The 2020 Bendigo Spirit season is the 14th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).
Ahead of the 2020 season, the Spirit announced that local property development company, Villawood Properties, would serve as naming rights partners after signing a two-year deal in September 2020. Their leadership team for the season was announced with Tessa Lavey as captain, alongside Carley Ernst and Amelia Todhunter as co-vice captains.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season. The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 56-game regular season fixture, plus a four-game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final). Each team will contest 14 games starting on 12 November, with the grand final scheduled for 20 December.
Roster
Standings
Results Regular season Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 November 12 Southside 60–102 Ernst (16) Froling (11) Lavey (3) Townsville Stadium 0–1 2 November 14 Sydney 63–100 Lavey (15) Goulding, Lavey (6) Lavey (10) Townsville Stadium 0–2 3 November 16 Canberra 56–76 Ernst (15) Ernst (10) Lavey, Todhunter (3) Mackay Multisports Stadium 0–3 4 November 18 Perth 65–78 Ernst (28) Ernst (10) Lavey (9) Mackay Multisports Stadium 0–4 5 November 21 Townsville 81–91 Goulding, Lavey (19) Ernst (8) Lavey (11) Townsville Stadium 0–5 6 November 24 Townsville 51–99 Goulding, Rintala (10) Ernst (6) Todhunter (4) Townsville Stadium 0–6 7 November 25 Adelaide 83–89 Lavey (33) Ernst (10) Lavey (6) Townsville Stadium 0–7 8 November 28 Canberra 51–87 Lavey (17) Price (5) Lavey (4) Townsville Stadium 0–8 9 December 1 Perth 79–95 Lavey (23) Ernst (8) Ernst, Lavey (5) Townsville Stadium 0–9 10 December 5 Melbourne 52–84 Ernst (8) Ernst (7) Froling, McLean, Paalvast, Rintala (2) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 0–10 11 December 6 Sydney 54–62 Lavey (17) Ernst (7) Lavey (6) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 0–11 12 December 9 Adelaide 59–69 Ernst (32) Ernst (15) Lavey (6) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 0–12 13 December 11 Melbourne 70–91 Lavey (16) Lavey (9) Lavey (10) Cairns Pop-Up Arena 0–13
References
External links Bendigo Spirit Official website