1997 WNBL season

April 2022 February 2022 1997 WNBL season Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Basketball 9 ABCNetwork Ten Regular season Sydney Flames Rachael Sporn (Adelaide Lightning) WNBL Most Valuable Player Award Rachael Sporn (Adelaide Lightning) WNBL Top Shooter Award Finals Sydney Flames Adelaide Lightning Trisha Fallon (Sydney Flames) WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award List of WNBL seasons WNBL 1996 WNBL season 1996 1998 WNBL season 1998 The 1997 WNBL season was the 17th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of nine teams contested the league. Regular season Ladder TeamPlayedWonLostWon %1Sydney Flames181801002Adelaide Lightning18144783Melbourne Tigers18126674Dandenong Rangers1899505Australian Institute of Sport16511316Canberra Capitals18612337Brisbane Blazers18612338Perth Breakers18513289Bulleen Boomers1851328 Finals 200 y y Elimination final Semifinals Preliminary final Grand final 4 Dandenong Rangers 66 5 AIS 76 Sydney Flames 54 Adelaide Lightning 58 Melbourne Tigers 57 AIS 48 Sydney Flames 57 Melbourne Tigers 54 Adelaide Lightning 56 Sydney Flames 61 Season awards AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Award Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning Grand Final MVP Award Trisha Fallon Sydney Flames Rookie of the Year Award Lauren Jackson AIS Defensive Player of the Year Award Tully Bevilaqua Perth Breakers Coach of the Year Award Bill Tomlinson Sydney Flames Top Shooter Award Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning Statistical leaders CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalsAverage Points Per Game Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning 18 400 22.2 Rebounds Per Game Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning 18 185 10.3 Assists Per Game Robyn Maher Sydney Flames 17 83 4.9 Steals Per Game Tully Bevilaqua Perth Breakers 18 55 3.1 Blocks per game Jenny Whittle Brisbane Blazers 18 52 2.9 Field Goal % Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning 18 (176/316) 55.7% Three-Point Field Goal % Trisha Fallon Sydney Flames 18 (19/43) 44.2% Free Throw % Allison Cook Melbourne Tigers 18 (82/91) 90.1% References http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/Media_Guide_201415.pdf PDF Media guide WNBL 2014/15 13 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20150120114035/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/Media_Guide_201415.pdf 20 January 2015 dead http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/2011_12/Team_Profiles/10041_BASKAUST_MEDIA_GUIDE_2011-12_WNBL_BACK.pdf PDF WNBL Media Guide 2011/12 13 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214857/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/2011_12/Team_Profiles/10041_BASKAUST_MEDIA_GUIDE_2011-12_WNBL_BACK.pdf 18 March 2012 dead 1997 Category:1997 in Australian basketball Aus basketball