Creek’s star season role

Horsham basketball export Mitch Creek has added to his long list of accolades after winning recognition for his performance during the 2022-23 National Basketball League, NBL, season.

The South East Melbourne Phoenix player was selected in the All-NBL First Team at the Andrew Gazeman MVP awards ceremony last week with 45 votes.

Creek also polled 80 votes for the Most Valuable Player award, placing third to Perth Wildcat Bryce Cotton, 96 votes, and winner Sydney Kings’ Xavier Cooks, 120 votes.

Creek notched 300 NBL games at the end of 2022. He debuted for Phoenix in 2019 as the first player to sign with the club, after eight seasons with Adelaide 36ers.

Creek averaged 23.45 points, seven rebounds and 2.86 assist points per game this season.

Phoenix’s season ended on Thursday when they lost to Perth Wildcats, 99-106, in the play-in qualifier.

Phoenix had a led all game but a 41-point final term from the Wildcats saw Phoenix’s finals hopes crumble.

Creek scored 24 points for the game, with four rebounds and three assists.

bier, while Shaun Lock, 17, Kane de Wit, 18, and Simon Berkefeld, 15, combined well on the court.

Another even third quarter meant it was anyone’s game going into the fourth term.

Lakers found a renewed energy and their twopoint margin at the beginning of the quarter jumped to a 14-point margin by the final whistle.

A close game was a fitting end to the season for the two teams, who both won 13 games each during the season and had strong semi-final wins.

Earlier in the season, the Redbacks lost to the Lakers, 91 to 87, in round seven and defeated them, 110 to 84, in round 10.

Horsham Hornets men’s season came to an end the week prior when they lost a semi-final to the Lakers.

The Horsham Hornets women’s team finished fifth and did not progress to finals. The women’s competition premiers were Millicent Magic, who defeated the Lakers, 64 to 45, at the weekend.