Geelong bought the license that was held by Melbourne in the offseason and moved the team, getting the opening game of the season at home on Wednesday. It was a tough task to face Townsville even with an overseas debut for Haley Jones and the visitors, which got their own overseas debut from Zia Cooke, won 84-58 with the Froling twins also being the top scorers for their respective teams. Lucy Cochrane and Nya Lok, who did not play in regional leagues like some of the other Australian rookies, made their professional debuts for the visitors. On Saturday, Sami Whitcomb and Casey Samuels helped Bendigo defeat Japreece Dean and Adelaide 84-70. Anneli Maley and Perth built a lead early on their way to a 94-79 win over Southside. The last game was on Sunday with Mikaela Ruef and Cayla George helping Sydney dominate the paint for a 102-85 win over Nicole Munger, Jade Melbourne, and Canberra with the hosts also getting an overseas debut from Celeste Taylor.
October 30
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Geelong United [58]: Froling 15/7r Jones 9/7r Hank 9/6r Shelley 7 Kizer 6 Potter 5
Townsville Fire [84]: Froling 17/9r Cooke 15 Cox 12/6r Woods 12 Mansfield 8 Lok 8 Fowler 6/6r Ellis 6 McDowell-White 0 Cochrane 0
November 2
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Bendigo Spirit [84]: Whitcomb 27/7r Samuels 21/7r Tolo 13/14r Wehrung 13 Burton 6/8r/7a
Adelaide Lightning [70]: Dean 23 Turner 12/17r Basham 12 Borlase 10 Bourne 6 Pineau 4 Andrews 2
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Perth Lynx [94]: Maley 22/12r Wilson 17/8a Sowah 16 Ciabattoni 12 Clinch Hoycard 8/10r Gorman 8 Amihere 6 Morrell 5
Southside Flyers [79]: Kunek 22/11r Ernst 12/7a Rocci 12/8a Hillmon 11/6r Vaughn 4
November 3
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Sydney Flames [102]: Ruef 25/10r George 23/11r Swain 15/9a Pitman 13 Taylor 8 Deas 4 Morris 2
Canberra Capitals [85]: Munger 24 Melbourne 20/6r Deeble 10 Puoch 10 Horvat 8 Tofaeono 4 Collier 2 Jefferson 0
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