UC Capitals end Boomers unbeaten run
MELBOURNE Boomers unblemished start to the season came to halt with UC Capitals putting a dampener on their campaign to notch up a 17 point victory (50-67). It was always going to be an almighty battle between the two sides but the back-to-back premiers proved they are still a force to be reckoned with despite […]
Dominant UC Capitalise on first half
BACK at full strength, the University of Canberra (UC) Capitals put Bendigo Spirit to the sword in the first half of the opening match for Round 2 in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), coming away with a 20-point win. The Capitals never looked like losing the first game of the new round, storming to […]
2020 WNBL Round 2 weekday preview: Last year’s semi-finalists to clash in bumper week
EIGHT games will be squeezed over the next four days in what will be a bumper week of Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) action. With one round down and four more to go, teams have started to get an early feel for the action again, and a repeat of the two semi-finals from last year […]
Mansfield’s first quarter sets the tone, Flames fan Spirit 100-63
THE Bendigo Spirit have once again suffered a debilitating outcome, going down 63-100 against a red-hot Sydney Uni Flames outfit in Saturday’s opener, who exploded out of the gates with a 34-point first quarter. Neither team made any alterations to their Starting Fives, with Bendigo lining up Tessa Lavey, Ameilia Todhunter, Mary Goulding, Alicia Froling […]
2020 WNBL Round 1 weekend preview: Flyers and Flames face tough turnaround in opening week
SOUTHSIDE Flyers and Sydney Uni Flames will become the first teams to face off in three games across four days when they double-up on today and tomorrow following their Thursday night clashes. There will be a blockbuster five games across today and tomorrow in order to conclude Round 1 of Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) […]
Madgen makes a Booming return, Melbourne knock off Flames in Thursday opener
WITH the mission being to win a championship for the first time since 2011, the Melbourne Boomers are on the right track to start their WNBL20 campaign, with a 15-point victory over the Sydney Uni Flames, 85-70. A 14-point score difference in the second and third quarters proved to be the difference in the end, […]
2020 WNBL Round 1 weekday preview: Mackay and Townsville hubs tip-off as all eight teams commence
IN 2020 the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) is a little different compared to usual, with the rounds stretching over more days with extra games. At Draft Central, we will preview the weekday games, followed by the weekend games separately to ensure the permutations in the second half of the round are as accurate as […]
2020 WNBL season preview – Part 1: Bottom four sides looking to force their way into finals.
IN the first of our two-part Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) season preview, we take a look at the four teams that missed out on finals last season and where they might land. Both the Townsville Fire and Sydney Uni Flames have made some exciting changes to their line-ups, whilst Bendigo Spirit has remained relatively […]
WNBL20 Team Preview – Bendigo Spirit
ONE WNBL club ready to move past last season and start fresh when the upcoming campaign starts next Wednesday, is Tracy York’s Bendigo Spirit, who finished with the equal worst record next to the Townsville Fire last season with five wins and 16 losses. This fact coupled with the added element of imports being absent […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Bendigo Spirit – Carley Ernst
IN an offseason that has seen numerous new pieces trying to find their place amongst Bendigo’s 2020/21 puzzle, there was one piece that sat in the middle of the picture before the offseason even began. Draft Central looks at Carley Ernst, who now enters the second year of her two-year deal as the anchor of the […]
