2001–02 WNBL season

April 2022 2001–02 WNBL season Women's National Basketball League Basketball October 2001 – February 2002 8 ABC Regular season Adelaide Lightning Penny Taylor (Dandenong Rangers) WNBL Most Valuable Player Award Penny Taylor (Dandenong Rangers) WNBL Top Shooter Award Finals Canberra Capitals Sydney Panthers Lauren Jackson (Canberra Capitals) WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award List of WNBL seasons WNBL 2000–01 WNBL season 2000–01 2002–03 WNBL season 2002–03 The 2001–02 WNBL season was the 22nd season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. Team standings # WNBL Championship Ladder Team W Games won L Games lost PCT Winning percentage GP Games played 1Adelaide Lightning 17 4 80.95 21 2Canberra Capitals 15 6 71.43 21 3Dandenong Rangers 15 6 71.43 21 4Sydney Panthers 13 8 61.9 21 5AIS 11 10 52.38 21 6Bulleen Boomers 6 15 28.57 21 7Perth Lynx 4 17 19.05 21 8Townsville Fire 3 18 14.29 21 Finals 200 Grand final Adelaide Lightning 62 Canberra Capitals 66 Dandenong Rangers 85 Sydney Panthers 98 Adelaide Lightning 64 Sydney Panthers 66 Canberra Capitals 75 Sydney Panthers 69 Season award winners AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Award Penny Taylor Dandenong Rangers Grand Final MVP Award Lauren Jackson Canberra Capitals Rookie of the Year Award Alison DownieKamala Lamshed Dandenong RangersAdelaide Lightning Defensive Player of the Year Award Emily McInerny Dandenong Rangers Coach of the Year Award Karen Dalton Sydney Panthers Top Shooter Award Penny Taylor Dandenong Rangers Statistics leaders CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalsAverage Points Per Game Penny Taylor Dandenong Rangers 20 570 28.5 Rebounds Per Game Suzy Batkovic Townsville Fire 21 256 12.2 Assists Per Game Jae Kingi-Cross Adelaide Lightning 21 100 4.8 Steals Per Game Melissa McClure Perth Lynx 21 52 2.5 Blocks per game Lauren Jackson Canberra Capitals 13 44 3.4 Field Goal % Lauren Jackson Canberra Capitals 13 (118/224) 52.7% Three-Point Field Goal % Jessica Foley AIS (31/76) 40.8% Free Throw % Deanna Smith Adelaide Lightning 15 (19/19) 100% References https://web.archive.org/web/20141227122005/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/12284_BASKAUST_WNBL_MEDIA_GUIDE_2014-15_BACK.pdf 2001-02 Category:2001–02 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball