1997 WNBL season
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1997 WNBL season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 9 |
TV partner(s) | ABC Network Ten |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Sydney Flames |
Season MVP | Rachael Sporn (Adelaide Lightning) |
Top scorer | Rachael Sporn (Adelaide Lightning) |
Finals | |
Champions | Sydney Flames |
Runners-up | Adelaide Lightning |
Finals MVP | Trisha Fallon (Sydney Flames) |
The 1997 WNBL season was the 17th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of nine teams contested the league.
Regular season
[edit]Ladder
[edit]Team | Played | Won | Lost | Won % | |
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1 | Sydney Flames | 18 | 18 | 0 | 100 |
2 | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78 |
3 | Melbourne Tigers | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67 |
4 | Dandenong Rangers | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50 |
5 | Australian Institute of Sport | 16 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
6 | Canberra Capitals | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
7 | Brisbane Blazers | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
8 | Perth Breakers | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
9 | Bulleen Boomers | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
Finals
[edit]Elimination final | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Sydney Flames | 54 | Adelaide Lightning | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Adelaide Lightning | 58 | Sydney Flames | 61 | |||||||||||||||
Sydney Flames | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Tigers | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Tigers | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
AIS | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Dandenong Rangers | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | AIS | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
Season awards
[edit]Statistical leaders
[edit]Category | Player | Team | GP | Totals | Average |
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Points Per Game | Rachael Sporn | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 400 | 22.2 |
Rebounds Per Game | Rachael Sporn | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 185 | 10.3 |
Assists Per Game | Robyn Maher | Sydney Flames | 17 | 83 | 4.9 |
Steals Per Game | Tully Bevilaqua | Perth Breakers | 18 | 55 | 3.1 |
Blocks per game | Jenny Whittle | Brisbane Blazers | 18 | 52 | 2.9 |
Field Goal % | Rachael Sporn | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | (176/316) | 55.7% |
Three-Point Field Goal % | Trisha Fallon | Sydney Flames | 18 | (19/43) | 44.2% |
Free Throw % | Allison Cook | Melbourne Tigers | 18 | (82/91) | 90.1% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Media guide WNBL 2014/15" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "WNBL Media Guide 2011/12" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2022.