Australia

Regular Season Round 4: Townsville - Bendigo 62-74

Date: October 30, 2016
WNBL top team - Bendigo Spirit (4-2) managed to deliver another win on Sunday. This time they beat seventh ranked Townsville Fire (2-3) 74-62. The game was mostly controlled by Bendigo Spirit. Townsville Fire managed to win fourth quarter 20-11. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. They outrebounded Townsville Fire 49-30 including 17 on the offensive glass. Canadian power forward Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe (188-91, college: Simon Fraser) fired a double-double by scoring 14 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. American forward Kelsey Griffin (188-87, college: Nebraska) chipped in 12 points and 9 rebounds. Four Bendigo Spirit players scored in double figures. Naturalized Croatia center Suzy Batkovic-Brown (195-80) produced 20 points and 5 rebounds (made all of her eight free throws) and guard Mia Murray (184-88) added 9 points and 7 rebounds respectively for lost side. Townsville Fire's coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Bendigo Spirit maintains first position with 4-2 record, which they share with Dandenong and Perth. Townsville Fire lost third consecutive game. Defending champion keeps the seventh place with three games lost. Bendigo Spirit will meet at home Canberra Capitals (#4) in the next round. Townsville Fire will play against Sydney Uni Flames and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

  BENDIGO (coach: Kennedy Kereama)74
  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 +/-
84 GQaffaj, KRlsRF 46 3-65 (35%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6-3 (80%) 1 4 7 8 6 4 6 6 5 8 68 63 9
1 HiQQajDUIj, KRQQFj 45 8-8 (655%) 8-2 (80%) 4-3 (90%) 5 3 3 6 8 8 6 5 5 6 64 66 66
88 KiQiaUaiji, SshlRaDh 45 0-2 (18.0%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 3 4 9 4 4 8 5 6 5 8 65 66 69
2 eiajZIZV-qVujTR, XiFI 89 3-1 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 1-2 (90%) 8 2 65 8 4 0 5 5 6 6 63 88 3
85 eaZhiQds, GiMQaRllR 88 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 9 2 4 8 8 5 8 4 8 2 65 65
68 OiFjR, XidRRj 86 8-3 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 0-1 (24.4%) 5 0 0 5 0 3 6 5 5 8 7 2 1
3 gaRUQaZV, mliVR 67 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 6 4 6 4 8 6 5 5 5 8 4 65
9 PlaLRQ, HRiUhRQ 60 8-1 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 6 4 8 5 6 5 5 6 5 1 1 -3
66 ApRjZRQ, SshlRaDh  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   84-30 (06.6%) 4-67 (60.2%) 67-82 (19.7%) 69 48 37 63 67 86 3 3 0 65 93 20  


  TOWNSVILLE (coach: Shannon Seebohm)62
  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 CIZVs, baZiRli 43 8-3 (05%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 4 6 5 5 5 6 65 8 -68
65 buQQiF, bai 45 5-1 (5%) 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 4 3 9 4 8 4 5 8 8 8 7 2 -64
2 miUVILaZ-mQITj, AuJF 82 1-63 (38.7%) 5-6 (5%) 2-2 (655%) 6 3 0 5 3 2 8 5 5 6 85 86 -7
3 ClIud, XiUishi 84 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 4 4 5 8 5 6 6 3 3 1
88 WalsIj, KRllF 88 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 6 4 3 4 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 1 -62
40 AUijdash, KiFli 88 4-66 (89.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 0 1 5 8 6 5 8 6 8 1 8 -7
60 KiBR, SBF 67 8-4 (11.9%) 5-8 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 6 8 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 0 3 0
63 GiQMaj, giQZF 60 6-3 (80%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 8 8 5 5 5 5 8 0 6 -0
85 OiilLisU, ChRLijjih 4 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -0
68 cRlRjVi, ziZEua 6 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 8 5
1 Wilsh, SajslRF  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
9 SjdQRTs, HiFlRR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   61-31 (43.2%) 1-67 (46.1%) 68-63 (20.9%) 9 84 45 68 86 67 3 0 3 68 18 05  



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)