2020 WNBL Round 4 preview: Competition for finals spots heats up
MELBOURNE Boomers will have the toughest Round 4 schedule of any side after a more relaxed Round 3 in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), having to play four games in six days, including two matches against last year’s grand finalists. Adelaide Lightning, Bendigo Spirit, Perth Lynx and University of Canberra (UC) Capitals will play […]
2020 WNBL Round 3 weekday preview: Lightning returns as Lynx face three games in four days
AFTER a quarantine setback due to State Government rules around the Adelaide Lightning players needing to remain in isolation for another week, the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) returns in full starting tonight. Seven games will be played across four days, with Perth Lynx having a heavy three-game schedule, while the Lightning, Bendigo Spirit, University […]
Townsville above .500 again, knock off Spirit thanks to third quarter swing
IN the space of about five minutes, the Townsville Fire flipped the script in yesterday’s clash against the Bendigo Spirit, outscoring them by 17 points in the third quarter to ride home their third win of the season 91-81. Meanwhile the Spirit are still searching for the required recipe to win their first game of […]
2020 WNBL Round 2 weekend preview: Spirit and Fire complete massive week
IT has been a particularly strange week in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), but not just because the season itself has had to be condensed and Round 2 be a 13-game round over six days. Due to the ever-changing climate in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Adelaide Lightning have been forced to isolate […]
WNBL20 Team Preview – Perth Lynx
ONE of the WNBL’s most promising sides, the Perth Lynx, has taken two substantial blows to their playing roster for the upcoming season, with the last-minute withdrawals of Seattle Storm superstar Sami Whitcomb and defensive powerhouse Maddie Allen. Announced on October 21 that Allen would be sitting out on the WNBL20 season due to personal […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Perth Lynx – Alex Ciabattoni
AFTER a brief stint in Italy, Alex Ciabattoni returns to the Perth Lynx and the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) after two seasons away from the League, where she will look to provide Ryan Petrik and his staff with an adaptive role in the rotation, given her versatility. Ciabattoni is no stranger to the WNBL […]
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 […]
