{"id":4390,"date":"2025-03-28T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:03:51","slug":"spectres-look-for-strong-stance-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/spectres-look-for-strong-stance-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectres Look for Strong Stance at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Nunawading Spectres return to The Graveyard this Saturday night, determined to turn their fortunes around as they take on the Frankston Blues in a crucial Big V Youth doubleheader.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Youth League Women \u2013 Seeking a Strong Response<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After a tough Round 2, where the Spectres fell to Kilsyth (66-92) at home before battling hard in a narrow 65-72 road loss to Diamond Valley, Nunawading is eager to get back on track. Despite the results, the team showed resilience and flashes of their potential, particularly in their second-half fightback against Diamond Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frankston enters the contest still searching for their first win of the season, starting 0-3. With both teams hungry for a victory, expect a high-intensity battle as the Spectres aim to defend home court and find their offensive rhythm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Youth League Men \u2013 Johnston Leads Spectres into Key Matchup<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Spectres men will be buoyed by their first win of the season, a commanding 96-83 victory over Diamond Valley on Sunday. Dylan Johnston was outstanding, earning League All First Team honors with 32 points, 8 rebounds, and a remarkable 70% shooting performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Despite a hard-fought 69-85 loss to Kilsyth the night before, Nunawading\u2019s ability to bounce back shows their growing cohesion and potential. However, they\u2019ll need to be at their best against an undefeated Frankston team (3-0) that has looked dominant early in the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Be There \u2013 Defend The Graveyard<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With both teams eager to build momentum, Spectres fans can play a vital role in lifting their squads to victory. Get down to The Graveyard this Saturday night, bring the energy, and help push the Spectres to a big performance!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\ud83d\udccd The Graveyard @ Nunawading Basketball Centre<\/span><br data-start=\"2106\" data-end=\"2109\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\ud83d\udcc5 Saturday, March 29 2025<\/span><br data-start=\"2134\" data-end=\"2137\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\ud83d\udd55 Women\u2019s Tip-Off: 5:30 PM<\/span><br data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2171\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\ud83d\udd57 Men\u2019s Tip-Off: 7:30 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>GAME DAY PROGRAM<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=game_day_29_march&amp;u=nunawadingbasketball\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nunawading Spectres return to The Graveyard this Saturday night, determined to turn their fortunes around as they take on the Frankston Blues in a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/spectres-look-for-strong-stance-at-home\/\">\u0110\u1ecdc th\u00eam &quot;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-v","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4392,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390\/revisions\/4392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}