Cambage, O’Hea in hot seat for finals

OPALS stars Liz Cambage and Jenna O’Hea have designs on repeating their WNBL titlewinning success of seven years ago but a formidable Perth outfit stands in their way.

Centre Cambage and guardforward O’Hea were part of the Bulleen Boomers championship team back in 2011.

With the pair reunited and leading the way, the club, which almost folded two years ago and was rebranded Melbourne Boomers, has finished the regular season in fourth position.

They host minor premiers Perth Lynx tonight in game one of their best-of-three semifinals series, with defending champions and second-placed Sydney travelling to Townsville for the opening game of their series on Thursday.

Coaxing low post colossus Cambage back to the WNBL had the Boomers pegged as title favourites before the season started, but they had injury issues early in the campaign.

Cambage leads the league in points per game (23.74) and rebounds (10.47).

Boomers coach Guy Molloy emphasised his guards needed to take their share of the scoring load, rather than leave it largely to Cambage against a Perth team who enjoyed a 14game win streak before dropping their last two.

“Lizzie is a dominant force in the league, she’s an MVP candidate and she’s clearly a big strength for us,” Molloy said.