2019 WNBL Finals

Team	Coach	Wins
Canberra Capitals	Paul Goriss	2
Adelaide Lightning	Chris Lucas	1

Dates

25 January – February 2019

MVP

Kelsey Griffin (CAN)

Preliminary Final

Canberra def. Perth, 2–0
Adelaide def. Melbourne, 2–0

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The 2019 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2018–19 season.^[1] The Townsville Fire were the defending champions, however they failed to qualify for the finals series.

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Canberra Capitals	16	5	76.1	21
2	Melbourne Boomers	15	6	71.4	21
3	Adelaide Lightning	13	8	61.9	21
4	Perth Lynx	13	8	61.9	21

5	Dandenong Rangers	9	12	42.8	21
6	Townsville Fire	9	12	42.8	21
7	Bendigo Spirit	7	14	33.3	21
8	Sydney Uni Flames	2	19	9.5	21

Bracket

Semifinals			Grand Final

1	Canberra Capitals	2

4	Perth Lynx	0
			1	Canberra Capitals	2

			3	Adelaide Lightning	1
3	Adelaide Lightning	2

2	Melbourne Boomers	0

Semi-finals

(1) Canberra Capitals vs. (4) Perth Lynx

25 January 2019
7:00 PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Canberra Capitals	95–76	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 10–27, 34–13, 23–20
Pts: Nurse 31 Rebs: Griffin 12 Asts: Griffin, Mitchell, Wilson 7		Pts: McPhee 25 Rebs: McPhee 8 Asts: Farnworth 4

AIS Arena, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Attendance: 2,212
Referees: Craig Copes, Vanessa Devlin, Jason Kelly

31 January 2019
6:30 PM (AWST)

Boxscore

Perth Lynx	75–91	Canberra Capitals
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 12–28, 23–17, 17–32
Pts: Ebzery, Schwagmeyer 17 Rebs: McPhee 19 Asts: Allen, Ebzery 4		Pts: Nurse 27 Rebs: Griffin 13 Asts: Wilson 12
Canberra win series, 2–0

Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia
Attendance: 1,155
Referees: Craig Copes, Vanessa Devlin, Jason Kelly

(2) Melbourne Boomers vs. (3) Adelaide Lightning

27 January 2019
5:00 PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Melbourne Boomers	60–76	Adelaide Lightning
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 20–24, 13–21, 12–20
Pts: Magbegor 14 Rebs: George 12 Asts: Allen 5		Pts: Seekamp 18 Rebs: Alexander 11 Asts: Seekamp 6

State Basketball Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 2,213
Referees: Daniel Battye, Sarah Carey, Guy Richards

31 January 2019
7:00 PM (ACDT)

Boxscore

Adelaide Lightning	100–92	Melbourne Boomers
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 22–26, 29–21, 24–23
Pts: Coffey 30 Rebs: Alexander, Coffey 9 Asts: Seekamp 12		Pts: Allen 29 Rebs: George 9 Asts: Allen 6
Adelaide win series, 2–0

Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 1,017
Referees: Daniel Battye, Sarah Carey, Guy Richards

Grand Final

(1) Canberra Capitals vs. (3) Adelaide Lightning

9 February 2019
5:30PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Canberra Capitals	88–67	Adelaide Lightning
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 30–13, 20–18, 20–11
Pts: Nurse 23 Rebs: Griffin 12 Asts: Mitchell 8		Pts: Nicholson 21 Rebs: Coffey 11 Asts: Seekamp 8

AIS Arena, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Attendance: 4,120
Referees: Sarah Carey, Vanessa Devlin, Jason Kelly

13 February 2019
6:30PM (ACDT)

Boxscore

Adelaide Lightning	74–73	Canberra Capitals
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–21, 18–12, 19–17
Pts: Seekamp 19 Rebs: Alexander 11 Asts: Seekamp 5		Pts: Griffin 24 Rebs: Griffin 23 Asts: Mitchell 9

Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 3,702
Referees: Craig Copes, Vanessa Devlin, Jason Kelly

16 February 2019
5:00PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Canberra Capitals	93–73	Adelaide Lightning
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 24–21, 25–17, 19–11
Pts: Griffin 29 Rebs: Griffin 15 Asts: Mitchell 6		Pts: Planeta 15 Rebs: Alexander 7 Asts: Coffey, Nicholson 3
Canberra win series, 2–1

AIS Arena, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Attendance: 4,817
Referees: Daniel Battye, Craig Copes, Jason Kelly

Rosters

2018–19 Canberra Capitals roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
F	2	Young, Hannah	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	5	Mitchell, Leilani	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
C	7	Scherf, Lauren	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
G	8	Cubillo, Abby	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
G	9	Rocci, Maddison	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
G	11	Nurse, Kia	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
C	12	Tolo, Marianna (C)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F	21	Froling, Keely	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	22	Wilson, Kelly	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
F	23	Griffin, Kelsey (C)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	25	Loader, Eliza-Jane	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
F	41	McLaren, Kaili	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Head coach

Paul Goriss

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 9 February 2019

2018–19 Adelaide Lightning roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
G	1	Nicholson, Lauren	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G/F	3	Taia, Ashley	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
G	5	Clydesdale, Aimie	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G	6	Blicavs, Stephanie (C)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F/C	8	Brook, Chelsea	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	9	Pirini, Mikayla	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
F	11	Davidson, Penina	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G	12	Coffey, Nia	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	22	Porter, Ruby	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G	35	Seekamp, Nicole (C)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
C	40	Alexander, Kayla	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F	42	Planeta, Colleen	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)