1998 WNBL season

April 2022 1998 WNBL season Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Basketball 9 ABC Regular season Sydney Flames Michelle Griffiths (Sydney Flames) WNBL Most Valuable Player Award Allison Cook (Bulleen Boomers) WNBL Top Shooter Award Finals Adelaide Lightning Sydney Flames Jo Hill (Adelaide Lightning) WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award List of WNBL seasons WNBL 1997 WNBL season 1997 1998–99 WNBL season 1998–99 The 1998 WNBL season was the 18th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 9 teams contested the league. Regular season Ladder TeamPlayedWonLostWon %1Sydney Flames12102832Adelaide Lightning1293753Perth Breakers1284674Australian Institute of Sport1284675Melbourne Tigers1275586Dandenong Rangers1275587Bulleen Boomers1239258Canberra Capitals12210179Brisbane Blazers120120 Finals 200 Grand final Sydney Flames 61 Adelaide Lightning 42 Perth Breakers 70 AIS 84 Adelaide Lightning 81 AIS 54 Sydney Flames 56 Adelaide Lightning 67 Season Awards AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Award Michelle Griffiths Sydney Flames Grand Final MVP Award Jo Hill Adelaide Lightning Rookie of the Year Award Andrea Cartledge Melbourne Tigers Defensive Player of the Year Award Emily McInerny Melbourne Tigers Coach of the Year Award Phil Brown AIS Top Shooter Award Allison Cook Bulleen Boomers Statistical leaders CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalsAverage Points Per Game Allison Cook Bulleen Boomers 12 232 19.3 Rebounds Per Game Lucille Hamilton Dandenong Rangers 12 135 11.3 Assists Per Game Robyn Maher Sydney Flames 11 62 5.6 Steals Per Game Tully Bevilaqua Perth Breakers 9 37 4.1 Blocks per game Jenny Whittle Perth Breakers 12 40 3.3 Field Goal % Kelly Lemezs Melbourne Tigers 12 (45/73) 61.6% Three-Point Field Goal % Kim Wielens Canberra Capitals 12 (18/36) 50.0% Free Throw % Allison Cook Bulleen Boomers 12 (44/50) 88.0% References https://web.archive.org/web/20150120114035/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/Media_Guide_201415.pdf 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 1998 Category:1998 in Australian basketball Aus basketball