2016–17 WNBL season

2016–17 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	7 October 2016 – March 2017
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Finals

The 2016–17 WNBL season is the 37th season of competition since its establishment in 1981.^[1] The regular season begins on October 7, 2016 when the Sydney Uni Flames host the Perth Lynx and is scheduled to conclude on February 19, 2017.

Player Movement

Main article: List of 2016–17 WNBL season signings

Team standings

Main article: List of 2016–17 WNBL season results

#	WNBL Championship Ladder
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Dandenong Rangers	9	3	75.00	12
2	Perth Lynx	8	4	66.67	12
3	Canberra Capitals	7	4	63.63	11
4	Bendigo Spirit	8	5	61.54	13

5	Sydney Uni Flames	6	4	60.00	10
6	Townsville Fire	6	7	46.15	13
7	Melbourne Boomers	3	9	25.00	12
8	Adelaide Lightning	0	11	0.00	11

Finals

	Semifinals					Grand Final


	1

	4



	3

	2

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Sami Whitcomb	Perth Lynx	25.4 PPG
Rebounds per game	Mikaela Ruef	Canberra Capitals	11.2 RPG
Assists per game	Leilani Mitchell	Sydney Uni Flames	6.9 APG
Steals per game	Sami Whitcomb	Perth Lynx	2.2 SPG
Blocks per game	Jennifer Hamson	Sydney Uni Flames	3.3 BPG

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Sami Whitcomb	Perth Lynx	39
Rebounds	Mikaela Ruef	Canberra Capitals	22
Assists	Leilani Mitchell	Sydney Uni Flames	11
Steals	Samantha Logic	Adelaide Lightning	7
Blocks	Suzy Batkovic	Townsville Fire	6

Season award winners

Player of the Week Award

Round #	Player	Team
Round 1	Suzy Batkovic	Townsville Fire
Round 2	Marianna Tolo	Canberra Capitals
Round 3	Sami Whitcomb	Perth Lynx
Round 4	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe	Bendigo Spirit
Round 5	Lauren Mansfield	Canberra Capitals
Round 6	Asia Taylor	Sydney Uni Flames
Round 7	Kelsey Griffin	Bendigo Spirit
Round 8	Marianna Tolo (2)	Canberra Capitals
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19

Team of the Week Award

Round #	Team
Round 1	Natalie Novosel Rangers	Sami Whitcomb Lynx	Laura Hodges Lightning	Suzy Batkovic Fire	Jennifer Hamson Flames
Round 2	Leilani Mitchell Flames	Sami Whitcomb (2) Lynx	Stephanie Cumming Rangers	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe Spirit	Marianna Tolo Capitals
Round 3	Leilani Mitchell (2) Flames	Sami Whitcomb (3) Lynx	Stephanie Cumming (2) Rangers	Alice Kunek Boomers	Asia Taylor Flames
Round 4	Kerryn Harrington Spirit	Sami Whitcomb (4) Lynx	Sara Blicavs Rangers	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe (2) Spirit	Mikaela Ruef Capitals
Round 5	Lauren Mansfield Capitals	Mia Murray Fire	Kelsey Griffin Spirit	Asia Taylor (2) Flames	Marianna Tolo (2) Capitals
Round 6	Amy Kame Fire	Sami Whitcomb (5) Lynx	Stephanie Cumming (3) Rangers	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe (3) Spirit	Asia Taylor (3) Flames
Round 7	Kate Gaze Capitals	Sami Whitcomb (6) Lynx	Kelsey Griffin (2) Spirit	Asia Taylor (4) Flames	Mikaela Ruef (2) Capitals
Round 8	Leilani Mitchell (3) Flames	Sami Whitcomb (7) Lynx	Kayla Standish Fire	Lauren Scherf Rangers	Marianna Tolo (3) Capitals
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19

Player & Coach of the Month Awards

For games played	Player of the Month		Coach of the Month
For games played	Player	Team	Coach	Team
October 2016	Sami Whitcomb	Perth Lynx	Simon Pritchard	Bendigo Spirit
November 2016	Marianna Tolo	Canberra Capitals	Cheryl Chambers	Sydney Uni Flames
December 2016
January 2017
February 2017

Team Captains & Coaches

Main article: List of 2016–17 WNBL team rosters

Team	Captain	Coach
Adelaide Lightning	Laura Hodges	Chris Lucas
Bendigo Spirit	Kelsey Griffin	Simon Pritchard
Canberra Capitals	Marianna Tolo / Carly Wilson (co)	Paul Goriss
Dandenong Rangers	Stephanie Cumming	Larissa Anderson
Melbourne Boomers	Alice Kunek	Guy Molloy
Perth Lynx	Tessa Lavey	Andy Stewart
Sydney Uni Flames	Belinda Snell	Cheryl Chambers
Townsville Fire	Suzy Batkovic	Claudia Brassard

References

↑ http://wnbl.com.au/

WNBL seasons

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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