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The Rockhampton Rockets and Cyclones will be looking to bounce back from double defeats on the road last weekend when they hit their home floor on Saturday.
Both teams will be looking to reverse their results against Mackay, who beat them in their first games of the NBL1 North season last Friday night.
Neither had any joy then against Townsville in Round 2 on Saturday night, with the Rockets beaten 103-73 and the Cyclones going down 90-63.
The Rockets are hoping to have Josh Wilcher playing on Saturday night at Bravus Arena.
The champion point guard has been in quarantine since returning from playing in the British Basketball League.
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A fourth quarter explosion has secured a Mackay victory in the first home game of the new season.
With the game played in front of a capacity home crowd, Rockhampton got within two points before the Meteors pulled away to win 95-81.
Coach Joel Khalu said he was happy with how the team stayed composed in a tense final quarter.
“Basketball is a game of runs, Rockhampton has guys who can shoot the ball so one thing with our group is that we know they’re never out of it,” he said.
“Even when we’re up 10 or 15 they’re never out of it, but I had confidence in our group to get out of that situation, we just had to make some adjustments defensively.”
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