NBL1 North Recap | Saturday Women's Round 6

Nadeen Payne, Tiana Mangakahia, Maddy Rocci, Courtney Woods and then a triple-double from Erin Bollman were among the standout match-winning performances across Saturday night's NBL1 North Women's action.

There were Saturday night Round 6 victories for the Southern Districts Spartans, Northside Wizards, USC Rip City, Townsville Flames and Darwin Salties.

Round 6 in the NBL1 North Women's competition began on Friday night with the Logan Thunder beating the Brisbane Capitals 75-53, the Cairns Dolphins defeating the Gold Coast Rollers 83-67 and USC Rip City downing the Rockhampton Cyclones 86-62.

Then on Saturday night, the Southern District Spartans scored a commanding 104-61 road victory against the Ipswich Force.

WNBL star Nadeen Payne delivered 25 points and seven rebounds in the win for Southern Districts while Amanda Cahill top-scored for the Force.

The Northside Wizards had to battle hard but eventually oversaw the charge of the Sunshine Coast Phoenix for the 81-74 win at home on Saturday night.

Tiana Mangakahia delivered 35 points, seven assists and six steals for the Wizards with Shyla Heal adding 19 points with Amy Browne scoring 22 points for Sunshine Coast.

It was a thumping road win as well for USC Rip City who beat the Mackay Meteorettes 99-79 on Saturday night.

Maddy Rocci produced 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the win for USC while Alisia Jenkins put up 29 points and 15 rebounds for the Meteorettes. 

It was an impressive home victory for the Townsville Flames who defeated the Gold Coast Rollers 97-53.

Courtney Woods finished with 33 points for Townsville and Steph Reid 23 to go with nine assists while Nyah Morris top-scored for Gold Coast with 17 points.

The Darwin Salties then closed out the night beating the North Gold Coast Seahawks 76-67 at Darwin Basketball Stadium.

Chelsea Brook led the charge for Darwin with 22 points and 13 rebounds with Erin Bollmann adding a triple-double made up of 16 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists. Katie Deeble top-scored for North Gold Coast with 18 points.

Round 6 of the NBL1 North Women's season concludes on Sunday with the Southern Districts Spartans hosting the Brisbane Capitals at Rowland Cowan Stadium.

NBL1 NORTH – 2022 WOMEN'S SEASON
ROUND 6 – SATURDAY NIGHT

IPSWICH FORCE 61 lost to SOUTHERN DISTRICT SPARTANS 104

The Southern District Spartans continued their impressive form beating the Ipswich Force on the road by 43 points on Saturday night.

The Force were back home at JBS Stadium but it didn’t turn out the evening they were hoping for up against the Spartans.

Southern Districts started on fire with 33 points to 16 in the first quarter and that set the tone for the rest of the evening.

The Spartans turned that 17-point lead after one into a 22 points half-time lead before leading by 28 points at three quarter-time and then going on to win the game 104-61.

Southern Districts pulled down 48 rebounds to 31 for the game including 19 offensive boards to 11 while shooting 52.7 per cent from the field to 37.5. They also forced Ipswich into 27 turnovers for the night to end up taking 10 more field goals and 26 extra free throws.

Nadeen Payne was the star of the evening for the Spartans with 25 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals, but she was far from alone.

Kalani Purcell added 21 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals, Leah Scott 16 points, seven boards, five assists and four steals, Lil Dart 15 points, four assists, three boards and two assists, and Maddie Allen 11 points, 13 assists, three rebounds and three steals.

Amanda Cahill finished with 15 points on 6/9 shooting for Ipswich with Tia Hay contributing 14 points and five assists, Georgia Ralph 13 points and three steals, and Kasey Burton nine points and 12 rebounds.

 

NORTHSIDE WIZARDS 81 defeated SUNSHINE COAST PHOENIX 74

The Northside Wizards secured a hard fought seven-point home win against the Sunshine Coast Phoenix on Saturday night.

The Wizards hosted the Phoenix at South Pine Sports Complex on Saturday and it was a high-tempo opening from both teams with Sunshine Coast leading 28-27 by the end of the opening quarter.

It stayed a tight contest with Northside scoring seven straight points during the second quarter to help them to a 46-44 lead. While the Wizards did go up by seven during the third quarter but Sunshine Coast stayed in touch and the margin was just three at three quarter-time.

An Alice O'Driscoll layup with 1:30 remaining helped the Wizards still lead by six and while Eryka Sidney did bring the Phoenix back within three a couple of times in the final minute, Tiana Mangakahia sealed the deal for the Wizards at the charity stripe.

The Wizards went on to win the game 81-74 to improve to a 5-1 record on the season while the Phoenix are now 1-7 following the loss despite the performance having plenty of positives for coach Darren Browne.

The Phoenix had a remarkable dominance on the boards with 54 rebounds to 32 including 23 at the offensive end to nine which helped them take seven more field goals for the game, but they couldn’t quite transfer that into the win with their 22 turnovers a factor in that.

Tiana Mangakahia was the star of the evening for the Wizards finishing with 35 points, seven assists, six steals and three rebounds while going 12/14 at the foul line.

Shyla Heal was back from playing with the Australian Opals against Japan and produced 19 points with Kelsey McDermott adding 15 points and three rebounds, and Alice O'Driscoll nine points, five rebounds and four steals.

Amy Browne finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and three assists for Sunshine Coast with Tanaya Beacham adding 14 points, 20 rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Caitlin Glancy also had 12 points and seven assists, Nicola Handreck 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Brianna Gregory-Johnson seven points and six boards.

 

MACKAY METEORETTES 79 lost to USC RIP CITY 99

It was a big win for USC Rip City as they made the trip north and came away with a 20-point victory against the Mackay Meteorettes.

Mackay were back home at Mackay Basketball Stadium after last week's three-game road trip in the south of Queensland, but they didn’t get to enjoy the homecoming they were hoping for.

It was a tight opening quarter with Rip City leading 21-20 by quarter-time before the visitors took control of the game in the second term with 24 points to 14 to go into the half-time break leading 45-34.

It was more of the same in the second half from USC with 29 points to 23 in the third quarter, and another 25 points to 22 in the fourth term to see them come away with the impressive 99-79 victory so far away from home.

The win improves Rip City to a 2-5 record on the season after six rounds while the Meteorettes are now 4-4 having now played four matches in the past eight days.

Maddy Rocci was superb once more for Rip City finishing the evening with 29 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals on the back of shooting 11/21 from the field, 3/10 from downtown and 4/4 from the free-throw line.

Ashley Arlen added 22 points, five rebounds and three assists for USC, Carlie Smith 20 points, nine boards and seven assists, Esther Fleming nine points, and Katherine Ups eight points and two steals.

 

TOWNSVILLE FLAMES 97 defeated GOLD COAST ROLLERS 53

The Townsville Flames maintained their undefeated start to the NBL1 North Women's season with quite the emphatic 44-point win at home to the Gold Coast Rollers.

The Rollers arrived at Townsville StarFM Stadium on the back of having lost their first two games of the season as they tried to bounce back and hand the Flames their first defeat of 2022.

That task got all that much harder during the first quarter with Townsville putting up 27 points to nine to already lead by 18 points at quarter-time.

The Flames extended their lead further with 26 points to 16 in the second term to see the home team lead 53-25 by the half-time interval.

Townsville blew things open even further with another 23 points to 11 in the third term and then completed the job to end up winning 97-53.

The result keeps the Flames undefeated after six games this NBL1 North season while the Rollers are now 4-3 having lost three in-a-row after winning their first four games of the campaign.

It was tough going for Gold Coast in the absence of Lauren Mansfield and Townsville ended up winning the rebound battle 58 to 35 while shooting 47.9 per cent from the floor opposed to 29.2.

Courtney Woods was outstanding for the Flames with 33 points including knocking down 7/11 from three-point range.

Steph Reid also put up 23 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and four steals, Mia Murray 13 points and six rebounds, Jaimee Seebohm 11 points and 12 boards, and Grace Rodgers eight points and 11 rebounds.

Nyah Morris top-scored for Gold Coast with 17 points with Taylor Lee adding 11 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals.

 

DARWIN SALTIES 76 defeated NORTH GOLD COAST SEAHAWKS 67

The Darwin Salties recorded their third win of their inaugural NBL1 North season beating the North Gold Coast Seahawks at nine points on Saturday night.

The Salties were back home at Darwin Basketball Stadium and another loud and passionate home crowd greeted them to host the Seahawks, and they started well on the back of that with 25 points to 15 in the opening quarter.

Darwin scored another eight straight points to lead by as much as 14 points in the second term but the Seahawks stayed in touch trailing only by 10 at half-time.

Even though the Salties got back out to a 20-point lead in the third quarter, but Seahawks kept on fighting to make things interesting even though Darwin did enough to end up securing the 76-67 victory.

The win improves the Salties to a 3-4 record on the season in their first NBL1 North season while the Seahawks are now 4-3 following their defeat in the Far North.

Chelsea Brook was impressive for the Salties putting up a performance consisting of 22 points, 13 rebounds, four steals and two assists.

Erin Bollmann was brilliant putting together a triple-double made up of 16 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists but she also had six blocked shots and four steals.

Serena Waters added 12 points and two steals for Darwin, Teyla Evans nine points, seven rebounds and four assists, and Ruby Porter nine points and four assists.

Katie Deeble ended the night with 18 points and five rebounds for North Gold Coast with Doniyah Cliney contributing 17 points and five boards, Isalys Quinones 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Lauren Jansen 11 points and nine boards.