EABL & WEABL Players of the Week 04/12/24 - Ross, Leach go off

There were a number of big performances across the EABL and WEABL in week 9.

That made selecting Player of the Week honours a tricky task, before the decision was made to single out Copleston's Cerys Leach and Charnwood's Caiden Ross for this week's spotlight.

 

WEABL

There were some huge stat lines in the WEABL this week, but none bigger than Cerys Leach's 43-point outing against JMA Reading Rockets.

Leach effectively ended the 111-33 contest in the first quarter as she dropped 17 of her points, including five triples, as part of a 35-6 opening frame.

The Copleston sharp shooter would eventually hit a stunning 12 threes in the ball game (12/20, 60%), adding five rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals to her massive scoring output.

Speaking about the performance, Leach said: “I am grateful for receiving the Player of the Week award. It was a great team performance from everyone, and we'll look to continue that going forward.” 

Assistant coach Harriet Welham added: "It was a great win for our girls, lots a positives and every player played a key role during the game.

"Cerys was amazing, her hard work has really been paying off and it’s great to see, very much deserved."

Nottingham duo Tiarna Chambers-Desmond (20pts, 10reb, 4ast, 5stl, 2blk, 34eff) and Samantha Mullock (20pts, 15reb, 6ast, 2blk, 30eff) were both in the mix for this week's honours, as was Leach's team mate Louisa Gibbins (16pts, 11reb, 8ast, 5stl, 35eff).

 

EABL

Charnwood College Riders picked up their third win of the season in the 86-66 road victory against SGS College.

Riders' standout Caiden Ross more than did his bit to get the W, including dropping a game-high 26 points on 62% shooting.

3/5 from beyond the arc was a bonus, with the Charnwood man adding a useful seven rebounds, seven assists and six steals to his afternoon's work.

A team-high five turnovers were perhaps the only blot on his copybook, but it was still a top outing worthy of recognition.

Speaking about the game, Ross said: "It was a good team performance and I'm glad that we executed the game plan and got back to winning ways."

Charnwood head coach Louis Chamberlain added: "Caiden stepped up on Wednesday and had a productive game. I'm happy that our last away game of the EABL year ended with a good team win."

An extra shoutout goes to CoLA's Daniel Banjoko (24pts, 6reb, 2ast, 5stl, 34eff), who recorded a similarly impressive stat line this week against Oaklands Wolves.

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