2021–22 Townsville Fire season

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2021–22 Townsville Fire season
Head CoachShannon Seebohm
CaptainMia Murray
Lauren Nicholson (co)
VenueTownsville Entertainment Centre
Results
Record7–10
Ladder6th
FinalsDid not qualify
Leaders
PointsBillings (15.9)
ReboundsAokuso (7.7)
AssistsReid (4.9)
< 2020–21 2022–23 >

The 2021–22 Townsville Fire season is the 21st season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[1][2]

James Cook University remain as the Fire's naming rights partner after signing a three-year extension in September 2019.[3] Mia Murray & Lauren Nicholson were named as Co-Captains for the 2021–22 season.[4]

Roster[edit]

2021–22 Townsville Fire roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
G 0 United States Sutton, Sug 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
G 1 Australia Nicholson, Lauren Injured (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G 3 Australia Reid, Stephanie 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
G/F 7 Australia Woods, Courtney 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 10 Australia Murray, Mia (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 12 Australia Payne, Nadeen 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 14 Australia McSpadden, Lara 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
C 15 Australia Aokuso, Zitina 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 23 Australia Fabbro, Aliza 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
F 24 Australia Drennan, Carla 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F 25 United States Billings, Monique 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 32 New Zealand Cocks, Micaela 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 20 March 2022

Standings[edit]

# WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Melbourne Boomers 12 5 70.5 17
2 Perth Lynx 11 5 68.7 16
3 Canberra Capitals 11 6 64.7 17
4 Adelaide Lightning 10 7 58.8 17
5 Bendigo Spirit 7 9 43.7 16
6 Townsville Fire 7 10 41.1 17
7 Southside Flyers 5 12 29.4 17
8 Sydney Uni Flames 4 13 23.5 17

Results[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 December
11 		@ Adelaide 70–59 Nicholson (24) Billings (13) Reid (7) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 1–0
2 December
18 		Sydney 75–56 Billings (21) Billings (9) Nicholson, Sutton (5) Townsville Entertainment Centre 2–0
3 December
23 		@ Southside 81–86 Billings (22) Billings (10) Sutton (11) Dandenong Stadium 2–1
4 December
31 		Canberra 52–76 Reid (11) Sutton (7) Nicholson, Payne,
Reid, Sutton (2) 		Townsville Entertainment Centre 2–2
5 January
21 		@ Bendigo 77–67 Aokuso, Nicholson (15) Payne (9) Aokuso (4) Bendigo Stadium 3–2
6 January
22 		@ Melbourne 68–66 Nicholson (22) Payne (9) Payne (4) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 4–2
7 January
28 		Adelaide 65–73
(OT) 		Billings (27) Aokuso (12) Nicholson, Reid (3) Townsville Entertainment Centre 4–3
8 January
30 		Melbourne 59–66 Billings (14) Billings (12) Sutton (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 4–4
9 February
6 		@ Sydney 86–66 Billings (25) Billings (8) Sutton (5) Qudos Bank Arena 5–4
10 February
12 		Sydney 84–63 Nicholson (23) Aokuso (8) Reid (7) Townsville Entertainment Centre 6–4
11 February
17 		Bendigo 71–76 Billings (23) Billings (12) Reid (10) Townsville Entertainment Centre 6–5
12 February
19 		@ Canberra 58–84 Reid (13) Woods (7) Nicholson (4) National Convention Centre 6–6
13 February
25 		@ Melbourne 60–88 Woods (18) Aokuso, Murray (5) Reid (8) State Basketball Centre 6–7
14 March
5 		@ Adelaide 57–78 Woods (21) Aokuso (7) Reid (7) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 6–8
15 March
13 		Southside 79–100 Woods (22) McSpadden (11) Reid (8) Townsville Stadium 6–9
16 March
18 		Perth 68–75 Woods (19) Woods (11) Reid (9) Townsville Entertainment Centre 6–10
17 March
20 		Perth 76–69 Reid (23) Aokuso (15) Cocks (7) Townsville Entertainment Centre 7–10

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Players - Townsville Fire". wnbl.basketball.
  2. ^ "Season 21/22 Fixture Update". wnbl.basketball.
  3. ^ "JCU EXTEND NAME RIGHTS OF TOWNSVILLE FIRE FOR A FURTHER 3 SEASONS". Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Captains announced". wnbl.basketball.

External links[edit]

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