Number crunching: WNBL- Round 4
THE Melbourne Boomers have taken away two of the more unusual stats of the week after a round of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL). In doing so, the Boomers have handed the Spirit a nice feat, while Perth is also flying high. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Flames are yet to […]
Young gun spotlight- WNBL- Round 4
THIS week’s young gun spotlight features players from five different teams. Guards, Lindsay Allen and Brittany McPhee continue to impress for their sides, and are again recognised in this week’s edition. Townsville’s Mikaela Donnelly, Bendigo’s Abbey Wehrung and Sydney’s Vanessa Panousis all stepped up to the plate as well in Round 4. #5 Vanessa […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 4
ROUND 4 features two games between the Bullets and 36ers, as Brisbane look to build on its upset with over Perth, while also welcoming former Atlanta Hawk Lamar Patterson, following Alonzo Gee‘s departure. Melbourne United continue to host Monday night basketball while New Zealand and Illawarra come up against tough opposition. Sydney Kings v […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers
BRISBANE will feature on Thursday night basketball for the second time this season. The Bullets host the 36ers at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, setting up a big occasion for both sides to get an upper hand on their ladder positions, as sides start to consolidate their status. Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers Thursday, […]
Number crunching: NBL – Round 3
ROUND 3 saw Perth continue to own its home arena. Nathan Sobey also continued to impress for Adelaide, while Chris Goulding had an unusual week. Sobey’s coach, Joey Wright also stole a bit of the spotlight off him, reaching 450 games as the 36ers coach. Chris Goulding off the bench Melbourne United star, Chris […]
Number crunching: WNBL – Round 3
SOME teams and players are travelling nicely after three rounds of Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) action. Despite both sides winning two games, Adelaide and Dandenong sit at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of average winning margins. Meanwhile for the Fire, Suzy Batkovic has been dominating on the boards while Kia Nurse keeps […]
Young gun spotlight: WNBL – Round 3
IT was a classic round of Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) on the weekend, with plenty of close encounters. Perth Lynx rose to the top of the ladder off the back of some great work from Brittany McPhee. Despite the Capitals falling to second, Kia Nurse and Keely Froling both had big contributions over the […]
Number crunching: WNBL – Round 2
THE Bendigo Spirit are dominating as a team, and also lead the way in team stats. Meanwhile, some impressive individual performances from Kelly Wilson, Alex Bunton, Kayla Pedersen and Brittany McPhee made for an exciting Round 2 of WNBL. Kelly Wilson leads in game time minutes UC Capitals’ Kelly Wilson has played an average […]
Number crunching: NBL – Round 2
THE match between Illawarra and Cairns rewrote history on the stat sheet, with the Hawks breaking the Cairns hoodoo and the Taipans diving head-first into a hoodoo of their own. In terms of individuals, Todd Blanchfield had a career-best performance, Damian Martin is proving to give opposition headaches while Andrew Bogut and Josh Boone lead […]
Young gun spotlight: WNBL – Round 2
THE University of Canberra Capitals have started their season with a bang, and two of their young guns feature in this week’s young gun spotlight. Lauren Sherf and Kia Nurse are joined by Adelaide’s Penina Davidson, Melbourne’s Ezi Magbegor and Townsville’s Zitina Aokuso, who also had impressive performances for their teams. University of Canberra […]
Stats of the week: WNBL – Round 1
ALEX Bunton, Kelly Wilson, Rebecca Tobin and Suzy Batkovic all had a share in some of the main stats categories in the opening round of WNBL. From a team perspective, all away sides got a win in Round 1. Alex Bunton leads the way in points for Round 1 Despite Sydney’s opening round loss, […]
Young gun spotlight: NBL – Round 1
NBL young guns, Tohi Smith-Milner, Reuben Te Rangi, Melo Trimble and Harry Froling all got their seasons off to a good start in the opening round. We took a look at their performances over the weekend. Cairns Taipans- #1 Melo Trimble Melo Trimble was not only the star of the young guns, but he […]
