United stars go to work across NBL1, Europe

Written by Melbourne United Media 

Chris Goulding and Paris Basketball have continued their march towards the postseason following an eight-point win on Sunday morning.

Matched up against SLUC Nancy Basket, Goulding drained a pair of triples in front of a raucous home crowd to help his side to its third straight win.

Paris now sit half a game out of the 8th and final playoff spot with five games remaining.

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In Turkey, Xavier Rathan-Mayes put together a huge performance, tallying 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in an OT loss to Tofas.

Marcus Lee helped Pallacanestro Reggiana to a win in the Italian league, putting up two points, two rebounds and two assists off the bench.

Closer to home, some of Melbourne’s stars put on a show in the NBL1 over the weekend.

Zac Triplett picked up back-to-back wins for Keilor, averaging 15 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

Frankston also hit the court both days this weekend, splitting their results. Brad Newley continued his strong start to the season, tallying 19 points in each game, while Lachie Barker made his season debut, scoring 13 and 21 points on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Newly signed Development Player Campbell Blogg did a bit of everything for the Sandringham Sabres in their win over Casey, while David Barlow registered three points and six rebounds in his first game of the season.

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Cal Dalton was dominant in limited minutes for Eltham in their commanding victory over North West Tasmania, tallying 12 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks in 17 minutes.

Rounding out the NBL1 games for the week, Malith Machar and the Forestville Eagles fell in their first loss of the season, going down to Sturt. Machar had nine points and eight rebounds.

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