WNBL Player Spotlight: Townsville Fire – Lauren Nicholson
BACK in October last year, Lauren Nicholson said in an interview with the WNBL, “A massive thing for me is having an impact straight away, being more aggressive out on the court,” Nicholson said. “That’s something I want to bring from start to finish when I’m on the floor.” Nicholson now has the chance to […]
Classic Contest: 1991 NBL Grand Final Game 2
Although there is no National Basketball League (NBL) at the moment, fans can still get their basketball fix with Draft Central’s Classic Contest series. In today’s piece, we look back at the 1991 NBL Grand Final, Game 2 to be exact, where the Eastside Melbourne Spectres fought for their season against the Perth Wildcats, as […]
QSL Women’s Round 5 wrap: Ipswich forces its way to seventh as Roar wins thriller against USC
REDCITY Roar have won an 11-point thriller over fellow mid-table side USC Rip City, while Ipswich Force have jumped to seventh with a vital win over last placed Toowoomba Mountaineers. In other results, the top four sides all collected wins to sit a win clear of the fifth and sixth placed Roar and Rip City. […]
WNBL Player Spotlight: Townsville Fire – Shyla Heal
FOR Townsville Fire head coach Shannon Seebohm, the challenge of acquiring new faces for next season’s squad would need to start somewhere, and that somewhere was country Victoria. Rising through the ranks of Tracy York’s side down in Bendigo, Shyla Heal was the immediate selection for Seebohm to initiate his team’s formation, and it was […]
QSL Men’s Round 5 wrap: Force leapfrog Mountaineers as top four continue strong form
IPSWICH Force was able to jump up into the top five with a big win over Toowoomba Mountaineers, as the top four sides enjoyed victories in Round 5 of the Queensland State League (QSL) Men’s competition. Brisbane Capitals (92) defeated North Gold Coast Seahawks (57) The Capitals handed the winless Seahawks a sixth straight defeat […]
WNBL Free Agency Update: Lynx and Spirit
TO round out Draft Central’s WNBL Free Agency updates, we look at the team out west and the team out back, as the Perth Lynx and the Bendigo Spirit prepare for what will hopefully be bounce back seasons, after each of the sides missed out on postseason action in WNBL20. PERTH LYNX The Perth-based side […]
QSL Women’s Round 5 preview: Rip City travel to Red City in ladder-defining game
USC Rip City will hit the road to face RedCity Roar in our Round 5 Queensland State League (QSL) match of the round this weekend. The Roar sit in eighth with two wins from four games, but a game in hand prior to their clash with the 3-2 fifth placed USC Rip City. A win […]
Classic Contests: Most threes in an NBL playoff game ever
ELIMINATION series are incredibly thrilling. With no time for mistakes and no time for learning, all you have are the two or three home-and-away season head-to-heads to go off and one match to decide if your season is finished or just beginning. With no Australian basketball to look forward to for the time being, Draft […]
QSL Men’s Round 5 preview: Mountaineers and Force to battle in mid-table clash
OUR match of the Queensland State League Men’s (QSL) competition this week sees the fifth placed Toowoomba Mountaineers hitting the road to face the sixth placed Ipswich Force. It is a relatively straightforward Round 5 of action in the QSL with the six games played across the two days and no double ups this weekend. […]
Classic Contest: 1992 Grand Final extravaganza
IF you have a friend telling you there is no difference between the early nineties and now in how games were officiated, this is the game for you. If you are missing the nostalgia of elbow jumpers and the empowerment of bigs or just want to watch a top notch last game of a Grand […]
QSL Men’s stats: Who is leading the early charge?
NOW that four rounds are in the books, we take a look at who is leading the charge across the board in the Queensland State League (QSL) Men’s competition. Among the top competitors are RedCity Roar’s Harry Froling (34 points, 17.25 rebounds), and William McDowell-White (27.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 7.75 assists and 4.5 steals) with […]
QSL Women’s Round 4 wrap: Logan Thunders to two big wins as Brisbane Capitalise in one-point thriller
LOGAN Thunder showed no mercy during back-to-back wins totalling 88 points on the weekend, defeating bottom three sides Ipswich Force and South West Metro Pirates in Round 4 of the Queensland State League (QSL) Women’s competition. Meanwhile Brisbane Capitals edged ahead with a 4-1 record thanks to a nail-biting one-point win over Northside Wizards, while […]
