The 2018 WSBL season was the 30th season of the Women's

State Basketball League NBL1 West, formerly the State Basketball League (SBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Western Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Western Australia partnered with the National Basketball L ...

(SBL). The regular season began on Friday 16 March, with round 1 seeing a 2017 grand final rematch between 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 ...

and

Mandurah Magic Mandurah Magic is an NBL1 West club based in Mandurah, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Mandurah Basketball Association (MBA), the major administrative basketball organis ...

. The 2018 WSBL All-Star Game was played on 4 June at

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– the home of basketball in

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. The regular season ended on Saturday 28 July. The finals began on Friday 3 August and ended on Friday 31 August, when the

Lakeside Lightning Lakeside Lightning 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 owned and managed by Lakeside Baptist Church. The Lightning play their home games at Lakeside R ...

defeated the Magic in the WSBL Grand Final.

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 16 March and ended on Saturday 28 July after 20 rounds of competition. Again in 2018, 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 in round 6 of the competition with the Kalamunda Eastern Suns and Willetton Tigers continuing their Anzac Day game tradition. In round 9, Women's Round took place in alignment with Mother's Day on Sunday 13 May. During this round, WSBL games were 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 3 August and ended on Friday 31 August with the WSBL Grand Final.

Bracket

All-Star Game

The 2018 WSBL All-Star Game took place at

on Monday 4 June, with all proceeds going to '' Red Frogs Australia''.

Rosters

Game data

Awards

Player of the Week

Statistics leaders

Regular season

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Alison Schwagmeyer Alison Renee Schwagmeyer (born July 31, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the University of Canberra Capitals of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the Charleston Southern Buccan ...

(Lakeside Lightning) *

Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

: Craig Mansfield (Lakeside Lightning) * Most Improved Player: Jewel Williams (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) * All-WSBL First Team: ** PG:

(Lakeside Lightning) ** SG: Anita Brown (Mandurah Magic) ** SF:

Antonia Farnworth Antonia "Toni" Farnworth (née Edmondson) (born 10 May 1987) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Ringwood Hawks of the NBL1 South. She has spent most of her career playing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in A ...

(Perry Lakes Hawks) ** PF: Jennie Rintala (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) ** C:

Kayla Steindl Kayla Maria Steindl (née Standish; born November 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Hobart Chargers of the NBL1 South. The Ellensburg, Washington native played four years of college basketball for Gonzaga before ...

(Perth Redbacks) * All-Defensive Team: ** PG: Brianna Moyes (Cockburn Cougars) ** SG:

Alex Ciabattoni Alexandra Antonietta Ciabattoni (born 1 June 1994) is an Australian former professional basketball player and current coach of the South West Slammers of the NBL1 West. Early life Ciabattoni was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. She ...

(Kalamunda Eastern Suns) ** SF:

(Perry Lakes Hawks) ** PF: Ashleigh Grant (Lakeside Lightning) ** C:

Maddie Allen Maddison Allen (born 3 July 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player. College Allen began her college career at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, playing for the Mustangs. After her second yea ...

(Rockingham Flames)

Finals

* Grand Final MVP:

(Lakeside Lightning)

References

External links

2018 fixtures

2018 season preview

All-Star starters

2018 grand final preview
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