{"id":9546,"date":"2019-10-16T09:35:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T23:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.draftcentral.com.au\/?p=9546"},"modified":"2020-05-19T11:24:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T01:24:30","slug":"2019-20-wnbl-team-of-the-week-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/2019-20-wnbl-team-of-the-week-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"2019\/20 WNBL Team of the Week: Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNIVERSITY of Canberra (UC) Capitals have dominated the Draft Central<\/em> Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Team of the Week<\/strong>, with three players named in the side after an impressive Round 1 victory. Melbourne Boomers had two players after their Round 1 win, while fellow winners, Southside Flyers (1-0), Perth Lynx (1-0) and Adelaide Lightning (1-1) each had a player in the team. The big surprise was Sydney Uni Flames having two players despite back-to-back losses, but a couple of standouts deservingly made their way into the 10-player squad with just Bendigo Spirit and Townsville Fire not having a player in the side.<\/p>\n

The Capitals’ dominant third quarter which spurred them onto victory was lead by starters, Kelsey Griffin<\/strong> (22 points, 20 rebounds, three blocks and three assists), Kia Nurse<\/strong> (28 points, seven rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block) and Keely Froling<\/strong> (22 points, 11 rebounds, one assist, one steal and two blocks). A crucial player missing from the opposition in that game was Lightning talent, Crystal Langhorne<\/strong> who sank 20 points and 13 rebounds in the Lightning’s earlier win over Sydney Uni.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Sydney Uni, it was hard to overlook Colleen Planeta<\/strong> who had a couple of superb performances, the most consistent player over two games with 20.5 points and 10 rebounds, while Lauren Scherf<\/strong> was strong in the center position with 10.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and two assists. In the loss to Perth, it was Alison Schwagmeyer<\/strong> who did plenty of the damage for the Lynx, named in the Team of the Week after 21 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals.<\/p>\n

Also in the Team of the Week was Melbourne Boomers’ duo, Ezi Magbegor<\/strong> and Lindsay Allen<\/strong>. Magbegor made it into the starting centre position after 19 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks, while Allen slotted into a bench guard position thanks to 19 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Rounding out the 10-player squad was Leilani Mitchell<\/strong> who put up 21 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals on debut for the Flyers.<\/p>\n

Other players whose names were thrown into the conversation included Adelaide’s Lauren Nicholson<\/strong> and Chelsea Brook<\/strong>, Bendigo’s Marte Grays<\/strong>, Townsville’s Tess Madgen<\/strong>, Melbourne’s Madeleine Garrick<\/strong> and Cayla George<\/strong>, Sydney Uni’s Alice Kunek<\/strong>, Southside’s Jenna O’Hea<\/strong> and Perth’s Imani McGee-Stafford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

STARTING FIVE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

G: Alison Schwagmeyer (PL) – 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 0 blocks, 57.1 FG%
\nG: Kia Nurse (UC) – 28 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 43.5 FG%
\nC: Ezi Magbegor (MB) – 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 0 steals, 2 blocks, 44.4 FG%
\nF: Kelsey Griffin (UC) 22 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals, 3 blocks, 52.9 FG%
\nF: Colleen Planeta (SU) – 20.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.0 steals, 1.0 blocks 62.5 FG%<\/p>\n

BENCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n

G: Leilani Mitchell (SF) – 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 0 blocks, 60.0 FG%
\nG: Lindsay Allen (MB) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks, 50.0 FG%
\nC: Lauren Scherf (SU) – 10.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.0 assist, 1.5 steals, 1.0 blocks 34.6 FG%
\nF: Crystal Langhorne (AD) – 20 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 80.0 FG%
\nF: Keely Froling (UC) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 38.9 FG%<\/p>\n

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