NBL1 West Recap | Women's Saturday Round 7

The South West Slammers scored their first win of the 2022 NBL1 West Women's season in stunning fashion on Saturday night while Patty Brossmann put up 41 points in a remarkable showing for the Rockingham Flames in Round 7 action.

Round 7 in the NBL1 West Women's competition began on Friday night with the Warwick Senators winning big 98-53 against the Perry Lakes Hawks and the Willetton Tigers overrunning the Lakeside Lightning 83-74.

Then on Saturday night, the South West Slammers broke their duck for the 2022 season in the most spectacular fashion against the East Perth Eagles.

East Perth was still three points up with a minute to play but triples from Skye Palmer and Grace Palmer gave the Slammers the lead, and they would win 82-79 for their first win of a season where they've already had three head coaches by Round 7.

The Warwick Senators backed up their 45-point win at home on Friday by beating the Kalamunda Eastern Suns on the road by the same margin on Saturday, winning 102-57.

Stacey Barr scored 23 points for the Senators with Nat Burton delivering 20 points and 11 rebounds while Lexie Bland top-scored for Kalamunda with 19 points.

The Joondalup Wolves continued their undefeated start to the NBL1 West Women's season with the 91-60 victory on the road in Kalgoorlie to the Goldfields Giants.

Robbi Ryan finished with 23 points and nine assists for the Wolfpack with Jemma Gatti top-scoring for the Giants with 19 points.

The Rockingham Flames stopped the impressive winning run of the Cockburn Cougars winning 90-82 on their home court on Saturday night.

Patty Brossmann was remarkable for the Flames delivering 41 points and 12 rebounds with fellow import Mehryn Kraker adding 24 points. Alina Hartman top-scored for Cockburn with 19 points.

The Perry Lakes Hawks were able to bounce back from their loss on Friday night to beat the Perth Redbacks 86-78 at Bendat Basketball Centre.

Emma Clarke was the standout for Perry Lakes with 32 points and 15 rebounds while Morgan Ballantyne and Sara Loomis had 20 points each. Makailah Dyer scored 25 points for the Redbacks.

NBL1 WEST – 2022 WOMEN'S SEASON
ROUND 7 – SATURDAY NIGHT

EAST PERTH EAGLES 82 lost to SOUTH WEST SLAMMERS 84

The South West Slammers won their first match in almost three years on Saturday and it's only fitting that it was in dramatic fashion against the East Perth Eagles.

The Slammers arrived at Herb Graham Recreation Centre on Saturday evening having lost their previous 41 matches but by the end of the evening, they had won their first match since beating the Cockburn Cougars at Wally Hagan Stadium back on June 22, 2019.

With Jorjah Smith knocking down three balls, it was East Perth who started strongly on their home floor to open up a 25-13 quarter-time advantage.

The Eagles were still on top 45-33 at half-time but this was a different Slammers team with the leadership of Alex Ciabattoni and Tylinn Carter having come into the group.

South West put up 22 points to 12 in the third quarter to make a game of it, and it was quite the remarkable fourth quarter.

The Eagles reclaimed a six-point advantage early in the fourth term on the back of triples from Smith and Bree Fisher. When Fisher hit her second three of the quarter soon after, East Perth was still in control leading by seven with four minutes on the clock.

Ciabattoni responded with a three-pointer of her own for the Slammers but again Smith had the response to restore East Perth's five-point advantage with two minute remaining.

They were still up five with 1:30 left, however, on this night the Slammers wouldn’t be denied.

After Ciabattoni hit a pair of free-throws, the Eagles forced a turnover and Ciabattoni found Skye Palmer for the three ball to tie scores up.

The Slammers then forced another stop and this time it was Tylinn Carter who found Grace Adams for the go-ahead three-pointer. That would prove enough for the Slammers to win their first game in 35 months, prevailing 84-82.

With South West winning its first game in 42 attempts, remarkably not one single player who hit the floor in that win over Cockburn three years ago played in Saturday night's win over East Perth at Mirrabooka.

Alex Ciabattoni finished the night with 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Slammers on 10/16 shooting while Tylinn Carter put up 19 points, 13 boards and four assists.

Javene Fitch added 14 points and eight rebounds, Skye Palmer 11 points and three assists including going 3/6 from beyond the arc, and Grace Adams eight points and two steals.

Jorjah Smith nailed 7/16 from three-point range for East Perth on her way to 25 points, nine rebounds and four assists with BJ Moyes contributing 16 points and 10 assists as point guard.

Bree Fisher put up 15 points, three rebounds and two steals with Maria Blazejewski adding 12 points and 11 rebounds. 

 

KALAMUNDA EASTERN SUNS 57 lost to WARWICK SENATORS 102

The Warwick Senators backed up a 45-point Friday night win over the Perry Lakes Hawks by beating the Kalamunda Eastern Suns by the same margin on Saturday.

The Senators are building some impressive momentum now and two wins by a combined 90 points inside 24 hours in Round 7 sure sent a message of their potential in the 2022 NBL1 West season.

Coming off the win against Perry Lakes on Friday, Warwick headed to Ray Owen Sports Centre on Saturday and started strongly against the Eastern Suns with 26 points to 12 in the opening quarter.

The Senators really turned things up a notch in the second quarter with 37 points and that saw them head into the half-time break leading 63-33.

It was cruise control mode for Warwick in the second half as they rolled to the 102-57 victory to improve to 6-2 on the season while Kalamunda is now 1-8 as a result of the defeat.

The front court of the Senators was impressive with Nat Burton delivering 20 points and 11 rebounds on 10/14 shooting, Sam Roscoe 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard 12 points, six rebounds and three assists.

Then in the back court, Stacey Barr delivered 23 points, 10 rebounds and five assists while nailing 5/9 from downtown. Chloe Forster added 15 points, six boards and three assists with Nicole Jorre de St Jorre running the ship with seven points, eight assists, three steals and two rebounds.

Lexie Bland ended up top-scoring for the Eastern Suns with 19 points and seven rebounds with Marissa Pangalos contributing 18 points, four assists and three boards, and Georgia Denehey 10 points, seven steals and six rebounds.

 

GOLDFIELDS GIANTS 60 lost to JOONDALUP WOLVES 91

The Joondalup Wolves remain the only undefeated team left in the NBL1 West Women's competition as they kept their roll going in Kalgoorlie on Saturday night against the Goldfields Giants.

The Wolfpack took their undefeated record with them to Niels Hansen Basketball Stadium on Saturday night to take on the league's newest team, and they started strongly on the road with 32 points to 17 in the first quarter.

Joondalup extended its lead to 51-33 at half-time before the Wolves continued to pull away with 23 points to 12 in the third term, and 17 to 15 in the fourth to end up winning 91-60.

The Wolves now improve to a perfect 7-0 record on the season following the 31-point road victory in Kalgoorlie while the Giants are 1-5 in their inaugural season in the Women's competition.

New Wolves import guard Robbi Ryan delivered another impressive performance with 23 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and three steals while connecting on 3/5 from beyond the arc.

Fellow new arrival for 2022 Teige Morrell was again impressive as well with 19 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals on 9/12 shooting.

Tia Ucich added 13 points and seven rebounds, Nes'eya Williams 12 points and five steals, and Laniesha Paddon 10 points, four rebounds and two assists.

Jemma Gatti battled hard for the Giants to finish the evening with 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists on 8/10 shooting including knocking down 2/4 from three-point land.

Emma Klasztorny added 16 points and seven rebounds for the home team, and Jaya Scafidi 11 points, four assists and three boards.

 

ROCKINGHAM FLAMES 90 defeated COCKBURN COUGARS 82

The Rockingham Flames produced their best performance of the NBL1 West Women's season to date to stop the winning run of the Cockburn Cougars on Saturday night.

Rockingham was back home at Mike Barnett Sports Complex looking to continue building some momentum after two straight wins prior to last week's bye while Cockburn came into the clash on an impressive four-game winning streak.

It was a tight first half with the Flames leading by just the three points at quarter-time before a 6-0 run during the second period helped them lead by double-figures and go into the half-time break on top 50-39.

Rockingham then further outscored Cockburn 23 points to 17 in the third quarter and that set up the eventual 90-82 victory to see them improve to 4-3 on the season after seven rounds while the Cougars are now 5-2.

Patty Brossmann proved the major difference between the two teams with the Rockingham Flames import forward perhaps delivering the best individual performance of the NBL1 West season so far in 2022.

Brossmann ended up delivering 41 points, 12 rebounds and four steals while shooting 14/28 from the floor and 11/16 at the foul line.

Mehryn Kraker produced an impressive showing for Rockingham too with 24 points and four rebounds on 8/12 shooting with Ariana Hetherington contributing 10 points and five boards, Taylor Ortlepp six points, four rebounds and three assists, and Christina Boag six points and eight rebounds.

Alina Hartmann ended up top-scoring for Cockburn as their four-game winning streak came to an end. Hartmann ended the evening with 19 points and three rebounds while shooting 8/13 from the floor.

Kat Tudor had an efficient night with 17 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists, but she only took nine shots for the night. She made the most of them, hitting six and going 4/6 from beyond the three-point line.

Jessie Edwards added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars, Jesni Cooper seven points and five boards, and Jewel Williams 12 points and seven assists.

 

PERRY LAKES HAWKS 86 defeated PERTH REDBACKS 78

The Perry Lakes Hawks did well to bounce back from their loss 24 hours earlier to beat the Perth Redbacks by eight points at home on Saturday night.

Perry Lakes lost at Warwick Stadium to the Warwick Senators by 45 points on Friday night to open Round 7 of the NBL1 West season, but the Hawks bounced back strongly against the Redbacks at Bendat Basketball Centre.

The Redbacks had been hammered last Saturday night by the Cockburn Cougars, but they welcomed back Makailah Dyer, Jess Jakens and Kayonna Lee to at least allow them to be more competitive against Perry Lakes despite still missing some troops and coach Michelle Fletcher.

It was a seesaw battle for a lot of the evening as well with both teams attempting to bounce back from heavy losses.

Perry Lakes led 27-24 by the end of the opening quarter but Perth did well in the second term and went into the half-time break leading 48-47.

The Redbacks had extended that advantage to four points by three quarter-time, but Perry Lakes dominated the final stanza with 23 points to 11 to end up prevailing 86-78.

The result saw the Hawks improve to 4-4 on the season after Round 7 while the Redbacks slip to 2-6.

Fresh off her Perth Lynx WNBL season, Emma Clarke came up huge for Perry Lakes in the win with 32 points, 15 rebounds, three assists and three steals on the back of shooting 13/22 from the floor and 4/8 from three-point land.

Morgan Ballantyne added 20 points and five assists while Sara Loomis finished with 20 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots, and Annika Renkema six points, four boards and two assists.

Makailah Dyer did all she could to try and lift the Redbacks to the victory with 25 points and five assists with Jess Jakens adding 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists, Shenae Hartree 14 points and 13 boards, and Kayonna Lee 14 points and six rebounds.