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Zac Bezzina erupted for a season-high 27 points to lead our Big V Youth League Men to a 93-85 win against Bendigo at Balwyn High School today.

Bezzina (pictured) added four steals and big man Chris Allison closed with an 11-point, 10-rebound double for the Dragons, who pulled away from the Braves with a 27-15 third quarter after trailing by four at the half.

Jesse Macleod (16 points) and Matt Marcus (14 points) combined for 30 points for Camberwell, which improved to 5-1 and closed the weekend on top of the Youth League 1 Men standings. Next up for the Dragons is a road date with Pakenham next Sunday.

YOUTH LEAGUE WOMEN
In the early game at Balwyn High today, visiting Knox rocked our Youth League Women with a 25-9 first quarter and never looked back on its way to an 85-59 win.

Maddy Grossman had 14 points to lead the Dragons and Zoe Johnson added seven points and 15 rebounds for Camberwell (4-1), which lost for the first time this season. Knox improved to 5-0.

The YLW have another road game next Saturday. They'll host Western Port at BSC (6pm).

BIG V DRAGONS YESTERDAY

DIVISION 1 WOMEN
Eleni Valos and Anna Burrows both posted double-doubles as our Division 1 Women fired in the second half to turn back visiting Mildura at Boroondara Sports Complex on Saturday night.

Valos signed off with a team-high 16 points and 12 rebounds and Burrows finished with 13 points. 12 boards, five assists and two steals to lead Camberwell, which pulled away for a 64-56 win after trailing by nine at the half.

Captain Gemma Fyffe added 13 points and four assists for the the Dragons, who outscored the Heat 37-20 in the second half and held the visitors to just nine points in the final quarter.

Camberwell improved to 2-2 and will now shift its focus to next week's road double against Altona and Collingwood.

CHAMPIONSHIP MEN
While our D1 Women did their best work after half-time last night, visiting RMIT had too much for our Championship Men over the last 20 minutes in the second game of the double header at BSC.

Camberwell led 43-42 at the half before RMIT seized control of the contest with 33-17 third quarter and never looked back on its way to a 92-80 win.

RMIT's Darnell Hoskins had 26 points to lead all scorers, while there was plenty to like about our Dragons, too.

Trent Andre paced Camberwell with a team-high 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists and American big man Mike Reeves, playing just his second Big V game for the club, put together an impressive performance on his way to a 15-point, 18-rebound double-double in just under 23 minutes.

Ben Crowe added 16 points and Naoum Lazis had 11 points and nine boards for the Dragons, who had five double-digit scorers.

RMIT improved to 2-0 and entered Sunday in second place behind Hume City, while our Dragons are 0-2. Next up for Camberwell is a road double against Pakenham (April 12) and Wyndham (April 13).

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PHOTO: Craig Dingle, Melbourne Sports Photography.