The 2017 WSBL season was the 29th season of the Women's

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(SBL). The regular season began on Friday 17 March, with Perry Lakes, East Perth and Rockingham hosting Stirling, Kalamunda and Perth respectively. The 2017 WSBL All-Star Game was played on 5 June at

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– the home of basketball in

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. The regular season ended on Saturday 29 July. The finals began on Friday 4 August and ended on Friday 1 September, when the

Perry Lakes Hawks Perry Lakes Hawks is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Perry Lakes Basketball Association (PLBA), the major administrative basketball org ...

defeated the

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in the WSBL Grand Final.

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 17 March and ended on Saturday 29 July after 20 rounds of competition. In an exciting move by the SBL, all games over the Easter Weekend were played on a blockbuster Thursday night with six venues all hosting games before the league took a break for the Easter long weekend. Anzac Round took place again in round 6 of the competition with the Kalamunda Eastern Suns and Willetton Tigers continuing their Anzac Day game tradition while being joined this year by the Cockburn Cougars hosting the Rockingham Flames on the Tuesday afternoon. In round 9, the inaugural Women's Round took place in alignment with Mother's Day on Sunday 14 May. During this round, the SBL trialled the WSBL games being played at the later timeslot at each venue following the MSBL games. There was also Rivalry Round in round 12 and Heritage Round in round 16.

Standings

Finals

The finals began on Friday 4 August and ended on Friday 1 September with the WSBL Grand Final.

Bracket

All-Star Game

The 2017 WSBL All-Star Game took place at

on Monday 5 June, with all proceeds going to ''Lifeline WA'' for suicide prevention.

Rosters

Game data

Awards

Player of the Week

Statistics leaders

Regular season

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(Lakeside Lightning) *

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: Randy Miegel (Mandurah Magic) * Most Improved Player: Chelsea Belcher (Joondalup Wolves) * All-Star Five: ** PG: Nici Gilday (Mandurah Magic) ** SG: Stacey Barr (Willetton Tigers) ** SF:

(Lakeside Lightning) ** PF: Carly Boag (Mandurah Magic) ** C:

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(Perry Lakes Hawks) * All-Defensive Five: ** PG: Lauren Jeffers (Perry Lakes Hawks) ** SG: Casey Mihovilovich (Mandurah Magic) ** SF:

(Lakeside Lightning) ** PF: Ellyce Ironmonger (Joondalup Wolves) ** C:

(Perry Lakes Hawks)

Finals

* Grand Final MVP:

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References

External links

2017 fixtures

2017 season preview

2017 WSBL All-Star teams

State basketball a first for Northam

SBL Quarter Finals Schedule Released

WSBL Grand Final preview
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