The Bendigo Junior Braves under-14 girls team. Back: Abbey Barber, Keeley Jones, Kate Douglass, Ruby Barkmeyer, Imogen Kinder and Kate Bouwmeester. Front: Danielle O'Toole, Sarah Bouwmeester, Emmie Banfield, Taylah Lindrea and Isabel Eliades. Picture: JIM ALDERSEY
BENDIGO’S Junior Braves squad has suffered its first loss at the Australian Under-14 Girls Club Championships in Brisbane.
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The Braves went down 56-93 to the Sydney-based Norths Bears on Wednesday.
But they were undefeated in their three preliminary pool matches earlier in the week to qualify for the top-12 championship round.
Forward Danielle O’Toole dominated the boards and was the carnival’s leading scorer after the first three matches, with 72 points.
She added another 29 to her tally against the Bears.
Braves team-mate Ruby Barkmeyer was leading the free throws table after the early rounds, on 17.
Bendigo was scheduled to play the Dandenong Rangers gurls at 10.30am on Thursday.
George Clarke
