1987 WNBL season

Sports season

1987 WNBL season

League| Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport| Basketball
Number of teams| 11
TV partner(s)| ABC
Regular season
Top seed| Nunawading Spectres
Season MVP| Robyn Maher (Nunawading Spectres)
Top scorer| Kathy Foster (Hobart Islanders)
Finals
Champions| Nunawading Spectres
Runners-up| Coburg Cougars
Finals MVP| Tracey Browning (Nunawading Spectres)
WNBL seasons

← 1986

1988 →

The 1987 WNBL season was the seventh season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

## Regular season

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### Ladder

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| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Won %

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1 | Nunawading Spectres | 20 | 18 | 2 | 90
2 | Coburg Cougars | 20 | 14 | 6 | 70
3 | North Adelaide Rockets | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65
4 | West Adelaide Bearcats | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65
5  | Australian Institute of Sport | 20  | 10  | 10  | 50
6  | Brisbane Lady Bullets | 20  | 10  | 10  | 50
7  | Noarlunga Tigers | 20  | 10  | 10  | 50
8  | Bankstown Bruins | 20  | 8  | 12  | 40
9  | Canberra Capitals | 20  | 7  | 13  | 35
10  | Hobart Islanders | 20  | 4  | 16  | 20
11  | Bulleen Melbourne Boomers | 20  | 3  | 17  | 15

## Finals

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| Semi-finals | | | Grand Final |

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| 1 | Nunawading Spectres | 61 | |
| 4 | West Adelaide Bearcats | 52 |
| | 1 | Nunawading Spectres | 67 |
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| | | 2 | Coburg Cougars | 59 |
| 3 | North Adelaide Rockets | 60 |

| 2 | Coburg Cougars | 67 |

### Season Awards

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Award  | Winner  | Team

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Most Valuable Player Award | Robyn Maher | Nunawading Spectres
Grand Final MVP Award | Tracey Browning | Nunawading Spectres
Coach of the Year Award | Tom Maher | Nunawading Spectres
Top Shooter Award | Kathy Foster | Hobart Islanders

### Statistical leaders

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Category  | Player  | Team  | GP  | Totals  | Average

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Points Per Game | Kathy Foster | Hobart Islanders | 20  | 415  | 20.8
Rebounds Per Game  | Samantha Thornton | Bulleen Melbourne Boomers | 18  | 221  | 12.3
Assists Per Game  | Karin Maar | Coburg Cougars  | 20  | 104  | 5.2
Steals Per Game  | Donna Brown | Noarlunga Tigers  | 20  | 66  | 3.3
Blocks per game  | Chris Saunders | Bulleen Melbourne Boomers | 20  | 24  | 1.2
Field Goal %  | Marisa Rowe | Coburg Cougars  | 17  | (69/129)  | 53.5%
Three-Point Field Goal %  | Cheryl Chambers | Coburg Cougars  | 19  | (18/42)  | 42.9%
Free Throw %  | Sandy Brondello | Australian Institute of Sport | 18  | (34/43)  | 79.1%

## References

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1. 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

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