Kelsey Griffin of Eagle River showed no ill effects of a toe injury that sidelined her all summer as she poured in a 20/20 double-double in the season opener in Australia. The reigning WNBL MVP pumped in 22 points and 20 rebounds to lift the Canberra Capitals to a 90-83 win over the Adelaide Lightning…. Read more »
Kelsey Griffin of Eagle River scored 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to power the Canberra Capitals to a 93-73 win over the Adelaide Lightning in Game 3 of the WNBL Grand Finals best-of-3 series in Australia. This is her third career championship in her first season with Canberra. She previously won titles with the… Read more »
Kelsey Griffin’s monster double-double was overshadowed by a buzzer-beater as the Adelaide Lightning shocked the Canberra Capitals 74-73 in Game 2 to stay alive in the best-of-3 WNBL grand finals. The Eagle River native was poised to give Canberra its first title since 2010 with a 24-point, 23-rebound performance. But Adelaide scored the winning basket… Read more »
Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin is going back to the WNBL Finals in Australia. The seventh-year forward will make her fourth career appearance in the best-of-three series, but her first with the Canberra Capitals. The Capitals clinched a finals trip with a 2-0 series win over No. 4 Perth in the league semifinals. Griffin, of Chugiak… Read more »
Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin switched jerseys but it didn’t change the fact that she’s still an MVP candidate in Australia’s WNBL. The 31-year-old proved that in a big way by punishing her old team with a 24-point, 20-rebound performance as the Canberra Capitals won 101-97 in double OT over the Bendigo Spirit. Griffin led Canberra… Read more »
If Canberra Capitals fans in Australia aren’t chanting ‘M-V-P’ when Kelsey Griffin of Eagle River steps to the free-throw line, they need to be. She’s certainly playing like the league’s best player. Griffin leads the WNBL in scoring and rebounding, and is the only player to rank top 10 in points, rebounds, steals and blocked… Read more »
New team, same Kelsey Griffin. It doesn’t matter which uniform the playmaker wears in the WNBL, she continues to perform like an MVP. After the Eagle River native spent her first six seasons in the WNBL with the Bendigo Spirit, the 6-foot-2 all-star is playing some of the best basketball of her career in her… Read more »
Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin is in a race against the clock. The 31-year-old Australian Opals national team member is hopeful a hamstring injury does not prevent her from competing in next month’s FIBA World Cup in Spain. She is expected to be out of action for at least the next six weeks and will miss… Read more »
Before heading off to the World Cup in September, Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin and the Australia Opals will make a stop in China for a four-nation tournament. The 6-foot-2 forward will lead the world’s fourth-ranked team in action against No. 8 Serbia, No. 10 China and No. 15 Argentina starting July 9 as a tuneup… Read more »
Kelsey Griffin of Eagle River seized her first major international medal with Australia’s women’s national team. The 6-foot-2 forward pumped in a game-high 16 points and flirted with a double-double as the Aussies beat England 99-55 in the gold-medal game of the Commonwealth Games down under. Griffin, of Chugiak High fame, pulled down eight rebounds,… Read more »
