The Southside Flyers have despatched shockwaves by way of the WNBL, taking down the competitors’s two premier groups in a surprising spherical 9 double.
On Wednesday, the Flyers had comfortably accounted for the top-of-the-table Melbourne Boomers 88-70 in entrance of a bumper derby crowd of 3006 at Parkville.
Tokyo Olympian Sara Blicavs produced a efficiency for the ages, amassing 41 factors at 88 p.c to single-handedly terminate the Boomers’ eight-game successful streak.
Implausibly, the Flyers have been much more spectacular on Friday, walloping new ladder leaders Bendigo Spirit 118-72 on the State Basketball Centre.
The Spirit hung powerful within the first time period earlier than being smoked 87-45 after quarter-time.
Blicavs, the hero on Wednesday, extremely, was held scoreless but it surely did not matter as seven Southside gamers registered double digits, led by Kayla Thornton (23 factors) and Maddy Rocci (21).
The Flyers buried an astonishing 20-of-30 three-pointers, pressured 29 turnovers and leapt into second spot on the ladder.
On Thursday, Adelaide Lightning snapped a five-game dropping skid with an emphatic 93-68 upset overcome Townsville Fire.
Isabel Borlase (23 factors) and Jacinta Monroe (21) led the cost for the Lightning, who blew the Fire away with a 28-11 fourth-quarter blitz at Adelaide Arena.
Townsville made amends two days later, defeating the winless Canberra Capitals 77-62 on the National Convention Centre.
On Saturday, Perth centre Lauren Scherf rattled off 22 second-quarter factors and 33 general to assist the Lynx overcome a shoddy begin to beat the Sydney Flames 75-64 at Bendat Basketball Centre.
Perth missed 15 of their first 17 photographs and trailed 19-7 earlier than Scherf spearheaded a match-turning 32-13 second-term onslaught, paving the way in which for Lynx’s third successive victory.
