Kickz101 SBL Player of the Week
On Saturday night the Perth Redbacks women broke their season’s duck thanks to an incredible performance by youngster Gabby O’Sullivan.
It’s been a tough year for the Redbacks women after they lost their former all-star centre Marita Payne to Cockburn in the off-season and started a development phase under newly appointed head coach Stuart Budd.
Saturday night marked the Perth Redbacks 50th anniversary as a club, and the women’s team was eager to break their winless record of eighteen straight games in 2014 against the South West Slammers at the Belmont Oasis Recreation Centre. O’Sullivan was huge for the home side, recording a game high 32 points along with 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to lift the Redbacks past the Slammers for their first win of the season 88 to 78.
Since returning on a break from her US college Coastal Georgia, O’Sullivan has given the Redbacks roster a huge boost averaging 15.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
In 2013 Gabby O’Sullivan was named the SBL’s most improved player and at just 20 years of age is looking to be a star of the future.
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