2016–17 Dandenong Rangers season

The 2016–17 Dandenong Rangers season was the 25th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Rangers finished the regular season with a 15–9 record, securing the 2nd seed going into the finals. After defeating the Perth Lynx 2–1 in the Semi Finals, they then faced the Sydney Uni Flames in the Grand Final series where they lost the series 0–2.

2016–17 Dandenong Rangers season
Head Coach	Larissa Anderson
Captain	Aimie Clydesdale Stephanie Cumming
Venue	Dandenong Stadium
Results
Record	15–9
Ladder	2nd
Finals	Grand Final (defeated by Sydney, 0–2)
Leaders
Points	Cumming (17.5)
Rebounds	Blicavs (7.0)
Assists	Cumming (3.3)

Roster

2016–17 Dandenong Rangers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 5 Clydesdale, Aimie (C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 6 Antoniadou, Rachel 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) G 7 Whatman, Briahna 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) G 8 Cumming, Stephanie (C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) C 9 Kennedy, Jacinta 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) F 10 Bibby, Chloe 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) C 11 Scherf, Lauren 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) G 14 Todhunter, Amelia 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) F 15 Blicavs, Sara 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) G 21 Novosel, Natalie 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G/F 22 Fadljevic, Rosemary 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) F 33 Malott, Ally 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Head coach Larissa Anderson Assistant coach(es) James Anderson Michelle Brogan John White Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 27 November 2016

Standings

#	WNBL Championship Ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Sydney Uni Flames	18	6	75.00	24
2	Dandenong Rangers	15	9	62.50	24
3	Perth Lynx	15	9	62.50	24
4	Townsville Fire	14	10	58.33	24
5	Canberra Capitals	13	11	54.17	24
6	Bendigo Spirit	13	11	54.17	24
7	Melbourne Boomers	5	19	20.83	24
8	Adelaide Lightning	3	21	12.50	24

Results

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	October 8	@ Canberra	71–69	Blicavs (23)	Scherf (9)	Novosel (2)	Southern Cross Stadium	1–0
2	October 15	@ Bendigo	44–59	Novosel (9)	Clydesdale, Cumming, Scherf (4)	Clydesdale, Novosel (2)	Bendigo Stadium	1–1
3	October 16	Perth	94–74	Cumming (31)	Cumming (12)	Novosel (9)	Dandenong Stadium	2–1
4	October 21	Townsville	92–65	Cumming (21)	Blicavs, Scherf (8)	Clydesdale, Cumming (6)	Dandenong Stadium	3–1
5	October 28	Bendigo	85–94	Cumming (24)	Scherf (5)	Blicavs, Cumming (5)	Dandenong Stadium	3–2
6	October 31	@ Melbourne	69–67	Blicavs (28)	Todhunter (12)	Clydesdale (4)	State Basketball Centre	4–2
7	November 6	Canberra	70–83	Cumming (22)	Blicavs (11)	Cumming (6)	Dandenong Stadium	4–3
8	November 12	Canberra	82–63	Cumming (18)	Blicavs (8)	Cumming (5)	Traralgon Sports Stadium	5–3
9	November 20	Melbourne	78–69	Cumming (22)	Malott (8)	Todhunter (5)	Dandenong Stadium	6–3
10	November 26	Adelaide	77–64	Scherf (21)	Blicavs (16)	Todhunter (4)	Dandenong Stadium	7–3
11	December 3	Sydney	91–83	Malott (22)	Todhunter (11)	Cumming (6)	Dandenong Stadium	8–3
12	December 4	@ Bendigo	77–69	Blicavs (20)	Cumming (8)	Blicavs, Cumming (3)	Bendigo Stadium	9–3
13	December 9	@ Adelaide	79–64	Blicavs (25)	Blicavs (13)	Clydesdale (3)	Adelaide Arena	10–3
14	December 11	@ Perth	92–71	Cumming (22)	Cumming (11)	Todhunter (5)	Bendat Basketball Centre	11–3
15	December 17	@ Sydney	67–82	Clydesdale, Cumming (15)	Blicavs (12)	Clydesdale (4)	Brydens Stadium	11–4
16	January 8	Adelaide	73–80	Blicavs (19)	Malott (8)	Novosel (6)	Dandenong Stadium	11–5
17	January 14	Melbourne	73–61 (OT)	Malott (24)	Blicavs (9)	Cumming (5)	Dandenong Stadium	12–5
18	January 21	@ Adelaide	85–58	Cumming (22)	Kennedy (7)	Blicavs (4)	Adelaide Arena	13–5
19	January 25	@ Melbourne	78–66	Blicavs (25)	Blicavs, Cumming (6)	Clydesdale, Cumming, Novosel, Scherf (3)	State Basketball Centre	14–5
20	January 29	@ Perth	77–87	Novosel (20)	Blicavs, Malott (5)	Novosel (5)	Bendat Basketball Centre	14–6
21	February 5	Townsville	78–92	Blicavs (24)	Novosel (7)	Cumming (5)	Dandenong Stadium	14–7
22	February 10	@ Townsville	66–83	Blicavs (12)	Blicavs (11)	Blicavs, Clydesdale, Kennedy, Todhunter (3)	Townsville RSL Stadium	14–8
23	February 11	@ Sydney	77–81	Cumming (25)	Scherf (9)	Cumming (5)	Brydens Stadium	14–9
24	December 30	Perth	81–59	Blicavs (20)	Novosel (7)	Clydesdale (6)	Dandenong Stadium	15–9

Semifinals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	February 25	Perth	73–66	Cumming (25)	Blicavs (8)	Clydesdale (5)	Dandenong Stadium	1–0
2	March 3	@ Perth	71–91	Cumming (30)	Kennedy (9)	Clydesdale (5)	Bendat Basketball Centre	1–1
3	March 5	Perth	81–63	Cumming (22)	Kennedy (8)	Cumming (4)	Dandenong Stadium	2–1

Grand Final

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	March 11	@ Sydney	82–91	Blicavs (25)	Blicavs (8)	Cumming, Todhunter (6)	Brydens Stadium	0–1
2	March 17	Sydney	62–75	Cumming (17)	Blicavs, Novosel (6)	Novosel (3)	Dandenong Stadium	0–2

Awards

In-season

Award	Recipient	Round(s) / Date	Ref.
Team of the Week	Natalie Novosel	Rounds: 1, 19
	Stephanie Cumming	Rounds: 2, 3, 6, 10
	Sara Blicavs	Rounds: 4, 9, 10, 15
	Lauren Scherf	Round 8
	Ally Malott	Round 14
Player of the Week	Stephanie Cumming	Round 10	[1] [2]
	Ally Malott	Round 14
Coach of the Month	Larissa Anderson	December

References

1. "WNBL: Steph Cumming leads Dandenong to 7 in a row". pickandroll.com.au.
2. "ROUND 14 PLAYER OF THE WEEK- ALLY MALOTT". wnbl.com.au.

External links

• Dandenong Rangers Official website