Lightning slams South West in women's SBL
Rockingham Flames continued their winning ways in the women's SBL season, beating the defending champions on Sunday, but the Cockburn Cougars and Lakeside Lightning are also undefeated.
Week 3 of the women's season began on Friday night with the Lakeside Lightning beating the Collie Crane Hire South West Slammers 115-57 at Lakeside Recreation Centre, and the Kalamunda Eastern Suns downing the Schweigen East Perth Eagles 67-58 at Ray Owen Sports Centre.
Then on Saturday night, the Mandurah Magic thumped the Perth Redbacks 101-51 at Belmont Oasis.
And on Sunday afternoon, the Rockingham Flames beat the Wanneroo Wolves 68-60 at Joondalup Basketball Stadium, and with the very same scoreline the Cockburn Cougars defeated the Mandurah Magic 68-60 at Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre.
Meanwhile, the fixtured women's and men's matches between the Willetton Tigers and Perry Lakes Hawks on Saturday were postponed due to a power outage around Willetton Basketball Stadium.
The results on the weekend mean that the Flames sit atop the women's SBL standings unbeaten after four matches with an average winning margin of 27.5 points.
The Cougars sit second unbeaten after three games and then the Lightning are also yet to taste defeat after two games.
The Stirling Senators, Perry Lakes Hawks, Wanneroo Wolves and South West Slammers all sit on a 1-1 record to round out the top eight.
Kalamunda and East Perth both sit on 1-2 records while Willetton are winless from three games, and the Perth Redbacks winless from four with an average losing margin of 38 points.
It was also a weekend of some outstanding individual performances.
Chelsea Armstrong led the way for the Eastern Suns on Friday with 14 points, six rebounds and four assists while Rebecca Motroni added 12 points and Jennie Rintala 11 (13 rebounds).
Jodee Sontay top-scored for the Eagles with 14 points.
Emily Fielding top-scored for Lakeside with 26 points, five rebounds and three assists with Krystal Stoneking adding 25 points and nine boards on the back of shooting 9-of-16 from the floor.
It was a tough night for the Slammers with Lauren Jeffers finishing with 13 points, Bianca Donovan 12 and Catherine Waycott 11.
Casey Mihovilovich was the star of the night on Saturday for the Magic finishing with 27 points and five rebounds while shooting 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-4 from downtown.
Samantha Whitcomb was the star of the afternoon for Rockingham on Sunday finishing with 28 points, nine rebounds, four steals and three rebounds while nailing 7-of-10 from three-point territory.
Nikita-Lee Martin was the only Wolves player, meanwhile, to score in double-figures with 21 points, seven rebounds and two assists while shooting 9-of-18 from the floor.
Emma Pass finished with 17 points and eight rebounds for Cockburn with Marita Payne adding 16 points and 17 rebounds.
Briana Klasztorny top-scored for the Magic with 19 points and six assists with Casey Mihovilovich adding 18 points, six rebounds and four assists while Gemma Thomas contributed 11 points and seven boards.
FRIDAY WOMEN'S SBL MATCHESLakeside Lightning 115 defeated Collie Crane Hire South West Slammers 57Kalamunda Eastern Suns 67 defeated Schweigen East Perth Eagles 58
SATURDAY Perth Redbacks 51 lost to Mandurah Magic 101
SUNDAY Wanneroo Wolves 60 lost to Rockingham Flames 68Mandurah Magic 60 lost to Cockburn Cougars 68
