2017–18 Melbourne Boomers season

2017–18 Melbourne Boomers season
Head Coach	Guy Molloy
Captain	Jenna O'Hea
Venue	State Basketball Centre
Results
Record	12–9
Ladder	4th
Finals	Grand Final (defeated by Townsville, 1–2)
Leaders
Points	Cambage (23.1)
Rebounds	Cambage (10.4)
Assists	O'Hea (4.5)

The 2017–18 Melbourne Boomers season is the 35th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Roster

2017–18 Melbourne Boomers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. C 2 Tomlinson, Louella 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) G 3 Smart, Brittany 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) G 4 Cole, Rebecca 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 5 Burton, Kasey 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) G 6 Ott, Rebecca 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) G 7 Gould, Cassidy 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) C 8 Cambage, Liz 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F 9 Kalka, Peri 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G/F 11 O'Hea, Jenna (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) G 12 D'Angelo, Chelsea 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) G 14 Conti, Monique 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) F 15 Grant, Ashleigh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 23 Garrick, Madeleine 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) F 32 Purcell, Kalani 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) C 50 Duever, Courtney  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Head coach Guy Molloy Assistant coach(es) Katrina Hibbert Paul Flynn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 4 October 2017

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Perth Lynx	15	6	71.4	21
2	Sydney Uni Flames	14	7	66.6	21
3	Townsville Fire	14	7	66.6	21
4	Melbourne Boomers	12	9	57.1	21
5	Adelaide Lightning	11	10	52.3	21
6	Canberra Capitals	7	14	33.3	21
7	Dandenong Rangers	7	14	33.3	21
8	Bendigo Spirit	4	17	19.1	21

Results

Pre-season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	September 9	Invitational Team	90–76	O'Hea (16)	Purcell (8)	Cole (5)	Boardman Stadium	1–0
2	September 15	Adelaide	61–80	–	–	–	Nunawading Basketball Centre	1–1
3	September 16	Dandenong	79–75	Cole (19)	Purcell (10)	Cole (5)	Kilsyth Sports Centre	2–1
4	September 22	Bendigo	72–73	Grant (31)	Purcell (9)	O'Hea (7)	MARS Minerdome	2–2

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	October 5	@ Dandenong	76–61	Cambage (17)	O'Hea (11)	Purcell, Smart (4)	Dandenong Stadium	1–0
2	October 7	Townsville	54–63	Cambage (15)	O'Hea (14)	Cole (4)	State Basketball Centre	1–1
3	October 13	Bendigo	90–63	Cambage (25)	Cambage (14)	O'Hea (5)	Geelong Arena	2–1
4	October 15	@ Canberra	92–63	Cambage (27)	Cambage (9)	Cole (5)	National Convention Centre	3–1
5	October 21	Perth	79–77 (OT)	Cambage (23)	Cambage (23)	Cole (8)	State Basketball Centre	4–1
6	October 27	@ Sydney	56–65	Cambage (19)	Purcell (8)	Conti, Purcell, Smart (3)	Brydens Stadium	4–2
7	October 29	@ Townsville	57–64	Smart (16)	Cambage (6)	Tomlinson (3)	Townsville RSL Stadium	4–3
8	November 4	@ Bendigo	66–71	Garrick (18)	Tomlinson (11)	Smart (5)	Bendigo Stadium	4–4
9	November 6	Dandenong	60–57	Cambage (27)	Purcell (10)	Smart (6)	State Basketball Centre	5–4
10	November 11	@ Sydney	88–65	O'Hea (22)	Purcell (10)	Purcell (6)	Brydens Stadium	6–4
11	November 12	Adelaide	77–74	Cambage (44)	Cambage (12)	Cole, Smart (4)	State Basketball Centre	7–4
12	November 18	Canberra	96–66	Cambage (32)	Purcell (12)	Purcell (5)	State Basketball Centre	8–4
13	November 23	@ Townsville	66–73	O'Hea (13)	Purcell (11)	Purcell (6)	Townsville RSL Stadium	8–5
14	November 26	Sydney	89–101	Cambage (22)	Cole, Purcell, Tomlinson (5)	Cambage (7)	State Basketball Centre	8–6
15	December 2	Canberra	92–72	Cambage (38)	Cambage (13)	O'Hea (6)	State Basketball Centre	9–6
16	December 7	Bendigo	86–42	O'Hea (18)	Cambage (12)	O'Hea (6)	State Basketball Centre	10–6
17	December 9	@ Adelaide	64–62	Cambage (32)	Cambage, Purcell (11)	Cole, O'Hea, Smart (4)	Titanium Security Arena	11–6
18	December 17	Perth	89–92	Cambage (38)	Cambage (15)	O'Hea (7)	State Basketball Centre	11–7
19	December 21	@ Adelaide	56–67	Cambage (21)	Cambage (17)	O'Hea (5)	Titanium Security Arena	11–8
20	December 23	@ Perth	66–84	O'Hea (15)	Purcell (13)	O'Hea (6)	Bendat Basketball Centre	11–9
21	December 30	Dandenong	80–45	Cambage (20)	Purcell (10)	Garrick (4)	State Basketball Centre	12–9

Finals

Semi-finals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	January 3	Perth	92–76	Cole (21)	Cambage (9)	O'Hea (11)	State Basketball Centre	1–0
2	January 5	@ Perth	78–69	Cambage (25)	Cambage (15)	Purcell (6)	Bendat Basketball Centre	2–0

Grand Final

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	January 13	@ Townsville	64–69	Cambage (26)	Cambage (13)	O'Hea, Purcell (4)	Townsville RSL Stadium	0–1
2	January 18	Townsville	58–57	Cambage (19)	Purcell (10)	Cole, O'Hea (3)	State Basketball Centre	1–1
3	January 21	@ Townsville	57–70	Cambage (18)	Cambage (9)	O'Hea (6)	Townsville RSL Stadium	1–2

Signings

Returning

Player	Signed	Contract
Monique Conti	March 2017	1-year contract[1]
Brittany Smart	March 2017	1-year contract[2]
Madeleine Garrick	March 2017	1-year contract[3]
Rebecca Ott	March 2017	1-year contract[4]
Rebecca Cole	March 2017	1-year contract[5]

Incoming

Player	Signed	Contract
Jenna O'Hea	9 March 2017	2-year contract[6]
Liz Cambage	3 May 2017	1-year contract[7]
Louella Tomlinson	3 May 2017	1-year contract[8]
Kalani Purcell	7 June 2017	2-year contract[9]
Courtney Duever	28 June 2017	1-year contract[10]
Ashleigh Grant	31 August 2017	1-year development player contract[11]

Awards

In-season

Award	Recipient	Round(s) / Date	Ref.
Team of the Week	Liz Cambage	Rounds: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
	Jenna O'Hea	Round 6
Player of the Week	Liz Cambage	Rounds: 3, 5, 6, 9	[12][13][14][15]

References

1. "Young Gun Conti Ready For More WNBL Action With Boomers". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
2. "Boomers Make Another Smart Move". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
3. "MADDIE GARRICK COMMITS TO BOOMERS FOR 2017/18". wnbl.com.au.
4. "BEC OTT READY FOR NEXT STEP AT BOOMERS". wnbl.com.au.
5. "TODHUNTER RE-SIGNS WITH RANGERS". wnbl.com.au.
6. "Jenna O'Hea Bound For Boomers". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
7. "Cambage signs for Melbourne Boomers". espn.co.uk.
8. "Louella Tomlinson Returns Home To Be A Boomer". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
9. "DEAKIN MELBOURNE BOOMERS LAND KEY TALL FERNS FORWARD". wnbl.com.au.
10. "DEAKIN MELBOURNE BOOMERS WELCOME TEXAN COURTNEY DUEVER". wnbl.com.au.
11. "ASH GRANT JOINS BOOMERS TO CONTINUE WNBL CAREER". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
12. "ROUND 3 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- LIZ CAMBAGE". wnbl.com.au.
13. "ROUND 5 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- LIZ CAMBAGE". wnbl.com.au.
14. "ROUND 6 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- LIZ CAMBAGE". wnbl.com.au.
15. "ROUND 9 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- LIZ CAMBAGE". wnbl.com.au.

External links

• Melbourne Boomers Official website