2021–22 Adelaide Lightning season

2021–22 Adelaide Lightning season
Head CoachChris Lucas
CaptainStephanie Talbot
VenueThe Lights Community and Sports Centre
Results
Record10–7
Ladder4th
FinalsSemi-finals
(defeated by Melbourne, 0–2)
Leaders
< 2020–21 2022–23 >

The 2021–22 Adelaide Lightning season is the 30th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[1][2]

Roster

2021–22 Adelaide Lightning roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
G 3 Australia Basham, Brooke 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G/F 7 Australia Talbot, Stephanie (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F/C 8 Australia Brook, Chelsea 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 10 Australia Ortlepp, Taylor 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F 11 Australia Smith, Alanna 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G/F 12 Australia Simons, Sam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 13 Australia Wehrung, Abigail 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F/C 20 Australia Batish, Ella 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G/F 21 Australia Whittle, Marena 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G 23 United States Williams, Kiana 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
C 24 United States Shook, Kylee 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
G/F 41 Australia Brazel, Tayla 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Head coach
  • Australia Chris Lucas
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
  • Roster
Updated: 20 March 2022

Standings

# WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Melbourne Boomers 12 5 70.5 17
2 Perth Lynx 11 5 68.7 16
3 Canberra Capitals 11 6 64.7 17
4 Adelaide Lightning 10 7 58.8 17
5 Bendigo Spirit 7 9 43.7 16
6 Townsville Fire 7 10 41.1 17
7 Southside Flyers 5 12 29.4 17
8 Sydney Uni Flames 4 13 23.5 17

Results

Regular season

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record
1 December
11 		Townsville 59–70 Talbot (19) Shook (14) Shook, Talbot (4) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 0–1
2 December
19 		@ Canberra 88–62 Whittle, Williams (17) Talbot (12) Talbot (6) National Convention Centre 1–1
3 December
30 		Melbourne 65–53 Smith (21) Talbot (12) Talbot (4) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 2–1
4 January
2 		Perth 88–86 Smith (25) Smith, Talbot (11) Smith (8) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 3–1
5 January
20 		@ Sydney 77–52 Talbot (19) Talbot (9) Talbot (7) Brydens Stadium 4–1
6 January
28 		@ Townsville 73–65
(OT) 		Smith (21) Smith (11) Talbot (6) Townsville Entertainment Centre 5–1
7 January
30 		Canberra 67–80 Ortlepp, Smith (12) Smith (8) Talbot (8) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 5–2
8 February
5 		Bendigo 62–74 Brook (16) Shook (8) Wehrung (5) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 5–3
9 February
19 		@ Southside 85–72 Smith (23) Talbot (11) Talbot (8) Dandenong Stadium 6–3
10 February
24 		@ Bendigo 84–77 Talbot (18) Shook, Talbot (11) Williams (6) Bendigo Stadium 7–3
11 February
26 		@ Sydney 73–56 Shook (20) Shook (9) Talbot (12) Hills Basketball Stadium 8–3
12 March
5 		Townsville 78–57 Smith (26) Smith (11) Talbot (6) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 9–3
13 March
7 		@ Perth 79–104 Smith, Williams (17) Smith (8) Talbot (5) Bendat Basketball Centre 9–4
14 March
9 		@ Perth 73–84 Smith (24) Smith (17) Talbot, Williams (7) Bendat Basketball Centre 9–5
15 March
13 		Melbourne 49–72 Williams (12) Smith (9) Talbot (3) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 9–6
16 March
17 		Canberra 81–50 Smith (19) Shook (11) Talbot (5) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 10–6
17 March
19 		Southside 79–87 Smith (28) Smith (10) Talbot (8) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 10–7

Finals

Semi-finals

Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 March
24 		@ Melbourne 64–95 Smith (17) Talbot (10) Talbot (6) Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville 0–1
2 March
26 		Melbourne 49–61 Smith (24) Talbot (12) Talbot (8) The Lights Community and Sports Centre 0–2

References

  1. ^ "Players - Adelaide Lightning". wnbl.basketball.
  2. ^ "Season 21/22 Fixture Update". wnbl.basketball.

External links

  • Adelaide Lightning Official website
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