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Sean Conway (pictured), Jesse Macleod, Zoe Johnson and Meg Stagoll are our Big V Players of the Week. Our Players of the Week are proudly supported by The Terminus.

Conway delivered another stunning performance for our Championship Men's team at the weekend on the way to landing another Dragons Big V Player of the Week award.

Conway erupted for 34 points (6-of-10 from the three-point line), 10 rebounds and five steals to lead the Dragons to a 97-79 win against visiting Pakenham in their Big V Champ Men clash at Boroondara Sports Complex on Saturday night.

It was another excellent night at the office for Conway, who has quickly emerged as one of the most dynamic and productive forces in the competition. He entered this week averaging a Champ Division-best 30.5 points and 11.8 rebounds in his eight outings for the Dragons and as the league's reigning Player of the Month after being honoured for his work in May.

Saturday night's win was a huge result, too, for Camberwell, which improved to 5-9 and remains within striking distance of the top five with eight games left to play in the regular season. Hume City (12-2) leads the division from Keysborough (12-20), McKinnon (10-4), RMIT (9-5) and Shepparton (8-7). Sixth-placed Pakenham, with its loss to the Dragons on Saturday night, dropped to 8-7.

Coming up this week for Camberwell is a Saturday night road date with Melbourne University at Nona Lee Sports Centre (8pm).

– Jesse Macleod picked up Player of the Week honours for our Youth League Men after closing with 25 points, eight rebounds and five steals in the Dragons' 82-79 overtime loss on the road at Sunbury. The Dragons are fifth with a 9-7 record.

– Zoe Johnson submitted a 12-point, 18-rebound double-double for our Youth League Women, who went the distance with unbeaten Knox before falling to the Raiders at the State Basketball Centre on Saturday night. Camberwell dropped to 12-4 and closed the round in third place behind Knox (18-0) and Eltham (13-4).

– And Meg Stagoll had 11 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals as our Division 1 Women fell on the road against Whittlesea. The Dragons are fifth with a 6-7 record.

THE TERMINUS DRAGONS BIG V PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – OVERALL TALLY

5 – Zoe Johnson (YLW)

4 – Jesse Macleod (YLM), Maddy Grossman (YLW)

3 – Sean Conway (Champ Men), Trent Andre (Champ Men), Matt Marcun (YLM), Jessica Del Brocco (YLW)

2 – Mike Reeves (Champ Men), Lachlan Viney (Champ Men), Matt Hart (Champ Men), Anna Burrows (D1 Women), Eleni Valos (D1 Women), Gemma Fyffe (D1 Women), Meg Stagoll (YLW), Ace Adama (YLM), Zac Bezzina (YLM)

1 – Alec Mulqueeney (Champ Men), Jaden Lai (Champ Men), Tilly Grech (D1 Women), Rachel Jeffers (D1 Women), Lauren Moran (D1 Women), Rebecca Ross (D1 Women), Josh Kohlman (YLM), Chris Allison (YLM), Mitch Bacon (YLM), Caleb Lingwood-Smith (YLM), Oscar Kapakoulakis (YLM), Sophie Jones (YLW), Mia Demarte (YLW), Jacinta Li (YLW), Gemma Watson (YLW)

THE TERMINUS DRAGONS BIG V PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – WEEK BY WEEK

Week 1: Zoe Johnson (YLW), Matt Marcun (YLM), Jesse Macleod (YLM)

Week 2: Sophie Jones (YLW), Josh Kohlman (YLM), Matt Marcun (YLM), Anna Burrows (D1 Women)

Week 3: Ace Adama (YLM), Maddy Grossman (YLW), Mia Demarte (YLW), Gemma Fyffe (D1 Women), Tilly Grech (D1 Women), Lachlan Viney (Champ Men)

Week 4: Eleni Valos (D1 Women), Jessica Del Brocco (YLW), Zac Bezzina (YLM), Trent Andre (Champ Men)

Week 5: Mike Reeves (Champ Men), Eleni Valos (D1 Women), Jacinta Li (YLW), Chris Allison (YLM)

Week 6: Mike Reeves (Champ Men), Anna Burrows (D1 Women), Ace Adama (YLM), Zoe Johnson (YLW)

Week 7: Matt Hart (Champ Men), Lachlan Viney (Champ Men), Jesse Macleod (YLM), Mitch Bacon (YLM), Jessica Del Brocco (YLW)

Week 8: Alec Mulqueeney (Champ Men), Sean Conway (Champ Men), Rachel Jeffers (D1 Women), Caleb Lingwood-Smith (YLM), Zoe Johnson (YLW), Maddy Grossman (YLW)

Week 9: Sean Conway (Champ Men), Gemma Fyffe (D1 Women), Zac Bezzina (YLM), Jessica Del Broco (YLW)

Week 10: Trent Andre (Champ Men), Matt Hart (Champ Men), Meg Stagoll (D1 Women), Matt Marcun (YLM), Maddy Grossman (YLW), Zoe Johnson (YLW)

Week 11: Trent Andre (Champ Men), Lauren Moran (D1 Women), Jesse Macleod (YLM), Maddy Grossman (YLW)

Week 12: Jaden Lai (Champ Men), Rebecca Ross (D1 Women), Oscar Kapakoulakis (YLM), Gemma Watson (YLW)

Week 13: Sean Conway (Champ Men), Meg Stagoll (D1 Women), Jesse Macleod (YLM), Zoe Johnson (YLW)

• Camberwell Dragons' Big V Players of the Week are proudly supported by our long-time Partner The Terminus.

OUR BIG V WEEK AHEAD

Champ Men: Dragons @ Melbourne University, Saturday, June 28, 8pm.
Division 1 Women: Dragons @ Melbourne University, Saturday, June 28, 6pm.
Youth League Men: Dragons v Blackburn at Boroondara Sports Complex, Saturday, June 28, 7pm; Dragons @ Ballarat, Sunday, June 29, 2pm.
Youth League Women: Dragons v Geelong United, Saturday, June 28, 5pm; Dragons @ Ballarat, Sunday, June 29, 12pm.

DRAGONS NOTEBOOK

A big night ahead for the Dragons at Boroondara Sports Complex on Saturday (Saturday, July 28), with Youth League Men's team pair Matt Marcun and Josh Kohlman both celebrating their 50th Big V game for the club. Camberwell hosts local rival Blackburn at 7pm. Both players are local, home-grown products, with Matt starting his hoops journey at Central City Breakers. Josh played his junior ball at Koonung Comets .....

Our Youth League Women gave unbeaten league leader Knox everything it could handle before falling to the Raiders at the State Basketball Centre on Saturday night. The loss marked the end of a six-game winning streak for the Dragons, who'll be looking to lay the foundations for a new one when they host Geelong United at BSC on Saturday night (5pm). It's the first of two outings this weekend for Camberwell, which has a road date with Ballarat on Sunday (12pm) ...

After a rough start to the season, our Champ Men have turned things around over the past six weeks and enter this weekend's road date with Melbourne University with four wins from its past six games. Coach Shawn King's team is coming off an impressive 97-79 home win against Pakenham – Sean Conway leading the way in that one with 34 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals. Mike Reeves added a 24-point, 13-rebound double-double and Ben Crowe added 10 points and eight boards for the Dragons, who rocked the Warriors with a 55-39 first half and was never headed.

For more information about Camberwell Dragons Big V program, email [email protected]

PHOTO: Craig Dingle, Melbourne Sports Photography.