Central Spotlight | Uzoma sets up thumping Woodville win

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Uzoma Dibiamaka put up 27 points in the first half and the Woodville Warriors romped to the 96-69 home NBL1 Central win over the Eastern Mavericks to make it a double win Anzac Day weekend.

The Warriors were back home at St Clair Recreation Centre on the back of beating the North Adelaide Rockets on Anzac Day with the Mavs arriving trying to respond to a 36-point loss at home to the Sturt Sabres.

Dibiamaka caught fire hitting all six three-point attempts in the first half on his way to 27 points with 11 in the first quarter and 16 in the second to set the Warriors on their way to the big win.

Woodville were leading by nine at quarter-time, 20 at half-time and 27 at three quarter-time before completing the 27-point win to make it two victories for the weekend to improve to 5-2 with the Mavericks losing twice to now be 2-5.

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It was a dominant showing from Woodville as they made it a double win weekend with 52 per cent shooting as a team including 12/20 from three-point range and 14/17 at the free-throw line.

Uzoma Dibiamaka set the win up for the Warriors in the first half with 27 of his 33 points for the game before he finished up shooting 11/15 from the field and 7/8 from behind the arc along with having five rebounds, two assists and two blocks.

Nick Wurm added 25 points, seven assists, five rebounds and two steals with 4/5 shooting from behind the arc while Joe Jackson delivered 10 points, nine boards and five assists.

Awak Machar also had nine points, three rebounds and two assists, Leverenzel Booth Jr eight points, five boards, three assists, three steals and two blocks, and Jack Bakewell seven points, five rebounds and two assists.

It was a tough Sunday afternoon outing for the Mavericks with them shooting just 36 per cent as a team with 4/33 from three-point territory including going 0/13 in the second half and only getting to the foul line eight times across 40 minutes.

Curtis Scott finished with 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals with Mack Schaftenaar adding 18 points and two boards, Jackson Bowden nine points, five assists and four rebounds, and Harry D'Arcy eight points.

Both teams had played on Saturday night as well with Woodville winning big and the Mavs losing big, and the first quarter on Sunday followed a similar trend with the Warriors opening up a 31-22 advantage by quarter-time.

That was on the back of shooting 59 per cent from the field to 43 with Uzoma Dibiamaka setting the tone for his big showing with 11 points on perfect 3/3 three-point shooting.

It was another 30 points to 19 in the second period as well for Woodville with them shooting 10/16 in the quarter including 5/8 from behind the arc and 5/7 at the free-throw line.

Dibiamaka was proving unstoppable with him again making all three of his long-range efforts on his way to 27 points in the half with the Warriors +18 with him out on the floor.

Curtis Scott and Mack Schaftenaar combined for 25 points opposed to that for the Mavs, but they just weren’t getting enough help with their team going 4/20 from three-point range and just 1/2 at the foul line in the first half.

That lead blew out to 28 points in the third quarter as well for Woodville and the 27 points they added only included three more from Dibiamaka.

That had the Warriors leading 78-51 by three quarter-time before cruising to the emphatic 27-point victory to improve to 5-2 on the season with the Mavs now 2-5.

Woodville remain at home to host the South Adelaide Panthers on Saturday night with the Mavericks also on their home floor on Saturday against the West Adelaide Bearcats.

NBL1 CENTRAL 2026 SEASON | ANZAC ROUND

WOODVILLE WARRIORS 96 (Dibiamaka 33, Wurm 25, Jackson 10)

EASTERN MAVERICKS 69 (Scott 19, Schaftenaar 18, Bowden 9)