BASKETBALL
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The Wollongong Roller Hawks tipped off the season with a loss and two wins in last weekend's first round of games at Dandenong.
Wollongong were off their game in Friday's season-opener against Kilsyth and crashed to a 80-59 loss.
Leading the way for the Cobras was former Roller Hawk Tristan Knowles with 29 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds.
Brett Stibners was Wollongong's best with 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Nick Taylor added 14 points.
Two-time Paralympian Stibners led the way for the Roller Hawks in Saturday night's 74-54 defeat of the Queensland Spinning Bullets, racking up 33 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Michael Auprince tallied 13 points and 16 rebounds, Luke Pople finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Taylor chipped in 14 points and six assists.
The Roller Hawks wrapped up the weekend with Sunday's clinical 74-56 victory over the Red Dust Heelers.
Pople starred with 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, while Auprince posted 22 points and eight rebounds.
Stibners was solid with 15 points and eight rebounds, as was Taylor with 12 points points, six assists and five rebounds.
The Roller Hawks host the Heelers on Saturday at Shellharbour Stadium at 5.30pm before the same teams square off again at the venue on Sunday at noon.