Three losses in quick succession have put the Magic women on the back foot heading into their two week break.
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Their first loss came at the hands of the Coffs Harbour Suns at the Hawkesbury Indoor Stadium on Saturday, July 2, but their coach David Watts said it should have been a different result.
"We should have won that game because the girls played quite well," Watts said following the 73-62 loss.
Georgina Mitchell was the Magic's top scorer in that contest with 23 points.
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Their second game was a 80-52 loss to the same team a couple of hours later and Watts said fatigue played a part as well as the fact they were missing a couple of their players.
"It was hard to have back to back games," he said.
"The second game for us was shocking.
"In those two losses, we had more effort on defence and more structure with the team, but it wasn't enough."
In that match, Chelsea Hogg was the top scorer for the Magic with 11 points.
Their third and final match was a 74-65 loss to the Tamworth Thunderbolts at the same stadium the following morning.
Mitchell was the top scorer for her side again in that game with 19 points.
As a result, the Moss Vale Magic women now sit last on the Women's Waratah League ladder and need to win two of their final three matches to have a chance of playing finals.
Watts said the next fortnight of training would be crucial if they want to squeeze into finals.
"We have a couple of weeks off now, so we'll work on our team cohesion, defence and our rebounding.
"We've lost our way a little bit since the start of the season and we need to refocus."
Their next contest will be against the Canberra Nationals Academy at the Moss Vale Basketball Stadium on Saturday, July 23 from 6pm .
Meanwhile, the Magic Youth men weren't able to get the job done against the Macarthur Heat on the Saturday, going down 98-84 at the Minto Indoor Sports Centre.
The side sitting on fifth on the ladder next have the St George Saints at the their home ground from 5pm on Saturday, July 9.
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