2012–13 WNBL season
2012–13 WNBL season | ||
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League | Top scorer Suzy Batkovic Adelaide | |
Finals | ||
Champions | Bendigo Spirit | |
Runners-up | Townsville Fire | |
Finals MVP | Kelsey Griffin Bendigo |
The 2012–13 WNBL season was the 33rd season of competition since the Women's National Basketball League's establishment in 1981. A total of nine teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 5 October 2012 and 16 February 2013, followed by a post-season involving the top five on 23 February 2013 until 10 March 2013.
Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network
ABC
broadcast one game a week, at 3 pm at every standard time in Australia.
Spalding provided equipment including the official game ball, with Champion
supplying team apparel.
Team standings
# | WNBL Championship Ladder | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GP | ||
1 | Bendigo Spirit | 21 | 3 | 87.5 | 24 | |
2 | Dandenong Rangers |
19 | 5 | 79.2 | 24 | |
3 | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 6 | 75.0 | 24 | |
4 | Townsville Fire | 13 | 11 | 54.2 | 24 | |
5 | Bulleen Boomers | 10 | 14 | 41.7 | 24 | |
6 | Logan Thunder | 8 | 16 | 33.3 | 24 | |
7 | Sydney Uni Flames |
8 | 16 | 33.3 | 24 | |
8 | Canberra Capitals |
7 | 17 | 29.2 | 24 | |
9 | West Coast Waves |
4 | 20 | 16.7 | 24 |
Finals
Semifinals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||
Dandenong Rangers | 64 | ||||||||||||
Townsville Fire | 78 | ||||||||||||
Adelaide Lightning | 53 | ||||||||||||
Townsville Fire | 60 | ||||||||||||
Season award winners
Award | Winner | Position | Team |
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Most Valuable Player Award | Suzy Batkovic | Forward/Centre | Adelaide Lightning |
Grand Final MVP Award | Kelsey Griffin | Forward | Bendigo Spirit |
Rookie of the Year Award
|
Stephanie Talbot | Guard | Adelaide Lightning |
Defensive Player of the Year Award | Kristi Harrower | Guard | Bendigo Spirit |
Coach of the Year Award | Bernie Harrower | Coach | Bendigo Spirit |
Top Shooter Award
|
Suzy Batkovic | Forward/Centre | Adelaide Lightning |
All-Star Five
|
Kristi Harrower Kathleen MacLeod Jenna O'Hea Suzy Batkovic Gabrielle Richards |
Guard Guard Guard/Forward Forward/Centre Centre |
Statistics leaders
Category | Player | Team | GP | Totals | Average |
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Points Per Game
|
Suzy Batkovic | Adelaide Lightning | 19 | 405 | 21.3 |
Rebounds Per Game | Suzy Batkovic | Adelaide Lightning | 19 | 186 | 9.7 |
Assists Per Game | Kristi Harrower | Bendigo Spirit | 24 | 169 | 6.5 |
Steals Per Game | Kelsey Griffin | Bendigo Spirit | 17 | 31 | 1.8 |
Blocks per game | Suzy Batkovic | Adelaide Lightning | 19 | 50 | 2.6 |
Field Goal % | Laura Hodges | Adelaide Lightning | 19 | (108/190) | 56.8% |
Three-Point Field Goal % | Alicia Poto | Sydney Uni Flames
|
23 | (49/105) | 46.7% |
Free Throw % | Katie-Rae Ebzery | Sydney Uni Flames
|
24 | (84/95) | 88.4% |