2019–20 Southside Flyers season

2019–20 Southside Flyers season
Head Coach	Cheryl Chambers
Captain	Jenna O'Hea
Venue	Dandenong Stadium
Results
Record	17–4
Ladder	1st
Finals	Grand Final (defeated by Canberra, 0–2)
Leaders
Points	Cole (17.3)
Rebounds	Russell (9.8)
Assists	Mitchell (5.2)

The 2019–20 Southside Flyers season is the 28th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).^[1] 2019–20 will be their first season as the Southside Flyers, concluding 27 seasons as the Dandenong Rangers.^[2]

Roster

2019–20 Southside Flyers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Cole, Rebecca 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) C 2 Tomlinson, Louella 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) G 3 Clydesdale, Aimie 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G/F 4 O'Hea, Jenna  (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) G 5 Mitchell, Leilani 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) F 8 Pizzey, Rebecca 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) F 10 Rowe, Kiera 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 12 Reid, Stephanie 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) F 15 Blicavs, Sara 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) C 21 Russell, Mercedes 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) G/F 24 Maley, Anneli 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Cheryl Chambers Assistant coach(es) Belinda Snell Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 16 January 2019

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Southside Flyers	17	4	80.9	21
2	Canberra Capitals	15	6	71.4	21
3	Melbourne Boomers	15	6	71.4	21
4	Adelaide Lightning	12	9	57.1	21
5	Perth Lynx	8	13	38.0	21
6	Sydney Uni Flames	7	14	33.3	21
7	Bendigo Spirit	5	16	23.8	21
8	Townsville Fire	5	16	23.8	21

Results

Pre-season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	August 31	NBL1 All-Stars	89–50	Rowe (19)	Maley (19)	Cole, Reid (3)	Frankston Stadium	1–0
2	October 3	Bendigo	56–73	Clydesdale (13)	Maley (14)	Cole (5)	Dandenong Stadium	1–1
3	October 5	@ Melbourne	70–66	Clydesdale, Cole (19)	Russell (12)	Clydesdale, Cole (3)	State Basketball Centre	2–1

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	October 12	Townsville	81–72	Mitchell (21)	O'Hea (8)	Cole (6)	Dandenong Stadium	1–0
2	October 17	Perth	97–93 (OT)	O'Hea (19)	Russell (15)	Mitchell (10)	Dandenong Stadium	2–0
3	October 19	@ Sydney	85–72	O'Hea (22)	Russell (11)	Mitchell (10)	Brydens Stadium	3–0
4	October 26	Bendigo	85–77	Blicavs (23)	Russell (11)	Mitchell (7)	Traralgon Sports Stadium	4–0
5	November 3	Bendigo	93–80	Cole (23)	Russell (15)	Mitchell (6)	Dandenong Stadium	5–0
6	November 4	@ Melbourne	81–74	Russell (19)	Russell (11)	Cole (6)	State Basketball Centre	6–0
7	November 7	Canberra	72–91	Mitchell (23)	Blicavs (6)	Mitchell, O'Hea (3)	Dandenong Stadium	6–1
8	November 23	@ Townsville	91–59	O'Hea (21)	Blicavs (13)	Mitchell (8)	Townsville Stadium	7–1
9	November 30	@ Perth	82–68	Cole (21)	Blicavs (8)	Mitchell (7)	Bendat Basketball Centre	8–1
10	December 1	@ Adelaide	91–85	Russell (24)	Russell (14)	Cole (8)	Titanium Security Arena	9–1
11	December 7	Melbourne	89–82	O'Hea (22)	Blicavs (10)	O'Hea (6)	Dandenong Stadium	10–1
12	December 13	Townsville	81–62	O'Hea (17)	Blicavs, Russell (8)	Mitchell (6)	Dandenong Stadium	11–1
13	December 15	@ Canberra	70–65	Cole (21)	Russell (10)	Clydesdale, O'Hea (3)	National Convention Centre	12–1
14	December 21	Sydney	79–86	Blicavs (23)	Blicavs (9)	Mitchell (8)	Dandenong Stadium	12–2
15	January 3	@ Perth	90–75	Cole (30)	Russell (11)	Cole (4)	Bendat Basketball Centre	13–2
16	January 5	@ Adelaide	93–104	Russell (28)	Russell (10)	Mitchell (8)	Titanium Security Arena	13–3
17	January 12	@ Melbourne	75–73 (OT)	Mitchell (21)	Russell (11)	Cole (6)	State Basketball Centre	14–3
18	January 18	@ Bendigo	91–76	Cole (22)	Russell (12)	Mitchell (6)	Bendigo Stadium	15–3
19	January 19	Canberra	74–98	Russell (18)	Russell (10)	Mitchell (5)	Dandenong Stadium	15–4
20	January 25	Adelaide	81–69	Cole (28)	Blicavs (9)	Cole (5)	Dandenong Stadium	16–4
21	February 1	Sydney	78–61	Blicavs (18)	Blicavs (8)	Blicavs (6)	Dandenong Stadium	17–4

Finals

Semi-finals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	February 18	Adelaide	68–65	Russell (20)	Russell (19)	Cole, Mitchell (4)	Dandenong Stadium	1–0
2	February 22	@ Adelaide	82–79	Cole (19)	Cole (10)	Mitchell (9)	Titanium Security Arena	2–0

Grand Final

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	March 1	Canberra	80–82	Cole (23)	Russell (9)	Cole (7)	Dandenong Stadium	0–1
2	March 4	@ Canberra	68–71	Cole (23)	Russell (13)	Cole, O'Hea (3)	AIS Arena	0–2

Awards

In-season

Award	Recipient	Round(s)	Ref.
Player of the Week	Jenna O'Hea	Round 2	[3]
	Mercedes Russell	Round 7	[4]
	Rebecca Cole	Round 15	[5]
	Sara Blicavs	Round 16	[6]
Team of the Week	Leilani Mitchell	Rounds 1, 7 & 13
	Jenna O'Hea	Rounds 2, 6 & 8
	Sara Blicavs	Rounds 3 & 16
	Rebecca Cole	Rounds 4, 12 & 15
	Mercedes Russell	Rounds 4, 7, 9 & 12

Post-season

Award	Recipient	Date	Ref.
Defensive Player of the Year	Mercedes Russell	17 February 2020	[7]
All-WNBL First Team	Leilani Mitchell
	Jenna O'Hea
All-WNBL Second Team	Rebecca Cole
	Mercedes Russell

Club Awards

Award	Recipient	Date	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Leilani Mitchell	11 March 2020	[8]
X-Factor Award	Mercedes Russell
Val Ryan Players Player Award	Aimie Clydesdale

References

1. "THE 2019/20 SCHEDULE HAS ARRIVED". Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
2. "SOUTHSIDE FLYERS – A NEW LOOK TEAM IN THE WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
3. "iAthletic Player of the Week for Round 2". facebook.com.
4. "#WNBL20 Round 7 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
5. "#WNBL20 iAthletic Rd15 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
6. "#WNBL20 Round 16 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
7. "WNBL NAMES END OF SEASON AWARDS AND WNBL ALL-STAR FIRST & SECOND TEAMS". wnbl.basketball.
8. "LEILANI MITCHELL TAKES HOME FLYERS MVP AT SOUTHSIDE AWARDS NIGHT". wnbl.basketball.

External links

• Southside Flyers Official website