2017–18 Sydney Uni Flames season

2017–18 Sydney Uni Flames season
2017–18 Sydney Uni Flames season
Head Coach	Cheryl Chambers
Captain	Belinda Snell
Venue	Brydens Stadium
Results
Record	14–7
Ladder	2nd
Finals	Semi-finals ; (defeated by Townsville, 0–2)
Leaders
Points	Taylor (18.8)
Rebounds	Hamson (9.7)
Assists	Snell (5.3)
< 2016–17	2018–19 >

The 2017–18 Sydney Uni Flames season is the 38th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Roster

2017–18 Sydney Uni Flames roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
G	2	Walmsley, Susannah	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
G	3	Moffatt, Hayley	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
G	4	Tupaea, Tahlia	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
C	5	Hamson, Jennifer	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F	6	McLean, Cassidy	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G	7	Wilson, Alex	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F	8	Greaves, Shanae	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	10	Ebzery, Katie-Rae	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F	11	Boag, Carly	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	12	Snell, Belinda (C)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
F	14	McSpadden, Lara	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
F	31	Taylor, Asia	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	44	Graham, Sarah	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Head coach

Cheryl Chambers

Assistant coach(es)

Karen Dalton

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 21 December 2017

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Perth Lynx	15	6	71.4	21
2	Sydney Uni Flames	14	7	66.6	21
3	Townsville Fire	14	7	66.6	21
4	Melbourne Boomers	12	9	57.1	21

5	Adelaide Lightning	11	10	52.3	21
6	Canberra Capitals	7	14	33.3	21
7	Dandenong Rangers	7	14	33.3	21
8	Bendigo Spirit	4	17	19.1	21

Results

Pre-season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	September 11	Fujitsu Red Wave	74–63	Snell (19)	–	–	Brydens Stadium	1–0
2	September 12	Fujitsu Red Wave	81–84	Ebzery (19)	Boag (11)	–	Brydens Stadium	1–1
3	September 23	Canberra	72–69	Wilson (20)	–	–	Brydens Stadium	2–1

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	October 6	@ Adelaide	80–91	Ebzery (20)	Taylor (10)	Ebzery (7)	Titanium Security Arena	0–1
2	October 8	@ Perth	93–80	Hamson, Taylor (20)	Hamson, Taylor (9)	Snell (9)	Bendat Basketball Centre	1–1
3	October 14	Dandenong	70–65	Taylor (17)	Taylor (11)	Ebzery (5)	Brydens Stadium	2–1
4	October 19	@ Townsville	66–63	Ebzery (20)	Taylor (9)	Snell (5)	Townsville RSL Stadium	3–1
5	October 27	Melbourne	65–56	Taylor (27)	Taylor (15)	Ebzery (4)	Brydens Stadium	4–1
6	October 29	@ Dandenong	68–70	Taylor (24)	Snell (10)	Taylor, Wilson (5)	Dandenong Stadium	4–2
7	November 2	Canberra	81–62	Taylor (18)	Hamson, Snell, Taylor (10)	Snell (4)	Brydens Stadium	5–2
8	November 4	@ Canberra	81–72	Taylor (29)	Hamson (14)	Snell (8)	National Convention Centre	6–2
9	November 9	@ Bendigo	105–75	Ebzery (26)	Hamson (11)	Wilson (7)	Bendigo Stadium	7–2
10	November 11	Melbourne	65–88	Taylor (23)	Taylor (8)	Ebzery (5)	Brydens Stadium	7–3
11	November 19	@ Perth	71–83	Taylor (31)	Taylor (9)	Ebzery (7)	Bendat Basketball Centre	7–4
12	November 26	@ Melbourne	101–89	Taylor (29)	Greaves, Taylor, Wilson (6)	Ebzery (10)	State Basketball Centre	8–4
13	November 29	Adelaide	74–77	Hamson (25)	Hamson (17)	Snell (4)	Brydens Stadium	8–5
14	December 2	Townsville	85–88	Ebzery (21)	Hamson (9)	Snell (6)	Brydens Stadium	8–6
15	December 7	@ Canberra	73–67	Ebzery, Wilson (17)	Hamson (17)	Snell (9)	National Convention Centre	9–6
16	December 9	Perth	79–84	Wilson (22)	Hamson (16)	Ebzery (11)	Qudos Bank Arena	9–7
17	December 14	@ Dandenong	70–65	Snell (20)	Hamson (14)	Wilson (5)	Dandenong Stadium	10–7
18	December 16	Bendigo	90–57	Wilson (21)	Hamson (10)	Snell (9)	Brydens Stadium	11–7
19	December 23	Adelaide	104–97 (OT)	Taylor (35)	Hamson (10)	Snell (9)	Brydens Stadium	12–7
20	December 29	Townsville	107–81	Hamson (24)	Taylor (11)	Snell (10)	Brydens Stadium	13–7
21	December 31	@ Bendigo	75–63	Taylor (15)	Hamson (10)	Ebzery (6)	Bendigo Stadium	14–7

Finals

Semifinals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	January 4	@ Townsville	49–78	Snell (11)	Hamson (10)	Snell, Taylor (3)	Townsville RSL Stadium	0–1
2	January 6	Townsville	65–68	Taylor (18)	Hamson (15)	Snell (7)	Brydens Stadium	0–2

Signings

Returning

Player	Signed	Contract
Belinda Snell	September 2016	existing 2-year contract^[1]
Shanae Greaves	September 2016	existing 2-year contract^[1]
Alex Wilson	29 March 2017	1-year contract^[2]
Tahlia Tupaea	18 April 2017	2-year contract^[3]
Jennifer Hamson	9 May 2017	1-year contract^[4]
Carly Boag	12 June 2017	1-year contract^[5]
Sarah Graham	23 July 2017	1-year contract^[6]
Asia Taylor	3 August 2017	1-year contract^[7]
Cassidy McLean	22 August 2017	1-year contract^[8]
Lara McSpadden	22 August 2017	1-year contract^[8]
Susannah Walmsley	22 August 2017	1-year contract^[8]

Incoming

Player	Signed	Contract
Katie-Rae Ebzery	25 May 2017	1-year contract^[9]

Awards

In-season

Award	Recipient	Round(s) / Date	Ref.
Team of the Week	Belinda Snell	Rounds: 1, 8, 10	^[10]
	Katie-Rae Ebzery	Rounds: 3, 6, 12
	Asia Taylor	Rounds: 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13
	Jennifer Hamson	Rounds: 5, 11, 13
Player of the Week	Belinda Snell	Round 8	^[11]
	Asia Taylor	Round 12	^[12]
	Jennifer Hamson	Round 13	^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Lulham, Amanda (11 March 2017). "Will Sydney Uni Flames be victims of their own WNBL success with player drain?". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "SYDNEY UNI FLAMES RE-SIGN YOUNG GUARD ALEX WILSON FOR DEFENCE OF WNBL CROWN IN MAJOR COUP". dailytelegraph.com.au.
^ "SYDNEY FLAMES GUN TAHLIA TUPAEA COULDN'T BELIEVE NEWS OF HER WNBA DRAFT PICK". dailytelegraph.com.au.
^ "Jennifer Hamson returning to Flames". susf.com.au.
^ "BOAG BACK AT THE FLAMES". wnbl.com.au.
^ "GRAHAM RETURNS TO FLAMES". wnbl.com.au.
^ "Asia Taylor back for Sydney Uni Flames for 2017/18 WNBL season". news.com.au.
^ ^a ^b ^c "REPEAT RUN AT THE TITLE FOR SUSI, LARA & CASS". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "KATIE RAE EBZERY SIGNS WITH SYDNEY UNI FLAMES FOR WNBL SEASON 2017/18". dailytelegraph.com.au.
^ "ROUND 1 TEAM OF THE WEEK". wnbl.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "ROUND 8 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: BELINDA SNELL". wnbl.com.au.
^ "ROUND 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- ASIA TAYLOR". wnbl.com.au.
^ "ROUND 13 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- JENNIFER HAMSON". wnbl.com.au.

External links

Sydney Uni Flames Official website^{[dead link‍]}

[existing-1] Lulham, Amanda (11 March 2017). "Will Sydney Uni Flames be victims of their own WNBL success with player drain?". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[2] "SYDNEY UNI FLAMES RE-SIGN YOUNG GUARD ALEX WILSON FOR DEFENCE OF WNBL CROWN IN MAJOR COUP". dailytelegraph.com.au.

[3] "SYDNEY FLAMES GUN TAHLIA TUPAEA COULDN'T BELIEVE NEWS OF HER WNBA DRAFT PICK". dailytelegraph.com.au.

[4] "Jennifer Hamson returning to Flames". susf.com.au.

[5] "BOAG BACK AT THE FLAMES". wnbl.com.au.

[6] "GRAHAM RETURNS TO FLAMES". wnbl.com.au.

[7] "Asia Taylor back for Sydney Uni Flames for 2017/18 WNBL season". news.com.au.

[sydresign-8] "REPEAT RUN AT THE TITLE FOR SUSI, LARA & CASS". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[9] "KATIE RAE EBZERY SIGNS WITH SYDNEY UNI FLAMES FOR WNBL SEASON 2017/18". dailytelegraph.com.au.

[10] "ROUND 1 TEAM OF THE WEEK". wnbl.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[11] "ROUND 8 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: BELINDA SNELL". wnbl.com.au.

[12] "ROUND 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- ASIA TAYLOR". wnbl.com.au.

[13] "ROUND 13 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- JENNIFER HAMSON". wnbl.com.au.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]