Back on their home floor for the first time since Round Two, the Boomers are keen to show their home town fans the team work and effort that has them placed first on the WNBL table, as they take on the Lightning for the second time in seven days.
Bulleen went two-from-two on the road in Round Five, knocking off the Perth Lynx in Perth on Friday 103-69, before heading to Adelaide on Sunday to defeat the Lightning 79-70.
Against the Lynx, Bulleen were led by Elyse Penaluna with 20 points and seven rebounds, and the terrific all round performance of Sharin Milner who finished with 15 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and zero turnovers.
In a hard fought battle against the Lightning on Sunday, Bulleen pulled out the victory thanks to the efforts of two young Boomers recruits. Jenna O’Hea continued her great start to the season with a near triple double of 17 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, narrowly missing WNBL Player of the Week honours for her efforts. While, Rachel Jarry clashed with a tough Adelaide front court, adding 15 points for the Boomers.
Adelaide are coming off a mixed round of results in Round Five, as they defeated the Dandenong Rangers 75-66, before falling to our very own Boomers to finish the weekend.
Despite Bulleen being undefeated, with a club record start to the season of seven straight victories, the Lightning will not be taken lightly, and currently own an impressive record of 5-2. Two Adelaide players have been rewarded with WNBL Player of the Week awards in the first five rounds; guard Angela Marino for her efforts in Round Three and Cayla Francis in Round Five.
Boomers forward Rachel Jarry says she is happy to be back home, but knows tonight’s match up will not be easy against a fired up Adelaide keen to atone for last week’s loss.
“The season has kind of worked out a bit funny. We’ve got a lot of our travel over and done with. So it will be good to get a few home games in and getting the crowds coming down and supporting us.”
She said before conceding, “Adelaide, they shot pretty poorly, so I wouldn’t expect them to do that two weeks in a row.”
“I think we’ll have to work on our rotation in defence a little bit more… but not too much change, just try to keep it similar and get the win.”
The team was able to keep up their streak since they last took the Veneto Club floor, and with five home games in the next five weeks, now it’s up to the Boomers supporters to help cheer them on to even greater heights.
By Ryan Mobilia for Boomers Media
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