2019–20 Townsville Fire season

2019–20 Townsville Fire season
Head Coach	Shannon Seebohm
Captain	Micaela Cocks
Venue	Townsville Stadium
Results
Record	5–16
Ladder	8th
Finals	Did not qualify
Leaders
Points	Bishop (15.9)
Rebounds	Bishop (7.6)
Assists	Vanloo (4.4)

The 2019–20 Townsville Fire season is the 19th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).^[1]

James Cook University remain as the Fire's naming rights partner after signing a three-year extension in September 2019.^[2] 2019–20 will be the Fire's first season under new head coach, Shannon Seebohm, who overtook the role from Claudia Brassard after she spent three seasons in the position.^[3][4]

Roster

2019–20 Townsville Fire roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. F 4 Young, Hannah 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 9 Madgen, Tess 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) F/C 10 Bishop, Abby 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) G 11 Gaze, Kate 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 12 Ebzery, Alison 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F 14 Garbin, Darcee 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) C 15 Aokuso, Zitina  1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) G 21 Carleton, Bridget 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 22 Boag, Christina 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 32 Cocks, Micaela (C) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) G 35 Vanloo, Julie 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Head coach Shannon Seebohm Assistant coach(es) Luke Brennan Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 11 October 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	September 28	Sydney	58–77	–	–	–	Townsville Stadium	0–1
2	September 29	Sydney	87–93	–	–	–	Townsville Stadium	0–2

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	October 12	@ Southside	72–81	Carleton (20)	Carleton, Madgen, Garbin (7)	Madgen, Vanloo (4)	Dandenong Stadium	0–1
2	October 18	Adelaide	68–86	Bishop (24)	Garbin (10)	Madgen (4)	Townsville Stadium	0–2
3	October 20	@ Canberra	65–67	Carleton (14)	Bishop (13)	Vanloo (5)	National Convention Centre	0–3
4	October 27	Melbourne	71–80	Bishop (20)	Bishop, Garbin, Madgen (6)	Madgen (5)	Townsville Stadium	0–4
5	November 2	@ Perth	93–88 (OT)	Bishop (31)	Bishop (11)	Cocks, Madgen (5)	Bendat Basketball Centre	1–4
6	November 7	@ Sydney	73–82	Garbin (19)	Garbin (7)	Bishop (7)	Brydens Stadium	1–5
7	November 23	Southside	59–91	Bishop (20)	Bishop (8)	Cocks, Garbin (3)	Townsville Stadium	1–6
8	November 30	@ Canberra	78–87	Bishop (23)	Carleton (7)	Madgen (6)	National Convention Centre	1–7
9	December 8	Bendigo	94–80	Garbin (27)	Carleton, Garbin (7)	Vanloo (9)	Townsville Stadium	2–7
10	December 13	@ Southside	62–81	Garbin (28)	Bishop, Madgen (6)	Vanloo (8)	Dandenong Stadium	2–8
11	December 15	Sydney	61–57	Garbin, Madgen (15)	Carleton (13)	Bishop, Cocks (4)	Townsville Stadium	3–8
12	December 21	Perth	77–82	Bishop (18)	Bishop (16)	Vanloo (7)	Townsville Stadium	3–9
13	December 27	@ Melbourne	61–77	Bishop (19)	Garbin (7)	Madgen (4)	State Basketball Centre	3–10
14	December 28	@ Bendigo	78–79	Carleton (19)	Carleton (12)	Vanloo (9)	Bendigo Stadium	3–11
15	January 3	Adelaide	61–87	Garbin (21)	Garbin (7)	Madgen (5)	Townsville Stadium	3–12
16	January 10	Canberra	102–69	Madgen (26)	Carleton (11)	Vanloo (10)	Townsville Stadium	4–12
17	January 12	@ Sydney	83–76	Garbin (18)	Garbin (9)	Vanloo (6)	Brydens Stadium	5–12
18	January 17	@ Adelaide	60–77	Madgen (19)	Garbin (10)	Madgen (4)	Titanium Security Arena	5–13
19	January 19	@ Perth	62–95	Garbin (19)	Carleton (12)	Carleton, Gaze, Vanloo (3)	Bendat Basketball Centre	5–14
20	January 25	Melbourne	68–79	Carleton (16)	Boag, Garbin (7)	Vanloo (8)	Townsville Stadium	5–15
21	February 1	Bendigo	69–89	Boag (22)	Boag (15)	Vanloo (7)	Townsville Stadium	5–16

Awards

In-season

Award	Recipient	Round(s)	Ref.
Player of the Week	Bridget Carleton	Round 13	[5]
Team of the Week	Abby Bishop	Rounds 2 & 4
	Micaela Cocks	Round 4
	Darcee Garbin	Rounds 8 & 9
	Bridget Carleton	Round 13
	Julie Vanloo	Round 13

Club Awards

Award	Recipient	Date	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Darcee Garbin	5 February 2020	[6]
Players' Player	Micaela Cocks		[7]
Coaches Award	Micaela Cocks		[8]
Club Person of the Year	Kate Gaze		[9]
Commitment to Excellence Award	Tess Madgen		[10]

References

1. "THE 2019/20 SCHEDULE HAS ARRIVED". Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
2. "JCU EXTEND NAME RIGHTS OF TOWNSVILLE FIRE FOR A FURTHER 3 SEASONS". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
3. "BRASSARD STEPS DOWN FROM THE FIRE". Townsville Fire. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
4. "THE TOWNSVILLE FIRE'S NEW ERA HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED WITH THE SIGNING OF NEW HEAD COACH". Townsville Fire. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
5. "#WNBL20 Rd 13 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
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External links

• Townsville Fire Official website