Goldminers cannot be caught at the top of the ladder, even if they go down to the Wagga Wagga Blaze this Saturday at the Bathurst Indoor Sports Stadium.

A loss would see Goldminers and Shoalhaven Tigers finish with identical 10-2 records and one win each in the head-to-head.

Bathurst will still finish on top thanks to their superior point differential.

Goldminers co-coach Kieran Purvis said it’s nice to play at home with zero pressure.

“It’s always a great spot to be in, especially going into our last game when we’ve got players both away and injured. Sophie Kleeman is away this weekend and Matilda Flood is injured,” he said.

“Wagga are a great young team and it’s surprising that they haven’t made the top four. It shows how strong the State League competition is that the top six teams are all very competitive against one another.”

Purvis said high minutes on court for all the Goldminers squad has been the key to their strong season to date.

He believes it has set them up well for a challenging semi-final meeting, which will be against either Maitland Mustangs or Coffs Harbour Suns.

“Ultimately what we’ve done throughout the season is give everyone good court time. That’s one of the things Paul [Masters, co-coach] has focused on,” he said.

“You never know when injury or foul trouble could strike during finals. If you’ve got players who have the match experience then they will be better prepared if that happens.

“We haven’t won the competition yet. We don’t want to get overconfident, because we know what the standard of the other teams are.

“While we’ve beaten teams like Maitland by 30 points they’ve made changes to the coaching staff and to their team. You have to pay attention to how well they’ve been doing.”

Saturday’s match starts from 5pm.