The Canberra Capitals ended a dismal yr with one other pair of losses and an embarrassing uniform gaffe which led to them being fined by the WNBL.
The Capitals travelled to Melbourne on Wednesday with the improper set of uniforms to tackle the Southside Flyers, each groups in clashing shades of blue.
Without an alternate set, the Caps have been compelled to don yellow Knox Raiders NBL1 gear as an alternative.
The Flyers romped residence 76-54, celebrating bronze medal-winning Opal Sara Blicavs’ 250th recreation in fashion, whereas the Capitals have been fined $1,000 for failure to play within the right uniform.
Two days later, in entrance of three,963 followers at Qudos Bank Arena, Canberra’s woes continued, succumbing to the Sydney Flames 81-70.
The solely optimistic for the winless Capitals throughout the back-to-back defeats was teenage sensation Shaneice Swain’s type off the bench.
Swain poured in 22 factors in as many minutes in opposition to Southside and 21 factors, together with 5 triples, in opposition to Sydney.
Shyla Heal (26 factors, seven assists) and Keely Froling (21 factors, 13 boards) starred for the sixth-placed Flames, who have been additionally hit within the hip pocket, docked $5,000 for the unauthorised use of cell phones throughout gametime.
On New Year’s Eve, the rampant Melbourne Boomers confirmed their standing because the competitors’s benchmark, defeating Townsville Fire 86-76 in a high-quality conflict on the Townsville Entertainment Centre.
Trailing at quarter-time and halftime and nonetheless down by seven factors late within the third, the Boomers uncorked a match-turning 12-0 burst, capped by Miela Goodchild’s triple on the three-quarter-time bell.
Import Tiffany Mitchell (22 factors) was very good for the reigning champions who enter 2023 driving an eight-match profitable streak.
In Adelaide, reigning league MVP Anneli Maley paired 19 factors with a whopping 24 rebounds as Bendigo Spirit outmuscled the Lightning 78-66 on Wednesday.
Too massive and powerful within the paint, the Spirit thumped Adelaide on the boards (55-34).
Lightning captain Steph Talbot (21 factors, 10 rebounds) was the house aspect’s greatest participant.
Forty-eight hours later, Adelaide’s dropping skid stretched to 5 when Perth Lynx triumphed 82-72 at Bendat Basketball Stadium.
The contest was within the steadiness earlier than being busted open within the third quarter when Lynx produced a five-minute, 15-0 burst.
Chloe Bibby (25 factors, 9 boards) was excellent, whereas centre Lauren Scherf (11 factors, 14 rebounds, eight assists) threatened a triple-double.
