Against a top four opponent, Lockington-Bamawm United showed good resilience, refusing to lose touch despite North Bendigo opening up a first-quarter lead.
The Bulldogs went into the first break doubling the Cats’ score 14-7, but LBU didn’t let things get out of hand as the game continued.
The lead was stretched slightly to nine at half-time, but the Cats fought back in the third to cut it back to seven.
North Bendigo had enough in reserve in the fourth to secure a 54-45 win, but LBU will take heart from three even quarters against a likely finals side.
On a very spread league table, the Cats’ 2-7 record is good enough for sixth spot, only a game-and-a-half out of the finals places.
The Cats host White Hills (7-2) this weekend.
Mount Pleasant v Leitchville-Gunbower
Mount Pleasant has been the only side that has shown the pedigree to challenge Colbinabbin and it showed its quality this week with a dominant result over Leitchville-Gunbower.
The Bombers did what they could to keep up, but the Mounts looked unstoppable on their home court in the huge 79-27 victory.
Mount Pleasant has only tasted defeat against Colbinabbin this campaign, while the Bombers are at the base of the table with a 1-1-7 record.
Leitchville is away to Heathcote (2-6) in the next round.
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