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2021–22 Melbourne Boomers season

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2021–22 Melbourne Boomers season
Head CoachGuy Molloy
CaptainCayla George
VenueMelbourne Sports
Centre Parkville
Results
Record12–5
Ladder1st
FinalsTBD
Leaders
< 2020–21 2022–23 >

The 2021–22 Melbourne Boomers season is the 39th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[1][2]

Roster

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2021–22 Melbourne Boomers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
F 11 Australia Ernst, Carley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
G 6 Australia Brewster, Rachel 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F 7 Australia Brown, Lou 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 8 Australia Scanlon, Lily 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
G 9 Australia Madgen, Tess 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 10 Australia Wright, Izzy 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F 12 New Zealand Davidson, Penina 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 13 Australia Magbegor, Ezi 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 15 United States Allen, Lindsay 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
F/C 22 Australia George, Cayla (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 25 United States Mitchell, Tiffany 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
G 17 Australia Dunn, Charlise (DP [3]) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 1 Australia Trotto, Jacqui (DP [3]) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F 5 Australia Burrows, Sophie (DP [3]) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 34 Australia Heal, Tess (DP [3]) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
G 3 Australia Niven-Brown, Bella (DP [4][5]) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G 2 New Zealand Hippolite, Lauryn (I [6]) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Updated: 29 July 2022

Standings

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# 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

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Regular season

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Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 December
8
@ Bendigo 58–63 George (16) George (19) Allen, Madgen, Mitchell (3) Bendigo Stadium 0–1
2 December
11
Southside 91–72 Allen, Mitchell (22) George, Mitchell (9) George (6) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 1–1
3 December
18
@ Southside 87–72 George (25) George (12) Madgen (5) Dandenong Stadium 2–1
4 December
19
@ Bendigo 81–56 Mitchell (25) Magbegor (16) Magbegor (9) Bendigo Stadium 3–1
5 December
22
@ Sydney 83–77 Magbegor (20) Madgen (10) George (6) Qudos Bank Arena 4–1
6 December
30
@ Adelaide 53–65 Magbegor (15) George (10) George (7) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 4–2
7 January
15
Southside 75–72 Mitchell (17) George (11) Mitchell (8) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 5–2
8 January
17
@ Perth 80–77 Mitchell (22) George (12) Allen, Magbegor (4) Selkirk Stadium 6–2
9 January
22
Townsville 66–68 George (24) George (14) Allen (7) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 6–3
10 January
30
@ Townsville 66–59 Magbegor (20) George (11) Mitchell (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 7–3
11 February
6
Perth 71–76
(OT)
Allen (17) Wright (9) Wright (4) Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium 7–4
12 February
20
Sydney 85–76 Mitchell (21) George (10) Allen (4) State Basketball Centre 8–4
13 February
25
Townsville 88–60 Madgen (23) George (10) Davidson, Madgen (4) State Basketball Centre 9–4
14 February
27
@ Canberra 78–76 Allen (29) George (16) Allen (8) National Convention Centre 10–4
15 March
6
Bendigo 65–68 Allen (17) Mitchell (10) Mitchell (4) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 10–5
16 March
13
@ Adelaide 72–49 Magbegor (23) George, Magbegor (13) George, Mitchell (3) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 11–5
17 March
19
Canberra 107–52 George (23) George, Magbegor (8) Allen (6) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 12–5

Finals

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Semi-finals

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Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 March
24
Adelaide 95–64 Allen (24) George (8) George (8) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 1–0
2 March
26
@ Adelaide 61–49 Allen (15) Magbegor (12) Madgen (4) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 2–0

Grand Final

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Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 April
2
Perth 71-98 Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 0-1
2 April
6
@ Perth 75-76 TBD 1-1
3 April
9
Perth 84-66 Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 2-1

References

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  1. ^ "Players - Melbourne Boomers". wnbl.basketball.
  2. ^ "Season 21/22 Fixture Update". WNBL. wnbl.basketball. 24 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Melbourne Boomers WNBL season preview
  4. ^ Welcome to the Boomers — Bella Niven-Brown
  5. ^ Gameday Round 2 - Casey Cavaliers vs Hawthorn Magic
  6. ^ Boomers welcome Lauryn Hippolite
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