THE Bendigo Braves and Lady Braves have salvaged their respective weekends following wins over the Nunawading Spectres at Bendigo Stadium on Sunday.
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It followed a pair of tough road losses on Saturday night against the Geelong Supercats.
The Braves men delivered payback for an earlier season loss to the Spectres by defeating them 98-91.
The victory was propelled by another outstanding performance from Dyami Starks, who scored a game-high 23 points, complemented by 10 rebounds and seven assists.
C.J. Aiken had 16 rebounds to go along with his 19 points, while point guard Adam Doyle finished with 20 points, Daniel Hansen contributed 18 and Matt Andronicos 11 and seven rebounds.
The Braves set up the win with a 23-17 third quarter after they trailed by one point at half time.
Sunday's win came on the back of an 83-77 loss to the Supercats in Geelong on Saturday night.
Aiken led the Braves with 17 points and a staggering 21 rebounds, while co-captain Chris Hogan had 13 points.
The loss was the team's second against Geelong this season and leaves the Braves with a 5-7 record.
Meanwhile, the Lady Braves also made amends for an earlier season one-point loss to the Spectres by winning their return clash 79-72.
Chante Black led the scorers with 24 points, while Chloe Bibby had 19 points and 10 rebounds and guard Bianca Dufelmeir contributed 13.
It was a different story the previous night in Geelong as the Lady Braves had no answer for WNBL star Sara Blicavs, who scorched the visitors for 38 points and 11 rebounds.
The Supercats won 87-61.
Chloe Bibby was best for the Lady Braves with 17 points and was the only player to score double figures.
The Lady Braves were outrebounded 54-35, with Blicavs and Chantel Horvet hauling in 21 between them for Geelong.
Maddi Wild played her first games for the season for the Braves, finishing with six points and four rebounds in 15 minutes of court time against the Supercats and two points and one rebound in seven minutes on Sunday.
A split weekend leaves the Lady Braves 7-3 ahead of next Sunday's away clash against the Kilsyth Cobras, who are second in the east conference with a 7-2 record.