Astley Cup 2023: Bathurst defeated Dubbo in Basketball 69-70

Rallying from as many as 20 points down at one point, Goldfinch's layup in the dying seconds was enough to seal the 69-70 for Bathurst in the second Astley Cup event of the day at Dubbo Sportsworld.

Trailing for most of the match, Bathurst came out swinging in the second half, led by Goldfinch especially.

Following his match-winning layup, the man himself couldn't have been happier with how his side rallied back.

"It was good fun, being down by 20 points and coming back like that in the fourth (quarter), we had that dog in us," he said.

Dubbo started the game off on fire, leading by double digits after the opening quarter before extending their advantage at halftime.

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But Bathurst hung in there and began to fight their way back into the match during the third quarter.

The home crowd began to get more vocal as Bathurst came back and Goldfinch admitted he is used to the sledging by now.

"All game Dubbo were chirping but that's just how it is in Astley Cup," he said.

"You've just got to take it because you can't really give it back."

As the match went on, Bathurst began to work inside to their big men with the towering visitors dominating the offensive rebound stats.

"We kind of slowed things down in the second half, at the break we knew we were rushing it and that's why they got the lead," Goldfinch added.

"We fed the ball into our big Max (Campbell) in the post and we just played off him."

For Dubbo, Flynn Eggleton was impressive in the post especially, showing off his skills with a number of fadeaways.

The narrow final margin between the two sides means the Astley Cup points were split 50/50.

The win for Bathurst was their first of the day after Dubbo won the Netball 52-34, with the latter winning 60 Cup points as opposed to the visitors' 40.

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