Perth Lynx coach Ryan Petrik admits his workforce doesn’t need to be within the prime 4 after a second successive loss to Townsville Hearth at dwelling.
The Lynx misplaced 95-91 in a vastly improved efficiency from Wednesday night time, however are actually going through an uphill battle to make the finals.
Perth are actually 3-7 towards prime 4 groups and 5-5 at dwelling. Petrik mentioned the numbers do not lie.
“We’re precisely the place we need to be,” he mentioned.
“Proper now we’re the fifth greatest workforce within the nation and we need to be fifth. There isn’t any level crying about it. We have to be higher.
“We have seen the extent and we all know our greatest is sweet sufficient. Tonight I assumed we have been near our greatest however Townsville are a very bloody good facet.”
The win lifted Townsville to the highest of the ladder and left Perth two wins exterior of the 4 with 5 video games remaining. 4 of these matches shall be interstate.
With Fremantle Dockers star Michael Walters sitting courtside, Lauren Scherf placed on one other clinic. The star heart scored 27 factors, together with 5 three-pointers, gained eight rebounds and had eight assists.
Amy Atwell and Robbie Ryan each scored 16 factors and Chloe Bibby completed with 12.
Taking part in simply hours after signing a brand new WNBA contract to return to Seattle Storm from New York Liberty, Sami Whitcomb completed with 9 factors, six rebounds and eight assists.
Petrik mentioned his gamers gave themselves each alternative to win.
“Our offense was buzzing in that fourth quarter, however we simply could not get a cease,” he mentioned.
“With due respect to Townsville, I assumed we misplaced on Wednesday however they gained tonight. We have been actually good however they have been 4 factors higher.”
Petrik declined to touch upon a controversial incident initially of the third quarter when Mikaela Ruef swung her foot at Ryan and tripped her whereas laying on the bottom. The incident was labeled as an unsportsmanlike foul and Petrik was heard asking why she wasn’t ejected.
Ruef had an impression with seven factors and 4 rebounds for the rest of the night time.
“I am going to let our administration workforce resolve what to do about that,” he mentioned.
