The 2009–10 WNBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2009 and March 2010, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2010.Media Guide 2014-15 The Canberra Capitals were the defending champions and they successfully defended their title with a 75–70 win over the Bulleen Boomers in the Grand Final.
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 1Bulleen Boomers 21 1 95.5 22 2Sydney Uni Flames 17 5 77.3 22 3Canberra Capitals 16 6 72.7 22 4Townsville Fire 14 8 63.6 22 5Bendigo Spirit 13 9 59.1 22 6Adelaide Lightning 13 9 59.1 22 7Dandenong Rangers 7 15 31.8 22 8Logan Thunder 6 16 27.3 22 9Perth Lynx 2 20 9.1 22 10Australian Institute of Sport 1 21 4.5 22
Finals
Season award winners AwardWinnerPositionTeam Most Valuable Player Award Kristi Harrower Guard Bendigo Spirit Grand Final MVP Award Lauren Jackson Centre Canberra Capitals Rookie of the Year Award Tayla Roberts Forward AIS Defensive Player of the Year Award Rachael Flanagan Guard Townsville Fire Coach of the Year Award Tom Maher Coach Bulleen Boomers Top Shooter Award Suzy Batkovic Forward/Centre Sydney Uni Flames All-Star Five Liz Cambage Suzy Batkovic Deanna Smith Jenna O'Hea Kristi Harrower Centre Forward/Centre Forward Guard/Forward Guard Bulleen Boomers Sydney Uni Flames Sydney Uni Flames Bulleen Boomers Bendigo Spirit
Statistics leaders
CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalsAverage Points Per Game Suzy Batkovic Sydney Uni Flames 20 491 24.6 Rebounds Per Game Liz Cambage Bulleen Boomers 22 211 9.6 Assists Per Game Kristi Harrower Bendigo Spirit 22 110 5.0 Steals Per Game Kristen Veal Logan Thunder 21 46 2.2 Blocks per game Marianna Tolo Canberra Capitals 22 66 3.0 Field Goal % Liz Cambage Bulleen Boomers 22 (169/286) 59.1% Three-Point Field Goal % Sarah Graham Logan Thunder 18 (29/71) 40.8% Free Throw % Rohanee Cox Townsville Fire 11 (60/69) 87.0%
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