Aussies stand between Falkirk four and a Commonwealth medal

The Scots booked their place in the last four with a 66-61 quarter-final win over Nigeria - with Kieran Achara, Jonny Bunyan, Fraser Malcolm and Ali Fraser all playing key roles.

The match opened with seven threes – four from Scotland and three from their opponents. Bunyan hit two threes early on with Malcolm also hitting from behind the arc.

Scotland’s top scorer in the tournament, Gareth Murray, was also on fire with 10 points in the opening stanza, as the Scots took a 23-16 lead, turning the home Aussie fans against them as they loudly supported the perceived underdogs.

However with Nigeria listed as 32 in the World rankings and the Scots not even listed – the support was rather ill informed!

The second period saw the underdog Scots take an even bigger lead as they moved to 40-28 ahead.

Former Fury star Fraser – ‘the man in the mask’ was in great form, despite his broken nose –picked up in the previous game.

The third saw poor offence from both sides initially, but Nigeria started a comeback that had their Aussie support raising the volume. The Scots did not hit a basket till Bunyan scored on a driving well into the period.

Malcolm and Achara were also helping helping the Scots hold their own and they just held out to tie 46-46 at the end of the third.

So it was now a final quarter that was left for the Scots to make history. Coach Rob Beveridge did not allow play to go to long before he had his starting five back on court and just after the Scots had gone one behind, they opened up a 10-point lead with Fraser hitting a long 3 for that lead.

However with the clock running down – point guard Bunyan went out the game with after a collision see him get a knee in the side.