2024 WNBL Finals

2024 WNBL finals

Team Coach Wins Southside Flyers Cheryl Chambers 2 Perth Lynx Ryan Petrik 1
Dates	28 February – 13 March
Season	2023–24
Teams	4
MVP	Mercedes Russell (STH)
Semifinalists	Townsville Fire Melbourne Boomers
Matches played	8
Attendance	16,389 (2,049 per match)
All statistics correct as of 17 March 2024.

The 2024 WNBL Finals is the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2023–24 season.^[1] The Townsville Fire were the defending champions,^[2] but were defeated by Perth in the Semi-Finals.^[3] The WNBL Finals schedule was confirmed 25 February 2024,^[4] followed by the Grand Finals series schedule announced 6 March 2024.^[5]

Overview

Finals appearances

• The Townsville Fire qualified for Finals for the second consecutive season and were back-to-back minor premiers.
• The Southside Flyers qualified for Finals for the second consecutive season.
• The Melbourne Boomers qualified for Finals for the seventh consecutive season, which is the longest active run of WNBL Finals appearances.
• The Perth Lynx qualified for Finals for the third consecutive season.
• The Sydney Flames missed Finals for the sixth consecutive season.
• The Bendigo Spirit missed Finals for the ninth consecutive season, currently the longest break between Finals appearances in the WNBL.
• The Adelaide Lightning missed Finals for the second consecutive season.
• The Canberra Capitals missed Finals for the second consecutive season.

Notable occurrences

• The same four teams that qualified for Finals in 2023, again qualified for the 2024 Finals. This marked the first occurrence of back-to-back appearances of the exact same teams since 2001–2002.

Standings

#	2023–24 WNBL Championship ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Townsville Fire	14	7	66.6	21
2	Southside Flyers	13	8	61.9	21
3	Melbourne Boomers	12	9	57.1	21
4	Perth Lynx	11	10	52.3	21
5	Sydney Flames	11	10	52.3	21
6	Bendigo Spirit	11	10	52.3	21
7	Adelaide Lightning	8	13	38.0	21
8	Canberra Capitals	4	17	19.0	21

Bracket

	Semi Finals					Grand Final
	1	Townsville Fire	0
	4	Perth Lynx	2
						4	Perth Lynx	1
						2	Southside Flyers	2
	3	Melbourne Boomers	1
	2	Southside Flyers	2

Semi-Finals

(1) Townsville Fire vs. (4) Perth Lynx

29 February 2024 6:00 PM (AEST)

Box Score

Townsville Fire	87–88	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 24–19, 14–27, 22–17
Pts: Whitcomb 24 Rebs: Aokuso 10 Asts: Reid 5		Pts: McDonald 26 Rebs: Potter 10 Asts: McDonald 9

Townsville Entertainment Centre,Townsville, Queensland Attendance: 2,341 Referees: Scott Beker, Tayla Flint, Elliot Green

3 March 2024 12:30 PM (AWST)

Box Score

Perth Lynx	108–102	Townsville Fire
Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 28–21, 23–24, 29–34
Pts: Atwell, McDonald 27 Rebs: Potter 13 Asts: McDonald 11		Pts: Whitcomb 24 Rebs: Ruef 9 Asts: Reid 7
Perth win series, 2–0 [6]

Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia Attendance: 1,275 Referees: Joshua Durand, Brad Henshaw, Jack Taylor

Regular season series

Townsville won 3–0 in the regular season series
25 November 2023 Box Score Perth Lynx 76, Townsville Fire 92 Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia 31 December 2023 Box Score Townsville Fire 87, Perth Lynx 64 Townsville Entertainment Centre,Townsville 3 January 2024 Box Score Townsville Fire 104, Perth Lynx 91 Townsville Entertainment Centre,Townsville

(2) Southside Flyers vs. (3) Melbourne Boomers

28 February 2024 7:00 PM (AEDT)

Box Score

Southside Flyers	90–86	Melbourne Boomers
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 25–26, 26–14, 20–25
Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Mitchell, Russell 5		Pts: Froling 23 Rebs: Froling, Hillmon 7 Asts: Canada 11

Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 890 Referees: Calia Hanks, Travis Stewart, Jack Taylor

2 March 2024 7:00 PM (AEDT)

Box Score

Melbourne Boomers	88–67	Southside Flyers
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–17, 27–23, 26–15
Pts: Hillmon 22 Rebs: Conti, Hillmon 9 Asts: Canada 5		Pts: Jackson 21 Rebs: Jackson, Russell 6 Asts: Mitchell, Rocci 6

Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,892 Referees: James Boyer, Madison Crowley-Long, Jacqui Dover

6 March 2024 7:00 PM (AEDT)

Box Score

Southside Flyers	93–77	Melbourne Boomers
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–21, 27–17, 19–19
Pts: Jackson 38 Rebs: Jackson 11 Asts: Rocci 6		Pts: Canada 18 Rebs: Hillmon 8 Asts: Canada 7
Southside win series, 2–1 [7]

Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 1,896 Referees: Calia Hanks, Travis Stewart, Jack Taylor

Regular season series

Melbourne won 2–1 in the regular season series
4 November 2023 Box Score Southside Flyers 70, Melbourne Boomers 77 State Basketball Centre, Melbourne 3 January 2024 Box Score Melbourne Boomers 67, Southside Flyers 61 Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne 21 January 2024 Box Score Melbourne Boomers 82, Southside Flyers 84 Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne

Grand Final

(2) Southside Flyers vs. (4) Perth Lynx

10 March 2024 3:30 PM (AEDT)

Box Score

Southside Flyers	79–101	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 21–34, 16–22, 26–19
Pts: Jackson 21 Rebs: Rocci 9 Asts: Mitchell 6		Pts: Atwell 30 Rebs: Potter 10 Asts: McDonald 10

Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,356 Referees: Scott Beker, Calia Hanks, Jack Taylor

14 March 2024 6:30 PM (AWST)

Box Score

Perth Lynx	95–97	Southside Flyers
Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 18–27, 28–23, 24–19
Pts: McDonald 26 Rebs: Maley 17 Asts: McDonald 8		Pts: Dickey 19 Rebs: Russell 17 Asts: Rocci 6

Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia Attendance: 1,753 Referees: Scott Beker, Tayla Flint, Jack Taylor

17 March 2024 1:30 PM (AEDT)

Box Score

Southside Flyers	115–81	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 24–12, 33–26, 30–16
Pts: Dickey 19 Rebs: Russell 13 Asts: Mitchell 6		Pts: Atwell 22 Rebs: Maley 6 Asts: McDonald 3

Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,986 Referees: Scott Beker, Tayla Flint, Jack Taylor

Regular season series

Southside won 2–1 in the regular season series
22 November 2023 Box Score Southside Flyers 94, Perth Lynx 92 State Basketball Centre, Melbourne 23 December 2023 Box Score Perth Lynx 95, Southside Flyers 85 Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth 31 January 2024 Box Score Southside Flyers 91, Perth Lynx 70 State Basketball Centre, Melbourne

Rosters

2023–24 Southside Flyers roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Cole, Rebecca (C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F 4 Brown, Louise 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 5 Mitchell, Leilani 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) G 7 Loughridge, Dallas 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) G 9 Rocci, Maddison 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) F 11 Ernst, Carley 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) F 12 Wischer, Klara 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) F 13 Puoch, Nyadiew 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) F/C 15 Jackson, Lauren 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) G 20 Dickey, Jasmine 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) C 21 Russell, Mercedes 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Head coach Cheryl Chambers Assistant coach(es) Kerryn Mitchell Hannah Lowe Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 7 March 2024

2023–24 Perth Lynx roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Goodchild, Miela 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 2 Gorman, Stephanie 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 3 McDonald, Aari 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) F/C 5 Hannan, Ashlee 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) G 6 Forster, Chloe 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) G 8 Ciabattoni, Alex 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) C 10 Potter, Emily 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) F 12 Clinch Hoycard, Mackenzie 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 24 Maley, Anneli (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G 25 Atwell, Amy 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Head coach Ryan Petrik Assistant coach(es) Natalie Burton Brad Robbins Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 7 March 2024

References

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