| 2015 State Basketball League season | |
| League: | State Basketball League |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | 13 March – 25 July (Regular season) 31 July – 29 August (Finals) |
| No Of Games: | 26 (men) 22 (women) |
| No Of Teams: | 14 (men) 12 (women) |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Minor Premiers: | M: Joondalup Wolves W: Rockingham Flames |
| Mvp: | M: Ray Turner (Redbacks) W: Sami Whitcomb (Flames) |
| Mvp Link: | State Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award |
| Top Scorer: | M: Ray Turner (Redbacks) W: Sami Whitcomb (Flames) |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | M: Joondalup Wolves W: Rockingham Flames |
| Finals Runner-Up: | M: South West Slammers W: Willetton Tigers |
| Grand Final Mvp: | M: Trian Iliadis (Wolves) W: Sami Whitcomb (Flames) |
| Grand Final Mvp Link: | State Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslistnames: | SBL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2014 State Basketball League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2014 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2016 State Basketball League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2016 |
The 2015 State Basketball League season was the 27th season of the State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 13 March and ended on Saturday 25 July. The finals began on Friday 31 July and concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 28 August and the men's grand final on Saturday 29 August.
The 2015 SBL Pre-Season Blitz was held at the WA Basketball Centre between Friday 27 February and Sunday 1 March.[1] [2]
The regular season began on Friday 13 March and ended on Saturday 25 July after 20 rounds of competition.[3] [4] [5]
Men's ladder
| Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | 3 | |
| 2 | 20 | 6 | |
| 3 | 17 | 9 | |
| 4 | 17 | 9 | |
| 5 | 15 | 11 | |
| 6 | 14 | 12 | |
| 7 | 14 | 12 | |
| 8 | 12 | 14 | |
| 9 | 12 | 14 | |
| 10 | 10 | 16 | |
| 11 | 10 | 16 | |
| 12 | 9 | 17 | |
| 13 | 7 | 19 | |
| 14 | 2 | 24 | |
Women's ladder
| Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 12 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 21 |
The finals began on Friday 31 July and consisted of three rounds. The finals concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 28 August and the men's grand final on Saturday 29 August.[6] [7]
The 2015 SBL All-Star games took place at Bendat Basketball Centre on Monday 1 June, with all proceeds going to Youth Focus to help prevent youth suicide.[8] [9]
| Pos | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||
| F | Nic Cody | Willetton Tigers | |
| F | Gavin Field | Cockburn Cougars | |
| F | Cooper Land | Rockingham Flames | |
| G | Tre Nichols | South West Slammers | |
| G/F | Jordan Swing | Lakeside Lightning | |
| Reserves | |||
| G | Najee Lane | Cockburn Cougars | |
| C | Jarrad Prue | Lakeside Lightning | |
| G | Taylor Land | Rockingham Flames | |
| G | Kyle Armour | Willetton Tigers | |
| F | Jacob Holmen | Goldfields Giants | |
| F | Brian Voelkel | South West Slammers | |
| F/C | Taylor Mullenax | Mandurah Magic | |
| Head coach: Ty Harrelson (South West Slammers)[10] | |||
| Pos | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||
| G | Trian Iliadis | Joondalup Wolves | |
| C | Kevin Davis | Joondalup Wolves | |
| G | Seb Salinas | Joondalup Wolves | |
| G/F | Carter Cook | Geraldton Buccaneers | |
| G/F | Bennie Lewis | Geraldton Buccaneers | |
| Reserves | |||
| G | Seva Chan | ||
| G | Sunday Dech | East Perth Eagles | |
| G | Austin Bruton | Stirling Senators | |
| F | Kyle Lindbergh | Stirling Senators | |
| F/C | Mat Wundenberg | Geraldton Buccaneers | |
| F/C | Robert Huntington | Joondalup Wolves | |
| F | Lien Phillip | ||
| Head coach: Ben Ettridge (Joondalup Wolves)[11] | |||
| Pos | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||
| G/F | Sami Whitcomb | Rockingham Flames | |
| G | Casey Mihovilovich | Mandurah Magic | |
| G | Kate Malpass | Willetton Tigers | |
| C | Louella Tomlinson | Willetton Tigers | |
| F | Darcee Garbin | Rockingham Flames | |
| Reserves | |||
| G | South West Slammers | ||
| G | Jacinta Bourne | Rockingham Flames | |
| G | Ebony Antonio | Willetton Tigers | |
| F | Ashleigh Grant | Lakeside Lightning | |
| F/C | Patricia Bright | South West Slammers | |
| C | Ashlee Sidebottom | Mandurah Magic | |
| Head coach: Ryan Petrik (Rockingham Flames)[12] | |||
| Pos | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | |||
| G | Gabriella Clayton | Perth Redbacks | |
| G | Shani Amos | Joondalup Wolves | |
| G/F | Melissa Moyle | ||
| G | Rebecca Mercer | Joondalup Wolves | |
| C | Kassi Conditt | Perry Lakes Hawks | |
| Reserves | |||
| G/F | Tegan Walker | Stirling Senators | |
| F | Jessica Jakens | Perth Redbacks | |
| G | Kelsey Maffin | East Perth Eagles | |
| F/C | Danika Pisconeri | Perry Lakes Hawks | |
| C | Amber Land | Stirling Senators | |
| F | Jessie Edwards | ||
| Head coach: Vlad Alava (Joondalup Wolves) | |||
| Round | Men's Player | Team | Women's Player | Team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Davis | [13] [14] | |||
| 2 | [15] | ||||
| 3 | Najee Lane | Deonica McCormick | |||
| 4 | Tre Nichols | ||||
| 5 | Casey Mihovilovich | ||||
| 6 | Gavin Field | ||||
| 7 | Casey Mihovilovich | ||||
| 8 | |||||
| 9 | Gavin Field | ||||
| 10 | Bryton Hobbs | Katie Loberg | |||
| 11 | Gavin Field | ||||
| 12 | Drew Williamson | Deonica McCormick | |||
| 13 | Jacinta Bourne | ||||
| 14 | Bryton Hobbs | Kate Malpass | |||
| 15 | Rebecca Mercer | ||||
| 16 | [16] | ||||
| 17 | |||||
| 18 | |||||
| 19 | Tre Nichols | Deonica McCormick | |||
| 20 | Emma Klasztorny | [17] | |||
| Category | Men's Player | Team | Stat | Women's Player | Team | Stat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 31.23 | 25.52 | |||||
| Rebounds per game | 17.50 | Amber Land | 12.73 | ||||
| Assists per game | Brian Voelkel | 7.68 | 5.45 | ||||
| Steals per game | Najee Lane | 2.80 | Casey Mihovilovich | 3.95 | |||
| Blocks per game | Kevin Davis | 2.93 | 4.90 | ||||
| Kevin Davis | 64.1% | Darcee Garbin Katie Loberg | 51.2% | ||||
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Austin Bruton | 42.9% | Rebecca Mercer | 45.3% | |||
| Free throw percentage | Gavin Field | 91.1% | 88.4% |