WHEN: Tuesday 18 November, 2025
TIME: 7.00PM ACDT
WHERE: SA State Basketball Centre, Adelaide
WATCH: 9NOW, ESPN on Disney+, ESPN
Bendigo Spirit remains on the road for their second match of Round 5, as they gear up to take on Adelaide Lightning in South Australia tomorrow night.
The reigning champions, having fallen short against the Lynx on their home court in the Perth High Performance Centre on Sunday, will be ready and raring to redeem their place of second on the League standings, after being knocked down a peg after their first match of Round 5.
Following a tight-first quarter, where the Spirit squad showed flawless grit, the Lynx overpowered the visitors, who were missing with experienced heads Abbey Wehrung and Casey Samuels (out due to personal reasons and injury respective), running out 79-64 winners. The consistently dominant Izzy Borlase (16 points, five rebounds) and Megan McConnell (14 points, eight rebounds) remained among the Spirit's most influential players, fighting until the final buzzer.
Adelaide Lightning, with only two victories to their name so far in the 2025-26 WNBL season, will be keen to fight back against the reigning champions in order to claw their way up the ladder from their current position in sixth. After a big loss (103-69) last week against top-of-the-table Townsville Fire, the Lightning - with key personnel Dallas Loughridge (26 points, six assists) and WNBA superstar Steph Talbot (14 points, three rebounds) at the fore - will be looking to redeem themselves as they come up against the Spirit in front of their home crowd on Tuesday.
A key matchup between Loughridge and Borlase will be one to watch, as the two gritty and incredibly skilled young guns will take each other on in Borlase’s first game against her former team.
With both teams having succumbed to a loss already this round, the fight is expected to be fierce as the Spirit and Lightning will be itching to climb up in the League’s standings as they settle into the season.
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