Heading into the last week of the WNBL regular season, the Townsville Fire—led by naturalized Australian Sami Whitcomb—remain the top team in the league, holding a 13-6 record. Whitcomb has put together a strong season for the defending champions, averaging 15.3 points and 4.6 assists per game. She’s one of five Fire players averaging double-digit points.
A peek to the upcoming postseason
The WNBL Semi-Finals—a best-of-three series—are slated to begin next Wednesday, Feb. 28. The top four teams will look to hold onto their seeds in order to earn a spot in the postseason.
If the playoffs were to start today, the No. 1 Fire would match up against the No. 4 Sydney Flames. The Flames have three players averaging at least 12 points per game—Lauren Nicholson (16.7), Cayla George (12.8) and Didi Richards (13.0). George, who has won three WNBL championships and was last year’s MVP, recently joined the league’s 350 games played club.
On the other side of the bracket, the No. 2 Southside Flyers, led by Mercedes Russell, will face the No. 3 Bendigo Spirit, if nothing changes over the next week. Russell is averaging 15 points per game on 55.8…
