West Spotlight | Senators win big despite loss of Clark

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The Warwick Senators were able to overcome what looked a serious knee injury early to Jayda Clark to produce a dominant road performance to beat the Joondalup Wolves 78-59 in Friday night NBL1 West.

The Wolfpack were back home at Arena Joondalup on a high having beaten the Cockburn Cougars last Friday night hosting a Senators team who is the only other side to beat the reigning champions so far in 2026.

But it was Warwick in control of the Battle of Joondalup contest right from the outset even with Clark appearing to injure her knee midway through the first quarter and given her history with those type of injuries, it was naturally a shock to her and the team.

But the Senators still managed to remain in control on the way the 19-point victory to improve to a 9-4 record with consecutive wins while the Wolves continue to struggle for consistency to now be 4-9.

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There were plenty of contributors in the win for Warwick even after losing Jayda Clark in the opening quarter with Chloe Forster again top scoring with 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

Kyana Weir added 15 points, four rebounds and two assists, Greta Kampschroeder 13 points, five boards and two assists, Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and Kiara Waite nine points and three boards.

Kim Pierre-Louis and Asianae Johnson did have solid outings for the Wolfpack, but the rest of their team had just 18 points on 7/33 shooting from the field which includes Perth Lynx's WNBL import Yemiyah Morris from last season who had just seven points, nine rebounds and three blocks four shot attempts in 28 minutes.

Pierre-Louis did finish with 23 points, four rebounds and two assists while Johnson added 18 points, four boards, three assists and two blocked shots.

The Wolfpack were back on their home floor fresh off a brilliant win last Friday night against the Cockburn Cougars with the Senators having beaten the Mandurah Magic.

It was a dominant start from Warwick with 21 points to 11 in the first quarter where they pulled down 17 rebounds to seven including six at the offensive end to one while holding Joondalup to just the 4/16 shooting.

That lead for the Senators got out to 18 points in the second frame as well and they were still on top 41-31 by half-time with Greta Kampschroeder scoring 10 points, and eight each to Chloe Forster and Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard.

Kim Pierre-Louis and Asianae Johnson combined for 24 points on 9/20 shooting for the Wolves in the first half, but the rest of the team managed just seven points on 2/12 shooting and that includes WNBL import Yemiyah Morris.

Warwick retained control through the second half including another 27 points to 14 in the third quarter where they shot 9/15 from the field opposed to the 4/14 from Joondalup.

The Senators went on to lead by as much as 28 points and scored the 19-point victory to move back into the top four and awaiting the other results to see if they stay there.

The Wolves will try to immediately bounce back on the road to the Eastern Suns now on Saturday while the Senators don't play again until taking on the Goldfields Giants in Kalgoorlie next Saturday night.

NBL1 WEST 2026 SEASON | ROUND 11

JOONDALUP WOLVES 59 (Pierre-Louis 23, Johnson 18, Morris 7)

WARWICK SENATORS 78 (Forster 16, Weir 15, Kampschroeder 13)