The University of Canberra Capitals’ dropping streak got here to an finish, two Opals suffered harm setbacks and Melbourne Boomers star Cayla George had one other large recreation in spherical 10 of the WNBL season.
With their 92-85 defeat of Bendigo Spirit, the Capitals lastly scored their first win of the season on Wednesday evening.
A double-double from younger gun Jade Melbourne (18 factors, 11 assists) and 24 factors from WNBA first-round draft decide Rae Burrell helped halt the Caps’ skid at 15 video games, which had stretched into the ultimate three weeks of final season.
Another stellar efficiency from Melbourne Boomers star Cayla George introduced the Caps again to earth on Saturday, although, the Boomers operating out 78-57 winners.
George contributed 37 factors and 17 rebounds – each game-high figures – and stays atop the league leaderboard for many rebounds, most three-pointers and most minutes per recreation.
George’s Opals and WNBL teammate Tess Madgen missed the sport and has been dominated out for the rest of the season with a knee harm.
The captain of the Australian nationwide crew, Madgen had solely performed her first recreation again from knee surgical procedure on January 4 however the ladder-leading Boomers decided this weekend that she would want extra time on the sidelines to get well.
The prognosis is rosier for Madgen’s Opals teammate Steph Talbot, who sustained a leg harm within the Adelaide Lightning’s tight 81-77 loss to the Sydney Flames on Thursday.
The Flames had been down by as many as 23 factors within the third quarter however rallied to edge out the Lightning, whose captain Talbot managed solely 5 minutes on the ground.
A member of the crew of the event eventually yr’s World Cup, Talbot failed her health take a look at forward of Saturday’s match towards the Bendigo Spirit, which resulted in an 86-68 win for the Spirit.
A social media assertion from the Lightning stated the membership anticipated Talbot would return “very soon”.
Guard Sami Whitcomb had 33 factors and 4 assists because the Perth Lynx saved in contact with the event’s heavyweights by defeating Southside Flyers 94-86 on Saturday.
Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson noticed solely quarter-hour of recreation time and completed with 5 factors and three rebounds.
Mikaela Ruef’s 26 factors and 12 rebounds helped the Townsville Fire to a 92-77 defeat of the Sydney Flames to shut out the spherical.
What started as a fair contest slipped out of the Flames’ grasp within the second half as Ruef discovered her groove, ably assisted by Stephanie Reid (15 factors, eight assists) and captain Lauren Nicholson (13 factors).
