coaches view
SBL Women v Sunshine Coast Phoenix by Michael Kearney
SBL capitals women who proudly support the Young Pink
Sisters Charity travelled down the motorway to Gold Coast
for an important last home and away game of the season.
With personnel changes to our team we were expecting a
tight tussle as they had one of the highest scoring player in
the SBL competition. Switching around our team defences
and denying their sharpshooters were a couple of our
defence goals whilst in offence finding the open player and
recognising Gold Coast’s press and trapping game .
Our passing across the game was poor which lead to 17
passing turnovers giving the Rollers 34 easy open points
this was where the game was lost. We were holding our
own in the half-court offence and their gun shooters were
getting frustrated with our team defensive effort.
At one stage in the 4th quarter with some great team
offence and defence Caps narrowed the gap to 6 points
then fouls and taking chances in the last 4 minutes lead to
the gap blowing out. In the end Rollers executed better,
picked off 17 passes and their bench players stepped up
to replace their normal team scorers .
Overall it’s been a very good home and away season now
a new one begins as the young Capitals play semi-finals
this week.
QBL Women Brisbane Capitals v Southern Districts by Sue Jarvis
The Capitals started strongly establishing an early lead by
scoring some nice baskets, and their strong defence meant
Mackay had to earn their points from the free throw line. As
the quarter continued both Teams scored from the 3 point
line with Mackay having a slight edge. The score at the end
of the quarter was 21 – 17 to Mackay.
The tight battle continued into the second quarter, but
Mackay started to edge ahead scoring more freely, and
the Capitals girls were dealing with a rising foul count.
The positives in the quarter for the Capitals was that 8
players scored, and the team had just 4 turnovers. At half
time Mackay lead by 10 points, 40 – 30. Mackay came out
stronger in the third quarter, finding easy Baskets and
running the Court. The Capitals girls worked hard to stem
the flow, but Mackay established a 19 point lead by the end
of the quarter.
With nothing to lose Coach Marshall injected 3 younger
players, Audrey Fuller, Karissa Grigg & Georgia Woolley
into the game with positive results, bringing the Capitals
back to within 9 points at one stage. Fuller capitalised
on her speed to score 6 quick points, while Grigg was
strong on the boards pulling down 7 rebounds and
scoring 4 points. Woolley was everywhere in defence, and
supported her teammates with 2 rebounds. The end of the
game saw Mackay win by 81 – 67. The Capitals headed to
Rockhampton for the second road game feeling positive
after their performance against Mackay.
After a tough game in Mackay the previous night the
Wesley Hospital Brisbane Capitals came out with a renewed
determination and intensity against a second placed
Rockhampton Cyclones.
The first quarter saw a number of lead changes in a tough,
grinding half-court game with the Capitals going in to the
first break with a 3 point lead.
The second quarter saw Madie Woodford continue the
herculean task of defending Rockhampton’s blue chip
import, Jessica Thomas. Thomas scored 36 points the
previous week and Woodford was given the responsibility
of controlling and containing this dominant player.
Brisbane’s offence was poised and effective in the second
quarter as they pushed the lead out to 13 at the half time
break. Rockhampton struggled to find options other than
Thomas and were held to 7 points in the quarter. Issy
Parker’s aggression on the offensive rebounds over the
entire weekend was at times the under the radar statistic
that enabled the Capitals to stay in the game and stay in
plays for second change opportunities.
The game was a home coming of sorts for Bean Dowdell
who played in Rockhampton for a number of years.
Dowdell, Francis Donders and Georgia Fagan combined
for 7, 3 pointers in the game. The third quarter saw
Rockhampton find other scoring options with Blair and
Lorraway combining for 6, 3 pointers. Brisbane found
offence through Dowdell in the keyway where the Cyclones
double team was becoming easier to read and less
effective. Brisbane went in to the final quarter with a 5 point
lead.
The Wesley Hospital Brisbane Capitals maintained their 5
point lead and with 5 minutes to go they were still ahead
by 5. Clearly bothered by Woodford’s defence, Thomas
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