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16-all after the first quarter in Dunedin....to follow live scoring, click LIVE at the top of our home page! Go the Sharks!

From Brendon Egan of the Southland Times: Southland Sharks villain Craig Bradshaw is not concerned about receiving a hostile reception from Otago Nuggets fans at Sunday's southern basketball derby in Dunedin. Bradshaw, who played for Otago last year, will not have many friends in the Edgar Centre crowd after making negative comments about the Nuggets franchise when he signed with Southland last October. He labelled the Nuggets an unprofessional organisation and was highly critical of head

...Bartercard National Basketball League Round Three Media Guide is out.  Stats, stats and more stats for all you ZeroFees Southland Sharks fans!

It was heart attack material in Palmerston North tonight, but the ZeroFees Southland Sharks got their giddy up going with a hard fought 92-87 win over the Manawatu Jets. Leading 50-40 at halftime, the Sharks hit a speed bump in the fourth quarter when the Jets went on a 4 minute spree and got to a 84-80 lead. The Sharks regathered and regained the lead with two minutes to go before Shaun Tilby sparked the team into action and helped

from Brendon Egan of the Southland Times: A shocking second-quarter performance from the Southland Sharks has seen them fall to a 94-77 loss to the Taranaki Mountain Airs in New Plymouth last night. Southland made an encouraging start to the game and were locked at 23-all with Taranaki after the first quarter of play, but any chance of a win virtually disappeared during the second quarter. In what must rate as one of the worst quarters in

A 27-7 run by the Naki in the second quarter set them up for a 94-77 win.  The Sharks came back extremely well to win the second half 47-44, but the damage was done early. Larry Abney gets a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Keep an eye on tomorrow's Southland Times for a full match report!

from Brendon Egan in today's Southland Times: Talent has never been an issue for homegrown Southland Shark Paratene McLeod. The 20-year-old is one of the most gifted young basketballers to come out of the region in many years after playing for the New Zealand under-16 and under-18 sides while at high school. In 2009, he was invited to trial for the Junior Tall Blacks, but pulled out because of a knee injury. McLeod has been a member of the Sharks since they