Allen key as Boomers force decider
STAR Melbourne Boomers import playmaker Lindsay Allen tonight loaded her team onto her shoulders and showed them the way past defending champion Canberra in Game 2 of their best-of-three WNBL semi final series, 88-76.
Cole guides Flyers into Grand Final
A SIZZLING 3-point basket by Southside's Bec Cole to close a rampant Adelaide third quarter rally tonight set the foundation for the Flyers to advance into the WNBL Grand Final series with an 82-79 Game 2 semi final road victory.
WNBL: Margie and the 4,000
ADELAIDE LIghtning stalwart Margie Williamson will receive WNBL Life Membership tomorrow night while her club hopes for 4,000 fans to roll up for their do-or-die semi final Game 2 against Southside.
Poddering around: Kia, WNBL, NBL, it's all here
CANBERRA has taken over as our WNBL championship favourite, we're still tipping a Sydney-Perth NBL Final and what is up with the Asia Cup? Brad Rosen and I sink our teeth into this and more at our weekly podcast.
Lightning banking on home crowd support
DOWN 0-1 in its best-of-three WNBL semi final against regular season champion Southside, Adelaide is hoping for another huge attendance for Saturday's home Game 2 to help it keep the series alive.
Mercedes drives Flyers to 1-0 lead
MERCEDES Russell tonight loaded the WNBL regular season champion Southside Flyers onto her shoulders and carried them to a 68-65 semi final Game 1 win over Adelaide, scoring 20 points and snaring 19 rebounds.
Seekamp, Hurst still in doubt
CONTRARY to reports suggesting otherwise, Adelaide Lightning captain Nicole Seekamp is under a major cloud ahead of tomorrow night's WNBL Game 1 of the semi final series against regular season champion Southside at Dandenong.
The Week That Was: Feb.9-16
THIS has no doubt been one of the most dramatic weeks in basketball, with the Opals qualifying for Tokyo and Bryce Cotton and Kia Nurse claiming the NBL and WNBL's Most Valuable Player awards respectively.
Pardon my French as Caps snatch 1-0 lead
OLIVIA Epoupa might just prove the least heralded WNBL recruit of the year but the French superstar simply sizzled today as the defending champion Capitals seized a 1-0 semi final series lead over Melbourne in Canberra.
United lands and Kia keeps it at Caps
DO the sums any way you like but with United last night beating the Taipans by 16 and with the depleted Phoenix to come, the NBL Final Four now will be Sydney, Perth, Cairns and Melbourne.