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2019–20 Townsville Fire season
Head CoachShannon Seebohm
CaptainMicaela Cocks
VenueTownsville Stadium
Results
Record5–16
Ladder8th
FinalsDid not qualify
Leaders
PointsBishop (15.9)
ReboundsBishop (7.6)
AssistsVanloo (4.4)
< 2018–19 2020–21 >

The 2019–20 Townsville Fire season is the 19th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

James Cook University remain as the Fire's naming rights partner after signing a three-year extension in September 2019. 2019–20 will be the Fire's first season under new head coach, Shannon Seebohm, who overtook the role from Claudia Brassard after she spent three seasons in the position.

Roster

2019–20 Townsville Fire roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
F 4 Australia Young, Hannah 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 9 Australia Madgen, Tess 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F/C 10 Australia Bishop, Abby 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 11 Australia Gaze, Kate 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G 12 Australia Ebzery, Alison 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F 14 Australia Garbin, Darcee 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
C 15 Australia Aokuso, Zitina Injured 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 21 Canada Carleton, Bridget 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 22 Australia Boag, Christina 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 32 New Zealand Cocks, Micaela (C) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
G 35 Belgium Vanloo, Julie 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 11 October 2019

Standings

# WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Southside Flyers 17 4 80.9 21
2 Canberra Capitals 15 6 71.4 21
3 Melbourne Boomers 15 6 71.4 21
4 Adelaide Lightning 12 9 57.1 21
5 Perth Lynx 8 13 38.0 21
6 Sydney Uni Flames 7 14 33.3 21
7 Bendigo Spirit 5 16 23.8 21
8 Townsville Fire 5 16 23.8 21

Results

Pre-season

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 September
28 		Sydney 58–77 – – – Townsville Stadium 0–1
2 September
29 		Sydney 87–93 – – – Townsville Stadium 0–2

Regular season

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 October
12 		@ Southside 72–81 Carleton (20) Carleton, Madgen,
Garbin (7) 		Madgen, Vanloo (4) Dandenong Stadium 0–1
2 October
18 		Adelaide 68–86 Bishop (24) Garbin (10) Madgen (4) Townsville Stadium 0–2
3 October
20 		@ Canberra 65–67 Carleton (14) Bishop (13) Vanloo (5) National Convention Centre 0–3
4 October
27 		Melbourne 71–80 Bishop (20) Bishop, Garbin,
Madgen (6) 		Madgen (5) Townsville Stadium 0–4
5 November
2 		@ Perth 93–88
(OT) 		Bishop (31) Bishop (11) Cocks, Madgen (5) Bendat Basketball Centre 1–4
6 November
7 		@ Sydney 73–82 Garbin (19) Garbin (7) Bishop (7) Brydens Stadium 1–5
7 November
23 		Southside 59–91 Bishop (20) Bishop (8) Cocks, Garbin (3) Townsville Stadium 1–6
8 November
30 		@ Canberra 78–87 Bishop (23) Carleton (7) Madgen (6) National Convention Centre 1–7
9 December
8 		Bendigo 94–80 Garbin (27) Carleton, Garbin (7) Vanloo (9) Townsville Stadium 2–7
10 December
13 		@ Southside 62–81 Garbin (28) Bishop, Madgen (6) Vanloo (8) Dandenong Stadium 2–8
11 December
15 		Sydney 61–57 Garbin, Madgen (15) Carleton (13) Bishop, Cocks (4) Townsville Stadium 3–8
12 December
21 		Perth 77–82 Bishop (18) Bishop (16) Vanloo (7) Townsville Stadium 3–9
13 December
27 		@ Melbourne 61–77 Bishop (19) Garbin (7) Madgen (4) State Basketball Centre 3–10
14 December
28 		@ Bendigo 78–79 Carleton (19) Carleton (12) Vanloo (9) Bendigo Stadium 3–11
15 January
3 		Adelaide 61–87 Garbin (21) Garbin (7) Madgen (5) Townsville Stadium 3–12
16 January
10 		Canberra 102–69 Madgen (26) Carleton (11) Vanloo (10) Townsville Stadium 4–12
17 January
12 		@ Sydney 83–76 Garbin (18) Garbin (9) Vanloo (6) Brydens Stadium 5–12
18 January
17 		@ Adelaide 60–77 Madgen (19) Garbin (10) Madgen (4) Titanium Security Arena 5–13
19 January
19 		@ Perth 62–95 Garbin (19) Carleton (12) Carleton, Gaze,
Vanloo (3) 		Bendat Basketball Centre 5–14
20 January
25 		Melbourne 68–79 Carleton (16) Boag, Garbin (7) Vanloo (8) Townsville Stadium 5–15
21 February
1 		Bendigo 69–89 Boag (22) Boag (15) Vanloo (7) Townsville Stadium 5–16

Awards

In-season

Award Recipient Round(s) Ref.
Player of the Week Bridget Carleton Round 13
Team of the Week Abby Bishop Rounds 2 & 4
Micaela Cocks Round 4
Darcee Garbin Rounds 8 & 9
Bridget Carleton Round 13
Julie Vanloo Round 13

Club Awards

Award Recipient Date Ref.
Most Valuable Player Darcee Garbin 5 February 2020
Players' Player Micaela Cocks
Coaches Award Micaela Cocks
Club Person of the Year Kate Gaze
Commitment to Excellence Award Tess Madgen

References

  1. "THE 2019/20 SCHEDULE HAS ARRIVED". Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. "JCU EXTEND NAME RIGHTS OF TOWNSVILLE FIRE FOR A FURTHER 3 SEASONS". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. "BRASSARD STEPS DOWN FROM THE FIRE". Townsville Fire. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. "THE TOWNSVILLE FIRE'S NEW ERA HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED WITH THE SIGNING OF NEW HEAD COACH". Townsville Fire. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. "#WNBL20 Rd 13 Player of the Week". facebook.com.
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Michelle Morton
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