2017–18 Townsville Fire season

2017–18 Townsville Fire season
2017–18 Townsville Fire season
Head Coach	Claudia Brassard
Captain	Suzy Batkovic
Venue	Townsville RSL Stadium
Results
Record	14–7
Ladder	3rd
Finals	WNBL Champions ; (defeated Melbourne, 2–1)
Leaders
Points	Batkovic (20.5)
Rebounds	Batkovic (10.4)
Assists	Wilson (4.5)
< 2016–17	2018–19 >

The 2017–18 Townsville Fire season is the 17th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Roster

2017–18 Townsville Fire roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
SG	1	Mincy, Laurin	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
SG	3	Goodchild, Miela	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PG	6	Donnelly, Mikhaela	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
SG	7	Andrews, Haylee	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
C	8	Batkovic, Suzy (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF	10	Murray, Mia	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
PF	14	Garbin, Darcee	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
C	15	Aokuso, Zitina	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF	21	Whittle, Marena	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PG	22	Wilson, Kelly	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PF	23	George, Cayla	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG	24	Wiese, Sydney	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PG	32	Cocks, Micaela	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Head coach

Claudia Brassard

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 21 December 2017

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Perth Lynx	15	6	71.4	21
2	Sydney Uni Flames	14	7	66.6	21
3	Townsville Fire	14	7	66.6	21
4	Melbourne Boomers	12	9	57.1	21

5	Adelaide Lightning	11	10	52.3	21
6	Canberra Capitals	7	14	33.3	21
7	Dandenong Rangers	7	14	33.3	21
8	Bendigo Spirit	4	17	19.1	21

Results

Pre-season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	September 14	Invitational Team	81–80	–	–	–	Townsville RSL Stadium	1–0
2	September 22	Perth	83–82	Murray (18)	Garbin (10)	–	Burdekin Basketball Association	2–0
3	September 23	Perth	88–76	Murray (14)	Garbin, Murray (7)	Wilson (7)	Burdekin Basketball Association	3–0

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	October 7	@ Melbourne	63–54	George (17)	George (22)	Mincy (4)	State Basketball Centre	1–0
2	October 13	Canberra	76–65	Batkovic (20)	Batkovic (12)	Batkovic, Donnelly (4)	Townsville RSL Stadium	2–0
3	October 19	Sydney	63–66	Batkovic (22)	George (16)	Wilson (4)	Townsville RSL Stadium	2–1
4	October 21	@ Dandenong	71–86	Batkovic (23)	Batkovic (10)	Batkovic (6)	Dandenong Stadium	2–2
5	October 27	@ Canberra	83–68	Batkovic (27)	Batkovic (11)	Wilson (6)	National Convention Centre	3–2
6	October 29	Melbourne	64–57	Batkovic (26)	George (10)	George (3)	Townsville RSL Stadium	4–2
7	November 2	@ Perth	68–87	Batkovic (24)	George (10)	Wilson (5)	Bendat Basketball Centre	4–3
8	November 5	Adelaide	84–42	Batkovic (20)	George (11)	Wilson (10)	Townsville RSL Stadium	5–3
9	November 11	Bendigo	94–59	Batkovic (18)	George (11)	Wilson (7)	Townsville RSL Stadium	6–3
10	November 18	@ Adelaide	101–78	Batkovic (23)	Batkovic (14)	Wilson (12)	Titanium Security Arena	7–3
11	November 23	Melbourne	73–66	Garbin (18)	Batkovic (17)	Garbin (4)	Townsville RSL Stadium	8–3
12	November 26	Perth	79–84	Mincy (16)	Batkovic (12)	Wilson (6)	State Basketball Centre	8–4
13	November 29	@ Dandenong	59–78	Batkovic (19)	Batkovic (9)	Wilson (5)	Dandenong Stadium	8–5
14	December 2	@ Sydney	88–85	Batkovic (26)	Batkovic (11)	Donnelly (7)	Brydens Stadium	9–5
15	December 7	Adelaide	74–89	Batkovic (25)	Batkovic (13)	Mincy (5)	Townsville RSL Stadium	9–6
16	December 9	@ Bendigo	99–62	Wiese (29)	George (12)	Mincy, Wiese (5)	Bendigo Stadium	10–6
17	December 16	Dandenong	83–71	Batkovic (25)	George (8)	Wilson (6)	Townsville RSL Stadium	11–6
18	December 21	@ Canberra	99–66	Garbin (23)	George (11)	Wiese (6)	National Convention Centre	12–6
19	December 23	Bendigo	120–62	Garbin (30)	Batkovic, George (13)	Wilson (6)	Townsville RSL Stadium	13–6
20	December 29	@ Sydney	81–107	Garbin (20)	Garbin (11)	Cocks, Donnelly (4)	Brydens Stadium	13–7
21	December 31	Perth	83–51	Batkovic (31)	Batkovic (13)	Wilson (6)	Townsville RSL Stadium	14–7

Finals

Semi-finals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	January 4	Sydney	78–49	Batkovic (19)	Batkovic (16)	Mincy (4)	Townsville RSL Stadium	1–0
2	January 6	@ Sydney	68–65	Batkovic, Wiese (14)	Batkovic (10)	Wilson (5)	Brydens Stadium	2–0

Grand Final

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	January 13	Melbourne	69–64	Batkovic (16)	Batkovic (15)	Donnelly, Mincy, Wilson (4)	Townsville RSL Stadium	1–0
2	January 18	@ Melbourne	57–58	Batkovic (23)	Batkovic (9)	Wilson (5)	State Basketball Centre	1–1
3	January 21	Melbourne	70–57	Batkovic (28)	Batkovic, George (13)	Batkovic, George, Wilson (3)	Townsville RSL Stadium	2–1

Signings

Returning

Player	Signed	Contract
Micaela Cocks	March 2016	existing 2-year contract^[1]
Mia Murray	25 March 2017	1-year contract^[2]
Suzy Batkovic	11 April 2017	1-year contract^[3]
Kelly Wilson	12 May 2017	1-year contract^[4]
Darcee Garbin	29 June 2017	3-year contract^[5]
Haylee Andrews	30 June 2017	1-year development player contract^[6]

Incoming

Player	Signed	Contract
Cayla George	7 May 2017	1-year contract^[7]
Marena Whittle	25 May 2017	1-year contract^[8]
Zitina Aokuso	29 May 2017	1-year contract^[9]
Sydney Wiese	1 June 2017	1-year contract^[10]
Miela Goodchild	30 June 2017	1-year development player contract^[6]
Laurin Mincy	3 August 2017	1-year contract^[11]
Mikhaela Donnelly	3 September 2017	1-year contract^[12]

Awards

In-season

Award	Recipient	Round(s) / Date	Ref.
Team of the Week	Cayla George	Round 1	^[13]
	Suzy Batkovic	Rounds: 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11
	Micaela Cocks	Round 7
	Darcee Garbin	Round 12
Player of the Week	Cayla George	Round 1	^[14]^[15]
Player of the Week	Suzy Batkovic	Round 4	^[14]^[15]

References

^ "Cocks signs on for two more seasons". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Murray returns for title tilt". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Batkovic returns to the Fire". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ Thompson, Michael (12 May 2017). "Kelly Wilson re-signs with Townsville Fire". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "GARBIN SIGNS THREE-YEAR EXTENSION WITH FIRE". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Fire sign rising stars". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ Tuxworth, Jon (8 May 2017). "Cayla George signs with Townsville Fire". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "WHITTLE LINKS WITH THE FIRE". wnbl.com.au.
^ "YOUNG GUN TO THRILL THE 'VILLE". wnbl.com.au.
^ "Sydney headed Down Under". wnbl.com.au.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "WNBA DRAFTEE JOINS THE FIRE". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "DONNELLY TO MAKE WNBL RETURN IN TOWNSVILLE". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "ROUND 1 TEAM OF THE WEEK". wnbl.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "ROUND 1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- CAYLA GEORGE". wnbl.com.au. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ "ROUND 4 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- SUZY BATKOVIC". wnbl.com.au.

External links

Townsville Fire Official website

[1] "Cocks signs on for two more seasons". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[2] "Murray returns for title tilt". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[3] "Batkovic returns to the Fire". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[4] Thompson, Michael (12 May 2017). "Kelly Wilson re-signs with Townsville Fire". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[5] "GARBIN SIGNS THREE-YEAR EXTENSION WITH FIRE". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[firesign-6] "Fire sign rising stars". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[7] Tuxworth, Jon (8 May 2017). "Cayla George signs with Townsville Fire". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[8] "WHITTLE LINKS WITH THE FIRE". wnbl.com.au.

[9] "YOUNG GUN TO THRILL THE 'VILLE". wnbl.com.au.

[10] "Sydney headed Down Under". wnbl.com.au.^{[dead link‍]}

[11] "WNBA DRAFTEE JOINS THE FIRE". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[12] "DONNELLY TO MAKE WNBL RETURN IN TOWNSVILLE". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[13] "ROUND 1 TEAM OF THE WEEK". wnbl.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[14] "ROUND 1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- CAYLA GEORGE". wnbl.com.au. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[15] "ROUND 4 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- SUZY BATKOVIC". wnbl.com.au.

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2017–18 Townsville Fire season

Roster

Standings

Results

Pre-season

Regular season

Finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Signings

Returning

Incoming

Awards

In-season

References

External links

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