1985 WNBL season

1985 WNBL season
1985 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Top seed	North Adelaide Rockets
Season MVP	Kathy Foster (North Adelaide Rockets)
Top scorer	Julie Nykiel (Noarlunga Tigers)
Finals
Champions	Coburg Cougars
Runners-up	Noarlunga Tigers
Finals MVP	Karin Maar (Coburg Cougars)
WNBL seasons
	← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 WNBL season was the fifth season of competition in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) since its establishment in 1981. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Ladder

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Won %
1	North Adelaide Rockets	18	15	3	83
2	Nunawading Spectres	18	14	4	78
3	Noarlunga Tigers	18	13	5	72
4	Coburg Cougars	18	13	5	72
5	Brisbane Lady Bullets	12	7	5	58
6	West Adelaide Bearcats	18	10	8	56
7	St Kilda Saints	18	9	9	50
8	Bankstown Bruins	19	7	12	37
9	Australian Institute of Sport	18	3	15	17
10	Bulleen Melbourne Boomers	18	3	15	17
11	Sutherland Sharks	19	3	16	16

Finals

Semi-finals			Grand Final

1	North Adelaide Rockets	52

4	Coburg Cougars	56
			4	Coburg Cougars	73

			3	Noarlunga Tigers	71
3	Noarlunga Tigers	64

2	Nunawading Spectres	54

Season Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Most Valuable Player Award	Kathy Foster	North Adelaide Rockets
Grand Final MVP Award	Karin Maar	Coburg Cougars
Top Shooter Award	Julie Nykiel	Noarlunga Tigers

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214857/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/2011_12/Team_Profiles/10041_BASKAUST_MEDIA_GUIDE_2011-12_WNBL_BACK.pdf