One of the main dramas of the final week was resolved early as Adelaide knocked Canberra out of contention 76-74 with Colleen Planeta and Alex Ciabattoni leading the visitors. Seedings continued to clear up on Saturday. Sara Blicavs and Dandenong beat Perth 81-59. Sydney was then able to take the top spot with a 98-83 win over Colleen Planeta and Adelaide. A game with no impact on the playoffs saw Bendigo beat Maddie Garrick and Melbourne 80-79. Suzy Batkovic and Townsville are locked into fourth place after a 90-83 loss to Mikaela Ruef and Canberra. The last game on Sunday saw Sami Whitcomb and Perth fail to take the second seed and the resulting homecourt advantage as they left Bendigo with a 73-72 loss. The top four teams will start the best of three semifinals on Saturday with the teams switching venues for Game 2 on the following Friday. If necessary, the teams will to turn around and travel quickly for Game 3s on that Sunday.
February 16, 2017
University of Canberra Capitals vs. Adelaide Lightning 74-76 UCC Gwathmey 16 Tolo 15/9r Gaze 15 Mansfield 14/6r Ruef 6/11 Froling 0 ADL Planeta 29 Ciabattoni 20 Hodges 18 Logic 4/7r Hunter 0
February 18, 2017
Dandenong Rangers vs. Perth Lynx 81-59 DAN Blicavs 20/6r Cumming 19 Novosel 18/7r Clydesdale 12/6a Malott 2 PER Whitcomb 17 Edmondson 14/6r Hamblin 10 Mijovic 4/8r Burton 4 Butler 3 Lee 3
Sydney University Flames vs. Adelaide Lightning 98-83 SYD Mitchell 17/6a Taylor 15/7r Wilson 15 Hamson 13 Tupaea 12 Graham 12 Snell 6 Ca. Boag 4 Ch. Boag 0 Walmsley 0 ADL Planeta 21/12r Hodges 19 Good 15 Elsworthy 12 Ciabattoni 4 Logic 2/6a Hunter 0
Melbourne Boomers vs. Bendigo Spirit 79-80 MEL Garrick 21 Cole 19 Smart 10 Keane 7 Bowen 5 Cunningham 2 Bygate 0 BEN Dietrick 17 Raincock-Ekunwe 15/10r Oliver 14/7r Payne 14 Griffin 11/9r/6a Richards 9 Spencer 0
Townsville Fire vs. University of Canberra Capitals 83-90 TSV Batkovic 26/14r Standish 14/6r Garbin 13 Cocks 12 Murray 10 Kame 3 Cloud 0 UCC Ruef 24/8r Mansfield 18/7r/7a Tolo 17 Gwathmey 13/9r Gaze 9 Froling 4/6r Coddington 2 Adams 0 Allen 0
February 19, 2017
Bendigo Spirit vs. Perth Lynx 73-72 BEN Raincock-Ekunwe 17/7r Payne 16 Griffin 13/9r Dietrick 11/7a Oliver 7/6r/7a Richards 6/7r PER Whitcomb 22/6r Mijovic 16/6r Hamblin 11/11r Phillips 10 Butler 3 Burton 2
Standings:
- Sydney 18-6
- Dandenong 15-9
- Perth 15-9
- Townsville 14-10
- Canberra 13-11
- Bendigo 13-11
- Melbourne 5-19
- Adelaide 3-21
Leaders:
Points per game: 1. Whitcomb 23.6, 2. Batkovic 21.3, 3. Tolo 18.1, 4. Hodges 17.6, 5. Taylor 16.7, 6. Cumming 16.6, 7. Blicavs 16.0, 8. Mitchell 16.0, 9. Raincock-Ekunwe 15.9, 10. Griffin 15.1
Rebounds per game: 1. Ruef 11.0, 2. Batkovic 10.6, 3. Tolo 8.5, 4. Raincock-Ekunwe 8.4, 5. Hamson 8.4, 6. Taylor 8.2, 7. Hamblin 7.9, 8. Griffin 7.7, 9. Mijovic 7.5, 10. Blicavs 7.1
Assist per game: 1. Mitchell 6.2, 2. Logic 5.4, 3. Mansfield 5.0, 4. Snell 4.6, 5. Wilson 4.5, 6. Lavey 4.4, 7. Cloud 4.1, 8. Whitcomb 4.1, 9. Cumming 3.4, 10. Cole 3.2