Australia

Regular Season Round 5: Townsville - Adelaide 84-42

Date: November 5, 2017
Very important is a road loss of second ranked Adelaide Lightning (5-3) against fourth ranked Townsville Fire (5-3) on Sunday night. Visiting Adelaide Lightning was crushed by Townsville Fire in Townsville 84-42. Townsville Fire dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Adelaide Lightning's 32. Townsville Fire forced 20 Adelaide Lightning turnovers and outrebounded them 50-29 including a 37-21 advantage in defensive rebounds. Townsville Fire players were unselfish on offense dishing 28 assists comparing to just 10 passes made by Adelaide Lightning's players. The former international center Suzy Batkovic-Brown (195-80) nailed 20 points and 7 rebounds for the winning side and the former international center Cayla George (192-89) accounted for 6 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. The former international center Abby Bishop (189-88) came up with 11 points and 5 rebounds and the former international guard Nicole Seekamp (178-92, college: S.Dakota) added 7 points respectively for Adelaide Lightning in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Townsville Fire moved-up to second place, which they share with Adelaide. Townsville Fire's next round opponent will be Bendigo Spirit (#7) at home which should be theoretically another easy game. Adelaide Lightning will play against Boomers (#4) in Melbourne and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

  ADELAIDE (coach: Kerryn Mitchell)42
  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 +/-
86 XILIsRl, XiUilaR 40 6-0 (85%) 5-8 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 1 9 8 6 6 9 5 5 8 4 65 -40
3 mashIp, SMMF 45 3-1 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 4 8 0 4 4 8 5 5 5 9 66 9 -45
40 ARRViBp, XaZIlR 82 8-9 (82.1%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 4 6 5 4 6 6 3 9 0 -44
0 ClFdRsdilR, SaBaR 80 8-3 (05%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 5 4 6 5 5 3 3 5 -40
6 XaZhIlsIj, viuQRj 62 4-7 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 -66
33 HiBMlaj, euUh 61 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 1 1 -80
38 OlijRUi, CIllRRj 61 5-1 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 -3 -83
7 OijIusas, kijRssi 68 5-6 (5%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 -3 -68
68 GIId, zRssaZi 7 6-6 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 6 5 8 5 5 5 8 8 -9
2 mQIIV, ChRlsRi 9 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 8
wIUil   61-32 (44.4%) 8-69 (66.2%) 3-1 (11.9%) 2 86 87 65 7 9 63 8 3 85 38 88  


  TOWNSVILLE (coach: Shannon Seebohm)84
  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 +/-
83 WaRsR, AFdjRF 81 8-4 (11.9%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 8 5 5 8 6 6 6 65 64 81
84 GRIQDR, CiFli 80 8-3 (05%) 5-3 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 7 66 3 8 8 8 8 5 6 1 62 43
2 miUVILaZ-mQITj, AuJF 84 65-62 (00.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 5 8 5 5 5 6 6 85 60 46
65 buQQiF, bai 84 4-0 (15%) 8-3 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 5 8 8 8 6 8 5 5 5 8 64 66 84
6 bajZF, viuQaj 85 1-66 (03.0%) 5-8 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 6 8 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 64 65 88
88 WalsIj, KRllF 67 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 3 3 65 6 5 8 5 5 4 3 60 85
63 GiQMaj, giQZRR 62 9-9 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 3 8 1 6 5 5 8 5 5 4 63 85 62
1 gIjjRllF, baVhiRli 60 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 9 6 6 8 5 5 8 5 68 69
48 CIZVs, baZiRli 63 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 4 0 62
60 SIVusI, caUaji 9 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 6 8 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 -8
9 SjdQRTs, HiFlRR 3 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 4
wIUil   48-03 (07.4%) 0-67 (81.4%) 0-9 (96.3%) 64 49 05 82 9 7 68 3 8 67 23 686  



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)