With The Veneto Club packed to the rafters in Round 7, things just didn’t come together against a star studded Sydney side, and while centre Liz Cambage (19 points) and point guard Sharin Milner (seven assists) led strongly all night, Sydney prevailed 79-65.
As Round 7 was our turn to finally register a loss, at the other end of the ladder the opposite was true for the Lynx, as Bulleen will now face a Perth side that are coming off their first win of the season, after defeating the AIS, 92-75 last week. Although the shine of their maiden victory was tainted with the shock resignation of Perth Head Coach Joe McKay soon after, replaced immediately by former assistant Vlad Alava, who will debut at the helm tonight.
It is the second meeting of these two sides for the 2009/10 season, after the Boomers travelled to Perth in Round 5 and came away with a dominant 34 point road win, 103-69. The Boomers were led by Elyse Penaluna with 20 points on that occasion, in a game where six players scored in double figures.
US import Takia Starks and Kate Malpass (the current league leader in steals) were the standouts for the Lynx on that night, leading their team in scoring, as they did once more against the AIS last week, and will be two players to watch out for in this game.
Something else to watch out for is the scoring progress of Co-Captain Sharin Milner, as she moves further and further up the list of all time scorers for the Bulleen Boomers. She currently sits in fifth position, but if Sharin can score 13 points tonight, she will move into third place all time!
Most WNBL points for the Bulleen Boomers:
2894 – Debbie Slimmon
1684 – Larissa Anderson
1637 – Katrina Hibbert
1625 – Linda Brandt
1624 – Sharin Milner