Townsville Fire v Perth Lynx | Full Basketball Game | WNBL 2023/2024 Season
That we be and reverses it in Reed that is so clever wck of course she’s the one to deliver it is a massive win the scheme of this competition it’s game two of a topof the table two game series in Far North Queensland the Townsville fire hosting
The perk links as the jostling for final spots continues to pick up pace the reigning Champion fire is setting a tracking Pace once more they sit one game clear on top of the signate wnbl ladder after storming away late to take game one of this series on New Year’s
Eve now the Perth links will be looking to hit back after that final quarter Fade Out as they fight to protect their place inside the top two it’s first versus second round 10 action the fire and the links on your home of poops ESPN good evening everyone happy New
Year and welcome to ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday thanks to Ford Jason Bennett alongside four-time wnbl Champion Kelsey Griffin for part two of this Wednesday night double header Kels four of the top five teams all in action we’ve just seen the Boomers and the Flyers go at at the
Boom box in an incredible game and an important one it really was and I think this season is going to come down to head-to heads and man the Boomers came back and really battle to get that game what an amazing game the Flyers got the jump they led by nine points early
Melbourne fought back tied it up the Flyers out to a 13-point lead in the second term Melbourne 0 for 12 from three-point range at the half they Trail by 11 points down by much as 13 in the third k then Melbourne found their Range Five of eight three pointers in the
Third turn got in front at three quter time and hung on for an incredible win this is almost becoming a Hallmark for Melvin they’re they get down but they never go away and they’re winning close games and that’s what you want to be able to be a championship contending
Team being able to close out games regardless of what’s happened before wearing the runs and getting back into it Ian points Jordan Canada a career high 17 for mon Conte Mercedes Russell with a double double 17 points as well and here’s what it means to the ladder Melbourne jump from fifth to third
Massive for them it really is and like I said I think it’s going to come down to that head-to-head and you can kind of see there’s almost a grid lock in that you know really top spot so a huge huge win I mean there’s a lot of season left
But definitely a big win in where we are in the season right now at the top Perth with a chance to level Townsville tonight or the fire to kick two games clear on top of the table as we welcome the third member of our wnbl Wednesday commentary team this evening it’s happy
New Year and good evening Aman hway to’s Courtside and Mei a new face for the Perth links this evening Happy New Year from beautiful Townsville and a new phase for Perth links tonight it is T Morell it’s been 1432 days in between wmbl games for the former Bendigo Spirit import she is
Waiting on permanent residency here in Australia but her opportunity has come up to replace injured import ARA McDonald so it’s a bit of a like to like import for import so she’s back on court in the wnbl tonight two Milestones here at the fire pit we’ll start with zatina
Auso who brings up game number 100 in the wmbl and for the Townsville fire she’s won two championships with Townsville and was sixth woman of the year in the 2020 Hub season and analie meley brings up game 100 at her fifth Club of course League MVP in 2122 but
She made her debut with the Adelaide lightning in 2017 as a teenager and it could be a big year for both of those ladies who are in the opal Squad heading into Olympic qualified next month in Brazil indeed thanks Megs well if you didn’t see game one of this fire links
Back toback series you could be forgiven for thinking it was a comfortable night at the office for Townsville that final 24o margin kelse a little deceptive there was just Five Points a difference with seven minutes to play Townsville found another gear and that’s what Townsville does I mean to compete with
Them you have to play 40 minutes of basketball and I reckon it was only probably a three to 4minute stretch and Townsville just put the threes on they collapse the D through penetration and they have Shooters everywhere and speaking of Shooters Sammy witam came in big with six clutch threes 26 points for
Witam Courtney Woods 21 points on four five three point shooting if Wickam doesn’t get your Woods will and if Woods doesn’t Reed will and that sumon Courtney Woods probably doesn’t get the recognition that she deserves she just does not make mistakes she is such a level-headed player she plays at her own
Pace she doesn’t gets sped up and she knocks down open threes a huge huge person that used to come off the bench but has slotted in very easily to that starting spot and at the defensive end of the floor for the fire they held the links the number one ranked attack in
The competition they averaged 86 points a game they held them to 64 on 38% free uh field goal shooting and force him into 18 turnovers and I think that’s the thing when you know Perth is looking at making adjustments you can either make offensive adjustments or defensive
Adjustments and Perth is used to scoring in the 80s and so quite the defensive effort but for me I really think Perth should look offensively how can they get themselves going in the absence of Ari and one way getting to the foul line can they put pressure on townsville’s
Defense through fouling also being able to increase their transition points getting out and running Perth likes an uptempo game they probably want to speed up the game that’s what they like a lot of possessions can they score in transition but then also limit their turnovers and that’s really the caveat
Because when you have a great offensive team like Townsville if you’re giving them the ball they’re going to they’re going to convert and they had 22 points so I think that’s going to be really important can they play fast but take care of the ball offensively the entire
Offense was built around ARA McDonald so it’s going to take a bit of time it might get ugly worse before it gets better for Perth so they’re going to have to implement some new looks and new systems they don’t have another pure point guard do they the likes of chibon
And Forster and goodold are probably more shooting guards than point guards so do you expect to see a different balance in the ball handling for example tonight I do and I think you know in some ways that’s just kick ahead you don’t have a point guard offense you
Kick ahead and play and I think Perth does really well when they play free but I think for me it’s actually can they get Amy Atwell going with off ball screening so down screens flare screens turnout screens get her Defender just that separ she doesn’t need a lot of
Separation and get her going early so I would see less on ball actions to create collapsing but actually off ball actions to get her going two of the great young coaches in Australian basketball the last two wnbl coaches of the Year head to-head Shannon seab bomb who’s won the
Award on three occasions in 14 20 and 22 and then Ryan petrick who won it in 21 both very analytical coaches kelse you’ve played against both of them a lot they both think about the game they both stay up at night working strategies and coming up with things so we know for
Ryan petrick he’s going to implement some things going to be interesting to see does he do them tonight or does he hold them back he’s got games against adlite and Camber to come well and and Ryan’s a really like you said analytical coach and you know he talks about need
The must- win games you know he talks about games that you need to win to be able to put yourself in a position to make finals and that shows that he’s found a winning wrest because he find often finds himself in finals so it will be interesting to see how many
Adjustments we see tonight or does he save them in his back pocket the sign W nbl’s top two teams Clash for the second time in four days Perth came to bounce back and join the fire at the top Townsville can kick two games clear round turn action the fire and the links
ESPN’s W NBO Wednesday thanks to Ford from the fire pit in Townsville and it will be a per ball off the out of bounds and Le meley playing game 100 tonight tinao 100 for the fire in the hands of 12 Chon averaging 14 minutes a game play 28
On Sunday night so she’s one of the players who’ll be soaking up McDonald’s minutes Potter there’s Atwell there’s mey the two they were talking about it starts well that’s a huge three I don’t know if that’s necessarily what Ryan Drew up it looked like he was trying to post up
Chibon but he ended up getting a three at the end of that play so here’s Reed and witam so they collapsed in on Steph Reed when she was playing the pick and roles on Sunday night and that left Wickham open in the corner a lot and she really
Made them pay you expecting to see something different tonight yeah cuz I think that’s what townsel tries to beat you into overh helping and get out to their uh shooters for Feats at three-point shots so it’ll be interesting I doubt Ryan will keep the same game plan it’s very much picky
Poison when you play Townsville got so many weapons you look to shut one down someone else pops up Courtney Wood’s one of those can’t finish on that occasion away comes tuon to meley an League MVP in 2021 it’s a back from Chon now off to Atwell Potter who’s been impressive good
Start here for the links they got the first five points and they’re playing aggressive they’re they’re playing really aggressive and that’s what they’ll need to do for 40 minutes offensively is not doubt themselves keep attacking Reed pulls out set Tony got the guarding job on her early there is the corner
Shot already you can see a different ball screen defense they were hard hedging before now they’re sagging off packing the paint so they’re definitely protecting the paint Miley gets pass roof that was a great In-N-Out dribble by mey she’s being aggressive early couldn’t have dreamed of a better start first seven points for
Perth woods around auso tries to get to the back can’t finish satina pulls down the O board and the finish and saa’s improved so much in being patient on her finishes you can tell um Shannon’s really worked developed that part of her game with her career Seasons at
Tinzo at the other end of the Court apologies for the shot clock we’re working on that at the moment Woods akuzo back to Courtney those Baseline lovely feed through the roof great pass even though there’s three Perth players in the key woods was able to make that pass to Mick the
to Elite Defender has the job on with early he’s at well having a super year and already you can see from per a lot more pin down screens instead of ball screens kick ahead pass is good and finishes not often known for running in transition but that’s something that
Townsville does effectively they pick and choose they’re a methodical team but they do run for opportunity and Mick was Mick was rewarded by Courtney Wood’s pass on that right fion beautifully wided from AA she’s just a Workhorse she does all the little things M rof can’t get the extra Shannon SE can’t
Speak hardly enough with MAA sort of play makes those around her better K she really does at well they need Amy from long range tonight she has been sizzling this season from the outside the arc and that’s going to be the key for Perth can they push in transition to get the
Collapsing instead of off ball screens she’s 21 of 40 in the last four and a bit games now from three-point range so shooting at better than 50% and we know that the three ball is such an important part of PS DNA yeah and it has been for
A really long time and Ryan recruits for that he wants three-point Shooters around his offense kuo almost throws it away but Reed keeps it alive Wick forced into a late shot Andor pass good defensive set there from Perth very and you can see the adjustments they’ve made they’re protecting the paint
They’re not allowing that overhal tiny brings it down the floor she got p towards the basket that leaves meley all alone from long Range comes semi wi interesting so they’re hard showing with Sammy but they’re going to jam and help off everyone else um or sorry excuse me drops and help off everyone else so they’re switching up who who’s coming off ball screens depends on how they’re going to defend Perth Mii we’re
Talking about satina ruzo 100th game tonight having a career year she sure is Kelsey spoke about her Improvement and I spoke about her with Amanda zo Bay who plays with one of the best fives in the WNBA and Eliah Boston and Amanda said that saa’s trajectory is just Limitless in what she can
Achieve bit hard to get a word in frenetic play continues well thanks Megs that well try to keep that one alive and prevent the back court violation in the end it’s a foul here’s another look the broken play melee left it behind at well good heads up to try and keep it alive
Live quite the knee power slide getting the most out of those knee pads from Courtney Woods foul sends Steph Reed to the line 85% free throw shooter 22 of 29 this season just does the fundamentals so well talk about another player that’s been developed by Shannon you know um
Her growth over the last few years really put herself in contention for Opals and um that might not have always been you know might always been her hope or her dream but you can tell the time that she spent in Townsville has just helped her immensely to develop the game
That she needs to be a true point guard which are honestly rare because it’s hard you know point guards have to sacrifice a lot often times they’re not the leading scores but if you play with a great point guard you know that they’re the Difference Maker might not
Show up on a stat sheet but Steph can fill up a stat sheet and Steph may get the chance tonight if they do lock down hard on witam and woods Reed might get more opportunities roof akuzo here is Courtney against Atwell help from the back came from
Potter ends up in the hands of Ruth and she finishes she just hangs around always puts her in a position to get o boards mcro back to a one-point game at well it’s good man that is tough she makes tough shots look easy never sped up so
Smooth over the hand of the defender they’re back up by four roof to re around a finds a lane drop away comes pot up to meley jupon back to anal Potter long two roof inside ball ruzo turns works on Potter and wins that battle it’s interesting unless it’s Sammy in the
Pick roll Potter’s hanging out in the key so they’re really trying to protect that keyway with Potter I think defensively Perth is well over the defender again this time it’s off the iron wh to roof and now Woods gets pass at well it’s great recognition by Courtney
Woods she turned the corner and there was no Defender there just went all the way to the Basket go it’s not something you often see a center to Center Showcase from the top of the key she got some tricks Emily Potter she does there’s quite a Canadian connection really with Australia I’m very fond of the Canadians that I’ve gotten to play with em part of the Canadian national team I went bronze at the Amir Cup last season Winn Peg college ball at Utah [Applause] has a good look rolls around and drops sub for the links on the coming the
Court for the first time let’s head Courtside to Ms good CH into the game for the first time and we’ve seen this fabulous mask she’s been wearing the last couple of weeks she C tap on the nose from McKenzie Clint toy cart at training and has had true procedures on it but
Interested to know from Kelsey what it’s like having the blinkers on look it’s um she’s doing well to continue to wear it I think she’s got big plans for that nose coming up and has to look quite nice for her upcoming wedding so I think when you’ve been
Married for 10 years you don’t worry about the face mask as much long three from Wham won’t drop he mey versus Wham anal spins tough finish draws a a foul so 6 minutes into the game K what have you made of the Perth adjustments at both ends of the floor big
Adjustments huge adjustments so defensively they’re essentially saying everyone else we want to turn the corner see what you can do in the paint or trust you shooting a you know a long three behind a ball screen whereas sami’s getting a hard show so they’re switching it up not letting him get
Comfortable but then on the offensive end you virtually seeing Zero ball screens it’s all offscreen action so it’s pin Downs um C Cuts we saw our early attempt at a post up from on Steph Reed but they haven’t gone back to that so it’s looking like they’re trying to
Get that action off of um off ball actions instead of on ball actions which is a great adjustment and melee up to eight points leads the game atwell’s got six six also for rof just one shot so far for Sammy witam through the first six minutes of the game here’s Cassandra
Brown into the game Reed receives from zwi B scries her way to the rack again doesn’t finish but zi B in good position and that’s what’s so hard when you’re in deep drops you can often Steph re can draw two and even if she misses it a
Big’s there to clean up the o glass Hannon into the action with good child Flinch hoard turns it over away comes Woods got Reed to the right heads there now well read by meley off hands he ball that was a great hustle play to get herself back into that and
Um tip the ball off Townsville to get the turn Ashley hnan back to anal draws the foul and one that’s almost becoming a signature move for analy mey the back down turnaround fadeaway to the middle of the key tough finish very tough shot averaged 20
Points a game in her MVP season a couple of years ago so she is well capable obviously getting a lot more shots back then in that Bendigo side than uh you know she has been with Perth with McDonald but with are out of the lineup now more looks foral yeah and I think
That’s where you know the offense offensive production has to come from everybody it probably can’t come from one player but you can definitely see in this game Ba’s been super aggressive from the tip and that’s what they’re going to need for them to try to get into that 880s Mark for that’s their
Typical average scoring double double for her on Sunday night against the fire 18 and 13 rebounds his reed good child with the job on her right now Woods dangerous from long range Works off Atwell travel that was really good one-on-one defense from Amy Atwell as
Well and Perth is going to need that in order to beat Townsville you have to play a good one-on-one defense cuz what they want you to do is collapse so they can find their Shooters and so far Perth has done a pretty good job of not overh
Helping good job shows draws a foul being aggressive being aggressive getting to the foul line so the adjustment that I was expecting Perth to see if they wanted to be competitive in this game and they’re doing it very very well so it’s a bit of a baptism of fire
For Miller good child she came off the bench last year and was Sensational for the Boomers and earn herself a contract there and at Perth this year having been overlooked when she came back from University of Juke no n wnbl contract so she flew herself down to
Melbourne and got a deal from Melbourne but now having more minutes in a much more prominent role as she collides with Witkin and Sammy goes down that looks like an ankle oh no I think that was just unfortunate Sammy I think stepped on her foot rolled
Her ankle I she can just walk it off here’s another look it’s so often when players step on each other’s feet that’s the damage is done atina straight across to check on her here’s Sammy just walking off she’s going to stay out there sami’s been playing a few games like myself we
Probably both don’t have any ligaments left so it just stings for a bit and you just walk it off so you’re lucky you’ve snapped most of them so you don’t have to worry about him anymore incredible career she’s had she really has game number 129 this year the 35y
Old just an incredible story 35 years young yeah incredible undrafted out of college and went to Germany and then was looking for another European opportunity nothing came up so she ended up playing NBL 1 for Rockingham and from there ended up on the Perth links and look at
The career she’s had since played for Australia and just phenomenal my goodness no one will forget her first season out here she was absolutely incredible and she hasn’t let off ever since Reed there is witam collision with Hannon five fans appreciate that call let’s go to Megs
Foul fouls Sammy Wick going down there no doubt sent a shiver through the Opals program we know that there’s a lot of injuries amongst the 20 player Squad at the moment and we are going to talk to one of those injured Squad members Alice kunun at halim so it’ll be great to see
Where she’s at in terms of her return to Townsville but also her availability for the qualifiers next month in Brazil yeah great Point Megs with the likes of Christy Wallace and Tess mjin and even Lauren Jackson all in that Squad zo B almost creates the turnover bodies hit the floor at well
Goes down foul called this is really impressive from the links you know we’re talking about two days really of a turnaround and the complete different style that they’re playing at you know they’re coming off these screens turning the corner hard getting to the foul line creating contact figuring out a way to
Get feet in the paint that isn’t ball screen dominant which has been their key to Success Through AR McDonald up until she was injured held to 64 points on Sunday night they’re already up to 20 with 2 minutes to play in the opening term adjustments working so far yeah it
Certainly be the pace and the the scoring production that uh Patrick would be expecting or used to from his per links teams fire tend to play a a slow and steady and methodical Tempo Kel the F the links known for just being break next speed they’ll add speed on the ball
At every opportunity what if you made it the tempo the uping T well I definitely think it’s being played on the lynx’s terms but In fairness to Townsville they’re probably prepared for a certain style of play which is different like this is the exciting thing that’s why
You love watching finals and the wnbl is now in a three- game series because coaches get to make changes and adjust it feels like that tonight doesn’t it yes and it becomes a chess match so I know that Shannon seom has a ton of tricks up his sleev so I know that
They’ll be having a conversation at quarter time making some adjustments and there’s a lot of basketball left to be played can against Goldman as we said there are Le number two Defender behind McDonald so Steph now stepping up and getting the big jobs speaking of Steph
This is Reed roof nice step around meley Works herself into position can’t finish picks up her own board and does finish Michaela rof in a nutshell just working hard y That’s Michaela’s Ro roof’s game to a te meley there’s that move that Kelsey was speaking about this time it
Doesn’t find the bottom of the net away comes z b Reed against Miley up hands remain a fire ball frustrated anal mey yeah I think at some point Shannon or one of the assistants is probably going to talk to Steph and let her know how she’s being defended she loves being defended in deep drops so I think that we’ll expect
To see more snaking and more um attacking getting the big on her back Catch and Release stretch from Whit just her second shot of the night she’s none for two reads none for four and the foul on Atwell that’s just a veteran play by Atwell she felt the defender on her hip
Went up got the three you those you know the bit of an undisciplined foul call when you’re trying to battle back Townsville that those aren’t the fouls that you want to give up Amy atwell’s way too good of a shooter way too good of a foul shooter so we spoke of the the
Big three as it were for for Townsville Steph Reed Courtney wood Sam Sammy witam between them right now they’re one for 10 and so in one on one hand if you’re the fire you’re saying hey we’re still in this game and we haven’t really gotten our big three going but on the
Other hand if you’re the lynx you’re saying hey we might have found a recipe here to be able to kind of freeze them out and make other people be the scorers um been Michaela rof so far with eight points on four of six shooting meanwhile at the other end Amy Atwell drains the
First two she’s the first player tonight in a double figure she’s got 10 M’s got nine and the links are up by eight with 125 to play in the opening term it’s a 257 game on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday great to have you with us thanks to Ford this
One coming to you from the fire pit in Townsville Jason Bennett alongside four-time Champion Kelsey Griffin roof to witam here is Steph Reed from long range Atwell on the floor again I was looking at Steph Reed’s release on that I didn’t actually see what happened underneath the
Basket but Sammy Sammy came turned off almost looked to me more of a facilitator so you can see that that hard show on the OM ball is um you know making her want to see what else is open which is usually the case cuz there’s two being dedicated to you but for right
Now I think that’s playing into P P’s hands getting the ball out of her hands see Shannon seom just right of screen there chatting with Reed and wh making some adjustments on the Fly and that’s great you know that’s great coaching letting his um players know how they’re
Being defended what’s open what plays to run what adjustments to make so you don’t have to call a timeout you don’t have to wait to quarter time you can give that feedback to your guards then can implement it next play down the court and as a we B veterans played all
Over the world this a 10th country she’s played professionally in rof away come the links once again through Gorman at well been busy she and meley really have stepped up tonight a lot more offense through those two long range shot is Good from T Morel I mean what a pickup
What a what a story, 1400 odd days Megs was telling us played eight games for bigo back in 2019 she’s waiting on a permanent residency to clear definition of being ready final 27 seconds Wickham to the corner extra pass Reed not quite dropping yet for the fire
Foul on zi B and she’ll head back to the line Amanda Zari booku is a full name she shortened it to fit her singlet and to make it easier for the Americans to pronounce so she’s now known professionally as Amanda zwi B and what a you know to have a player
With her resume come to the wmbl it’s fantastic just goes to show um the amount of talent that the WM bill is attracting to come over here and play it’s phenomenal gr up in soda tell about 30 minutes Southwest of stockhome in Sweden took a basketball at the age of
10 three is of College in Minnesota picked picked two in 2015 WNBA draft by Tulsa 235 wnbl gam so a genuine veteran and as I mentioned played in 10 countries around the world final 10 seconds of the ter Reed working on Atwell we’re down to five Atwell over the top tough shot
Draws the foul she was looking for and will go to the line to shoot three and that’s because of who Amy Atwell as is as a shooter when you’re defending her you feel like you have to be closer because of how quick her shot release is she demands that much
Attention roof didn’t like the call you never do you never do when you fou a three-point shooter it’s always a tough pill to swallow so Amy Atwell as we mentioned having a sensational year her second year after a great college career at Hawaii came in last year but with a car
Injury in the preseason which hampered her early was still good for 13 points a game she’s up to 17 points a game this season and the special thing about Atwell is that even if maybe she hasn’t had a start to a game that she likes maybe she’s missed
A few shots or she’s quiet you have to respect her always when you’re defending her because she’s capable of going off for 20 and a quarter so it’s one of those things that even if she’s not having the night maybe she wants you always have to respect her and an elite
Free throw shooter at 86% makes two of those three she’s seven for eight from the stripe already in the opening term Reed light shot on the B is good oh my Sammy Wham you can’t keep it down Right basketball System It’s not in her nature to reject it and go back door like it was Samson last year Wham wants the ball so again can I stand in the flight path and make it go really wide and sloppy and now we’re easy to guard with if I’m here somewhere
And she’s along the line that’s a nightmare each right fly again love the pace provided we can get a rebound in the terror screens the early plays are great now now again if we do get stuck playing Five out no issue as we stress to practice that one there most
Likely well you do everything right you prevent Sammy Whit from getting the Sammy Witkin from getting the ball in her hand and somehow she still comes up with five points for the term on the back of that buzzer beater from the sideline as the clock expires what a
Freak je just remarkable I mean that’s what scores do right and um I think that was what’s ironic about it all is petrick spent most of his time in that timeout talking about how to defend Sammy witcom so you couldn’t have defended her any better but that’s just
It she walks across half court she’s a threat sometimes she’s got to say defense was good and the offense was better it’s a seven-point game the links with a fantastic start on the road as they look to bounce back from Sunday nights 24o loss it’s 30 to 23 in favor
Of Perth great performance at both ends of the floor it really is and I think you know one of my keys to the game was foul shooting can Perth get easy points through foul shots and they’ve done that they’ve gone to the line 15 times so credit to them they’re finding ways to
Get points and keep the scoreboard tiing over 13 points in the opening turn for Amy Atwell nine for Anna meley while 8 for roof leads the way for the fire Sammy Wickam as I mentioned now with five on the back of that remarkable three-point buzer beater as we get set
For second quarter action Perth with a chance to join Townsville again at the top of the table tonight if Townsville win they kick two games clear as we start the run towards the playoffs so a big swing one way or the other this evening as the top two teams
Go at it on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday thanks to Ford Jason Bennett alongside Kelsey Griffin as we start the second ter chibon good child where’s the contact in finishes that’s a tough finish and that’s not normally what you see from M good child she’s usually a three-point
Shooter wants to stop and pop but really strong finish to the basket K got out to a fantastic early start in the opening term jumped out of the blocks led by as much as 10 they’re up by nine right now meley hits the floor roof against
Morel zatina from long range in game 100 zatina ruzo who’s now four for 16 in her career from long range she’s worked on that shot that’s something that I’ve seen her make in the off season and she’s you know got the green light to shoot It
Wide Open SE feet set she can knock it down four3 ball in 100 games for zatina good child from the corner responds that’s what makes per dangerous you know previous play she turned the down or turned the corner hard off the down pin next time feat set three-point
Shot tried buckets from long range and back to nine points reeden good child Steph draw the contact on chibon got the screen from akuzo and she’s just got such quick Vision doesn’t she identifies an opportunity when she sees it she goes for it and I think surely Shannon would
Have talked to her in the quarter time about getting downhill finishing looking to be a threat looking to be a score talk about the ever ticking minds of Shannon C bom and Ryan Patrick Megs was in the Townsville huddle at quarter time Megs what did you have to
Say well he did talk about that to Steph raid and the message was pretty simple snap out of it he said Perth were doing a great job at keeping Townsville out of their stuff and they NE to get on the front foot but it was Sammy Wickham who
Launched a rocker on the eve of quarter time and then she delivered one to her team them the kitchen thanks Megs strong leaders in that Townsville franchise and to be able to bring in someone like a Samy Wht to compliment veterans they got a really good blend of Youth and experience which
You need in championship teams absolutely and that’s something on that previous play The Adjustment I expect Townsville to pick up their ball pressure in the full court against Chris Guards heavy work off the ball as good and woods come together with the screen that’s tough when you’re up trying to defend and
Don’t hear screen coming you can often run right through him continue their battle she looks draws the defense can’t finish smart play from Steph just couldn’t quite execute that isn’t and those are the shots you’ll live with meley chipon Woods in her face gets to position nice finish 100th
Game last week for Alex chipon she’s gotten really good at that mid-range Jumper in the um backing smaller players down she’s made a career of being able to do that Woods against meley satina to Reed nice work again it doesn’t finish the Townsville just not quite getting things
To drop at the offensive end at the moment yeah they’re getting good looks they just can’t finish on them an meley much like Steph Reed at the other end she sees an opportunity and even just a one-on-one a chance to put her opponent on Skate she’ll go for it every time
That’s it and I think that’s when M’s most dangerous is when she’s in transition has a head of steam along with number 10 Emily always out of position there and Miley look to exploit it ma is for Match Game 100 analie meley is into double figures leads the league this season
With nine double doubles just having a really consistent year been asked to step up into a more prominent role in the absence of Ary McDonald but that suits are just fine certainly has the skill set in the Capability 13 for Mele 13 for atw rather 11 for meley eight for roof at the other end Reed creative once again SATA doesn’t finish this time missing a lot from close range at the moment the fire they really are those are all the looks that Shannon would be wanting his team to get
And you’d almost say the links might be getting out of jail that that the fire just aren’t finishing those shot shots they historically do so per leading it by 11 points ESPN’s wnb Wednesday out sign of the night who’s going to sign put it up time [Applause] is yeah right hey we look we’re looking like deflated and we’re just missing layups we’re getting good shots right that will turn we just got to focus hey we got to go strong and then defensively right they’re playing with great pace so we’ve got to have better ball pressure
Right but then off the ball be in the gaps more right we’re showing them so much driving space right we’ve got to be more disciplined with that okay keep them on the threee contest the ball get the rebound then we can get a couple let’s go 31 down for Sammy next
Time right 31 down we go we go keep going buddy keep being confident you’re right keep being confident rest refes wnbl Wednesday night double header part two coming to from the five pits the links leading 3928 early going second term earlier tonight the Boomers coming from behind to see off the Flyers
By six points and jump back into third position we’ll have more on that game at halim Potter to meley back to Emily Potter thinks about the GI to chip of Tony Atwell looks to Roll To The Hoop and does tough finish won’t go away comes meley knocks it clear Megs you’re
In the Perth huddle come back to m in a moment sorry Mi go ahead message from Ryan Patrick was to keep getting up and after it but good energy and high morale in the Perth time out they’ve also taken the crowd here at the fire pit which ific Kelsey’s played here
A play right now yeah one of the one of the loudest venues in the wnbl yes they certainly know how to fire up I’ve heard that chant too many times he it in his sleep 11-point lead to the links we had the chance to listen in to Shannon’s huddle we’ll get Kelsey
Griffin’s thoughts on that in a moment Reed works with auso again another layup that doesn’t go she tries to finish that won’t go either third time is lucky and that was one of the threads of Shannon chat to his troops we’re getting the looks we’re just not finishing
That’s it and that’s better from zatina you know in previous season she might have got deflated or hung her head she just stuck with it and weathered it and was able to finish off the play doesn’t matter how many times you try to go at it as long as you finish it
In the end harassed by whiten but it’ll remain a per ball so Shannon just commenting that he look felt his side feels a bit flat deflated yeah flat and deflated and he he said you know we’re getting good looks we’re getting the looks we want
You just got to make them and you know you’ve been with this group this group knows each other they have confidence in their abilities and um just you weather it nicely worked play from the links chipon to Hannon to meley for two lead back out to double digits kuzo
Woods get some space and that’s all Courtney needs Courtney that’s it that’s dangerous too once she’s seen one go in Marin back to eight meley loses her footing ball spills to chipon almost banked it Hannon at well she almost as well two very heavy shots from long range and
Tatina tidies it up to Reed from Wham three-point territory cuts inside weaves through traffic gets to the rack another one that won’t stop won’t finish rather but there’s atina put it back in and that’s it that’s that Steph Reed drawing two so then they’re in rotation so then zatina
Can come in and clean it up and so that’s where it becomes so tricky that maybe you know Steph doesn’t have the pass to zatina but the Miss shot then allows for zatina to clean it up so Hannah w that one in the mouth timeout called time out brought to Here by ctm
Sport here to transform your team’s travel experience leave the hassle of offc Court arrangements to ctm sport they’re the experts in sports travel management you can get The Winning Edge ctm sport.com here’s Ryan Patrick the right now by the offensive glass so again the blue series you know
Reed’s going to go body first again guard if Reed’s getting all the way to the cup with it where’s their big so they’re rolling eventually if you can’t get her under control and she gets super deep Fe her off and deal with the rolling big fine then I can adjust the bigger
The big outside of the paint to start with and then they’ll deal at The Rim right now Snap Four we good to set Yours we’re good we’re good kse see Griffin tidying up some of the ball screen defense so um you know petrick was able to identify was the o glass
That was hurting him that was keeping fire in this game and so essentially asking the big I think to come up a little bit closer not be so deep um to be able to hopefully deter Steph Reed from turning the corner cuz I think it was just too hard for the guard to
Recover to try to eliminate that deep penetration and clean up the o glass six-point lead to the links that led by as much as 11 LED from the opening tip Chon meley gets to a position she likes shot won’t drop they’ll get another opportunity analy has it again from a
Similar spot go either roof to read [Applause] there’s that fire up champ Kel’s come to know and love Ruth Reed lovely inside ball to at Tina she’s been their Main Avenue in this second ter they’re getting it inside identifying a mismatch Atwell Hannon from long range
Made Kelsey sit up and take notice it won’t drop it’s interesting in this stretch and there’s Ashley at the other end getting a hand in foul cold Perth had pre I think what’s gotten Perth the lead in this game is running a lot of pin down actions where they’re curling
Hard and creating driving lanes they’ve gone away from that that was just great recognition by Steph Reed in transition to push the ball let’s hit to makes Shannon spoke about full screen switching one through to four and then mentioned a play to his players that I
Sh hasn’t been run for a while because he asked them if they remember it they said they did so let’s see if they’re about to executed so Steph Reed on 0 for seven from the field tonight she’s now four for five from the strike for her four points the margin is
Four 440 to play in this second term good child has it tries to get around the corner on Woods does and draws a foul in the process that was great footwork great Euro Step for a goodchild there turning the corner like I said not known for her three-point shooting but showing she can
Put the ball on the floor and get to the rack it’s been great to see her development she was part of the gem Squad the Australian Junior Squad in 18 and 19 and was a development player at the five for a couple of seasons in
17 and 18 played a couple of games was involved in their championship team and then went to Juke which is one of the one of college basketball’s absolute top tier programs and spent Five Seasons there as I mentioned she came back she was a bruan local moved back to
Queensland no wnbl contracts on the table for a c got an opportunity Chris Lucas rang up and said hey we might have an opportunity for you to try out she paid for own flight went down to Melbourne showed the dedication showed the commitment showed the talent and ability
She’s worked herself into a career and you know often time in professional or semiprofessional Sports it might not actually be about your ability but about the situation you know she’s Found A system that really suits her skill set and credits who are taking advantage of opportunities speaking of another player
Showing off her skill set Courtney Woods a good show got the chance when Lily scanland couldn’t play for the Boomers last year due to injury Atwell stripped of it mad scramble whistles go remain a Perth ball much to the shin of the Townsville [Applause] faithful tell us your thoughts I was
Just thinking about how we had mentioned that the crowd had gotten taken out of the game and they should sure that they are back in it and their team is as well it’s only a four-point game four minutes to play Megs they’re starting to find their voice oh they are and they’re starting
To find the cowbells guys because I’ve moved position down towards near the Townsville bench and I’ve got one just hanging over my earlobe and um we’ll see how long that lasts for because I’ve got pretty quick reflexes we want Les cowbell good job Potter another good inbound play that’s
A couple in a row now Kel have managed to land and those are great when you can get sets off of Sidelines and Baseline plays that result in quick easy scores that really adds up over the course of a game Qui expansive pass to the corner and
Woods goes bang that’s a great read when you’re seeing the overh you know Z ducks in overh help off Courtney Woods great recognition by Sammy great skip pass back to a one possession game Townsville working the way back into it nicely meley Potter huge three for good child good
Shot and that’s great recognition again finding the open shooter when the defense collaps when there’s two that go to one somebody’s got to be open great response and it’s back out to six Wickham blows past Atwell suddenly both these teams have stepped it up a notch that might be the
Easiest look Sammy gets all night Atwell wick for company back to good chard who’s starting to get involved foul CAU on z b hanging off Potter that’s that’s another way to try to create overh help is inside presence you know if you have a big post do or um
Presenting so that the weak side thinks that they need to help in in case there’s a lob or to help in off the post move then that weak side corner becomes open so ways that you can get your Shooters open looks penetration but also post presence entertaining game first versus second fascinating tactical
Battle as well plenty of points both teams approaching 50 as we head towards halim [Applause] foul call wh it goes townsville’s way z b is that a little Flex she fing a little on that rebound she’s just moderately happy with it things you love to see it’s always good Flex you know basketball game’s going well if you see a good Flex
Notet good child warming to the task and see a growing in confidence had a tough night on Sunday night did Miller tonight she’s found her range she was Zero for eight from the field and five turnovers but tonight doing a great job as Sammy witam drops in another two
She’s up to nine points starting to look dangerous 10 for Woods nine forzo nine for witam ball in dispute and Away comes Courtney Woods good run from Brown and she finishes great support from Cassandra Brown that’s huge coming off the bench those easy transition points that’s the
Tricky thing with early shots in a shot clock you get a stop defense or offensive transition down the other way easy basket the fire have tied it Up it’s timeout brought here by signant Australia’s number one digital accessories brand continuing to power the wnbl visit sign.com what’s Ryan petrick got on the board whole bunch of fluff into that into that into the handoff again the final screen she comes off I can’t
Have a big way down here cuz we got a lock and Trail at or flare so if we’re locking and trailing my big can’t be way down there need to be at the point of the screen and again if she curls it be in the path just trying to run into if
I’m too low and she gets it early now again blah blah blah so that’s a 22 floppy type series offensively right here I want to be in snap five snap five let’s go our resident transl Kelsey Griffin again talking to his bigs about where he wants them helping off that time it was
Turnout screens so often when there’s you know a a screen on the Block we call it a turnout um the Big’s helping and if the Big’s too flat they can curl for an easy jump shot or they can flare so he just wants the big to be a bit more
Aggressive to help out the guards a little bit more off those turnouts Megs was with Shannon SE bomb 2 minutes and 21 seconds this is our time to finish off this second quarter and hit the front at halim was the message from Shannon they’re going at Amy Atwell here to close out the
Second half scores level with two minutes to play in the opening half Wick always within range runs in a Potter called and that would have been what um Patrick was talking about so he wants his big there to be able to help and kind of absorb any penetration or
Anything coming off the screen so that was the adjustment that he was after for Potter to help out the guards Sammy threw traffic and then ran into the brick wall of Emily Potter 195 cm Canadian and they’re making it tough for Sammy I mean I think the only easy look
She had was the reject screen RI Baseline for a layup but otherwise Samy’s seeing two Defenders all night so oh that buzzer ba quarter time was a I think there’s still two people on her on that one yeah there three people over to from the sideline hanging on her as well
Yeah tough just tough making it tough but credit to her she’s finding a way chipon against woods Alex with a more prominent role goes to clinch Hoy card she’s stripped of it akuzo brown Wham now Reed Woods heads left to the corner step no she’s There over the back foul on Brown that’s the tough part with Townsville so when zatina is rolling to the rim do you help bump that screen so Reed can’t pass it into her but then you’re helping off Courtney wood and I think fortunately for Perth that time Courtney wood missed
The shot but that’s the predicament that Shannon always puts you in when you’re playing against Townsville is do you help on the roller or do you help too long and then you give up a three or if you don’t help then step’s going to find the roller into the bonus with 86
Seconds to play in the second so anal meley or head to the line 13 points five of six now from the stri so she leads the game now with 14 atwell’s got 13 and good child 11 so they’re sharing the load nicely Woods has got 10 nine of pie is akuzo and Wham
Eight to rof all in the first turn the links back up by two and that’s the 2 first free throw for the game for the link so I have no doubt Shannon will be addressing that at halftime from his team can we be just CL and play defense
Without fouling cuz be a very different game if you took away half of those looks to now Shields to Brown pressure from Gman Wham being harassed foul called Gman foul called on the 23y old from Wonga another to go over and get college experience Utah State in San Diego four
Years of college has come back a nicely developed player Elite Defender and an exciting prospect at just 23 years of age Kel a lot of basketball ahead of her 100% it’s great to see these uh College athletes coming back wanting to play in the wmbl and then it’s where that
Development then goes from there you know that you really want to see and you get excited about onepoint game Alex Tony has it Reed in her pocket tries to get rid of Steph thinks about the inside ball goes to meley Atwell leaned on by Wickam foul called that was interesting that’s a
Different play it’s about three ball screens in that play we’ve probably seen about three or three ball screens for the whole half of basketball so um switching it up a little bit Patrick was it’s tough there for Sammy trying to fight over the top not give Amy an ounce of
Daylight another spoke about coming back from college in second year in this league and just coming on in Leaps and Bounds you wouldn’t know it was her second year she’s got future opal written all over it% 100% reedo two other exciting emerging opals no call now they play the Twan game or
The two-woman game in this case Reed to muzo for two more that’s dangerous if they get that going and that might be an adjustment that Shannon looks to go to in the second half instead of running M La balls which historically Townsville does cuz um of where the help can come
From and you can get your Shooters going if you go to a wing on Ball and empty out that corner then the drop pass becomes so so difficult to guard and so might be an easier way to get zatina going potentially a little bit easier of
A finish instead of over the front of the rim you’ve got a little more backboard to work with but um historically not something Townsville does all the time the wing on balls but effective that time scores level [Applause] again far yet to lead the game per led
By as much as 11 clinch hoard Atwell back to Mack nice step gets a kuzo off her feet can’t finish away comes Reed shot clock and game clock syned up they can take the last shot if they want it Steph identifies that now she had about five people pointing at the shot clock
That was great team recognition she gets past chupon normal situation she’d go onto the rack wants to chew up as much time as possible to prevent Perth getting a shot at the other end works the veteran and finishes super from step and maybe a chance not another buzzer beater to the
Specialist oh it doesn’t count this time it’s Reed on the buzzer but for the first time tonight Townsville lead they trailed by as much as 11 points stuck to the system kept grinding away and at halime on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday the lad leaders lead it
By two 54 to 52 here’s Megs time to carry some momentum in when you had a terrible hat I am with Sammy Wickam Sammy Samy Shannon said at quarter time you were asleep how did you wake up yeah I mean I definitely think we were on the
Back foot I think they came out more aggressively than us which you never want um so I think he was just being sharper with that handling the pressure um getting on the front foot a bit more I thought defensively we had to get a few more stops too so you were just
Saying off air you’ve got some momentum now you got to continue it what else will be the message at halim yeah I mean I think again defense for sure I think you know we missed a lot of easy shots like that’s going to happen but if we
Can lock in defensively then um I think that those will eventually fall our way hopefully we can’t we have to stop fouling like we fouled every other time it’s felt like an on three it’s just not smart basketball well you’ve taken the momentum into both breaks off the back
Of some big shots you made the the first one and that one was a pretty good one to send you in so we’ll let you get into the rooms good luck in the second half thanks Megs with Sammy whitcom everything you’d hop for in a first versus second game second get out early
First drag them back the fire with their noses in front at the half 54 52 our wnbl Wednesday halftime show coming up thanks to Ford halim at the fire pit in Townsville ESPN’s wnb Wednesday brought to you by Ford first vers a second top of the table Clash Townsville with the chance
To go two games clear on top if they can win Perth with the chance to join Townsville at the top of the table if they can win on the road Jason Bennett alongside four-time wbl Champion Kelsey Griffin and this one kelse everything we could have hoped for it was a 24o
Blowout on Sunday night but all those points came late it was close for three quarters so interesting to see what again happens in the second half tonight but tonight Perth got the perfect start they jumped out to an early lead credit to Townsville they’ve hauled the back in
And somehow got their noses in front of the half they did and a ton of credit goes to Perth and the adjustments they’ve made between the two games they’ve got gone away from ball screen offense which is what they’ve prolifically been scoring on this whole season and went into a really aggressive
Off ball screening curling hard aggressive offense aggressive in transition went to the foul line 20 times in a half of basketball so you can tell that they were on the front foot from the GetGo but credit to um to Townsville and their Championship DNA they know how to come back they know
Each other they know how to play and get back into it and that’s what they did so in the two camps at the moment what’s Shannon seom saying to the fire well I think he was frustrated with their lack of I guess preparedness to play from a
Um mental standpoint you know he thought that they looked a bit flat and they weren’t really aggressive and so they changed it around in that second quarter and so he’d probably be saying we made hard work of this you know like what you know like when we play how we did in the
Second quarter we’re a really good basketball team so I wouldn’t think that he’s overcorrecting too much but probably addressing some of the areas that he wants to clean up defensively but if you’re Ryan petrick you have to be so happy with how your teams come out played played hard and adjusted um
Between the two games rebound count 2716 in favor of Townsville 11 o boards for the fire and second chance points 14 zip big factor in this game obviously they’re dominating class and the other thing about this it’s amazing is Townsville are shooting at 45% field goal percentage for the season somehow
They’ve got it to 46 at halftime even though it felt like for a period there nothing was dropping exactly and I think like it’s almost like you expect townsville’s never going to miss like when they play because they’re so methodical they get great shots you expect them never missed and so they’re
Showing that they are human but then you look at the stats and they’re actually shooting better than their average so in a lot of ways if you’re the lynx you’re really happy with where you’re at but if Townsville you’re like hey I think we can actually still play better and we
Were able to dig ourselves out of it earlier tonight at the boom box fifth playing third in a critical game the winner would consolidate their spot inside the top four and what an incredible game this was the Flyers jumped out to a nine-point lead early Melbourne fought back and tied it up
Fly’s got out to a 13-point lead in the second term Melbourne could not make a three-pointer lit in the first half they were 0 for 12 from long range and it was the Flies by 11 points at half time they got up by 13 in the third term and then
Suddenly everything changed Melbourne found their range they were 5 for8 from three-point range in the third term kelse got their noses in front and went on for an incredible six-point win which Has Lifted them from fifth to third huge and in the scheme of things this is a
Really big win because of head-to heads and I think where this season is probably going to finish when it’s all said and done head-to head’s going to be important but this is almost becoming what you expect from the Boomers when it’s a close game they are great at
Finishing it out and Jordan Canada is such a fun basketball player to watch a true professional she lets the game come to her she puts the team on her back when she needs to she facilitates when her team needs her to and um you know it’s just so great having her out here
18 points for Jordan Canada tonight just had that poison composure when things weren’t going well for the Boomers to just settle things down and keep them and let them find their rhythm again Monon 17 points a career high for her tonight and you can just see her
Developing and blooming in front of our eyes now she’s getting more opportunities she’s getting more consistent minutes and she’s starting to pick up the tempo and the level and you always knew she was going to come and defend hard like mon Conti has always done that her entire career she’ll come
In she’s going to dog the ball she’s going to tire out the opposition’s point guard but when they really needed someone to heat up and to actually keep going to that three-point shot cuz essentially Southside just kept collapsing um she was there and she kept shooting but also Sarah Blitz has came
Big in that second half Townsville by two points over bir at halftime ESPN’s wnb Wednesday third quarter action from the Five pit Next hi I’m Amy and I’m anal and we’re here with Lin and Zara from Ford Aussie Hoops let’s go have some fun yeah what was your um favorite sport when you were younger basketball obviously do you play other sports too uh no just you’re a hoop what’s your
Favorite subject at school guys math pe oh math math and PE what’s 2 plus two sure what’s two * two four there we go I don’t want to stop do you believe in magic did you know that I’m magic here we go yeah I I can do many magic tricks
What’s your favorite thing about basketball friends do you get F out a lot I do yes she also gets a lot of tech f i don’t get I thought you were going to say the fun the fun and the friends but the friends make it fun the people you do it with
Make it fun yeah all right guys let’s go shoot some hoops come on yep the friends make it fun so register for Ford Aussie Hoops fantastic supporters sport of wnbl Wednesdays on ESPN if got youngsters aged 5 to 10 then log on and register the perfect way for
Them to get into basketball ly hoops. basketball speaking of Friends Making It Fun Meg has got friends all over the place in the wnbl she’s caught up with one court side well it’s become my injury Ward for the Opals over the last few weeks Jay spoke to Steph tber Christy Wallace and
We were here with Alice kunek to get a bit of an update on how she’s going AK it was three weeks yesterday post Rift surgery how are you tracking yeah pretty good it’s coming along really well um I had a really great Surge and everyone’s really looked after me really well so
Feeling super confident I’ll be back on the court really soon how soon are we talking have you had a look at the fixture I have had a look um let’s just say how long’s the piece of Shing could be short or long but no it’s tracking really well they’re really happy with it
I’m hoping to do some ball handling this week and next week so yeah just day by day at this stage which is pretty good and they’ve kept you in the opal Squad too so hopeful for Brazil in February yeah definitely I mean I should be back
By like the start of fair probably end of January so I’m really hoping for that and we’ll see what happens and I know I haven’t played a lot of basketball we’ll just see what happens but great for me in that spot absolutely well we can’t wait to see you back on court for
Townsville and the Opals soon Alice we’ll let you get to the bench and get Townsville over the line here thank you so much thank you thanks to Alice thanks to Megan it just speaks volumes about the the depth of the Townsville fire they’ got so many weapons they can
Afford to lose a gun like Alice kunek mid-season and keep rolling on that’s it and they haven’t really changed what they do whereas you look at Perth they lose ARA McDonald they have to completely change their system two-point lead make that four as akuzo doubles it
To start the third turn that was smart by Shannon he knows that they’re not helping off Sammy Sammy sets a little rub screen and Z gets all the way to the rim without any defense honor some important minutes here for Perth to hang with Townsville the fire with all the momentum heading into
Halftime per just need to weather the early storm here in this third turn just settle again back down get into a rhythm stay within range Atwell puts it on the floor had the move on roof but lost the handle Wickam found it tries to turn Gorman around gets some space and drains
It oh my goodness all right so sami’s clearly come out and said you know what I’m going to get some threes up just like that it’s a seven-point lead for Townsville didn’t lead until the dying stages of the first half Trail by as MCH as 11 Atwell to poter to
Meley good test now for Perth can they get back into their Rhythm things that were working well meley make that drop it hits front iron that was better defense from Townsville Perth was a little more stagnant there wasn’t as much free flowing cutting and attacking to the basket that was a far
More perimeter dominant um offensive set from first roof to read inside to akuzo and zatina has been a weapon tonight just been a real handful she’s up to 16 points and seph Reed attracted three people three people collapsed she made the easy dumb pass to Zino Gman Chon
Spin move on Reeds de gets a hand in to try and disrupt it Alex stuck to the play and finishes that’s really tough you know if you give anyone you know eight dribbles to get from the three-point line to the key without paint that’s really tough but tough finish from chibon roof to
Read here stti identifying Corner shot rof makes it three ball corner pocket for Michaela and she looks to the bench and lets him know about it may lead a chipon and it’s a 10-point game Perth needs some composure on offense they need some shots to drop there’s two for anal she really likes
That midrange game so from a Perth perspective here what adjustments can they make what stops can they get Reed over the top and an important stop there for Perth so composure and Poise required right now for Perth J Brian petrick what are you saying to your
Troops well I think it’s going back to what was working and that was getting feet in the paint points in the pain wasn’t playing this perimeter dominant basketball um setting really good screens curling those screens hard but I mean credit Townsville they’ve made some adjustments in how they’re choosing to defend
That jibon puts it on the floor against Reed help defense comes from whitcom ball in dispute it’s still there foul called and that’s better help from Townsville so it’s really hard if you’re a smaller player to get back down from the three-point line if everyone stays home whereas Sammy dug in that time
Tatina dug in they didn’t just allow Steph to get back down from the three-point line Collision there with Emily Potter satina spins away grabbing at her arm or her wrist she caugh one the face on the way down actually yeah as we head to Megs she’s knocked her forehead there
Zaina it did look like she copped a PO to the eye but she’s shook it off and had a word to Potter now and all good on the uh western front she’s heading for a career game at the moment career high 21 points against bigo back in 2020 she’s
Up to 16 right now with seven minutes to play in the third having a real impact tonight satina ruzza one of the adjustments that townsville’s made and it’s been effective Woods was looking for satina again that was great defense they stuck to the task Mele and Atwell and they
Come up with it that was knowing the Scout that’s knowing that Courtney Woods likes to use her body to be able to create separation just stayed strong iy drew a crowd and Potter punishes that’s tough when you’re Center can pick and pop and make those mid-range jumpers that makes it so much
Harder to defend pick and rolls G back to six points critical couple of minutes here for Perth they’ve stabilized the situation a little woods his roof always dangerous manages to come up with a dagger at the right time brilliant work Reed behind the back satina not quite but that’s beautiful B
Basketball look out Reeds closing in in fact it’s Wickham closing in on meley chibon critical scrimmages right now Atwell tries to shake Reed brilliant from Amy Atwell man that’s tough that is tough she makes it look so easy great from Perth they’re back in it it’s a
Three-point game just as it was looking like Townsville was sneaking out to a handy lead Woods works with akuzo she draws the foul frustrated Emily Potter throws her hands in the air judging by the crowd it might have sound like she might have got something for a little extracurricular
Talking but that’s that Wing pick and roll so it’s really hard to help when you clear out that ballside corner because you’ve got Courtney Woods coming off of it she’s a great shooter so the big things they need to step up and help if she does step up and help then you’ve
Got the dumb pass to zatina who can finish essentially at The Rim without having to dribble and so really all the help has to come from the middle which makes it really tough and that Dynamic changes even more townsville’s way now cuz Emily Potter’s got four fouls so
She’s sitting on the bench so zaina’s career night is getting ever closer she’s up to 17 now career best at 21 and she’s having a real impact in a career best season we’re seeing zatina ruzo emerge before our eyes chipon meley will take on zatina gets
Help from roof back to Al Al and now anal Le Alex is open rainbow three comes up short and you know that’s one of those things where Amy’s just hit one do you go back to the player that’s just hit one especially a hot shooter like Amy
Atwell so I think the thing is with Perth yep you want to be aggressive everyone be a threat but can you look at who’s actually scoring the points and Ticking the scoreboard over roof working on Miley does it beautifully just took her time took her time was poised and finished it’s back
Out to seven again Atwell it’s short and Away comes Woods Townsville putting the hammer down once again it’s a nine-point game just like that the fire in control again they lead it by nine on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday Max all right we got our J letters of the game thank you everyone
Who brought the letter in the bo we get some letters hav’t we ever de every time we score they just run it down our throat and we’re playing cater lock In you you go to right and then you got you guys match up with the other two okay no go under go under the screens all right she just missed one right so go under give her a gap keep you on the big right is everyone okay with that so
Now you can contain melee on the dribble cuz she’s just attacking every time right make sure though we’re in the gaps she’s going to run it down our throat every play right next play next play right 22 right 22 good here we go hope you had a goodas great to have
You with us for part two of ESPN’s wnb Wednesday thanks to Ford it’s first versus second the fire leading the links by nine points 5 minutes to play in the third Megs was with Perth it was anal mey the captain who led the timeout and said this is what
Happened to us against Townville in the second half last week they need to lift their energy here to avoid a repeat of that performance and Kelsey you spoke about t Morell being ready she was ready on this road trip not knowing if she was going to play or not she’s now played a
Tick over four minutes and that’s going to because Emily Potter as you mentioned is now on four fouls fouled there we listened into Shannon’s timeout Kel what did you take from it oh he was really wanting the emphasis to be on their defensive transition so once they score really getting getting back and
Building a wall knowing that me is going to want to get her head down and try to get feet on the in the paint there’s that quick release again from Atwell over the defender nice job from good to come in for the oard remains a Perth
Ball as a result there the kind of hustle plays Ryan Patrick’s looking for absolutely and if you’re if you know your Shooters are going to shoot then you can crash the glass and try to get those easy um followup points or extra possessions really Miley drop here’s Morel doing her work under the
[Applause] hoop away comes Reed 18 for akuzo 13 each for Whit and roof 12 for Woods sharing the load nicely Townsville 18 for Atwell 177 for meley 11 for good child for the links and here is meley goit ball Gorman got some options good child front IR nice job meley somehow
Found it finishes important two points back within seven very important especially if you’re going to be shooting quick transition threes if you can still compete on the o glass that’s huge Qui him azza’s open she’s still open rof thought about it Sami draws a crowd leans into Gorman
To the corner Woods puts it on the floor passed out well but runs into a melee great defensive work there from Perth that was much better defense it was staying home in the one-on-one matchups trusting your one-on-one defense and a really good Smart Switch by melee and Atwell on that play
Back to melee seven-point game this one delicately balanced it was five points a difference with seven minutes to play on Sunday night and Perth was blown off the court in the last s minutes 27 points to n in favor of Townsville they put the foot down that’s what anal was referring to
At that time out she said that’s what happened to us Sunday night we can’t let that happen again and that’s Townsville like you think you’re I’m in it I’m in it I’m in it you have a two three minute lapse and they put 15 points on you Reed
Back to woods so many weapons not this time meley to Atwell can she get some space on witam uses meley good child First Step gets around Woods nice move to the left Townsville ball it’s a bit of a ftic pace happening right now so it would be interesting to
See Oregan Townsville will walk the ball up get into a set see if they can get their defense to collapse probably get into a pick and roll I’d say they’ve gone back into some middle pick and rolls it be interesting to see if they
Choose to go to a side pick and roll and empty out that corner good help defense there from C Brown coming across getting the hand inzo to Woods to Brown Wham versus Gorman now Azo working on morale Tage first game since 2019 at this level wnbl course played a lot of
NBL one around the country Woodville Southern Tigers junle up Lakeside in fact her husband Dave coach junal up they knocked out Ryan Patrick’s Rockingham in the preliminary final of nbl1 Ryan hasn’t forgotten and that’s and that’s a tough matchup you know your first wmbl game back you’re having to play against
Datina in the Five Spot you know a bit under sized but she tried she definitely matched her physicality there unfortunate probably to get the blocking foul um but that’s what she’s going to need to do um to be able to help this team outo has played 20 minutes takes a
Rest 18 points on 7 to 15 shooting Wham works on chipon for [Applause] two just Relentless Downsville they just stayed with you for four quarters there’s a double dribble on chipon they look to punish every mistake every mistake and that’s where Townsville is so so Tough Reed and gooda continue their battle screen from Brown Reed was just waiting for the contact and that’s what so hard about guarding Steph Reed is she comes off ball screens and she cuts you off and she draws contact and she lulls you into thinking she you can get back in front
And she cuts off the screener and so it’s so tough to defend her in a one-on she draws so much attention and then often makes the right read coming out of it m just Full Throttle to try and make up those couple of steps and Steph knew
She was coming so she just stopped her run smart again from raid yep and the breakdown I think in the ball screen scheme Perth had been keeping their bigs deep and there just was no one home there meley draws a foul at the other end Shannon C bomb said earlier you know
Anal mey every time she gets the ball if there’s any opportunity she’s going to drive hard to the basket and either score foul or get her own rebound and what’s tough about that is you know me’s playing the four for Perth and so often times your four men aren’t picking the
Ball Up full court and so she can get this head of steam and you’re picking her up at the three-point line and it puts you at a your defense at a disadvantage makes you reactive and so um yeah credit her playing to strength Mak Courtside as Miley heads to the
Stri touched on AI be working with zatina a bit earlier in the game and she was working with zatina on an action a couple of weeks ago in the leadup to the Southside Flyers game for about 10 minutes that’s all the time they spent
On it and zoi B said she then took it into the game the next day and did that action on Lauren Jackson so she is really impressed with satina and she’s just coming to the game to give satina a rest thanks man isn’t that wonderful for
Zatina as well to have a season veteran the 30-year-old am man Asar B who said 235 WNBA games to be able to learn from every day to go against the practice Here Comes meley again against z b not quite off hands should be a per Ball by the looks
I think that’s one of the like joys of being a veteran is getting to you know help the Next Generation figure it out and learn from your mistakes and try to pay it forward and then when you know selfishly when you see them go and actually practice it and execute it in a
Game it yeah it’s special it’s certainly special speaking of special read the pass Whit the Finish just absolutely brilliant from those two good child bounces off Reed draws a crowd out to Hannon Forster Atwell guarded by Woods puts it on the floor drives the lane tough tough finish and that was
Hard you know that was leaving Courtney Woods in a one-on-one match up against against Amy out well saw she was up and in so she you know drove past everyone conesta a little bit of help there but it was late and Amy just too long too
Tall was able to finish up over the top oh we’ll go to the line she’s up to 20 points tonight only behind anal mey with 21 she joins her now on 21 We’s Brown back to Sammy been harassed by forced out of the corner nice footwork from Woods got herself open that’s interesting Perth coming out in a Zone trying to change up the defense I wonder if they’ll go if that was a free throw situation if they’re
Going to go make and miss and just try to get Townsville a little bit out of rhythm offensively brilliant from Whit strips forced up he got some point p goes herself and finishes just won’t be denied she can feel it she can feel the momentum swinging and just putting her
Team on her back quite early well held as they locked her down denight her shots somehow she still got to 19 points on Seven of Nine shooting and here’s another look at her defensive work as well that’s just recognizing the moment being aggressive just won’t be denied it’s
Great great recognition by Sammy Wickham 10-point game 38 seconds left in the third ter an important 38 seconds big basket here for Miller and she makes sense jeez that’s a tough shot jab jab step one way turn around behind the screen shoot that three that’s tough can
They now get a stop they’ve got it back to Seven Points Woods feeds roof back out to Courtney extra pass this is saffron Shields back to Courtney turnaround shot from z b is superb jeez that’s a tough shot too this is just great offense on display Atwell
Will shoot from long range won’t go when rof will come over the top is there time not quite for Woods won’t count gets waved away and the fire lead it by nine they Trail by seven at quarter time up by two at the half and they’ve extended that to nine
Points as we turn for Home on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday thanks to Ford the ball up don’t let her get it back right but just be careful she doesn’t run past you right so stay here deny it and then like once she gets it soft Gap and we’ll stay there right just got to
Take away that pace right with this group if we’re in reverse and you’re in the corner back cut and go into the Spain every time okay cool with that yep yeah right hey otherwise let’s play um now again early on in that quarter a lot of zero pass or one pass IO rubbish
Again same way we got down in the first game here second part of that quarter lots more body movement player movement and suddenly there’s driving Lanes wherever the hell you want them so that’s good defensively again if they’re in their reverse series or usually it’s roof trying to get into the dribble handoff
Stuff again if we’re going to top lock Wham no issue if she goes back door where’s X5 like we know how we’re guarding this X5 I don’t care if they lift their big early they’re hoping they suck Us in and do the same thing and now
Is that for a layup and now she’s making fancy BS layups and everything else where’s X5 go tag the crap out of our cool my f sideline so there’s that three quter time at the fire pit on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday thanks to Ford the league leaders in this top of the table
Clash leaded by nine Kelsey Griffin we sat in on Ryan Patrick’s timeout at three4 time what you make of it what worked what didn’t work for them and then what did yeah he was critical of their offense saying we were going to isolation basketball heaps and that’s
What got them in that position in the first game whereas in the first half they were moving the ball they were coming off screens they were curling hard getting points to the paint defensively he was again calling on his big it seems that his Center is the Crux
Of his defense and he’s saying if we’re going to to loock Sammy we need you to be there to help so if she’s backdooring it’s the big man big man’s help so she doesn’t get layups Ms was listening to Shannon Emily Potter’s on for f zo B
Will guard her to start this last quarter to the starting lineup for this final ter as saffron Shields takes the break thanks Ms nine-point game can per hang in here just grind away get close and make a late run good child against Reed Gman Forster back to good child growing in confidence
Miller go this time almost knocks it away from zwi B who gets it to rof good again B comes across to lay the screen thought about the feedback goes to roof instead now to zi B Baseline shot is short over the top came Brown got a hand in kept on Al alive for
Roof zi B to read another screen weaves her way through and draws a foul so smart so smart and that’s I think if you even when you played in this league and you know what Steph Reed’s about to do it’s so tempting as as the big to want to body up and try
And block her but she just baits you into that blocking contact and she she she usually gets it and Emily Potter out of the game it’s what they were looking for she sits with five fouls Mi yeah she does she lasted just 50 seconds very frustrated tonight and certainly coming
From the court and it looked like she received a tech on her way out upset but that’s also a great recognition from Steph Reed or Shannon seom to realize hey she’s got four fouls she’s a big piece to what they want to do defensively let’s go at her let’s
Attack her let’s put her in positions either she’s not going to be aggressive because she can’t foul so it’ll be easier to finish or she’s going to be aggressive and we can potentially get her out of the game so really heads up play he looking exasperated on the bench
Emily poter 28-year-old Canadian it’s part of Prof Prof sport Kel some nights just aren’t your night they’re frustrating nights and you just have to sit there and stew on it oh isn’t that the truth but you can be a great teammate like right so you have a choice
You can either check out be upset or you can talk to people on the bench talk in timeouts let them know what’s happening and actually try to help will your teammates over the line even if you can’t be on the court Hannah [Applause] Morel Townsville bow 12-point G per trying to hang in here ran Patrick talking about how he Center is the Crux of their defense well they just lost their first option in Potter so Tage Morell who’s in her first wnbl game since 2019 now has to step
Into that role she’s going against z b you just know they’re going to start going to The Bigs a lot more absolutely that’s where their strength is and and Townsville is a no egoo team right like they don’t care whose night it is on any night and that’s also what makes them
Dangerous they see an advantage inside they go inside big night forzo with 18 points and now mandari be’s up to nine so they’ve got 27 points out of their two bigs tonight Emily pot has got eight for the links and is now fouled out of the
Game and I mean you look at the point differential in the paint Townsville is sitting on 48 compared to 18 for the links and you know those are just higher percentage shots more often except for if you’re talking about freee throws so um you know townsville’s had a clear
Emphasis to to get points in the paint coreman just grazes the iron and Ro tidies it up so composure here is Le gets out to 14 points and this is you know where it’s tough if if your Perth you’re feeling like you have to win win win every shot make the big shot
Make the big play the game’s not Out Of Reach there’s still a lot of basketball left so can you get great shots can you get better movement off of the ball create some of those attacking drives get your feet in the paint get to the foul line or you going to settle for
Perimeter shots and then town has opportunity to extend this lead couple of fumbles from Reed great pressure from Gorman and she’ll be rewarded with two points and that’s what they want that’s exactly what petrick would be wanting from his young players coming off the bench playing pressure defense Reed weaves away through traffic
Somehow feeds it to rof who just pulls it out of the congestion to keep it alive Zar B Reed pops it over the top slapped away from Brown nice defense there from chipon meley good hand in there from zwi B and the turnover comes to Woods this is what you’d expect from
Townville settle it down slow it down run a play get the look they want offensive foul as Atwell hits the floor he Ball mandar B her third personal the screen there just slightly on the Move would you make b k ouch those hurt that’s you know you’re a
Guard trying to fight over a ball screen and you get a Corky to the leg a knee to the thigh that’s yeah that’s that that hurts Miley Gman Miley Hannon they say go shoot it she says no I’ll take it myself to the rack for two that’s great patience from a
Young player show a shot fake react to the defense pois finish and they sagged offer we you know take the shot if you want it smart from Ashley Hannon lovely from Wickham z b good defense Atwell touched her on the way out so that’ll be a Townsville
Ball zo we thought there was a bit of bit of contact on that drive but the call on at well yeah she probably she could probably make a good case for it too tough Woods to Zari B she might come up with the two in the more traditional manner she
Does that’s some great touch that’s tough when your bigs are able to make those floaters little jump shots around the charge Circle She’s Come Off the Bench and had an impact been really impressive you can see her confidence is just growing as she understands the league and gets to play with her
Teammates builds chemistry Tony to meley spins through Brown finishes and one work to as always anal Miley Y and she’s going to be aggressive until the final final final siren goes and that’s what you expect from her you know she plays all 40 minutes plays hard loves that turnaround Jumper in the
Paint absolutely loves it 23 points for meley 23 for Atwell 14 for good child while Wht comes up to 19 18 for ruzo 12 each to Reed Woods Roofing there with 13 as well and zwi B with 11 so plenty of players on both teams in double figures
Tonight both sides really sharing the scoring load that one short from Atwell off to witam as we head to Mi well I spoke to zo Bay for ESPN the article online today and as Kelsey said the crowd’s just go wild here at town as Kelsey said she settled into the league
But she’s been through a lot the last couple of months she was in Israel when the initial attacks happened and she spoke about the anxiety that she had here on New Year’s Eve with the fireworks going off because they resembled the sound of the missiles and the bombing so she’s been through quite
A lot but she’s really happy and settled here in Townsville in that showing on the court yeah it was a wonderful article Megs well done on the ESPN website check it out if you haven’t seen it yet traded three times in a year and finished in israil and has now come to
Australia well done Cass Brown another of their imports from Canada she draws the foul so she’s played in 16 countries eight years in Europe and then Amanda Zar B’s played in 10 countries around the world K it’s great not only for their own personal development to come
To Australia play a different style of ball but be able to school the other Australian players particularly the youngsters and just be able to sponge and suck up and throw in witam and roof as well so much knowledge there absolutely and I think I don’t know I
Guess speaking as a veteran selfishly it gives you more purpose than just the game of basketball when you can you know help the Next Generation find their way or figure out what their style is going to be or help with little tricks or trades of the trade that you found along
Your way so it’s great that she’s embracing this role coming off the B bench um and really finding her Joy playing here margin at 16 points game high links led by 11 in the first half thanks to Ford Aussie Hoops great supporters of ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday in
The perfect introduction of the world of basketball for kids aged 5 to 10 years Aussie Hoops stop basketball to register will be a timeout taken now called by Ryan petrick and the link so it was interesting coming tonight we knew Ryan petrick had some new stuff
That they needed to develop at both ends of the floor without that AR McDonald and the question he said that they debated internally is do we start to roll some of that stuff out tonight so we get tape and data to look at or do we
Hold it back and we use it against Adelaide and CA and they’ obviously from what we’ve seen tonight decided to roll some fresh stuff out yeah and boy wouldn’t he have some data he would say when we did it well it worked really well then when we chose to go back to
Our old way of one1 five out we really didn’t get the looks that we wanted so he could probably make a very good case to his team when you buy in it works here he is but first on down the floor they’re set up perfectly building a wall trying
To play oneone Move It action action action it’s not to knock them out early it’s to loosen them and then you can get whatever the hell you want right here will be in a wave series a side out but again off a Miss run layups threes fine five out let’s
Go that timeout brought to you by the official wnbl app which is here don’t miss a minute of all the action live scores highlights all your player in team info and more download the free wnbl app today it’s fantastic the league deserves it and they’ve got an app now
To be truly proud of pick it up at the App Store for free 16-point game just over 5 minutes to play Hannon to good child the stuff out of timeouts tonight has been excellent brilliant I mean that was a great misdirection Sammy was in two mil
I need to help on the back screen when she helped just one step mil came out was able to get a turnout wide open three Woods thought about the inside pass and said she goes to michaa and why not it just rolls around it won’t drop
Gooda puts speed on the ball takes on the defense finds a lane and Mill a good child having a great night it’s really good to see after she had such a tough night on Sunday shows great resilience in character Kel absolutely and that’s what Ryan would want out of a timeout
His team responded did exactly what he asked them and that’s helped them to get those looks woods with an elite step on that well but couldn’t finish meley runs in a roof goahead pass good child another step and little hesitation move won’t quite go this time so in the long
Run losing AR McDonald certainly hurts in the short term but getting extra minutes in the likes a good child could in the long term serve them well or and potentially find two styles of play so can he sneak some rests for McDonald when she does come back and have them
Still will be a really big offensive threat Michaela knew that was good from the moment it left her fingertips again she’s just done her job tonight hit her spots up to double figer points she’s got 16 Forman Brown at the other ends down the board W an unobtrusive 19 points if
There’s such a thing just going about her business lovely feed from ru Woods couldn’t hang on Atwell keeps it alive and then tosses it away guess who Kayla there again to do the little things she feeds Woods Brown tries to keep it alive good ball it’s just what you expect to see
When roof’s on the floor just comes up with those extra possessions for a team Ash Hannon done some nice things tonight 22-year-old from Mount pvat Queensland played a basketball in Southwest Metro Pirates went to the center of excellence in camri went to Texas didn’t like the college experience
Came home Oru Wonga wnbl one Fiona Robinson bronze medal with the Opals in 1996 and Ash Ashley Hannah showing some great signs tonight chibon Morel Atwell takes on Woods draws a foul and that’s what Patrick was talking about in his timeout he said look pushing
Transition can we get a look if we don’t get lots of action and then attack late he said when we attack early the defense is set there’s a wall it’s harder it’s one-on-one I think he was calling it one-on-one garbage it’s not what he wanted his team to see that’s the
One-on-one that he wants it’s out of rotations it’s after the defense has had to shift side to side it becomes a lot easier or the defense becomes more foul [Applause] Prone having a great night I at well 25 points averaging seven in a game this season 12-point margin under 3 minutes to play Reed to Azo one-on-one with Morel spins wants to keep it alive back to roof going to have to put the shot up
Does put the shot up W it’s all and one on the buzzer talk about making something out nothing and I guarantee Nick rof in this huddle will be saying that was a pass I guarantee it that’s an assist off the glass michaa rof just how they drew it
Up just how they drew it up and the interesting thing when you look at this score line you’re like oh well you know perth’s found their offense they’re in their mid 80s that’s what they want but they and they’ve also increased the possessions in this game
So Perth plays with a lot of possessions but Fire’s been able to convert and so that’s why you see the score line Courtney Woods great college career at Northern Illinois in her fourth season in the league now Megs and she’s blossoming beautifully oh she is and she’s another
Example of a daughter in the league whose mother also played in this competition we know the wnbl could be viewed anywhere these and know grandparents back in America watching every game including this be very very proud of their granddaughter she’s having a fine year their side leads by 15 points with two
And a half to play chipon to Morel looking for her first points in the links uniform Tage waiting for permanent residency hasn’t been out of play because they already had two Imports in Potter and McDonald but with a out of action at the moment that’s created the opportunity for Tage but when that
Permanent residency comes through she’ll be able to play as an Australian so that just opens up roster opportunities both at Perth and elsewhere definitely and I think you know for their P their post line up their rotation um anytime you can add depth in that spot so important she makes her
First eight games for bigo in 2019 average 2 points three rebounds a game coming in as an injury replacement That season great to see her back in the league two and a quarter to play Five by 13 Reed and good child continue their battle roof to Wham back to Steph Miller presses and Fouls that’s probably what you want obviously not the foul but that aggressiveness you don’t want Steph re to get comfortable and so you have to get up in and pressure but then it’s also hard because once Steph gets ahead of steam going downhill it’s really hard to stop
Too so it’s always a predicament how you’re going to defend Steph Reed in a ball spren save the inbound from Woods some movement here from Townsville Wham beautiful akuzo roof Perfection and they bring up the tan in fine style beautiful ball movement great unselfish basketball and now an offensive foul as
Akuzo commits the body up to 18 points personal best to 21 send the word to Shannon feed feeds a in the last couple of minutes in her 100th game get it to 22 she’s been outstanding tonight at a time when early in the game they were needing a lift they were
Needing a different look they were needing some Avenue to the basket and she provided it she did and like that’s what Townsville does they’ll go to zatina for a while and then someone else will get hot they’ll go to them for a while and then they’ll go back to zatina
And that’s why you have to play 40 minutes of great defense in order to put yourself in a position to win a game against Townsville she cut to the hoop and woods went looking for it there but was knocked away so it’s operation get tatina 22 points she needs two
Baskets wouldn’t put a p Shannon to know that 21’s a career best he’s got everything else covered he’s wit from long range forer off the rebound from Hannah good child have learned an enormous amount going against Reed tonight chipon out to good child who puts up the three ball and makes the three
Ball the good child up to 22 points I don’t know if there’s a system that fits me a good child better than this per links um having you know being a shooter having a coach back you to be able to shoot those threes you know you might
You might not say oh that’s that’s an early shot or is that a shot we want but she’s made it she’s made it consistently throughout and just great to see her thriving under Ryan petrick a career high 22 points for me really good child eclipses 18 her previous best shields in the
Corner satina won’t put up the three but does lay the screen for Woods then gets the feed kicks it out Shield slight fumble put some pressure on got to get the shot up does away comes good child final minute 13-point margin for the fire nice work good child gets Morel a couple of
Points Tage Morel he had an impact coming off the bench seven points for her in her first game since 2019 and she’s only going to get more comfortable the more minutes she gets and there’s lots of games coming her way pack schedule in January this is J McDow wide into the
Game back to Michaela she make something happen She’s Got 5 Seconds just put it up why not everything else has worked for it tonight brilliant from Michaela Ru and she’ll tell you she practices that shot she’ll say she practices that shot all the [Applause] time Cher will bounce it Out and the Townsville fire win nine in a row over Perth they go two games clear at the top of the table the rainning Champions firming as the team to beat once again in 2024 next up the head to Victoria they’ll play three games in seven days
The spirit in Beno this Sunday follow up by two games against Melbourne at the boom box next week while the lyns will head home to host the lightning this Sunday it’s fulltime on ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday Townsville 104 links 991 and for me I mean just looking at
The stats Townsville was able to shoot s 75 shots that game when you give a team that’s so potent on offens as Townsville 75 possessions it’s going to be really hard and conversely the links only had 61 attempts so it’s really hard to be able to stop a team when you’re giving
Them that many more possessions but I and Petri will walk away from this game really happy with some things he saw from his team especially in the first half their ability to get better ball movement but then be disappointed where there’s lapses but that’s what happens
In basketball it’s a game of runs and when you have Championship DNA like Townsville you know that they’re going to come back they’re going to make adjustments Shany bomb’s a great coach he’s known for doing it and they were able to do it in the second half so many
Weapons and just so evenly balanced 21 points for rof 19 for witam 18 for woods and 18 for zatina ruzo a double double for her with 10 rebounds and she’s with Mi she sure is she’s just asking for a tail happy 100th game zatina auso and
What a win yeah it was huge I’m really proud of the girls it was huge for us to start the new year like that so yeah super pumped about it are you pretty proud of yourself too you’ve played 100 games with this club 100 games in the league you’ve developed from a rookie
Learning from the best in the business Susie bovik to now being a leader on this team and making a huge contribution I couldn’t hear a word you said but all I have to say is I’m really proud of the girls and I’m super grateful to have played all my games
Here at Townsville I love it here love the community love the club now you’re on a 9-day road trip after this you’re heading to jalong to play Bendigo on Sunday I’m going to stand on my Tipp no it’s a bit hard um and then you’ve got
Melbourne twice next week so it’s a big road trip but you’ve got an important um pair of winds over Perth heading down yeah absolutely this um next nine days is huge for us and we just we got to move on make sure we watch some film see
There’s a lot of things we could still Pro improve on so yeah how fun is this team to play on we know you won the championship last season but the common theme is you’re all smiling you’re smiling when you’re making shots when you’re making blocks and and coming off
The bench to this amazing crowd yeah it’s huge Shannon’s about um people first before players and I think he’s put a great group together and I’m super proud of the girls it’s been nice sharing your sweat on your 100 well well done thank you appreciate it thanks to M thanks to SATA
Congratulations you grew up in bruan as a seventh of eight kids in a PR San family played volleyball till the age of 15 then took up basketball with the Southwest Metro Pirates could dunk within 2 years plays her 100th game tonight the fire winning at 104 to 91 by
13 points in the end as we look ahead to the games to come in round 10 of the wnbl it continues Friday night as the Flames hunt four straight winds over the lightning in Adelaide then Saturday night it’s the Flyers chasing six straight over The Links at SBC triple
Head of Sunday tipping off huge series decided between the flames and the Boomers in Sydney Townsville on a three-game winning streak over Bendigo on Sunday and then it wraps with the links winning seven straight over Adelaide they will meet on Sunday afternoon Kelsey Griffin your closing thoughts the five 13-point winners I
Mean they do what they’ve done they and but I think tonight you know showing they have six people and double Figures it’s really hard to stop a team when you have that many potent scores so I still don’t know what the recipe is but hopefully I can figure it out on Sunday
They go two games clear at the top of the table the reigning Champions title defense is on track and that wraps up ESPN’s wnbl Wednesday thanks to Ford on
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