Damaging Dickey delivers in decider
IN a powerful performance in the most important Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) game of the season, Jasmine Dickey stood up for the Southside Flyers as they claimed the 2023/24 championship over the Perth Lynx. The Grand Final series went to three games after the Flyers travelled to Perth to force a deciding clash in […]
Cole crushes Bendigo’s Spirit in big win
A TREMENDOUS offensive performance from Rebecca Cole has helped the Southside Flyers to a big win over the Bendigo Spirit in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Wednesday afternoon. The clash kicked off the week’s action in Australia’s premier basketball competition, and it was a big match for […]
Southside flies late to fire back at Townsville
IN a grand final rematch between two teams looking to maintain momentum after respective Round 1 wins, the Southside Flyers got revenge on the Townsville Fire for last season’s WNBL Grand Final result. Trailing for the majority of the match, the Flyers came up with some clutch plays late in the game to claim an […]
WNBL Team Preview – Southside Flyers
THE Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) is getting extremely close to commencing its 2023/24 season, with the opener set to take place on November 1. Last season, there was plenty of excitement as locals and imports alike fired for each of the eight teams, with a plethora of highlights gathering plenty of attention to one […]
2021/22 WNBL: Player Focus – Carley Ernst
WITH the weekend finally arriving, basketball fans around Australia were treated to another match in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) schedule. Things kicked off with a clash between the Melbourne Boomers and the Townsville Fire at the State Basketball Centre on Friday night. The Boomers entered this clash as favourites, given they have been […]
WNBL Team Watch: Bendigo Spirit
IT was a disappointing 2020-21 Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) campaign for the Bendigo Spirit, who failed to register a win from 13 games. There were close encounters, such as the agonising six-point loss at the hands of the Adelaide Lightning, but there were far too many games where the team was not competitive enough. […]
WNBL20 Season Review – Bendigo Spirit
LOOKING back to the beginning of the WNBL 2020 season, it was widely touted that this year’s Bendigo Spirit would finish close to the bottom of the table at the conclusion of the campaign. This was well and truly the case for head coach Tracy York’s roster following their 13-game trail, as not only would […]
Draft Central: WNBL Team of the Year
WITH the WNBL home and away season done and dusted, Draft Central has compiled its own Team of the Year taking into consideration a host of elements such as consistency, scoring ability, rebounding prowess and so on. It is no surprise that top four teams such as Melbourne Boomers and Townsville Fire have a couple […]
Boomers make light work of Spirit
IN an all-Victorian affair it was the Melbourne Boomers that came out on top against Bendigo spirit claiming a 21-point victory (91-70). The Boomers had control from the opening minute of the game and are building some strong form heading into the back end of the season and heading into finals. The Spirit once again […]
Lightning strike to keep slim finals hopes alive
WITH finals just within their reach Adelaide Lightning had one job to do – win – and that is exactly what they did downing Bendigo Spirit by 10 points in an enthralling battle. Sitting two games outside of the top four and with two games still left to play Adelaide left nothing to chance to […]
