2019–20 Southside Flyers season
Appearance
2019–20 Southside Flyers season | |
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Head Coach | Cheryl Chambers |
Captain | Jenna O'Hea |
Venue | Dandenong Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 17–4 |
Ladder | 1st |
Finals | Grand Final (defeated by Canberra, 0–2) |
Leaders | |
Points | Cole (17.3) |
Rebounds | Russell (9.8) |
Assists | Mitchell (5.2) |
The 2019–20 Southside Flyers season is the 28th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[1] 2019–20 will be their first season as the Southside Flyers, concluding 27 seasons as the Dandenong Rangers.[2]
Roster
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Updated: 16 January 2019 |
Standings
[edit]# | WNBL Championship ladder | ||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GP | |||||
1 | Southside Flyers | 17 | 4 | 80.9 | 21 | ||||
2 | Canberra Capitals | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | 21 | ||||
3 | Melbourne Boomers | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | 21 | ||||
4 | Adelaide Lightning | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | 21 | ||||
5 | Perth Lynx | 8 | 13 | 38.0 | 21 | ||||
6 | Sydney Uni Flames | 7 | 14 | 33.3 | 21 | ||||
7 | Bendigo Spirit | 5 | 16 | 23.8 | 21 | ||||
8 | Townsville Fire | 5 | 16 | 23.8 | 21 |
Results
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location | Record |
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1 | August 31 |
NBL1 All-Stars | 89–50 | Rowe (19) | Maley (19) | Cole, Reid (3) | Frankston Stadium | 1–0 |
2 | October 3 |
Bendigo | 56–73 | Clydesdale (13) | Maley (14) | Cole (5) | Dandenong Stadium | 1–1 |
3 | October 5 |
@ Melbourne | 70–66 | Clydesdale, Cole (19) | Russell (12) | Clydesdale, Cole (3) | State Basketball Centre | 2–1 |
Regular season
[edit]Finals
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location | Series |
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1 | February 18 |
Adelaide | 68–65 | Russell (20) | Russell (19) | Cole, Mitchell (4) | Dandenong Stadium | 1–0 |
2 | February 22 |
@ Adelaide | 82–79 | Cole (19) | Cole (10) | Mitchell (9) | Titanium Security Arena | 2–0 |
Grand Final
[edit]Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location | Series |
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1 | March 1 |
Canberra | 80–82 | Cole (23) | Russell (9) | Cole (7) | Dandenong Stadium | 0–1 |
2 | March 4 |
@ Canberra | 68–71 | Cole (23) | Russell (13) | Cole, O'Hea (3) | AIS Arena | 0–2 |
Awards
[edit]In-season
[edit]Award | Recipient | Round(s) | Ref. |
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Player of the Week | Jenna O'Hea | Round 2 | [3] |
Mercedes Russell | Round 7 | [4] | |
Rebecca Cole | Round 15 | [5] | |
Sara Blicavs | Round 16 | [6] | |
Team of the Week | Leilani Mitchell | Rounds 1, 7 & 13 | |
Jenna O'Hea | Rounds 2, 6 & 8 | ||
Sara Blicavs | Rounds 3 & 16 | ||
Rebecca Cole | Rounds 4, 12 & 15 | ||
Mercedes Russell | Rounds 4, 7, 9 & 12 |
Post-season
[edit]Award | Recipient | Date | Ref. |
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Defensive Player of the Year | Mercedes Russell | 17 February 2020 | [7] |
All-WNBL First Team | Leilani Mitchell | ||
Jenna O'Hea | |||
All-WNBL Second Team | Rebecca Cole | ||
Mercedes Russell |
Club Awards
[edit]Award | Recipient | Date | Ref. |
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Most Valuable Player | Leilani Mitchell | 11 March 2020 | [8] |
X-Factor Award | Mercedes Russell | ||
Val Ryan Players Player Award | Aimie Clydesdale |
References
[edit]- ^ "THE 2019/20 SCHEDULE HAS ARRIVED". Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "SOUTHSIDE FLYERS – A NEW LOOK TEAM IN THE WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
- ^ "iAthletic Player of the Week for Round 2". facebook.com.
- ^ "#WNBL20 Round 7 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
- ^ "#WNBL20 iAthletic Rd15 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
- ^ "#WNBL20 Round 16 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
- ^ "WNBL NAMES END OF SEASON AWARDS AND WNBL ALL-STAR FIRST & SECOND TEAMS". wnbl.basketball.
- ^ "LEILANI MITCHELL TAKES HOME FLYERS MVP AT SOUTHSIDE AWARDS NIGHT". wnbl.basketball.