HORSHAM Hornets’ women’s team will hit the road again this week in the second of four double-headers for the season.
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The Lady Hornets will face the Terang Tornadoes on Saturday night in Terang, and the Geelong Supercats on Sunday in Belmont in round eight of Country Basketball League’s south west conference.
The Horsham outfit had a convincing 83-52 win against the Tornadoes when they played at home in round five, but coach Damien Kilpatrick said they would not be taking their opponents for granted “one little bit”.
“We’re going to be a bit light on for Saturday night – we have a few unavailable and a few injuries to a couple of our rotations off the bench. But on Sunday we get two players back,” he said.
“We know we beat Terang last time, but we've got to play the game on our terms.”
Kilpatrick said the match against the Supercats would be a big challenge.
“They’re good at home because they can drop SEABL players into their team. They’re a completely different team on their home courts compared with when they play away,” he said.
“It will be a really tough game. We’ll have to play at our best.
“When they've won at home, they've won well.
“We have to be wary of that, but turn up and play our style.”
Kilpatrick said the Lady Hornets would learn plenty from their round seven match, where they lost to ladder leaders the Portland Coasters by five points in overtime away from home.
The momentum swung multiple times during the match, with the Coasters getting out to an early lead before the Lady Hornets fought back in the second quarter to be ahead at half-time.
Portland surged again in the third before Horsham wrestled back the lead. The Lady Hornets stayed in front throughout the fourth quarter until the Coasters tied the scores with seconds left.
Portland scored the first points of extra time and were never headed after that point.
Kilpatrick said it was a great game of basketball.
“It was the game you would expect from the two top teams,” he said.
“Games go in waves, and both teams had their moments.
“To Portland's credit they had six three-pointers in the last quarter.
“Teams live and die by that shot, and they hit them when they needed to.
“We had our chances.
“It was a valuable learning experience for us.
“We know we can beat them, and they know we can beat them – we just need to do it.
“There were pleasing signs for us.”
