Aussie resurgance continues as Opals down Serbia
THE Australian Opals proved a class above in their matchup against Serbia, emerging 15-point victors when the two nations went head to head in Sydney on Sunday night. After an opening night loss to France, Australia could only afford to lose just one of their remaining games if it wanted to make the knockout phase […]
Opals fumble opening match against France
THE Australian Opals have made their path to FIBA Women’s World Cup glory for 2022 much more difficult after falling to France to the tune of 13 points in their first outing of the fixture. The Aussies held home court advantage, and were hopeful of getting off to the perfect start on Thursday night, but […]
Australian Opals: FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Preview
THIS week marks the commencement of the 2021 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, taking place in Amman, Jordan from September 27 through to the October 3. With the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup set to take place in Australia in 2022, this week’s competition acts as the qualification round for Asian and Oceanian teams. Australia and […]
2021 Olympics preview
THE Olympics rolls around every four years, or in this case five given the current climate with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But with that it provides an opportunity for the best athletes and basketballers to culminate in one spot and represent their country. With players stemming from all different leagues and countries expect an action […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Melbourne Boomers – Tess Madgen
A FORMER stalwart of the Melbourne Boomers and making her return after four seasons away from the club, Tess Madgen joins the formulated line-up of former head coach Guy Molloy for their title run in WNBL21. Suiting up for the Townsville Fire last season Madgen endured a less than successful season on the whole, but […]
WNBL opens up Free Agency period, Jackson praises league
The Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) had announced earlier this morning that the Free Agency Period for the WNBL 2020/21 season would begin from 1pm AEST and that all eight of the WNBL’s clubs could begin contract negotiations with their Unrestricted Free Agents from this afternoon. This season’s current Free Agency headliners are in abundance, […]
