2021–22 Melbourne Boomers season

2021–22 Melbourne Boomers season
2021–22 Melbourne Boomers season
Head Coach	Guy Molloy
Captain	Cayla George
Venue	Melbourne Sports ; Centre Parkville
Results
Record	12–5
Ladder	1st
Finals	TBD
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

2021–22 Melbourne Boomers roster

Players

Coaches

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

Head coach

Guy Molloy

Assistant coach(es)

Larissa Anderson
Paul Flynn

Legend

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

Roster

Updated: 29 July 2022

Standings

#	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

Regular season

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

Semi-finals

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