The winter of despair continued for the hapless Indigo Hawks today as they slumped to another defeat -- their 10th consecutive one in the National Basketball League.
Coach Kirsten Daly-Taylor made all the right noises in their match against Taranaki Augusta Airs in Napier but came away without a win in the 74-67 loss at the Pettigrew-Green Arena in Napier.
With 1:08 left on the clock, Hawks guard Matt Te Huna gave the hosts some hope with a bucket from downtown to narrow the margin to 62-68 and reloaded again to make it 65-75 but it just wasn't to be.
The last quarter went 21-17 in favour of the Ross McMains-coached Taranaki as the Hawks had a sniffing chance in the dying seconds but desperately needed two miracuclous three-pointers to level terms.
Players from both sides picked themselves up from the floor in the third quarter as the visitors regained the lead, 53-50 (19-12), they had lost at halftime.
The hosts, in search of their first victory this season in their 10th outing, set the pace 38-34 at halftime and Taranaki duly replied in the enxt 15 minutes.