West Spotlight | Weir fires Senators to bounce back win

Kyana Weir had 16 of the Warwick Senators 57 points in a dominant first half that saw them hit back from a tough loss to move back into the NBL1 West top four with the 98-83 Heritage Round win over the Mandurah Magic.

The Senators always honour their history once a season by heading back to Herb Graham Recreation Centre for a home game and Friday night was that occasion for 2026 as part of Heritage Round as they looked to rebound from last Saturday's loss to the Rockingham Flames.

Mandurah arrived also fresh off beating the Perth Redbacks but it was the Senators who made the strong start with 30-20 in the first quarter while limiting the Magic to just 12 shot attempts and forcing them into 12 turnovers.

By half-time, Weir was up to 16 points with 4/5 three-point shooting and Warwick ended up leading by as much as 20 and then withstood an 18-0 run from the Magic on the way to the 15-point victory.

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The win improves Warwick to an 8-4 record on the season at least for now move back into fourth place before the Goldfields Giants have the chance to replace them again with Mandurah now sitting at 5-5 at the exact halfway point of their season.

Kyana Weir delivered a breakout performance with a season-best 26 points with 6/10 three-point shooting in the win for Warwick with Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard adding 18 points and eight steals to help the Magic to rack up their 22 turnovers.

New import Greta Kampschroeder was playing her fourth game and she put up 16 points with 4/8 three-point shooting while Jayda Clark contributed 14 points, 12 boards and six assists, and Chloe Forster 14 points, 12 assists, eight rebounds and three steals.

Mikayla Pivec only just missed a third triple double in her sixth appearance with Mandurah finishing with 21 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists.

Claire Jacobs was back into the starting line-up and produced 28 points, four assists, three steals and two rebounds on 4/7 three-point shooting with Sharn Hayward producing 13 points with 4/9 shooting from behind the arc.

The Senators came into the game trying to bounce back from a last up loss in Rockingham and it was a hot start in their home for Heritage Round each season at Mirrabooka as they put up 30 points to in the first term.

Warwick shot 11/18 to 8/12 in that opening period with the Senators holding the Magic to just those 12 shot attempts on the back of having eight turnovers, but Mandurah at least stayed in touch by only missing four of those shots.

It was another 27 points to 19 in the second term in favour of Warwick with the lead getting out to as much 20 before the Senators went into the main break on top 57-39 with Kyana Weir catching fire already having 16 points to her name on the back of 4/5 three-point shooting.

After Warwick went back up 20 early in the third quarter again, Mandurah then shot themselves right back into the contest on the back of scoring 18 points in-a-row although by three quarter-time the Senators were back out to a 10-point advantage.

The Senators then retained control through the last term and went back up by 17 on the way to the eventual 15-point victory to start the weekend by moving back into the top four.

The Senators now are next in action next Friday night away to the Joondalup Wolves while the Magic host the South West Slammers in less than 24 hours.

NBL1 WEST 2026 SEASON | HERITAGE ROUND

WARWICK SENATORS 98 (Weir 26, Clinch Hoycard 18, Kampschroeder 16)

MANDURAH MAGIC 83 (Jacobs 28, Pivec 21, Hayward 13)