Australia

Finals Game 2: Townsville - Perth 80-70

Date: March 18, 2016
The Townsville Fire earned the WNBL title. They swept the Grand Finals series versus the Perth Lynx. Perth Lynx was trailing by 9 points at halftime but managed to get 4-point lead after three quarters before a 23-9 charge of Townsville Fire, which allowed them to win the game. They made 18-of-23 free shots (78.3 percent) during the game. It was a great shooting night for Townsville Fire especially from behind the arc, where they had solid 66.7 percentage. The former international center Suzy Batkovic-Brown (195-80) had a double-double by scoring 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and American guard Natalie Novosel (180-89, college: Notre Dame, agency: LBM Management) chipped in 18 points and 5 rebounds during the contest. American swingman Samantha Whitcomb (178-88, college: Washington) responded with a double-double by scoring 15 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists and her fellow American import forward Betnijah Laney (183-93, college: Rutgers, agency: LBM Management) scored 16 points and 5 rebounds. Five Townsville Fire and four Perth Lynx players scored in double figures.

  PERTH (coach: Ryan Petrik)70
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
48 WhaUZIBM, AiBijUhi 42 1-64 (31.8%) 6-68 (2.4%) 5-5 (5%) 3 1 65 3 4 8 8 5 8 3 60 1 5
0 viLRF, wRssi 43 6-1 (61.9%) 8-7 (88.8%) 8-8 (655%) 3 3 2 5 8 4 6 5 5 6 65 9 5
33 vijRF, mRUjanih 48 3-63 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 2-68 (11.9%) 4 8 0 4 8 9 8 6 5 3 61 63 5
66 banILaZ, CiQlRF 82 8-8 (655%) 3-0 (25%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 6 4 6 5 6 5 8 61 62 5
8 wIBlajsIj, vIuRlli 89 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 5 8 6 6 8 5 6 3 9 5
65 muQUIj, XiUilaR 84 4-4 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 8 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 1 9 5
4 qdBIjdsIj, SjUIjai 65 5-5 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 3 6 5 5 5 5 8 4 3 5
7 ChalZIUU, qlaJi 4 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 -6 5
60 miQQ, AUiZRF  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 WasZhRQ, KliQi  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   62-36 (34.7%) 2-45 (81.9%) 65-61 (18.0%) 64 83 49 64 63 60 1 3 8 61 95 18  


  TOWNSVILLE (coach: Shannon Seebohm)80
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
2 miUVILaZ-mQITj, AuJF 41 1-62 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 8 63 61 8 8 6 5 8 6 4 61 69 5
86 XILIsRl, XiUilaR 40 3-0 (25%) 8-3 (05%) 3-0 (25%) 6 3 0 4 6 3 3 5 5 4 62 81 5
65 buQQiF, bai 40 8-9 (82.1%) 4-4 (655%) 4-3 (90%) 5 4 4 3 3 8 4 5 6 6 61 61 5
48 CIZVs, baZiRli 40 6-3 (80%) 4-4 (655%) 8-8 (655%) 8 6 4 4 6 8 5 5 6 8 64 63 5
88 GRIQDR, CiFli 45 4-2 (49.0%) 6-8 (05%) 3-3 (655%) 6 8 4 4 3 8 5 5 6 1 64 3 5
63 GiQMaj, giQZRR 68 5-8 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 3 3 5
7 GilliDhRQ, ChRQaR 7 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
66 GiJR, KiUR 4 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
85 OiilLisU, ChRLijjih  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 Wilsh, SajslRF  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 cRlRjVi, ziZEua  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   61-30 (40.1%) 65-60 (11.9%) 62-84 (92.4%) 1 46 49 60 60 63 9 8 3 61 25 26  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)