2025 NBL1 West season

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2025 NBL1 West season
League NBL1 West
Sport Basketball
Duration4 April – 2 August (Regular season)
8 August – 23 August (Finals)
Number of games22 (men)
20 (women)
Number of teams14 (men)
13 (women)
Regular season
  Minor premiersM: Rockingham Flames
W: Cockburn Cougars
Season MVP M: Isaac White (Rockingham Flames)
W: Teige Morrell (Lakeside Lightning)
Top scorerM: Elijah Pepper (Warwick Senators)
W: Karly Murphy (Kalamunda Eastern Suns)
Finals
ChampionsM: Geraldton Buccaneers
W: Cockburn Cougars
  Runners-upM: Warwick Senators
W: Warwick Senators
Grand Final MVP M: Johny Narkle (Geraldton Buccaneers)
W: Ruby Porter (Cockburn Cougars)
NBL1 West seasons
2026 

The 2025 NBL1 West season was the fifth season of the NBL1 West and 36th overall in State Basketball League (SBL) / NBL1 West history. The regular season began on Friday 4 April and ended on Saturday 2 August. The finals began on Friday 8 August and concluded with both the women's grand final and the men's grand final on Saturday 23 August. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The 2025 NBL1 season concluded with the fourth annual NBL1 National Finals being held at Southern Cross Stadium in Canberra. [5]

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 4 April and ended on Saturday 2 August after 18 rounds of competition. [6] [7] [8] Easter games in round 3 will once again see all teams play on a Thursday night, followed by Anzac Round in round 4, Heritage Round in round 9, and First Nations Round in round 14. [9] In July, a regular season fixture was played in Albany. [10] [11] [12]

With a 20–0 record, the Cougars became just the third women's team in the history of the SBL / NBL1 West to go undefeated in the regular season, joining the 1999 Willetton Tigers and the 2000 Perry Lakes Hawks. Additionally, no men's team has done it either since the 2002 Perry Lakes Hawks. [13]

Standings

Finals

The finals began on Friday 8 August and consisted of four rounds. [9] The finals concluded with the women's grand final and the men's grand final on Saturday 23 August. Both grand finals were played at RAC Arena [14] [15] [16] [17] in front of 6,116 people. [18]

Men's bracket

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Aug 9, Mike Barnett Sports Complex
1 Rockingham Flames 102
4 Willetton Tigers 121Aug 14, Mike Barnett Sports Complex
Rockingham Flames 111
Aug 9, Arena Joondalup East Perth Eagles 88Aug 17, Willetton Basketball Stadium
5 Joondalup Wolves 79 Willetton Tigers 80
8 East Perth Eagles 81 Geraldton Buccaneers 99Aug 23, RAC Arena
Geraldton Buccaneers Gold Cup icon.svg 81
Aug 9, Niels Hansen Basketball Stadium Aug 16, Warwick Stadium Warwick Senators 78
6 Goldfields Giants 109 Warwick Senators 99
7 Mandurah Magic 95Aug 15, Activewest Stadium Rockingham Flames 97
Geraldton Buccaneers 93
Aug 9, Activewest Stadium Goldfields Giants 70
2 Geraldton Buccaneers 84
3 Warwick Senators 115

Grand Final summary

23 August 2025
7:00 pm
Geraldton Buccaneers 81, Warwick Senators 78
Scoring by quarter:26–18, 14–15, 18–22, 23–23
Pts: Springs, Narkle 21 each
Rebs: Johny Narkle 9
Asts: Joshua Keyes 6
Pts: Elijah Pepper 33
Rebs: Cooper Creek 10
Asts: George Pearl 6
Geraldton wins NBL1 West Championship
RAC Arena, Perth
MVP: Johny Narkle (Buccaneers)

Women's bracket

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Aug 8, Wally Hagan Stadium
1 Cockburn Cougars 86
4 Rockingham Flames 84Aug 14, Mike Barnett Sports Complex
Rockingham Flames 86
Aug 9, Mandurah ARC Mandurah Magic 97Aug 16, Wally Hagan Stadium
5 Mandurah Magic 105 Cockburn Cougars 81
8 East Perth Eagles 60 Perry Lakes Hawks 54Aug 23, RAC Arena
Cockburn Cougars Gold Cup icon.svg 91
Aug 9, Bendat Basketball Centre Aug 16, Warwick Stadium Warwick Senators 71
6 Perry Lakes Hawks 88 Warwick Senators 68
7 Willetton Tigers 76Aug 14, Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre Mandurah Magic 59
Perth Redbacks 80
Aug 8, Warwick Stadium Perry Lakes Hawks 86
2 Warwick Senators 75
3 Perth Redbacks 71

Grand Final summary

23 August 2025
4:30 pm
Cockburn Cougars 91, Warwick Senators 71
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 28–17, 20–19, 28–16
Pts: Sarah Mortensen 18
Rebs: Daniel Raber 15
Asts: Williams, Raber 4 each
Pts: Stacey Barr 35
Rebs: Barr, Clinch Hoycard 13 each
Asts: Chloe Forster 4
Cockburn wins NBL1 West Championship
RAC Arena, Perth
MVP: Ruby Porter (Cougars)

Awards

Player of the Week

RoundMen's PlayerTeamWomen's PlayerTeamRef
1 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Anneli Maley Perth Redbacks [19] [20]
2 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Sarah Mortensen Cockburn Cougars [21] [22]
3 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Anneli Maley Perth Redbacks [23] [24]
4 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Zitina Aokuso Willetton Tigers [25] [26]
5 Isaac White Rockingham Flames Erin Antosh Goldfields Giants [27] [28]
6Julian Pesava Mandurah Magic Daniel Raber Cockburn Cougars [29] [30]
7 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Sasha Goodlett East Perth Eagles [31] [32]
8 Johny Narkle Geraldton Buccaneers Karly Murphy Kalamunda Eastern Suns [33] [34]
9 Todd Withers Warwick Senators Anneli Maley Perth Redbacks [35] [36]
10Matt Leary Perry Lakes Hawks Chloe Forster Warwick Senators [37] [38]
11 Marshall Nelson Kalamunda Eastern Suns Zitina Aokuso Willetton Tigers [39] [40]
12 Johny Narkle Geraldton Buccaneers Zitina Aokuso Willetton Tigers [41] [42]
13Kortland Martin Cockburn Cougars Stacey Barr Warwick Senators [43] [44]
14Randy Bell Kalamunda Eastern Suns Nici Gilday Goldfields Giants [45] [46]
15Lachlan Bertram Mandurah Magic Sarah Mortensen Cockburn Cougars [47] [48]
16 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Alexandra Sharp Rockingham Flames [49] [50]
17Taeshon Cherry Willetton Tigers Natalie Chou Perth Redbacks [51] [52]
18 Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators Marena Whittle Rockingham Flames [53] [54]

Coach of the Month

MonthMen's CoachTeamWomen's CoachTeamRef
Rd 1–4Andrew Cooper Warwick Senators Tim Symons East Perth Eagles [55] [56]
Rd 5–9 Ryan Petrik Rockingham Flames Russell Hann Cockburn Cougars [57] [58]
Rd 10–14Dayle Joseph Geraldton Buccaneers Russell Hann Cockburn Cougars [59] [60]
Rd 15–18N/AN/A

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season [61] [62]

CategoryMen's PlayerTeamStatWomen's PlayerTeamStat
Points per game Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators 36.50Karly Murphy Kalamunda Eastern Suns 25.33
Rebounds per gameJosh Davey Lakeside Lightning 13.65 Anneli Maley Perth Redbacks 18.38
Assists per game Emmett Naar Rockingham Flames 8.19 Zitina Aokuso Willetton Tigers 7.80
Steals per gamePharell Keats South West Slammers 2.24Mykea Gray South West Slammers 3.95
Blocks per gameA. J. Wilson Lakeside Lightning 2.29Jessie Edwards Cockburn Cougars 1.58
Field goal percentage LaQuinton Ross Rockingham Flames 68.13%Alex Fowler Perry Lakes Hawks 68.75%
3-pt field goal percentage Todd Withers Warwick Senators 45.45% Stephanie Gorman Cockburn Cougars 47.28%
Free throw percentage Elijah Pepper Warwick Senators 88.59%Nici Gilday Goldfields Giants 89.85%

Regular season

The 2025 Basketball WA Annual Awards Night was held on Saturday 2 August at Crown Perth. [63]

Finals

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Golden Hands Award winner is determined by the following equation: (Total Assists + Total Steals – Total Turnovers) / Games Played = Golden Hands Award Rating. [71] [72]

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