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Broken ankle floors Fire WNBL star Wilson
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Townsville's stuttering WNBL title defence has suffered a blow with star point guard Kelly Wilson sidelined for up to six weeks with a broken ankle.
The 31-year-old limped off during the fifth-placed Fire's home 85-83 win over Sydney Uni last Saturday.
Scans revealed Wilson, who had 10 points and seven assists before the injury, fractured her left distal fibula.
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"She's one of the premier point guards in the WNBL," Townsville coach Claudia Brassard said.
"She's done a good job running our team through the first five rounds of the season, but we're going to have to adjust."
The back-to-back champions have called in 16-year-old Haylee Andrews as her replacement ahead of a trip to Victoria to face Bendigo and Melbourne on the weekend.
