
The men’s and women’s teams are coming off a loss to Terang last week and with it being the last game in front of family and friends for the season, both teams will be hoping to impress the crowd with a win.
Both teams have struggled during their innaugural season in the competition with the Magic getting the points in the previous meeting late last year.
Lady Redbacks coach Wayne Slack said he is hoping for a strong performance in the final games of the season.
“Last game was a positive, but there was still a period of five minutes where they scored 10 points which you just cannot do,” he said.
“So we would like to have a good showing this week, we just have to keep doing what we have learnt and hopefully we execute well and we can get the win.”
The men’s team will also be chance of causing an upset with the Magic midtable with just four wins for the season.
It is the second last game of the season with the two teams set to travel to Portland for the final regular season game on January 27.
The Lady Redbacks’ match is set for a 6pm tip-off with the men to follow at 8pm.