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WOMEN’S QUALIFYING FINAL EASTERN MAVERICKS V NORTH ADELAIDE AT ADELAIDE HILLS | TIP-OFF 6.30PM

WOMEN’S ELIMINATION FINAL NORWOOD FLAMES V STURT SABRES AT ARC CAMPBELLTOWN | TIP-OFF 6.30PM

MEN’S QUALIFYING FINAL SOUTHERN TIGERS V NORWOOD FLAMES AT MORPHETT VALE | TIP-OFF 7.30PM

MEN’S ELIMINATION FINAL WEST ADELAIDE BEARCATS V STURT SABRES AT PORT ADELAIDE | TIP-OFF 8.00PM

EDITOR David Penrose WRITERS Benito Carbone Sam Phillips Joseph Campbell Kieren Vartuli Tom Edwards James Woite Jakob Fairbank Alex Jacobs David Penrose DESIGN David Penrose PHOTOS AllStar Photos THE SOUTHERN TIGERS START THEIR QUEST FOR BACK-TO-BACK TITLES AGAINST NORWOOD THE FINALS MEN’S PREVIEW WILL WE SEE A RUN FROM OUTSIDE THE TOP THREE?

est Adelaide and Sturt will they lost to Norwood) after finishing Head-to-head in that time the be hoping to repeat recent fifth in the regular season. Sabres have won three of five runs from an elimination W The Bearcats will be aiming to battles against the Bearcats final to the grand final when they continue their recent good form in start their finals campaign on At Morphett Vale, the Southern Saturday night. elimination finals, having won four Tigers can continue their recent of five over the past decade. The Bearcats and Sabres are the success over Norwood and build on only sides in the past decade to The Sabres have played in three last season’s finals return. cut-throat games in the opening have made the men’s decider from The Tigers defeated the Flames in outside of the top-three. round of the finals during the past 10 years, winning one and losing last season’s finals on their way to West won three sudden-death two. the premiership. finals in 2014 before falling to Woodville by two points in the grand Overall in the past 10 years both Norwood has played in more finals final at Adelaide Arena, while Sturt Sturt and West have played 19 (26) than any other men’s side over made the 2015 grand final (where finals. the past decade.

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MEN’S FINALS RECORDS SINCE 2007 P W L W% 

Central District Lions 4 1 3 25.0

Eastern Mavericks - - - -

Forestville Eagles 24 13 11 54.1 3

North Adelaide Rockets 13 3 10 23.0 1

Norwood Flames 26 15 11 57.6 3

South Adelaide Panthers 3 2 1 66.6

Southern Tigers 2 2 0 100.0 1

Sturt Sabres 19 10 9 52.6 1

West Adelaide Bearcats 19 9 10 47.3

Woodville Warriors 10 5 5 50.0 1

#LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 5 THE EASTERN MAVERICKS ARE ENTERING THEIR FIRST FINALS SINCE 2013 THE FINALS WOMEN’S PREVIEW MAVS BACK ON THE BIG STAGE AGAINST NORTH

he Eastern Mavericks return against North the first home final their return to the major round and to the finals stage for the for Eastern in at least a decade. edged this weekend’s opponent, first time since 2013 when T The Rockets have played more they host North Adelaide in a Norwood, by six points in the finals than any other side in the past qualifying final. 10 seasons, featuring in a total of penultimate round. Eastern will be featuring in just its 24 major round match-ups. The Flames are aiming for their third finals series since 2007 and its Five of them have been qualifying third-straight title and fifth in six first qualifying final in that time. finals, with North winning three The Mavericks’ two other finals times. seasons. campaigns finished in elimination Sturt is also returning to the finals They will have to become the first final defeat, to Central Districts in after missing out the past two 2012 and Forestville in 2013. seasons. team since Forestville in 2011 to Both games were on the road, The Sabres won their final six win through to the women’s decider making Saturday night’s clash games of the season to confirm from an elimination final.

6 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS OVER THE PAST DECADE

WOMEN’S FINALS RECORDS SINCE 2007 P W L W% 

Central District Lions 3 1 2 33.0

Eastern Mavericks 2 0 2 0.0

Forestville Eagles 21 12 9 57.1 3

North Adelaide Rockets 24 13 11 54.1

Norwood Flames 21 13 8 61.9 4

South Adelaide Panthers 7 2 5 28.5

Southern Tigers 6 2 4 33.0

Sturt Sabres 18 8 10 44.4 2

West Adelaide Bearcats 17 9 8 52.9 1

Woodville Warriors 1 0 1 0.0

#LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 7 PREVIEW WOMEN’S QUALIFYING FINAL EASTERN MAVERICKS NORTH ADELAIDE ROCKETS AT ADELAIDE HILLS | SATURDAY JULY 29 | TIP-OFF 6.30PM

astern coach Nathon Jones The sides split two contests during Wilson has helped take Eastern to cannot hide his pride in the the minor round. new heights in 2017, averaging 26.2 way the Mavericks have E North won by 33 points in round points and 11.1 rebounds per game. climbed the ladder to finish in the four while the Mavericks prevailed top three this season. Rockets’ coach Brenton Johnston by six points in the most recent says his team is being careful not But ahead of a home qualifying final meeting in the Hills. to lose focus of the other threats on against North Adelaide he knows “North has a lot of finals experience the Mavericks’ roster. there is plenty of work to be done and regardless of the ladder I think if Eastern is to be crowned Premier “As a group we’re looking forward we’ll go in as the underdogs,” Jones League champions. to the challenge,” Johnston said. said. “We’ve just aimed at consistent “We need to be aware Wilson “It’s going to come down to us improvement,” Jones said. is there but that we are not too having a good defensive game. “That’s been our motto all year that focused on her. “They have a lot of firepower but we want to improve at every training what they were able to do to us “When you focus on her she is and game.” the first time was change up their so clever she drags her other After missing out on the minor defence and we shot terribly.” teammates in and they start to premiership to Southern after losing score.” Jones has plenty of firepower at to the Tigers in the final round a his disposal also. Johnston said his team is firing at blockbuster clash with the Rockets the right time of season and with looms for Eastern. Two-time WNBL Champion Alex a full group to choose from after missing some players to holidays during the regular season. “Some people had us rated as not making finals this season so finishing third we’re satisfied with that,” he said. Jo Hill has starred for the Rockets, leading the team with 14.9 points per game. While Opal Mader is averaging 16 points per game in her last five appearances, including a team-high 19 in North’s final round loss to West Adelaide. Hill and Norrisha Victrum have both played key playmaking roles in the Rockets’ run to the top three.

BY ALEX JACOBS NORTH’S OPAL MADER t @ALcobsy

8 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN EASTERN MAVERICKS’ KEDEISHA KARTINYERI

MAVERICKS WOMEN ROCKETS WOMEN COACH NATHON JONES COACH BRENTON JOHNSTON # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG 4 Alex WILSON G 26.2 11.1 3.4 4 Norrisha VICTRUM G 10.2 6.1 4.2 7 Ashlyn MENZ F/C 2.3 3.8 0.9 4 Opal MADER F/C 13.5 4.5 2.1 9 Hayley WADFORTH G/F 5.4 3.0 1.4 7 Jo HILL F/C 14.9 8.3 4.3 10 Shayde QUINTRELL C 7.6 5.6 1.0 8 Abigayle MADER G/F 1.3 0.7 0.4 11 Kedeisha KARTINYERI G 13.3 4.7 4.1 9 Tayla CORRIGAN F/C 13.2 6.1 0.7 13 Heather PURDIE G/F 0.5 0.3 0.1 10 Tia BAILS 0.5 0.2 0.1 15 Jaimi ROCK G/F 4.7 1.9 1.5 11 Kirsty WILLIAMS G/F 5.6 5.2 1.8 17 Caitlin SAMPSON F 0.2 0.4 0.0 12 Sophie BYRNE G 5.6 1.5 1.1 20 Charlotte CARTER G/F 0.3 0.2 0.2 14 Courtney HANSEN G/F 6.7 3.4 0.4 22 Rachael HINES F 7.8 4.8 1.7 15 Lauren THORNETT G 3.3 4.4 3.3 24 Broooke BASHAM G 10.2 3.8 2.5 20 Taylor GOGGINS F/C 0.8 2.6 0.5 25 Shayelan PAECH F 2.7 2.4 0.1 22 Ana BOTEI 0.0 0.0 0.2

OFFICIALS H STARKEY, A GILLINGS

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orwood will have to ladder positions in recent years, down just one player, rather it’ll have complete the tricky trek Good admitted many of the side to be a whole hearted defensive N from fourth if it is to claim had not faced a scenario where focus to get Norwood the win.” its third-straight women’s Premier there was no second chance. League crown. “We need to respect each (Sturt) Having only met two weeks ago, player, know the scout and adjust The Flames will begin their title where Sturt were six point winners during the game. defence without a double chance in an away upset, Good said that and in a tough assignment against the Flames need to be sharp early Sturt, on the other hand, have not Sturt during the opening week of to avoid the Sabres taking control featured in the finals race since their the finals. after raced out to 13-point quarter- 2014 championship win and will be time lead last time. Norwood captain Jess Good is eager to capitalise on their great not buying into the Flames being “We need to focus on our defensive recent form and make an impact at favourites against the Sabres but stops and get the ball through the pointy end of the season. says their finals experience will be hands early in offence,” she said. Sabres’ Coach Marcus Wong says useful. “It comes from practice so we need his side makes little of their finals “A lot of the girls have had at least to be switched on for our last week absence. one season experience in finals, so of training to then transfer it to the “It’s not something we’ve spoken they know what to expect,” Good game.” about as a group, internally it doesn’t said. “With Sturt playing a very team- really worry us,” he said. However, given Norwood’s strong orientated style it is difficult to shut “We were pretty relaxed on Monday night (at training) and we’re treating it like any other week.” Given their recent form and win over the Flames, Wong says the Sabres will be confident going into the clash. “It will be a tough match, but we can certainly win if we play at our best.” Stopping Chelsea Brook (30 points last round) and Good might prove the key for quelling Norwood’s offence. “Goody is having a great season, she’s almost averaging a triple- double so we’ll have a plan to best limit her,” Wong said.

BY SAM PHILLIPS STURT’S SARAH ELSWORTHY t #LEAGUEOFOUROWN

10 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN NORWOOD’S JESS GOOD

FLAMES WOMEN SABRES WOMEN COACH DARREN GOLLEY COACH MARCUS WONG # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG 5 Chelsea ROBERTS 1.7 2.0 0.8 4 Kate GLADSTONE G 10.2 2.8 1.5 6 Shannon MCKAY G 13.8 3.2 2.4 5 Kayla MATHEWS G 8.6 2.6 2.0 7 Kelsey MCKAY G 1.6 3.1 1.8 7 Sarah ELSWORTHY G 12.3 5.4 4.3 9 Jessy WARD 12.1 2.9 2.9 8 Lauren GIBBONS F 5.4 3.1 2.1 10 Marisa STABILE F/C 11.3 6.8 1.1 9 Caroline BURGESS G 8.4 8.4 2.5 11 Kiersten TINDALL G 2.0 0.8 0.5 10 Elissa BRETT 5.8 5.1 1.6 12 Jessica GOOD G/F 18.9 13.7 6.2 11 Hannah STEWART G 6.2 3.4 1.3 14 Chelsea BROOK F/C 12.8 6.7 1.1 12 Hannah RICHARDS C 9.9 6.2 0.9 15 Kelsey IRELAND G 2.3 3.2 3.0 14 Tamara BRINE 4.6 2.2 0.4 16 Megan PRITCHARD 10.0 4.6 1.3 15 Soriah MOON F/C 0.4 2.2 0.0 23 Natalia LALIC G 2.9 0.8 0.5 16 Zoe WALKER-ROBERTS 2.2 1.0 1.2 32 Renee TAYLOR G 0.7 0.1 0.0 18 Erina MARAFIOTI G 1.5 0.0 1.1

OFFICIALS V DEVLIN, M AYLEN

#LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 11 PREVIEW MEN’S QUALIFYING FINAL SOUTHERN TIGERS NORWOOD FLAMES AT MORPHETT VALE | SATURDAY JULY 29 | TIP-OFF 7.30PM

orwood coach Kevin Brooks do some really good things ... we’re have the points on the board,” says his side is confident it very balanced.” Brooks said. can put an end to its recent N The Flames started the season 3-5 “The first game (this season) we struggles against Southern when it but are 9-1 since. were very much in it but we put on faces the Tigers in a qualifying final. Brooks said his side had improved the foul line too much down the The Flames have lost five of their its defensive game in the second stretch and they pulled away from past six meetings against Southern half of the season. us. over the past two seasons, including the most recent by 26 points at “We’re pretty happy with making “They’ve got a whole lot of talent Morphett Vale. the finals and our second half of the on that team so we’re going to have season,” he said. our work cut out for us.” Brooks said Norwood had adjusted to playing without import Jerrell “With a new coach and a new Southern coach Dean Nyberg said Sanders (knee) since the last system this season it took some he was expecting a battle more like meeting. time to adust but they (the players) the round six fixture between the did an outstanding job.” sides than the Tigers’ 26-point win “At Morphett Vale that was the first later in the season. time we didn’t have him (Sanders) Norwood’s only loss in the run and they jumped on us,” Brooks home was to Southern. “The first game was a real interesting chess battle,” he said. said. “We didn’t shoot well (in that game) “Everyone has stepped up now and but defensively I thought we did a “It was a bit back-and-forth and we have a handful of guys who can good job on them, we just didn’t quite high-scoring. “I think we can trouble them a little bit with our size which is a focus, but they’re a smart, savvy, group and they won’t beat themselves. “We have to go out there and make sure they’re not getting their preferred options.” Norwood has missed just one finals campaign the past decade, giving it a significant edge in major round experience over the Tigers. “They are so experienced and have some veterans so you know come finals time they will put up a pretty good fight,” Nyberg said. “If you allow them to hang around and get a sniff with a veteran group they will get a win.”

BY DAVID PENROSE NORWOOD’S MATTHEW LYCETT t @David_Penrose

12 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN SOUTHERN TIGERS’ ANTHONY DRMIC

SOUTHERN TIGERS MEN NORWOOD FLAMES MEN COACH DEAN NYBERG COACH KEVIN BROOKS # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG 2 James ADCOCK 0.5 0.3 0.2 4 Kellen SMITH G 13.0 4.1 6.8 3 Anthony DRMIC G/F 26.0 9.0 3.4 5 Nicholas WURM 7.1 2.6 2.4 5 Hamish STAUDE G 4.4 3.0 6.2 6 Jerrell SANDERS F/C 19.4 8.5 3.7 6 Timothy SMYTH G/F 1.1 1.8 1.0 7 Luke BURFORD G 1.5 1.1 0.5 7 Daniel PEACOCK F/C 1.5 1.8 0.5 8 Lachlan COTTON F 1.1 0.6 0.0 8 Harrison MILLS 2.0 1.6 0.3 9 Daniel WEBBER G/F 17.7 6.0 2.7 9 Matthew WILLIAMS 1.1 1.7 0.5 10 Benjamin JANSSAN 3.6 1.3 0.8 10 Luke SCHENSCHER C 8.3 5.4 1.5 11 Andrew WEBBER G 11.7 5.2 3.6 11 Bradley FICKEN 6.1 3.2 2.7 13 Matthew LONG F 8.3 6.2 1.1 15 Michael NWELUE F 17.2 12.3 3.2 14 Matthew LYCETT 13.6 6.0 2.3 22 Robert LINTON G 13.7 3.3 2.5 21 Edward STEELE 0.7 0.5 0.3 23 Jordan DODMAN F/C 9.3 4.7 1.2 22 James SPURRITT F/C 0.7 3.2 1.0 30 Andrew BARTON G/F 4.3 0.5 0.6 32 Reece TURNER 1.0 0.7 1.3

OFFICIALS N IRELAND, A JUST, J GRIGUOL

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est Adelaide and Sturt will This, coupled with a 31-point and chemistry, and the West fight to keep their seasons belting handed to them by Norwood Adelaide coach is confident his side W alive in a sudden-death the week before, renders last year’s has what it takes. final at Port Adelaide. Grand Finalists a clear outsider in “If we play to our full potential the championship battle, and as The fifth-seeded Sabres travel to and our workrate is high, we can we dig deeper the statistics fail to West to face the fourth-ranked compete with any team in the improve. Bearcats, a side hell-bent on ending league,” he said. its 21-year men’s championship The 1982 NBL Championship “Our best is definitely good enough. drought. winners have a clear edge on travelling Sturt when it comes to “It’s a one game battle ... you go For both clubs, this is where it this season’s matchups. into finals with a clean slate and begins. The absence of Issac White, who anything can happen.” West and Sturt each failed to find had a blinder in Port Adelaide earlier The hosts of Saturday Night’s winning form heading into the this season is also a huge loss, but blockbuster have great strength Premier League finals. finals is a different beast entirely and experience in their tall brigade, Despite a third quarter comeback, where regular season results mean but also have firepower from the the Bearcats were soundly defeated little. arc, with Patrick Thomas (38.46%) by the first-seeded Rockets, while In his maiden season, Corey and Tristan Braithwaite (36.71%) the Sabres were overrun in the Maclean has managed to create a ranked fourth & fifth in the league second half by South Adelaide. Bearcats side with great balance for three-point percentage. Thomas (six assists per game) and Anthony Spadavecchia (four) are some of the league’s most elite passers, holding the side in great stead when in transition. Sturt, the 2010 champions, have shown in recent seasons that they are no finals easy-beats, and that notion looks likely to prove correct again this season. “We’re confident going in,” coach Paul Rigoni said. “It’s a final, we just have to bring it this time of the year.” And bring it they do. The Sabres have reached five of the past eight grand finals.

BY BENITO CARBONE STURT’S CLAYBRIN MCMATH t @_BenitoCarbone

14 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN WEST ADELAIDE’S DEE OLDHAM

WEST ADELAIDE MEN SABRES MEN COACH COREY MACLEAN COACH PAUL RIGONI # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG # PLAYER POS PPG RPG APG 2 Dee OLDHAM G 26.3 8.1 3.3 4 Mark BAUER G/F 1.4 1.8 1.3 3 Tom KUBANK F 8.0 3.5 1.5 5 Hamish BURNS G 7.8 3.6 3.5 4 Patrick THOMAS G 13.2 7.3 5.9 6 Jan WARBOUT F 8.0 6.1 1.6 6 Lucas VALK G 1.8 0.7 1.2 7 Tim KLAOSEN G/F 5.7 4.1 1.9 8 Lachlan HAUFE G/F 2.8 1.5 0.7 8 Cale MATTHEWS G 1.2 1.6 0.3 9 Paul RANKIN F 1.5 1.3 0.2 9 Ben CARTER F/C 6.1 3.9 0.4 11 Tristan BRAITHWAITE G 11.1 0.8 1.5 12 Sam DALY 12.6 4.1 5.8 14 Blake TRUSLOVE C 6.1 7.0 1.1 14 Max CALLIGEROS F 7.0 3.1 0.8 20 Todd WINTER G/F 1.3 0.3 0.2 16 Harry REEMST G 4.1 1.5 1.4 21 Harold RIDGEWAY F/C 13.1 7.8 0.5 18 Daniel NASH G 0.4 0.0 0.0 30 Jordan WEST C 13.4 5.5 1.5 19 Jack TURNBULL 6.6 1.0 1.4 31 Anthony SPADAVECCHIA G 2.0 1.7 3.9 20 Claybrin MCMATH F 10.3 5.6 1.1 45 Rhys DADDOW F/C 0.5 0.2 0.0

OFFICIALS N DURANT, N WIELAND, I DOMEIKA

#LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 15 RECAP ROUND 18 WOMEN’S SCOREBOARD

AT ADELAIDE HILLS 1 2 3 4 MAVERICKS TIGERS MAVERICKS PTS Alex Wilson 18 Demi Skinner 21 21 23 10 14 68 14-4 REB Alex Wilson 6 Tara Dodman 9 TIGERS 25 18 24 22 89 15-3 AST Alex Wilson 5 Alex Green 7

AT HILLCREST 1 2 3 4 ROCKETS BEARCATS ROCKETS PTS Opal Mader 19 Ieva Nagy 17 14 12 13 22 61 12-6 REB Jo Hill 10 Brielle Ward 8 BEARCATS 10 15 22 20 67 7-11 AST Jo Hill 10 Alice Gee 3

AT PASADENA 1 2 3 4 SABRES PANTHERS SABRES PTS Sarah Elsworthy 16 Haley Bunce 9 23 23 28 15 89 12-6 REB Elissa Brett 10 Danita Goodwin 7 PANTHERS 11 11 4 8 34 2-16 AST Caroline Burgess 5 Chelsea Green 2

AT STARPLEX 1 2 3 4 LIONS FLAMES LIONS PTS Alisha Carlin 15 Chelsea Brook 30 13 11 6 8 38 1-17 REB Alisha Carlin 6 Chelsea Brook 15 FLAMES 29 26 28 25 108 12-6 AST Rhianna Stringer 4 Jess Good 7

AT WAYVILLE 1 2 3 4 EAGLES WARRIORS EAGLES PTS Sam Defrancesco 19 Jennifer Monroe 17 16 13 22 15 66 11-7 REB Sam Defrancesco 10 Jennifer Monroe 15 WARRIORS 16 11 14 13 54 4-14 AST Sam Defrancesco 7 Ashley Claussen 6

16 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN RECAP ROUND 18 MEN’S SCOREBOARD

AT ADELAIDE HILLS 1 2 3 4 MAVERICKS TIGERS MAVERICKS PTS Lachlan Barker 16 Robert Linton 18 17 20 17 6 60 2-16 REB Thomas Cioffi 6 Michael Nwelue 13 TIGERS 26 25 27 21 99 13-5 AST Daniel Stock 4 Hamish Staude 8

AT HILLCREST 1 2 3 4 ROCKETS BEARCATS ROCKETS PTS Alex Starling 28 Dee Oldham 16 29 26 16 21 92 14-4 REB Adam Schild 9 Harold Ridgeway 10 BEARCATS 11 21 27 14 73 11-7 AST Alex Starling 6 Patrick Thomas 7

AT PASADENA 1 2 3 4 SABRES PANTHERS SABRES PTS Claybrin McMath 20 Eian Davis 32 19 25 16 18 78 11-7 REB Tim Klaosen 15 Jarmal Reid 10 PANTHERS 21 19 22 24 86 9-9 AST Hamish Burns 8 Eian Davis 11

AT STARPLEX 1 2 3 4 LIONS FLAMES LIONS PTS Nelson Larkins 11 Matthew Lycett 25 20 25 9 23 77 3-15 REB David Humphries 8 Matthew Long 14 FLAMES 29 30 18 20 97 12-6 AST Sai’Quon Stone 3 Kellen Smith 6

AT WAYVILLE 1 2 3 4 EAGLES WARRIORS EAGLES PTS Jake Rios 30 Luke Stanbridge 18 25 23 15 17 80 8-10 REB Majok Deng 15 Daniel Carlin 11 WARRIORS 23 21 18 23 85 7-11 AST Jake Rios 6 Daniel Carlin 5

#LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 17 Chelsea Brook Norwood Flames 30 pts | 15 reb | 72 fg % 18 HANG TIME THE FINALS - WEEK 1 #LEAGUEOFOUROWN STATS WOMEN’S LEADERBOARD

POINTS PER GAME REBOUNDS PER GAME Alex Olivia WILSON THOMPSON 1 26.2 1 13.7 Eastern Forestville Mavericks Eagles 2 Olivia THOMPSON Forestville Eagles 22.0 2 Jess GOOD Norwood Flames 13.7 3 Jess GOOD Norwood Flames 18.9 3 Jennifer MONROE Woodville Warriors 11.1 4 Ashley CLAUSSEN Woodville Warriors 17.7 4 Alex WILSON Eastern Mavericks 11.1 5 Sam DEFRANCESCO Forestville Eagles 17.6 Teonna CAMPBELL South Adelaide 11.1

ASSISTS PER GAME FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Jess Chelsea GOOD BROOK 1 6.2 1 54.8 Norwood Norwood Flames Flames 2 Ashley CLAUSSEN Woodville Warriors 4.8 2 Raynisha WASHINGTON Southern Tigers 51.9 3 Jo HILL North Adelaide 4.3 3 Darcy REES Forestville Eagles 51.5 4 Sarah ELSWORTHY Sturt Sabres 4.3 4 Hannah RICHARDS Sturt Sabres 51.0 5 Norrisha VICTRUM North Adelaide 4.2 5 Alex WILSON Eastern Mavericks 48.6

THREE POINT PERCENTAGE FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1 Aimee HERRIMAN Woodville Warriors 41.8 1 Denelle FAWCETT Southern Tigers 91.1 2 Demi SKINNER Southern Tigers 38.8 2 Jo HILL North Adelaide 88.8 3 Ashley CLAUSSEN Woodville Warriors 35.5 3 Jess GOOD Norwood Flames 81.4 4 Jessy WARD Norwood Flames 35.0 4 Mollie McKENDRICK Southern Tigers 80.0 5 Kate GLADSTONE Sturt Sabres 34.7 5 Sarah ELSWORTHY Sturt Sabres 79.4

TOTAL BLOCKS TOTAL STEALS 1 Jess GOOD Norwood Flames 43 1 Teonna CAMPBELL South Adelaide 90 2 Hannah RICHARDS Sturt Sabres 32 2 Jo HILL North Adelaide 63 3 Haley BUNCE South Adelaide 30 3 Ashley CLAUSSEN Woodville Warriors 55 4 Alex WILSON Eastern Mavericks 25 Jess GOOD Norwood Flames 55 5 Tayla CORRIGAN North Adelaide 24 5 Alex Green Southern Tigers 44

QUALIFICATION - players must have played a minimum of 50 per cent of possible games for their club • field goal percentage: five field goal attempts per game• three point percentage: three three-point shots per game.

#LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 19 STATS MEN’S LEADERBOARD

POINTS PER GAME REBOUNDS PER GAME Eian Alex DAVIS STARLING 1 32.8 1 12.4 South North Adelaide Adelaide 2 Majok DENG Forestville Eagles 26.9 2 Michael NWELUE Southern Tigers 12.3 3 Dee OLDHAM West Adelaide 26.3 3 Majok DENG Forestville Eagles 12.1 4 Anthony DRMIC Southern Tigers 26.0 4 David HUMPHRIES Central Districts 10.9 5 Aric MILLER North Adelaide 24.3 5 Anthony DRMIC Southern Tigers 9.0

ASSISTS PER GAME FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Eian Harold DAVIS RIDGEWAY 1 7.3 1 63.4 South West Adelaide Adelaide 2 Kellen SMITH Norwood Flames 6.8 2 Sam DALY Sturt Sabres 59.4 3 Hamish STAUDE Southern Tigers 6.2 3 Matthew LONG Norwood Flames 59.2 4 Patrick THOMAS West Adelaide 5.9 4 Eian DAVIS South Adelaide 56.2 5 Sam DALY Sturt Sabres 5.8 5 Jerrell SANDERS Norwood Flames 56.0

THREE POINT PERCENTAGE FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1 Zachary LOVELL Eastern Mavericks 43.0 1 Darren NG Woodville Warriors 91.8 2 Brad JONNEK North Adelaide 42.3 2 Lachlan BARKER Eastern Mavericks 84.1 3 Anthony DRMIC Southern Tigers 40.0 3 Jacob RIGONI Sturt Sabres 83.3 4 Patrick THOMAS West Adelaide 38.4 4 Dee OLDHAM West Adelaide 83.1 5 Tristan BRAITHWAITE West Adelaide 36.7 5 Kellen SMITH Norwood Flames 81.3

TOTAL BLOCKS TOTAL STEALS 1 Michael HUNDLEY Eastern Mavericks 34 1 Alex STARLING North Adelaide 56 2 Michael NWELUE Southern Tigers 30 2 Antonio GARRETT Forestville Eagles 48 3 Daniel CARLIN Woodville Warriors 27 3 Aric MILLER North Adelaide 44 4 Majok DENG Forestville Eagles 24 4 Dee OLDHAM West Adelaide 35 5 Devon McGEE Eastern Mavericks 23 5 Eian DAVIS Norwood Flames 33

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Matthew Lycett Norwood Flames 25 pts | 13 reb | 5 ast #LEAGUEOFOUROWN THE FINALS - WEEK 1 HANG TIME 21 STATS LADDERS WOMEN’S & MEN’S

WOMEN’S LADDER AFTER ROUND 18

P W L %W PTS F A % HW HL AW AL LAST 5 1 Southern Tigers 18 15 3 83.3 48 1508 1074 140.41 7 2 8 1 WWWWW 2 Eastern Mavericks 18 14 4 77.7 46 1438 1317 109.19 8 1 6 3 LWWWL 3 North Adelaide Rockets 18 12 6 66.6 42 1305 1117 116.83 7 2 5 4 WWWLL 4 Norwood Flames 18 12 6 66.6 42 1373 1177 116.65 6 3 6 3 WLLLW 5 Sturt Sabres 18 12 6 66.6 42 1309 1078 121.43 6 3 6 3 WWWWW 6 Forestville Eagles 18 11 7 61.1 40 1373 1196 114.80 6 3 5 4 WLLWW 7 West Adelaide Bearcats 18 7 11 38.8 32 1248 1267 98.50 3 6 4 5 LWWLW 8 Woodville Warriors 18 4 14 22.2 26 1238 1392 88.94 3 6 1 8 LLLWL 9 South Adelaide Panthers 18 2 16 11.1 22 935 1397 66.93 1 8 1 8 LLLLL 10 Central Districts Lions 18 1 17 5.55 20 893 1605 55.64 1 8 0 9 LLLLL

MEN’S LADDER AFTER ROUND 18

P W L %W PTS F A % HW HL AW AL LAST 5 1 North Adelaide Rockets 18 14 4 77.7 46 1652 1496 110.43 9 0 5 4 WWWLW 2 Southern Tigers 18 13 5 72.2 44 1690 1451 116.47 7 2 6 3 WWWWW 3 Norwood Flames 18 12 6 66.6 42 1559 1396 111.68 7 2 5 4 WLWWW 4 West Adelaide Bearcats 18 11 7 61.1 40 1559 1476 105.62 5 4 6 3 LWWWL 5 Sturt Sabres 18 11 7 61.1 40 1474 1387 106.27 7 2 4 5 WWWLL 6 South Adelaide Panthers 18 9 9 50.0 36 1531 1577 97.08 5 4 4 5 WLLWW 7 Forestville Eagles 18 8 10 44.4 34 1602 1470 108.98 4 5 4 5 LLLLL 8 Woodville Warriors 18 7 11 38.8 32 1369 1471 93.07 4 5 3 6 LWLLW 9 Central Districts Lions 18 3 15 16.6 24 1402 1733 80.90 1 8 2 7 LLWLL 10 Eastern Mavericks 18 2 16 11.1 22 1295 1676 77.27 2 7 0 9 LLLWL

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