SBL Semi Finals - Fast Facts
Week Two Women’s Semi Finals
Friday - August 14
Perry Lakes Hawks (1st 19 wins 3 losses) 7:30pm vs Mandurah Magic (5th 13 wins 9 losses) 7:30pm @ Mandurah Aquatic & Recreation Centre
Game Three (If Required): Saturday August 15 6:00pm @ Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium.
2009 Head to Head (Magic lead 2-1)
Game 1 (Round 10): Perry Lakes Hawks 74 @ Mandurah Magic 43
Game 2 (Round 12): Mandurah Magic 67 @ Perry Lakes Hawks 56
Finals (Game One): Perry Lakes Hawks 73 @ Mandurah Magic 80
Key Players
Mandurah – Casey Mihovilovich
Perry Lakes – Tegan Walker
Preview
- Tanya Kelly (Hawks) will play her 350th SBL game tonight & Mandurah's Kelli Hayward will play her 200th SBL game.
- Perry Lakes Hawks have made 9 out of the last 11 Grand Finals.
- Mandurah Magic have made 3 out of the last 6 SBL Grand Finals.
- Deanna Smith had her lowest score of the season last weekend.
Saturday – August 15
Southlands Boulevarde Willetton Tigers (2nd 15 wins 7 losses) vs Kalamunda Eastern Suns (6th 12 wins 10 losses) 7:30pm @ Willetton Basketball Stadium
Game Three (If Required): Sunday 16 August 12:00pm @ Willetton Basketball Stadium
2009 Head to Head (Willetton lead 3-0)
Game 1 (Round 6): Kalamunda Eastern Suns 68 @ Southlands Boulevarde Tigers 86
Game 2 (Round 14): Southlands Boulevarde Tigers 83 @ Kalamunda Eastern Suns 42
Finals (Game One): Southlands Boulevarde Tigers 77 @ Kalamunda Eastern Suns 55
Key Players
Kalamunda – Brittany Morgan
Willetton – Courtney Hargreaves
Preview
- The Tigers have made 7 out of the last 13 SBL Grand Finals.
- Both Kate Malpass (Tigers) & Samantha Norwood (Eastern Suns) are in the top ten points per game for WSBL.
- The Eastern Suns have lost six out of seven games where they have given up more than 70 points.
- The Kalamunda Eastern Suns were knocked out in the 2008 Semi-Finals by Perry Lakes Hawks.
Week Two Men’s Semi Finals
Game Three (If Required): Sunday August 16 12:00pm @ Lakeside Recreation Centre
Game 1 (Round 1): Lakeside Lightning 80 @ Dominos Geraldton Buccaneers 115
Game 2 (Round 12): Dominos Geraldton Buccaneers 95 @ Lakeside Lightning 92
Finals (Game One): Lakeside Lightning 97 @ Dominos Geraldton Buccaneers 81
Key Players
Geraldton: Luke Meyer
Lakeside: Luke Payne
Preview
- Geraldton have not made a Grand Final since 2000 when they defeated the Lakeside Lightning 96-76.
- Both Michael Le Blanc & Luke Meyer (Buccs) had their lowest scores of the season last weekend.
- Luke Payne (Lightning) missed his first game for the 2009 Season in last weekend’s 97-81 win.
- Lakeside has made 3 out of the last 4 Grand Finals.
Perry Lakes Hawks (6th 17 wins and 9 losses) vs SKILLED Goldfields Giants (2nd 21 wins and 5 losses)
Game Three (If Required): Sunday August 16 12:00 @ Brookman St Staidu
2009 Head to Head (Giants lead 2-1)
Game 1 (Round 3): Perry Lakes Hawks 76 @ SKILLED Goldfields Giants 77
Game 2: (Round 15): SKILLED Goldfields Giants 108 @ Perry Lakes Hawks 94
Finals (Game One): SKILLED Goldfields Giants 91 @ Perry Lakes Hawks 93
Key Players
Goldfields: Shamus Ballantyne
Perry Lakes: Joe-Alan Tupae
Preview
- The last two teams who went to Kalgoorlie in a Semi-Final up 1-0 lost Games 2 & 3. Those teams were Rockingham (2007) and Willetton (2004).
- Goldfields have made the last three Grand Finals.
- Perry Lakes have not made a Grand Final since 2005.
- Tom Garlepp (Hawks) is fourth in the SBL for points scored.
- Alonzo Hird is third in the SBL for rebounds per game.
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