2012–13 WNBL season
Appearance
2012–13 WNBL season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 5 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 |
Number of teams | 9 |
TV partner(s) | ABC |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Bendigo Spirit |
Season MVP | Suzy Batkovic Adelaide |
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. 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
[edit]# | 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
[edit]Semifinals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||
Bendigo Spirit | 78 | Bendigo Spirit | 71 | ||||||||||
Dandenong Rangers | 71 | Townsville Fire | 57 | ||||||||||
Dandenong Rangers | 64 | ||||||||||||
Townsville Fire | 78 | ||||||||||||
Adelaide Lightning | 53 | ||||||||||||
Townsville Fire | 60 | ||||||||||||
Season award winners
[edit]Award | Winner | Position | Team |
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Most Valuable Player Award | ![]() |
Forward/Centre | Adelaide Lightning |
Grand Final MVP Award | ![]() |
Forward | Bendigo Spirit |
Rookie of the Year Award | ![]() |
Guard | Adelaide Lightning |
Defensive Player of the Year Award | ![]() |
Guard | Bendigo Spirit |
Coach of the Year Award | ![]() |
Coach | Bendigo Spirit |
Top Shooter Award | ![]() |
Forward/Centre | Adelaide Lightning |
All-Star Five | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Guard Guard Guard/Forward Forward/Centre Centre |
Bendigo Spirit Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers Adelaide Lightning Bendigo Spirit |
Statistics leaders
[edit]Category | Player | Team | GP | Totals | Average |
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Points Per Game | ![]() |
Adelaide Lightning | 19 | 405 | 21.3 |
Rebounds Per Game | ![]() |
Adelaide Lightning | 19 | 186 | 9.7 |
Assists Per Game | ![]() |
Bendigo Spirit | 24 | 169 | 6.5 |
Steals Per Game | ![]() |
Bendigo Spirit | 17 | 31 | 1.8 |
Blocks per game | ![]() |
Adelaide Lightning | 19 | 50 | 2.6 |
Field Goal % | ![]() |
Adelaide Lightning | 19 | (108/190) | 56.8% |
Three-Point Field Goal % | ![]() |
Sydney Uni Flames | 23 | (49/105) | 46.7% |
Free Throw % | ![]() |
Sydney Uni Flames | 24 | (84/95) | 88.4% |