South Dragons vs Townsville Crocodiles, 2008–09 Finals · Game 1
2008–09 · Finals · Game 1 · Tue 24 February 2009
South Dragons
Townsville Crocodiles
94–81
FinalJohn Cain Arena
Recap
Dragons beat Crocodiles by 13
South Dragons beat Townsville Crocodiles 94–81 at John Cain Arena in Game 1 of the 2008–09 Finals, on Tue 24 February 2009.
Mark Worthington led all scorers with 27 points for the Dragons on 10-of-23 shooting, plus 12 rebounds in a double-double; John Rillie had 20 for the Crocodiles.
Crocodiles turned it over 21 times to 13.
Finals series
2008–09 finals- Game 1South Dragons94Townsville Crocodiles81
- Game 2Townsville Crocodiles82South Dragons77
- Game 3South Dragons101Townsville Crocodiles78
Leaders
Points
- WorthingtonSTH27
- SmithSTH25
- RillieTSV20
Rebounds
- EllisTSV13
- WorthingtonSTH12
- VukonaSTH9
Assists
- WorthingtonSTH4
- GibsonSTH3
- SmithSTH3
Threes
Team stats
STHShootingTSV
- Field goals 28/7139%
- Threes 7/2232%
- Free throws 18/3060%
44%34/77
29%7/24
76%19/25
The game
- Rebounds 44
- Assists 10
- Turnovers 21
- Steals 4
- Bench points 0
40
18
13
7
0
Box score
South Dragons94
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Worthington | 27 | 12 | 4 | 41:20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10-23 | 0-4 | 7-8 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 18 | 6 | 3 | 40:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6-10 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| D. Smith | 25 | 3 | 3 | 32:08 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 7-9 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30:47 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| N. Herbert | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25:19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21:23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13:35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7:59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Horvath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 94 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 34-77 | 7-24 | 19-25 | |||
| Shooting | 44.2% | 29.2% | 76.0% |
Townsville Crocodiles81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Williams | 14 | 7 | 3 | 44:46 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4-17 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| J. Rillie | 20 | 7 | 1 | 42:47 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7-13 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| R. Hinder | 14 | 8 | 2 | 40:23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6-11 | 0-3 | 2-6 | 0 | |
| B. Williamson | 7 | 3 | 1 | 36:08 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Ellis | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32:11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 8-12 | 0 | |
| D. Egan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| C. Tovey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| M. Cedar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Susnjara | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3:28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 81 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 28-71 | 7-22 | 18-30 | |||
| Shooting | 39.4% | 31.8% | 60.0% |
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