The 2012–13 WNBL season was the 33rd season of competition since the Women's National Basketball League's establishment in 1981. A total of nine teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 5 October 2012 and 16 February 2013, followed by a post-season involving the top five on 23 February 2013 until 10 March 2013.
Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 3 pm at every standard time in Australia.
Spalding provided equipment including the official game ball, with Champion supplying team apparel.
Team standings # WNBL Championship Ladder Team 1Bendigo Spirit 21 3 87.5 24 2Dandenong Rangers 19 5 79.2 24 3Adelaide Lightning 18 6 75.0 24 4Townsville Fire 13 11 54.2 24 5Bulleen Boomers 10 14 41.7 24 6Logan Thunder 8 16 33.3 24 7Sydney Uni Flames 8 16 33.3 24 8Canberra Capitals 7 17 29.2 24 9West Coast Waves 4 20 16.7 24
Finals
Season award winners AwardWinnerPositionTeam Most Valuable Player Award Suzy Batkovic Forward/Centre Adelaide Lightning Grand Final MVP Award Kelsey Griffin Forward Bendigo Spirit Rookie of the Year Award Stephanie Talbot Guard Adelaide Lightning Defensive Player of the Year Award Kristi Harrower Guard Bendigo Spirit Coach of the Year Award Bernie Harrower Coach Bendigo Spirit Top Shooter Award Suzy Batkovic Forward/Centre Adelaide Lightning All-Star Five Kristi Harrower Kathleen MacLeod Jenna O'Hea Suzy Batkovic Gabrielle Richards Guard Guard Guard/Forward Forward/Centre Centre Bendigo Spirit Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers Adelaide Lightning Bendigo Spirit
Statistics leaders
CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalsAverage Points Per Game Suzy Batkovic Adelaide Lightning 19 405 21.3 Rebounds Per Game Suzy Batkovic Adelaide Lightning 19 186 9.7 Assists Per Game Kristi Harrower Bendigo Spirit 24 169 6.5 Steals Per Game Kelsey Griffin Bendigo Spirit 17 31 1.8 Blocks per game Suzy Batkovic Adelaide Lightning 19 50 2.6 Field Goal % Laura Hodges Adelaide Lightning 19 (108/190) 56.8% Three-Point Field Goal % Alicia Poto Sydney Uni Flames 23 (49/105) 46.7% Free Throw % Katie-Rae Ebzery Sydney Uni Flames 24 (84/95) 88.4%
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