'Key' to victory is Teonni's career-high 26 points

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Teonni Key scored a WNBL career-high 26 points as the Perth Lynx put up the highest score of WNBL27, beating the Southside Melbourne Flyers 114-80 at the State Basketball Centre on Sunday.

Key needed less than 23 minutes, shooting 9-from-14 from the field and 7-from-8 at the line, and she was the centre of a third quarter Perth won 33-15. She scored 12 in it, eight of them in a 12-0 run that turned 54-45 into 66-45.

Georgia Amoore had 20 points and 11 assists, her most of the season, and Anneli Maley had 19 points and 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double in five games.

It was the second straight game in which Perth won every quarter, two days after their 95-76 win over the Geelong Venom. The 34-point margin is the biggest of WNBL27, and the Lynx led by as many as 44 at 102-58 with 6:05 left.

The gap opened at the three-point line. Perth made 14-from-35 from deep and Southside made 6-from-21. Both teams took 80 shots, and Perth made 13 more of them.

Madison Ryan led Southside with 18 points, 8-from-10 at the line, and Wang Siyu added 14. Tess Heal scored 13, seven of them in the fourth quarter.

Southside have lost five straight and drop to 1-6, three days after a 99-79 loss to the Tasmania Jewels. They play Geelong on Saturday. Perth move to 5-1 and host the UC Capitals on Tuesday, November 24.

What you need to know

• The Perth Lynx beat the Southside Melbourne Flyers 114-80 at the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South in Round 5 of WNBL27 on Sunday, November 15, 2026, moving to 5-1 and dropping Southside to 1-6.
• Perth won all four quarters, 30-21, 20-15, 33-15 and 31-29, last trailed at 9-8 in the first quarter, led for good from 19-17 and were up by as many as 44 at 102-58 with 6:05 left.
• Teonni Key top-scored with a WNBL career-high 26 on 9-from-14, including 7-from-8 at the line, and Madison Ryan led Southside with 18 on 5-from-15, including 8-from-10 at the line.
• Perth made 14-from-35 from three to Southside's 6-from-21, a 24-point edge from the arc in a 34-point game.
• Both teams took 80 shots from the field, but Perth made 43 to Southside's 30, and assisted on 27 of them to Southside's 21.

Milestones & Moments

• Teonni Key's 26 points are a WNBL career high in her sixth WNBL game, passing the 22 she scored against the Adelaide Lightning on October 24.
• Perth's 114 points are the most by any team in WNBL27, passing Tasmania's 103 against Geelong on opening night, October 15.
• The 34-point margin is the biggest of WNBL27, passing Adelaide's 32-point win over Tasmania on November 7.
• Anneli Maley's 19 points and 10 rebounds make it five double-doubles from her five WNBL27 games.
• Georgia Amoore's 11 assists are her most of WNBL27 and gave her a first double-double of the season.
• Perth's 14 threes are their most of WNBL27, one more than against Bendigo on November 10 and Geelong on November 13.
• Alex Ciabattoni moved to 1,230 career WNBL points and 435 career WNBL rebounds.

Perth Lynx

• Key scored a WNBL career-high 26 on 9-from-14, including 1-from-2 from three and 7-from-8 at the line, with eight rebounds in 23 minutes, and had 12 in the third quarter.
• Amoore had 20 points and 11 assists on 8-from-16, including 3-from-9 from three, in a Perth-high 31 minutes, with three turnovers.
• Maley had 19 points, 10 rebounds and six assists on 7-from-13, including 1-from-4 from three, and 4-from-4 at the line, and her plus-33 was the best on the floor.
• Chloe Hodges scored a season-high 13 off the bench on 5-from-10, including 3-from-6 from three, with six rebounds, and had 11 of her points in the fourth quarter.
• Stephanie Gorman scored 12 off the bench, all of them on 4-from-6 from three, in under 12 minutes.
• Ciabattoni scored 10 on 4-from-7, including 1-from-4 from three, and 1-from-1 at the line, with five rebounds, two assists and no turnovers.
• Haley Peters had nine points, four rebounds and three assists on 4-from-6, including 1-from-2 from three, and hit a three at the half-time buzzer for a 50-36 lead.
• Perth shot 43-from-80 from the field, 14-from-35 from three and 14-from-18 at the line, with 47 rebounds, 27 assists, seven steals, three blocks and eight turnovers.

Southside Melbourne Flyers

• Ryan had 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals on 5-from-15, including 0-from-6 from three, and 8-from-10 at the line, in a game-high 32 minutes.
• Wang scored 14 on 5-from-13, including 2-from-4 from three, and 2-from-2 at the line, with six rebounds, four assists and three turnovers.
• Heal had 13 points on 6-from-12, including 1-from-4 from three, in 31 minutes, and scored seven of them in the fourth quarter.
• Hannah Hank scored nine on 4-from-11, including 1-from-1 from three, with five rebounds, three of them offensive.
• Unique Thompson scored eight off the bench on 4-from-8, with five rebounds in 16 minutes.
• Carley Ernst scored five off the bench on 2-from-6, including 1-from-3 from three, with two assists and two blocks.
• Lucy Cochrane had four points, four rebounds and three assists on 1-from-6 and 2-from-2 at the line in 23 minutes.
• Southside shot 30-from-80 from the field, 6-from-21 from three and 14-from-18 at the line, with 41 rebounds, 16 of them offensive, 21 assists, five steals, four blocks and 10 turnovers.