2020 Canberra Capitals season

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2020–21 Canberra Capitals season
Head CoachPaul Goriss
CaptainKelsey Griffin
Marianna Tolo (co)
VenueNational Convention Centre
Results
Record9–4
Ladder3rd
FinalsSemi-Finals
(defeated by Melbourne)
Leaders
PointsRocci (16.0)
ReboundsGriffin (8.1)
AssistsTupaea (4.2)
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The 2020 Canberra Capitals season is the 37th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

University of Canberra remain as the owners and naming rights partner of the Capitals for the seventh consecutive season.[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season.[2] The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 56-game regular season fixture, plus a four-game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final). Each team will contest 14 games starting on 12 November, with the grand final scheduled for 20 December.[3]

Roster[]

2020 Canberra Capitals roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
F 1 Australia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 2 United States Smart, Brittany 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
F/C 3 United States Ruef, Mikaela 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 4 Australia Tupaea, Tahlia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
G 5 Australia Melbourne, Jade 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
G/F 7 Australia 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G 8 Australia Cubillo, Abby 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
G 9 Australia Rocci, Maddison 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
C 12 Australia Tolo, Marianna (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 14 Australia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
F 21 Australia Froling, Keely 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 23 Australia Griffin, Kelsey (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 8 November 2020

Standings[]

# WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Southside Flyers 11 2 84.6 13
2 Townsville Fire 9 4 69.2 13
3 Canberra Capitals 9 4 69.2 13
4 Melbourne Boomers 9 4 69.2 13
5 Sydney Uni Flames 5 8 38.5 13
6 Adelaide Lightning 5 8 38.5 13
7 Perth Lynx 4 9 30.8 13
8 Bendigo Spirit 0 13 0.0 13

Results[]

Regular season[]

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 November
11 		Adelaide 73–85
(OT) 		Rocci (21) (9) Rocci (7) Mackay Multisports Stadium 0–1
2 November
15 		Townsville 78–67 Rocci (24) Ruef (13) Rocci (7) Mackay Multisports Stadium 1–1
3 November
16 		Bendigo 76–56 Melbourne (14) Ruef (11) Cubillo, Tolo (4) Mackay Multisports Stadium 2–1
4 November
18 		Melbourne 67–50 Melbourne (20) Tolo (7) Tupaea (4) Mackay Multisports Stadium 3–1
5 November
21 		Sydney 68–63 Rocci (17) Froling (10) Tupaea (5) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 4–1
6 November
23 		Southside 95–72 Tolo (19) Griffin (9) Melbourne (6) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 5–1
7 November
26 		Perth 73–70 Griffin (21) Griffin (12) Tupaea (7) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 6–1
8 November
28 		Bendigo 87–51 Tolo (14) Griffin, Ruef (9) Tupaea (6) Townsville Stadium 7–1
9 December
1 		Melbourne 67–73 Griffin (16) Tolo (12) Tupaea (4) Townsville Stadium 7–2
10 December
4 		Adelaide 85–65 Rocci (18) Griffin (9) Tupaea (5) Townsville Stadium 8–2
11 December
6 		Townsville 71–84 Rocci (19) Ruef (12) Smart (4) Townsville Stadium 8–3
12 December
10 		Perth 96–69 Rocci (27) Griffin (9) Cubillo (7) Townsville Stadium 9–3
13 December
13 		Southside 82–101 Tolo (23) Ruef (12) Rocci (5) Townsville Stadium 9–4

Finals[]

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
SF December
16 		Melbourne 68–78 Smart (15) Griffin (11) Rocci (7) Townsville Stadium 0–1

References[]

  1. ^ "CORPORATE PARTNERS". Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ Elkerton, Matthew; Charles, Caitlan (22 September 2020). "Townsville launches bid to host bubble for upcoming WNBL season". TownsvilleBulletin.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2020. A council report has detailed a proposal to host, and be central to, the 2020/21 WNBL season within a coronavirus 'bubble'. It's understood the WNBL has plans to host the games wholly within North Queensland, taking advantage of state government grants funding.
  3. ^ "QUEENSLAND SET TO HOST 2020 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL SEASON". wnbl.basketball. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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