2008–09 WNBL season

April 2022 December 2014 2008–09 WNBL season Women's National Basketball League Basketball October 2008 – March 2009 10 ABC Regular season Canberra Capitals Rohanee Cox (Townsville Fire) WNBL Most Valuable Player Award Rohanee Cox (Townsville Fire) WNBL Top Shooter Award Finals Canberra Capitals Bulleen Boomers Natalie Hurst (Canberra Capitals) WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award List of WNBL seasons WNBL 2007–08 WNBL season 2007–08 2009–10 WNBL season 2009–10 The 2008–09 WNBL season was the 29th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2008 and March 2009, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2009. Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia. Molten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel. Team standings # WNBL Championship Ladder Team W Games won L Games lost PCT Winning percentage GP Games played 1Canberra Capitals 19 3 86.36 22 2Bulleen Boomers 17 5 77.27 22 3Townsville Fire 16 6 72.73 22 4Adelaide Lightning 15 7 68.18 22 5Bendigo Spirit 14 8 63.64 22 6Sydney Uni Flames 9 13 40.91 22 7Dandenong Rangers 7 15 31.82 22 8Logan Thunder 7 15 31.82 22 9Perth Lynx 4 18 18.18 22 10Australian Institute of Sport 2 20 9.09 22 Finals 2009 WNBL Finals Bracket thumb|center|2009 WNBL Grand Final Tip-off at AIS Arena, Capitals vs Boomers Season award winners AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Award Rohanee Cox Townsville Fire Grand Final MVP Award Natalie Hurst Canberra Capitals Rookie of the Year Award Sarah Graham Logan Thunder Defensive Player of the Year Award Alicia Poto Sydney Uni Flames Coach of the Year Award Cheryl Chambers Bulleen Boomers Top Shooter Award Rohanee Cox Townsville Fire Statistics leaders CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalsAverage Points Per Game Rohanee Cox Townsville Fire 22 466 21.2 Rebounds Per Game Abby Bishop Canberra Capitals 22 235 10.7 Assists Per Game Kristi Harrower Bendigo Spirit 19 112 5.9 Steals Per Game Alicia Poto Sydney Uni Flames 21 52 2.5 Blocks per game Jennifer Crouse Townsville Fire 22 55 2.5 Field Goal % Elizabeth Cambage AIS 16 (87/139) 62.6% Three-Point Field Goal % Lisa Pardon Bulleen Boomers 22 (31/68) 45.6% Free Throw % Deanna Smith Perth Lynx 17 (87/97) 89.7% 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 2007-08 Category:2008–09 in Australian basketball Aus basketball basketball