1989 WNBL season

1989 WNBL season
1989 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Top seed	Nunawading Spectres
Season MVP	Kathy Foster (Hobart Islanders)
Top scorer	Kathy Foster (Hobart Islanders)
Finals
Champions	Nunawading Spectres
Runners-up	Hobart Islanders
WNBL seasons
	← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 WNBL season was the ninth season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 12 teams contested the league.

Regular season

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Won %
1	Nunawading Spectres	24	20	4	83
2	Hobart Islanders	23	16	7	70
3	North Adelaide Rockets	23	18	5	78
4	Bulleen Boomers	24	16	8	67
5	Sydney Bruins	22	14	8	64
6	Brisbane Blazers	21	11	10	52
7	West Adelaide Bearcats	24	13	11	54
8	Melbourne East	23	10	13	43
9	Canberra Capitals	23	8	15	35
10	Coburg Cougers	24	6	18	25
11	Noarlunga Tigers	22	3	19	14
12	Australian Institute of Sport	24	3	21	12

The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 1989 regular season.

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Kathy Foster	Hobart Islanders	20.3 PPG
Rebounds per game	Patricia Mickan	North Adelaide Rockets	5.2 RPG
Assists per game	Karin Maar	Bulleen Boomers	5.6 APG
Steals per game	Kathy Hahn	Noarlunga Tigers	3.2 SPG
Blocks per game	Sarah Duncan	Coburg Cougers	2.0 BPG
Field goal percentage	Trina Roberts	Brisbane Blazers	62.0% (147/237)
Three point percentage	Cherie Hogg	Canberra Capitals	43.1% (22/51)
Free throw percentage	Pat Mickan	North Adelaide Rockets	88.4% (38/43)