Mountaineers return from road trip without win - Toowoomba Chronicle

Toowoomba's Tron Smith rises above the Gladstone defence. Jake Jones

THE Toowoomba Mountaineers returned home from their QBL road trip empty-handed after back-to-back losses against Gladstone and Bundaberg.

A slow start proved too much for the Mountaineers men to overcome as they went down 88-78 against Gladstone on Saturday.

Toowoomba came home strongly with prolific scorers Tron Smith (25 points) and Willie Farley (18) again in the thick of the action.

But the damage had already been done after giving Gladstone a 27-13 head-start in the first term.

The Mountaineers women also struggled to match up with the powerhouse Gladstone side as they were soundly beaten 118-55.

Toowoomba was never really in the hunt after falling behind by 32 points at halftime with captain Kisha Lee (16 points, nine rebounds) kept reasonably quiet.

Meanwhile, things didn't improve for the Mountaineers against Bundaberg yesterday.

The women were again slow out of the blocks but fought back to within one point at halftime.

But a horror third quarter saw Bundaberg break away and they held their lead for a 73-55 victory.

Finally, the Mountaineers men fell to their ninth-straight loss as Bundaberg triumphed 93-74.

Farley (29) and Smith (16) again dropped big numbers but they couldn't chase down the Bulls.

QBL RESULTS

Men:

• Gladstone 88 def Toowoomba 78 (Smith 25, Farley 18)


• Bundaberg 93 def Toowoomba 74 (Farley 29, Smith 16)

Women:

• Gladstone 118 def Toowoomba 55 (Lee 16, Adams 12)


• Bundaberg 73 def Toowoomba 55 (Lee 19, Russell 13)