Basketball New Zealand

Women's Basketball Championship

Follow results from day two at the Dunedin Tournament of the Women’s Basketball Championship from The Edgar Centre, Dunedin.

The Harbour Breeze, champions of the Harbour Tournament in June, and the Waikato Wizards recorded their second wins on Friday morning.

Former Tall Fern Karlene Kingi top-scored with 20 points as the Breeze made light work of tournament invitees South Canterbury, 86-38, while former Tall Ferns captain Leanne Walker proved she still has game in her 40s, going for a game-high 26 points in the Wizards 61-57 win over the Wildcats.

Women’s Basketball Championship

Dunedin Tournament

The Edgar Centre, Dunedin

Friday, July 24

Section A
Harbour Breeze 86 (Karlene Kingi 20, Chelsea Terei 15, Pip O’Connell 15) South Canterbury 38 (Dallas Frederikson 15)
1Q: 33-10
HT: 52-15 (19-5)
3Q: 68-25 (16-10)
FT: 86-38 (18-13)

Harbour Breeze 73 (Kate Lacey 19, Pip O’Connell 14) Wellington Swish 43 (Rebecca van Kuyk 8)
1Q: 20-18
HT: 41-27 (21-9)
3Q: 54-34 (13-7)
FT: 73-43 (19-9)

Otago Gold Rush 83 (Samara Gallaher 16, Suzie Bates 15, Janet Main 14) Wellington Swish 63 (Melissa LeToa 11)
1Q: 23-16
HT: 44-30 (21-14)
3Q: 64-48 (20-18)
FT: 83-63 (19-15)

Section B
Waikato Wizards 61 (Leanne Walker 26, Natasha Lenden 15) Canterbury Wildcats 57 (Megan Shea 19, Shea Crotty 11)
1Q: 9-21
HT: 24-34 (15-13)
3Q: 39-46 (15-12)
FT: 61-57 (22-11)

Taranaki Trojans 78 (Zoe Kensington 19, Bella McCallum 13) NZ Academy 74 (Anna Lacey 23, Jelena Vucinic 18)
1Q: 23-14
HT: 38-33 (15-19)
3Q: 56-48 (18-15)
FT: 78-64 (22-16)

Taranaki Trojans 66 (Terai Sadler 15, Zoe Kensington 14) Waikato Wizards 64 (Natasha Lenden 25)
1Q: 19-14
HT: 39-28 (20-14)
3Q: 52-45 (13-17)
FT: 66-64 (14-19)

Canterbury Wildcats 79 (Erin Rooney 19, Shea Crotty 19, Hannah McKay16) NZ Academy 56 (Anna Lacey 17, Milika Nathan 10)
1Q: 16-15
HT: 12-23
3Q: 25-8
FT: 26-10