Carbon guard Seth Miller made a tough eight-footer on the move for 29-21 and later answered a James Searle three-pointer in kind for 34-26.
Searle's baseline jumpshot from the right side of the floor closed it to 45-31 and gave further evidence of his tenacity for Campion.
Wilson's three two-handed dunk-shots were highlights of the second half, with teammate Ngaru Grayson's three-point play for 62-34 and driving effort for 64-39 showcasing his speed.
It bears remembering that because of the Gisborne Basketball Association's drive to raise standards (and the fact that schoolboys have gone against adults at club ball since GBHS, Campion and Lytton High School played under life member and former GBA president Steph Beattie as Enterprise Cars in the late 1980s), for the participants, college ball is much more enjoyable for mixing freestyle with structure.
Wilson said: “We gave up too many offensive rebounds but we shot the ball well and applied good defensive pressure; we're starting to be more aggressive on defence.”
Campion's long-serving head coach Shane McClutchie is proud to have Fysh and Max Vanderbilt assist with the development of 20 young players in the college's junior arm, with Victorian Fysh just as proud of the contribution and improvement he sees his teammates making.
In Game 1, GBHS Diesel big man Cody Tarei played some excellent low-post defence — and that defence was a major factor in his crew's 54-37 defeat of Lytton. Tarei, at 6ft 7in, has considerable reach and though Lytton's bustling Caleb Poole is 6ft 4in, Tarei's presence helped to restrict him. Poole's driving play is such that he could put up 20-plus regularly in Division 1. As it is, he led Lytton's scorers with 18.
In Game 3, GBHS Senior B rattled up a 103-19 win against GBHS Junior Crimson.
Hamua Broughton-Pakuru scored 21 and two of his Bs teammates scored 20 each, but not before Ollie Tong (five points) made a gutsy scoop-shot and late three-pointer to bring the house down.
