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Jets fall short

The Sunbury Jets lost a thriller to the Pakenham Warriors in the Big V women’s championship division on Sunday.

The match was a hard fought thriller without, with neither side able to break the other team.

The Warriors led by a point at quarter time and increased it to three points at the main break.

It was all level in the third quarter as the Warriors kept their lead heading into the final quarter.

Sunbury started the final quarter strongly and were able to get the margin out to eight points early in the final quarter.

The Jets still had the lead with one and half minutes on the clock.

Pakenham scored the last seven of the last eight points of the game to come away with an 84-80 win.

Abby Hildebrand and Tresai McCarver scored 20 points each for the Jets.

The Jets sit in seventh spot with four wins from their nine games.

It was a tough weekend for the Jets men’s side as well, as they lost both their matches.

The Jets started their weekend on Saturday night against the Camberwell Dragons on the road.

The Dragons won every quarter on the way to a 110-85 win.

Jack Betson top scored with 15 points for the Jets off the bench.

The Jets then faced the Pakenham Warriors on Sunday at home.

Like the women’s side, the Jets were unable to get the job done.

The Jets led by four points at quarter time, before trailing by five points at the main break.

A 34-17 third quarter broke the game open in the favour of the Warriors.

While the Jets won the final quarter it wasn’t enough as they lost 103-86.

Skipper Nathan Marshall top scored with 23 points.

Jets sit in eighth spot with four wins from their games.

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