2020 Southside Flyers season

2020–21 Southside Flyers season

Head Coach| Cheryl Chambers
Captain| Jenna O'Hea
Venue| Dandenong Stadium
Results
Record| 11–2
Ladder| 1st
Finals| WNBL Champions
(defeated Townsville, 99–82)
Leaders
Points| Cambage (23.5)
Rebounds| Cambage (8.7)
Assists| Mitchell (6.7)
| < 2019–20  | 2021–22 >

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The 2020 Southside Flyers season is the 29th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). With a grand final win over the Townsville Fire, the Flyers took home their fourth championship title. This win marked their first title since rebranding.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season.[1] The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 52-game regular season fixture, plus a four game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final).[2]

## Roster

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2020 Southside Flyers roster

Players | Coaches
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G | 1 |  | Cole, Rebecca | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 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 | 6 |  | Taylor, Saraid | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)  |  |  |
G | 7 |  | Blicavs, Stephanie | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)  |  |  |
C | 8 |  | Cambage, Liz | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  |
F | 9 |  | Pizzey, Rebecca | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  |
G | 11 |  | O'Neill, Amy | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)  |  |  |
F | 12 |  | Jarry, Rachel | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)  |  |  |
G | 14 |  | Conti, Monique | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)  |  |  |
F | 15 |  | Blicavs, Sara | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)  |  |  |
G | 20 |  | Giliam, Taylah | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)  |  |  |

Head coach

*   * Cheryl Chambers

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Belinda Snell

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Legend

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

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* Roster

Updated: 8 November 2020

## Standings

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#  | WNBL Championship ladder

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Team  |  W  |  L  |  PCT  |  GP
1  | Southside Flyers | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | 13
2  | Townsville Fire | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 13
3  | Canberra Capitals | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 13
4  | Melbourne Boomers | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 13
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5  | Sydney Uni Flames | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 13
6  | Adelaide Lightning | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 13
7  | Perth Lynx | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 13
8  | Bendigo Spirit | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 13

## Results

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### Regular season

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Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location | Record

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1 | November
12  | Bendigo | 102–60  | Cambage (19)  | Sa Blicavs (12)  | St Blicavs (5)  | Townsville Stadium | 1–0
2 | November
14  | Melbourne | 72–89  | Cambage (24)  | Cambage (19)  | Mitchell (7)  | Townsville Stadium | 1–1
3 | November
15  | Sydney | 99–72  | Cole (27)  | Sa Blicavs (9)  | Mitchell, O'Hea (8)  | Townsville Stadium | 2–1
4 | November
19  | Townsville | 101–89  | Cambage (31)  | Cambage (13)  | Mitchell (8)  | Townsville Stadium | 3–1
5 | November
21  | Perth | 117–71  | Cambage (21)  | Cambage (7)  | Cole (5)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 4–1
6 | November
23  | Canberra | 72–95  | Cambage (26)  | Sa Blicavs (7)  | Cole (6)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 4–2
7 | November
25  | Perth | 102–62  | Cambage (23)  | Cambage (8)  | Cole, O'Hea (5)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 5–2
8 | November
28  | Townsville | 94–70  | Cambage (26)  | Cambage (9)  | Mitchell (9)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 6–2
9 | November
29  | Adelaide | 110–79  | Cambage (25)  | Sa Blicavs (9)  | Mitchell (10)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 7–2
10 | December
2  | Adelaide | 111–72  | Cambage (29)  | Sa Blicavs (10)  | Mitchell (7)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 8–2
11 | December
6  | Melbourne | 94–79  | Cambage (35)  | Sa Blicavs, Cambage (7)  | Mitchell (11)  | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 9–2
12 | December
10  | Sydney | 81–77  | Cambage (24)  | Sa Blicavs (8)  | Clydesdale, Cole,
Mitchell (5)  | Townsville Stadium | 10–2
13 | December
13  | Canberra | 101–82  | Cole (23)  | Cambage (12)  | Mitchell (9)  | Townsville Stadium | 11–2

### Finals

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Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location

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Semi Final  | December
16  | Townsville | 106–93  | Cambage (31)  | Cambage (18)  | Mitchell (10)  | Townsville Stadium
Grand Final  | December
20  | Townsville | 99–82  | Mitchell (31)  | Cambage (8)  | Mitchell (5)  | Townsville Stadium

## References

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1. ^ Elkerton, Matthew; Charles, Caitlan (22 September 2020). "Townsville launches bid to host bubble for upcoming WNBL season". TownsvilleBulletin.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2020. "A council report has detailed a proposal to host, and be central to, the 2020/21 WNBL season within a coronavirus 'bubble'. It's understood the WNBL has plans to host the games wholly within North Queensland, taking advantage of state government grants funding."
2. ^ "QUEENSLAND SET TO HOST 2020 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL SEASON". wnbl.basketball. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

## External links

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* Southside Flyers Official website

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