It was a perfect start for the women's Australian Gangurrus to open the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with Amy Atwell, Emma Clarke, Lara McSpadden and Marena Whittle leading them to three opening day victories.

It was the opening day in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games and the 3x3 tournament saw the Gangurrus in action across three games and coming away beating Kenya 21-5, Jamaica 21-13 and Fiji 21-3.

Across those three games, Emma Clarke top scored for Australia with 8.3 points to go with 4.0 rebounds and shooting 6/9 from the outside.

Amy Atwell is in the middle of an NBL1 West campaign with the Rockingham Flames ahead of joining the UC Capitals this WNBL season and had 5.7 points and 4.7 rebounds with 5/14 two-point shooting.

Lara McSpadden has been playing a big part in the NBL1 South season with Keilor Thunder and had 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds over the three games with Marena Whittle providing 3.3 points and 2.3 boards.

The first game in Glasgow for the Gangurrus saw them take on Kenya and making a good start to lead 4-1 after a two-pointer from Clarke before going up 11-3 when Whittle also hit from the outside.

They then wrapped up the 21-5 with a score from Clarke who finished with nine points while Atwell had six with six rebounds.

Next up for Australia saw them take on Jamaica with Clarke opening up with a two-pointer and they maintained a slender advantage the rest of the way before Clarke closed the deal with an outside shot to complete the 21-13 victory.

Atwell finished with eight points, Clarke six and McSpadden five.

Last up saw the Gangurrus take on Fiji and they scored the opening six points and never looked back going on to score the 21-3 victory with another 10 points to Clarke, four each to McSpadden and Whittle, and three to Atwell.

The men's team was also in action across three games on the opening day's action in Glasgow and went on to beat New Zealand 21-15, Nigeria 21-15 and Scotland 21-14.

Across those three victories, Jonah Antonio produced 8.0 points with 10/21 two-point shooting, Sam McDaniel 7.3 points and 5.0 rebounds, Jesse Wagstaff 3.7 points and 4.0 rebounds, and Jarred Bairstow 2.0 points and 2.3 boards.

The men's wheelchair team played just the one game and suffered a tight 16-13 defeat at the hands of England. Luke Pople and Tom O'Neill-Thorne had four points each for Australia with Tomas Klein adding three and Eithen Leard two.

The Australian women's wheelchair team played just the one game and England ended up beating them 16-6. Georgia Munro-Cook scored four of the points for Australia.

Results

Australian women

Game 1: Australia 21 - Kenya 5
‍Emma Clarke: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 key assists
Amy Atwell: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 key assists, 1 block
Marena Whittle: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 key assist
Lara McSpadden: 2 points, 2 rebounds

Game 2: Australia 21 - Jamaica 13
‍Amy Atwell: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 key assist
Emma Clarke: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 2 key assists, 1 block
Lara McSpadden: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block
Marena Whittle: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 key assists

Game 3: Australia 21 - Fiji 3
Emma Clarke: 10 points, 2 rebounds
Lara McSpadden: 4 points, 2 key assists, 1 block
Marena Whittle: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 key assists
Amy Atwell: 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 key assists

The schedule

All times AEST. All teams compete in Pool A.

Australia v Kenya – Friday, July 24 - 7:25pm
Australia v Jamaica – Friday, July 24 - 11:30pm
Australia v Fiji – Saturday, July 25 - 6:05am
Australia v Cayman Islands – Sunday, July 26 - 8:55pm
Australia v Uganda – Monday, July 27 - 5:45am

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Gangurrus with three big Glasgow wins