PREVIEW: ROUND 6: UC CAPITALS BACK AT HOME TO TAKE ON FLAMES

WHEN:  Friday 08 December, 7pm

WHERE: National Convention Centre, Canberra

TICKETS: Ticketek

After a month away from home, the UC Capitals are finally making their return to the NCCC to face off against the Sydney Flames.

It’s been a tough few weeks on the road but co-captain, Alex Sharp, says it’ll be a different team on display than the last time they played in Canberra.

“We’re definitely looking forward to getting in front of the home crowd and showing them how we’ve developed in the last few weeks away, it’s going to be very exciting for us.”

The Caps last met the Flames in round 3 which played out to be a heated battle as the scoreline remained close across all four quarters.

There was just one basket difference with 20 seconds to go in the match, before two successful free-throws from Paige Bradley gave the Flames the extra push they needed to secure a five-point win.

Lauren Nicholson led the scoring against the Caps, finishing with 25 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, while American import, Didi Richards, put up 18 points, 2 assists and 10 rebounds, and both will be two to watch out for again.

Sharp said her team took a lot out of the match and have reflected on where they can do better the second time around.

“It’s just some little things that we need to adjust and that’ll get us closer to the win. We’re really excited about this matchup on Friday to fix some of those things that we learnt from the first game and show some development there.”

Despite the disappointment of such a close loss to Sydney, the Caps still had some huge individual performances of their own, with WNBL career highs from Jade Melbourne on 31 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and Monica Okoye with 17 points, and 2 rebounds.

Sydney have only played two games since their match up with the Caps, suffering a 16-point loss to the Bendigo Spirit and a narrow two-point win against Adelaide Lightning earlier this week.

Despite getting close on multiple occasions, the Caps are still searching for their first win but Sharp is confident they’re on the right track.

“We’ve learnt a lot of things, the key things are that the games are in our hands we just fix some controllables to get on the other side of that win column.

Doors to the NCCC open at 6pm for a 7pm tip off and will be broadcast on 9now.

Tickets to Friday’s game are available here.

Pos Team   Played Points Won Lost
1 Townsville Fire 6 485 5 1
2 Melbourne Boomers 6 466 1 1
3 Southside Flyers 6 480 4 2
4 Perth Lynx 6 511 4 2
5 Sydney Flames 6 437 3 3
6 Bendigo Spirit 6 444 2 4
7 Adelaide Lightning 8 535 2 6
8 UC Capitals 6 457 0 6
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43

Alex
Bunton

Height 196CM
Date of Birth 13/10/1993
Position centre
<br>
6

Abby
Solway

Height 163CM
Date of Birth 24/03/2003
Position guard
<br>
05

Jade
Melbourne

Height 175CM
Date of Birth 18/08/2002
Position point guard
<br>
33

Nicole
Munger

Height 178CM
Date of Birth 19/08/1997
Position guard
<br>
10

Gemma
Potter

Height 182CM
Date of Birth 27/02/2002
Position guard
<br>
12

Alex
Fowler

Height 188CM
Date of Birth 21/07/2001
Position forward
<br>
9

Alex
Sharp

Height 182CM
Date of Birth 04/02/1997
Position guard
<br>
21

Jayda
Clark

Height 183CM
Date of Birth 19/07/2005
Position shooting guard
<br>
99

Monica
Okoye

Height 183CM
Date of Birth 07/02/1999
Position forward
<br>
11

Shakera
Reilly

Height 179CM
Date of Birth 08/09/1999
Position guard
8

Abigail
Curtin

Height 185CM
Position forward
3

Ahlise
Hurst

Height 175CM
Position guard
15

Caitlyn
Martin

Height 162CM
Position guard
4

Carla
Pitman

Height 180CM
Position forward
13

Cayla
George

Height 193CM
Position centre
2

Didi
Richards

Height 188CM
Position guard
7

Emma
Clarke

Height 185CM
Position forward
12

Isla
Juffermans

Height 194CM
Position centre
10

Kiera
Rowe

Height 183CM
Position forward
14

Lara
McSpadden

Height 193CM
Position centre
1

Lauren
Nicholson

Height 183CM
Position guard
22

Paige
Bradley

Height 178CM
Position guard
6

Shaneice
Swain

Height 175CM
Position guard
9

Tess
Madgen

Height 183CM
Position guard
5

Vanessa
Panousis

Height 170CM
Position guard