2019–20 Southside Flyers season

The 2019–20 Southside Flyers season is the 28th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[1] 2019–20 will be their first season as the Southside Flyers, concluding 27 seasons as the Dandenong Rangers.[2]

2019–20 Southside Flyers season
Head CoachCheryl Chambers
CaptainJenna O'Hea
VenueDandenong Stadium
Results
Record17–4
Ladder1st
FinalsGrand Final
(defeated by Canberra, 0–2)
Leaders
PointsCole (17.3)
ReboundsRussell (9.8)
AssistsMitchell (5.2)

Roster
2019–20 Southside Flyers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
G 1 Australia Cole, Rebecca 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
C 2 Australia Tomlinson, Louella 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 3 Australia Clydesdale, Aimie 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G/F 4 Australia O'Hea, Jenna Injured (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 5 Australia Mitchell, Leilani 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
F 8 Australia Pizzey, Rebecca 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 10 Australia Rowe, Kiera 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G 12 Australia Reid, Stephanie 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
F 15 Australia Blicavs, Sara 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
C 21 United States Russell, Mercedes 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G/F 24 Australia Maley, Anneli 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 16 January 2019

Standings
# WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Southside Flyers17480.921
2 Canberra Capitals15671.421
3 Melbourne Boomers15671.421
4 Adelaide Lightning12957.121
5 Perth Lynx81338.021
6 Sydney Uni Flames71433.321
7 Bendigo Spirit51623.821
8 Townsville Fire51623.821

Results

Pre-season
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 August
31		 NBL1 All-Stars 89–50 Rowe (19) Maley (19) Cole, Reid (3) Frankston Stadium 1–0
2 October
3		 Bendigo 56–73 Clydesdale (13) Maley (14) Cole (5) Dandenong Stadium 1–1
3 October
5		 @ Melbourne 70–66 Clydesdale, Cole (19) Russell (12) Clydesdale, Cole (3) State Basketball Centre 2–1

Regular season
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 October
12		 Townsville 81–72 Mitchell (21) O'Hea (8) Cole (6) Dandenong Stadium 1–0
2 October
17		 Perth 97–93
(OT) 		O'Hea (19) Russell (15) Mitchell (10) Dandenong Stadium 2–0
3 October
19		 @ Sydney 85–72 O'Hea (22) Russell (11) Mitchell (10) Brydens Stadium 3–0
4 October
26		 Bendigo 85–77 Blicavs (23) Russell (11) Mitchell (7) Traralgon Sports Stadium 4–0
5 November
3		 Bendigo 93–80 Cole (23) Russell (15) Mitchell (6) Dandenong Stadium 5–0
6 November
4		 @ Melbourne 81–74 Russell (19) Russell (11) Cole (6) State Basketball Centre 6–0
7 November
7		 Canberra 72–91 Mitchell (23) Blicavs (6) Mitchell, O'Hea (3) Dandenong Stadium 6–1
8 November
23		 @ Townsville 91–59 O'Hea (21) Blicavs (13) Mitchell (8) Townsville Stadium 7–1
9 November
30		 @ Perth 82–68 Cole (21) Blicavs (8) Mitchell (7) Bendat Basketball Centre 8–1
10 December
1		 @ Adelaide 91–85 Russell (24) Russell (14) Cole (8) Titanium Security Arena 9–1
11 December
7		 Melbourne 89–82 O'Hea (22) Blicavs (10) O'Hea (6) Dandenong Stadium 10–1
12 December
13		 Townsville 81–62 O'Hea (17) Blicavs, Russell (8) Mitchell (6) Dandenong Stadium 11–1
13 December
15		 @ Canberra 70–65 Cole (21) Russell (10) Clydesdale, O'Hea (3) National Convention Centre 12–1
14 December
21		 Sydney 79–86 Blicavs (23) Blicavs (9) Mitchell (8) Dandenong Stadium 12–2
15 January
3		 @ Perth 90–75 Cole (30) Russell (11) Cole (4) Bendat Basketball Centre 13–2
16 January
5		 @ Adelaide 93–104 Russell (28) Russell (10) Mitchell (8) Titanium Security Arena 13–3
17 January
12		 @ Melbourne 75–73
(OT) 		Mitchell (21) Russell (11) Cole (6) State Basketball Centre 14–3
18 January
18		 @ Bendigo 91–76 Cole (22) Russell (12) Mitchell (6) Bendigo Stadium 15–3
19 January
19		 Canberra 74–98 Russell (18) Russell (10) Mitchell (5) Dandenong Stadium 15–4
20 January
25		 Adelaide 81–69 Cole (28) Blicavs (9) Cole (5) Dandenong Stadium 16–4
21 February
1		 Sydney 78–61 Blicavs (18) Blicavs (8) Blicavs (6) Dandenong Stadium 17–4

Semi-finals
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 February
18		 Adelaide 68–65 Russell (20) Russell (19) Cole, Mitchell (4) Dandenong Stadium 1–0
2 February
22		 @ Adelaide 82–79 Cole (19) Cole (10) Mitchell (9) Titanium Security Arena 2–0

Grand Final
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 March
1		 Canberra 80–82 Cole (23) Russell (9) Cole (7) Dandenong Stadium 0–1
2 March
4		 @ Canberra 68–71 Cole (23) Russell (13) Cole, O'Hea (3) AIS Arena 0–2

Awards

In-season
Award Recipient Round(s) Ref.
Player of the Week Jenna O'Hea Round 2 [3]
Mercedes Russell Round 7 [4]
Rebecca Cole Round 15 [5]
Sara Blicavs Round 16 [6]
Team of the Week Leilani Mitchell Rounds 1, 7 & 13
Jenna O'Hea Rounds 2, 6 & 8
Sara Blicavs Rounds 3 & 16
Rebecca Cole Rounds 4, 12 & 15
Mercedes Russell Rounds 4, 7, 9 & 12

Post-season
Award Recipient Date Ref.
Defensive Player of the Year Mercedes Russell February 17, 2020 [7]
All-WNBL First Team Leilani Mitchell
Jenna O'Hea
All-WNBL Second Team Rebecca Cole
Mercedes Russell

Club Awards
Award Recipient Date Ref.
Most Valuable Player Leilani Mitchell March 11, 2020 [8]
X-Factor Award Mercedes Russell
Val Ryan Players Player Award Aimie Clydesdale

References
  1. "THE 2019/20 SCHEDULE HAS ARRIVED". Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. "SOUTHSIDE FLYERS – A NEW LOOK TEAM IN THE WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
  3. "iAthletic Player of the Week for Round 2". facebook.com.
  4. "#WNBL20 Round 7 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
  5. "#WNBL20 iAthletic Rd15 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
  6. "#WNBL20 Round 16 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
  7. "WNBL NAMES END OF SEASON AWARDS AND WNBL ALL-STAR FIRST & SECOND TEAMS". wnbl.basketball.
  8. "LEILANI MITCHELL TAKES HOME FLYERS MVP AT SOUTHSIDE AWARDS NIGHT". wnbl.basketball.
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