Central District Lions v North Adelaide Rockets, Sat, June 26th, 6.30pm at Starplex
North Adelaide 95 (Bec Lock, Shannon McKay 17, Tayla Corbell 13, Marisa Stabile 12, Jo Hill 10) defeated Central Districts 57 (Amber Land 22, Dayna Roberts 16, Fiona Perso 8)

North made a statement early in their clash with the Lions by leading 24–11 at the end of the first quarter. By halftime the match was beyond doubt when North had established a 22 point buffer 52–30. The Lions were more productive in the second period scoring 19 points but fell away in the 3rd quarter to be down by 35 points at the last break. At the conclusion of the match all 10 players that saw court time for the Rockets scored, with 5 players in double figures. For the Lions, Amber Land and Dayna Roberts did the bulk of the scoring. In defeating the Lions North equalled their highest score of the season which was also achieved against the Lions in Round 4 when they won 95–51.

South Adelaide Panthers v West Adelaide Bearcats, Sat, June 26th, 6.30pm at Marion
South Adelaide 67 (Claire Johnson 20, Rachael Litster 12, Lyndell Kwiatkowski 9) defeated West Adelaide 66 (Sam Woosnam 16, Nikita-Lee Martin 14, Trudy Holland 10)

South pulled off one of the upsets of the season when they defeated the Bearcats at home in the dying seconds of the game. South started the last quarter holding just a 1 point margin after they doubled the Bearcats score in the 3rd quarter 16–8 to lead 56–55. The lead changed hands several times during the frantic last term, the Bearcats up 66–65 with 53 seconds left to play after a Trudy Holland basket. South’s Claire Johnson who was the game high scorer converted with 6 seconds left - Panthers up by a solitary point 67–66. On the buzzer West’s Meg McLeod took a 2 point shot to win the game but the shot missed and the rebound was hauled in by South’s Ursula Richards keeping the Bearcats at bay. In a losing side, Sam Woosnam finished with triple double, 16 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists. Claire Johnson was not far off a triple double with 20 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Norwood Flames v Woodville Warriors, Sat, June 26th, 6.30pm at Mars
Norwood 82 (Kate Shierlaw 15, Jess Hansberry, Jordan Walker-Roberts, Rachel Herrick 10) defeated Woodville 60 (Katherine Perkas 22, Ingrid Richards 14, Jodie Barratt 8)

Both teams started the weekend round of games minus leading players - for Norwood Jess Foley and Rebecca Duke were not available and for the Warriors Import MacKenzie O’Neil and Alissa Hampton who scored 11 points last round did not play. Woodville started well and led at the end of the 1st quarter 15–13. The Flames set up the win with a good second and third period where they outscored Woodville 47–29. At the conclusion of the match, a telling statistic was Norwood’s strength inside when they scored 36 points from inside the keyway whereas the Warriors could only manage 12. Breeanna Gleeson played her 1st match of the season for the Flames.

Sturt Sabres v Eastern Mavericks, Sat, June 26th, 6.30pm at Pasadena
Sturt 64 (Monique Bowley 20, Caroline Burgess 16, Bree Farley 14) defeated
Eastern 56 (Tess Madgen 20, Jamie Fricker 10, Danni Clayton 8)

The big guns for the Sabres on Saturday night were the major difference between the two sides with Sturt centre Monique Bowley and guards Caroline Burgess and Bree Farley able to score when Sturt needed the baskets most. At one point in the second quarter in a low scoring game the visitors established an 8 point buffer when they led 24–16. From that point of the game, Sturt closed the margin then set up the lead by three quarter time 50–44, Burgess scoring 12 points including two 3 pointers to wrest back the advantage for the home side. In the last quarter, Eastern were outscored 14-12, Sturt hitting the majority of their baskets in the early part of the period. Eastern made a run in the last but they never looked capable of bridging the gap.

Forestville Eagles v Southern Tigers, Sat, June 19th, 6.30pm at Wayville
Forestville 74 ( Mia Newley 27, Jess Fergus, Alex Duncan, Megan Kermond 11, Jamie- Lee Bow 10) defeated Southern 54 (Madelaine Cunningham 19, Ashleigh Spencer 7)

Forestville broke the game open from outside the arc when they hit eleven 3 pointers from 25 shots taken to help create the winning margin of 20 points. Southern had an off shooting night from downtown when they came up empty handed from the seven 3 point shots taken. The Eagles jumped out of the blocks scoring 23–13 in the first period and they also dominated the last quarter 19-9. Mia Newley found her shooting touch this week finishing the game high scorer and hitting three 3s after her ‘shooting yips’ of last round. The Eagles finished with 5 players in double figures, all of whom hit 3s. Southern won the rebound count 40–38 but would be concerned with the team’s ball movement when they only registered 3 assists for the game - a season low.