South Spotlight | Raiders overpower Miners in Ballarat

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Trazarien White scored 33 points and the Knox Raiders put up 35 in the fourth quarter on the way to the 109-92 road win over the Ballarat Miners to make it a double win NBL1 South weekend.

Both teams arrived at Selkirk Stadium off wins on Saturday night with Knox claiming a three-point thriller over the Kilsyth Cobras while the Miners snapped their 10-game losing streak by beating Geelong United also on their home floor.

That set up Sunday's contest nicely and it was a tight battle for three quarters before Knox took control in the last with 35 points to 22 with some hot shooting including going 4/6 from three-point range.

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That saw the Raiders win both games on the road this weekend to improve to a 10-4 record on the season with the Miners splitting their home double to now be 2-12.

Trazarien White was the star of the win for Knox with 33 points, five rebounds and two assists with 12/24 shooting from the field and 9/10 at the free-throw line.

Brody Nunn added 19 points, seven assists, four rebounds and two steals with 5/9 long-range shooting with Kobe Williamson putting up 17 points, 21 rebounds and five assists on the same day it was announced he was departing the Tasmania JackJumpers ahead of NBL27.

Brandon Slater contributed 15 points and six rebounds, Tad Dufelmeier 13 points, five boards and five assists, and Henry Sewell 10 points and seven rebounds.

Ballarat couldn’t quite back up their drought breaking win the night before with Bol Bak top scoring with 20 points, four rebounds and three assists with 4/8 shooting from beyond the arc.

Will Hynes added 19 points, 11 assists, three rebounds and two steals, Lucas Byrne 17 points, eight boards, two assists and two steals, and Jaden Campbell 17 points and three boards.

Both teams were coming off Saturday night victories and they both put up 24 points each in the first quarter with Ballarat shooting 50 per cent to Knox's 36, but the Miners took the only nine free-throw attempts.

Knox then began to make their move in the second quarter with 28 points to 21 and that saw the Raiders head into half-time leading 52-45 with 16/21 at the foul line to just 4/4 from the Miners.

Trazarien White had 16 points already to half-time for Knox with Kobe Williamson adding nine points and 10 rebounds while Will Hynes scored 11 points for the Miners as did Lucas Byrne.

Things tightened up again in the third quarter with Ballarat outscoring Knox 25 to 22 to cut the Raiders lead back to 74-70 by three quarter-time despite White having another 10 points and being up to 26 for the game for the visitors.

It was then all the Raiders in the fourth quarter with 35 points to 22 on the back of shooting 12/24 from the field, 4/6 from downtown and another 7/7 at the foul line to turn that four-point lead into the 17-point road victory.

The Miners are now in action on the road to Keilor Thunder on Friday night while Knox don't play again until hosting the Ringwood Hawks on Saturday June 13.

NBL1 SOUTH 2026 SEASON | HERITAGE ROUND

BALLARAT MINERS 92 (Bak 20, Hynes 19, Campbell 17, Byrne 17)

KNOX RAIDERS 109 (White 33, Nunn 19, Williamson 17)