2018–19 Canberra Capitals season

The 2018–19 Canberra Capitals season was the 35th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). It saw the team's eighth premiership win.

2018–19 Canberra Capitals season
Head CoachPaul Goriss
CaptainKelsey Griffin and Marianna Tolo
VenueNational Convention Centre and AIS Arena
Results
Record16–5
Ladder1st
FinalsWNBL Champions
(defeated Adelaide, 2–1)
Leaders
PointsGriffin (19.6)
ReboundsGriffin (12.2)
AssistsWilson (6.1)

Roster
2018–19 Canberra Capitals roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
F 2 Australia Young, Hannah 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 5 Australia Mitchell, Leilani 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
C 7 Australia Scherf, Lauren 1.96 m (6 ft 5 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)
G 11 Canada Nurse, Kia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
C 12 Australia Tolo, Marianna (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 21 Australia Froling, Keely 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 22 Australia Wilson, Kelly 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
F 23 Australia Griffin, Kelsey (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 25 Australia Loader, Eliza-Jane 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
F 41 United States McLaren, Kaili 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: 9 February 2019

Standings
# WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Canberra Capitals16576.121
2 Melbourne Boomers15671.421
3 Adelaide Lightning13861.921
4 Perth Lynx13861.921
5 Dandenong Rangers91242.821
6 Townsville Fire91242.821
7 Bendigo Spirit71433.321
8 Sydney Uni Flames2199.521

Results

Regular season
Round Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record Report
1 12 October 2018 @ Sydney Uni Flames 97-78 Kia Nurse (26) Kelly Wilson (8) Kelly Wilson (11) Brydens Stadium 1–0
2 19 October 2018 @ Melbourne Boomers 72-65 Kelsey Griffin (23) Kelsey Griffin (14) Kelly Wilson (8) Geelong Arena 2–0
2 21 October 2018 Adelaide Lightning 79-75 Kelsey Griffin (23) Lauren Scherf (10) Leilani Mitchell (4) National Convention Centre 3–0
3 26 October 2018 Melbourne Boomers 78–84 Kia Nurse (26) Kelsey Griffin (11) Kelly Wilson (8) AIS Arena 3–1
4 4 November 2018 Sydney Uni Flames 84–79 Kelly Wilson (17) Kelsey Griffin (13) Lauren Scherf (4) National Convention Centre 4–1
5 10 November 2018 @ Perth Lynx 65–71 Kelsey Griffin (30) Kelsey Griffin (18) Kelly Wilson (4) Bendat Basketball Centre 4–2
6 18 November 2018 Dandenong Rangers 77–65 Kelsey Griffin (30) Lauren Scherf (8) Kelly Wilson (7) National Convention Centre 5–2
7 23 November 2018 Melbourne Boomers 72–70 Kelsey Griffin (16) Kelsey Griffin (18) Kelly Wilson (4) National Convention Centre 6–2
8 20 November 2018 Perth Lynx 84–88 Kia Nurse (17) Kelsey Griffin (14) Kelly Wilson (8) National Convention Centre 6–3
8 2 December 2018 @ Adelaide Lightning 83–91 Kelsey Griffin (23) Kelsey Griffin (12) Kelly Wilson (11) Titanium Security Arena 6–4
9 9 December 2018 Bendigo Spirit 94–63 Marianna Tolo (23) Kelsey Griffin (7) Kelly Wilson (7) National Convention Centre 7–4
10 14 December 2018 @ Adelaide Lightning 73–93 Kelsey Griffin (18) Marianna Tolo (8) Leilani Mitchell (4) Titanium Security Arena 7–5
10 26 December 2018 Perth Lynx 92–60 Kelsey Griffin (27) Kelsey Griffin (15) Leilani Mitchell (7) National Convention Centre 8–5
11 21 December 2018 Dandenong Rangers 87–60 Kelsey Griffin (24) Kelsey Griffin (14) Leilani Mitchell (6) National Convention Centre 9–5
11 23 December 2018 @ Townsville Fire 81–55 Kelsey Griffin (21) Marianna Tolo (11) Kelly Wilson (7) Townsville Stadium 10–5
12 28 December 2018 Townsville Fire 104–75 Kia Nurse (33) Kelsey Griffin (12) Leilani Mitchell (8) National Convention Centre 11–5
12 30 December 2018 @ Dandenong Rangers 86–43 Kia Nurse (26) Lauren Scherf (11) Leilani Mitchell (5) Dandenong Stadium 12–5
13 4 January 2019 Bendigo Spirit 102–62 Kelsey Griffin (27) Lauren Scherf (10) Leilani Mitchell (7) AIS Arena 13–5
14 11 January 2019 @ Townsville Fire 80–68 Leilani Mitchell (20) Lauren Scherf (10) Leilani Mitchell (7) Townsville Stadium 14–5
14 13 January 2019 @ Sydney Uni Flames 99–79 Leilani Mitchell (24) Kelsey Griffin (11) Leilani Mitchell (8) Qudos Bank Arena 15–5
15 19 January 2019 @ Bendigo Spirit 97–101 Marianna Tolo (27) Kelsey Griffin (20) Leilani Mitchell (9) Bendigo Stadium 16–5

Semi-finals
Round Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record Report
1 25 January 2019 Perth Lynx 95–76 Kia Nurse (31) Kelsey Griffin (12) Leilani Mitchell (7) AIS Arena 1–0
2 25 January 2019 @ Perth Lynx 91–75 Kia Nurse (27) Kelsey Griffin (13) Kelly Wilson (12) Bendat Basketball Centre 2–0

Grand Finals
Round Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record Report
1 9 February 2019 Adelaide Lightning 88-76 Kia Nurse (23) Kelsey Griffin (12) Leilani Mitchell (8) AIS Arena 1–0
2 13 February 2019 @ Adelaide Lightning 73–74 Kelsey Griffin (24) Kelsey Griffin (23) Leilani Mitchell (9) Titanium Security Arena 1–1
3 16 February 2019 Adelaide Lightning 93–73 Kelsey Griffin (29) Kelsey Griffin (15) Leilani Mitchell (6) AIS Arena 2–1

Team Stats
Player APG BLK FGA FGM FG% FTA FTMPG FT% PTS PPG DEF OFF REB RPG STL 3PA 3PM 3P% TO
Marianna Tolo 2.06 23 156 89 56 40 1.69 68 206 12.88 55 32 87 5.44 9 2 1 50 22
Leilani Mitchell 5.46 3 249 102 41 35 1.42 97 298 12.42 57 23 80 3.33 41 144 60 42 44
Lauren Scherf 1.23 21 196 86 44 29 0.81 72 194 7.46 92 57 149 5.73 13 15 1 7 32
Kelsey Griffin 2.77 25 403 204 51 108 3.04 73 511 19.65 213 106 319 12.27 44 74 24 32 38
Keely Froling 0.54 9 100 45 45 40 1.04 68 123 4.73 46 29 75 2.88 5 18 6 33 16
Isabelle Bourne 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Maddison Rocci 1.96 2 129 45 35 41 1.31 83 139 5.35 32 14 46 1.77 21 46 15 33 34
Kristy Wallace 1 0 3 1 33 2 0.5 50 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 100 1
Hannah Young 0 0 6 1 17 0 0 0 2 0.17 4 2 6 0.5 1 2 0 0 1
Kelly Wilson 6.19 9 201 80 40 31 1.04 87 208 8 87 31 118 4.54 37 67 21 31 62
Elizajane Loader 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.13 1 4 0 0 2
Abby Cubillo 0.14 0 3 0 0 2 0.14 50 1 0.14 1 1 2 0.29 0 2 0 0 2
Kaili McLaren 0.55 8 57 26 46 12 0.45 83 66 3 25 8 33 1.5 7 11 4 36 9
Kia Nurse 2.12 7 391 155 40 118 3.38 75 478 18.38 107 21 128 4.92 39 201 80 40 48

Source:[1]

Signings

Returning
Player Signed Contract Reference
Keely Froling 29 March 2018 2-year contract [2]
Lauren Scherf 4 May 2017 2-year contract [3]
Maddison Rocci 17 April 2018 1-year contract [4]

Incoming
Player Signed Contract Reference
Kelsey Griffin 8 March 2018 1-year contract [5]
Leilani Mitchell 22 March 2018 1-year contract [6]
Marianna Tolo 19 April 2018 1-year contract [7]
Kristy Wallace 3 May 2018 2-year contract [8]
Kelly Wilson 22 June 2018 1-year contract [9]
Hannah Young 25 July 2018 1-year contract [10]
Kia Nurse 9 August 2018 1-year contract [11]
Kaili McLaren 21 August 2018 1-year contract [12]

Awards

Post-season
Award Recipient Reference
WNBL Most Valuable Player Award Kelsey Griffin [13]
WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award Kelsey Griffin [13]

References
  1. "Stats". UC Capitals. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. Jones, Amanda (29 March 2018). "Keely commits to two more years with UC Capitals". University of Canberra. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. "UC Capitals Sign Rising WNBL Star Lauren Scherf". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. Perry, Antony (17 April 2018). "Rocci commits to UC Capitals for 2018/19 WNBL season". University of Canberra. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. "UC Capitals sign Kelsey Griffin - UC Capitals". UC Capitals. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. Dutton, Chris (22 March 2018). "Canberra Capitals sign Australian Opal Leilani Mitchell for WNBL season". Canberra Times. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. "UC Caps go big, sign Tolo for 2018/2019 - UC Capitals". UC Capitals. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. "UC Capitals sign Kristy Wallace for 2 years". UC Capitals. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. Dutton, Chris (22 June 2018). "Canberra Capitals sign three-time WNBL champion Kelly Wilson". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  10. "UC Capitals welcome Hannah Young to the big show!". UC Capitals. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  11. "Kia Nurse set to GO BIG with the Capitals". UC Capitals. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  12. "UC Capitals sign big insurance policy in Kaili McLaren!". UC Capitals. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  13. Helmers, Caden (19 February 2019). "MVP Kelsey Griffin fires back at Capitals critics". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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