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BENDIGO Spirit import Becca Tobin’s monster performance in last Saturday’s overtime loss to the Townsville Fire was statistically the most dominant all-round game by a player in the Simon Pritchard coaching era.
Tobin filled her stat line with 26 points, 19 rebounds, four assists, four blocks and one steal – a combination of numbers that when tallied up equals 54 and then drops back to 52 when subtracting her two turnovers.
Using that formula of points + rebounds + assists + blocks + steals – turnovers, Tobin’s game last Saturday ranks No.1 from a statistical point of view in the Pritchard era as coach, which dates back to the 2015-16 season and covers 80 games.
• Top 10 Spirit individual games in Simon Pritchard era:
1 – BECCA TOBIN
Total – 52
November 24, 2018 – v Townsville (lost 89-82)
Minutes: 40:25
Points: 26 Rebounds: 19
Assists: 4 Blocks: 4
Steals: 1 Turnovers: 2
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2 – GABE RICHARDS
Total – 48
November 7, 2015 – v SE QLD Stars (won 84-79)
Minutes: 34:23
Points: 33 Rebounds: 10
Assists: 1 Blocks: 3
Steals: 1 Turnovers: 0
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3 – KELSEY GRIFFIN
Total – 48
November 25, 2016 – v Sydney Uni (lost 93-86)
Minutes: 36:36
Points: 27 Rebounds: 10
Assists: 3 Blocks: 2
Steals: 6 Turnovers: 0
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4 – KELSEY GRIFFIN
Total – 46
January 22, 2016 – v Sydney Uni (won 81-66)
Minutes: 36:21
Points: 28 Rebounds: 15
Assists: 1 Blocks: 0
Steals: 3 Turnovers: 1
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5 – GABE RICHARDS
Total – 45
January 9, 2016 – v Melbourne (won 81-74)
Minutes: 33:31
Points: 32 Rebounds: 9
Assists: 2 Blocks: 0
Steals: 3 Turnovers: 1
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6 – BETNIJAH LANEY
Total – 42
October 14, 2017 – v Perth (won 106-71)
Minutes: 31:42
Points: 27 Rebounds: 4
Assists: 9 Blocks: 0
Steals: 4 Turnovers: 2
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7 – KELSEY GRIFFIN
Total – 41
January 2, 2016 – v Canberra (won 78-68)
Minutes: 35:24
Points: 20 Rebounds: 14
Assists: 3 Blocks: 1
Steals: 3 Turnovers: 0
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8 – GABE RICHARDS
Total – 40
January 22, 2016 – v Sydney Uni (won 81-66)
Minutes: 36:00
Points: 25 Rebounds: 13
Assists: 1 Blocks: 2
Steals: 0 Turnovers: 1
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9 – KELSEY GRIFFIN
Total – 40
October 24, 2015 – v Canberra (won 77-66)
Minutes: 34:10
Points: 25 Rebounds: 11
Assists: 3 Blocks: 1
Steals: 4 Turnovers: 4
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10 – BELINDA SNELL
Total – 40
December 6, 2015 – v SE QLD Stars (won 97-88)
Minutes: 38:40
Points: 21 Rebounds: 10
Assists: 8 Blocks: 1
Steals: 3 Turnovers: 3
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THE Spirit continue their WNBL season in Sydney on Saturday afternoon on the second leg of their interstate double.
The first leg got off to a horrendous start in Townsville on Thursday night when the Fire inflicted the third biggest loss on the Spirit in their history – a 42-point thrashing, 93-51.
The loss leaves the Spirit with a 6-5 record ahead of their clash with the Flames, who they have already beaten twice this season. Saturday’s game begins at 5pm.
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