title: 2020 Bendigo Spirit season
text: # 2020 Bendigo Spirit season
  
  The 2020 Bendigo Spirit season is the 14th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).
  
  Ahead of the 2020 season, the Spirit announced that local property development company, Villawood Properties, would serve as naming rights partners after signing a two-year deal in September 2020. Their leadership team for the season was announced with Tessa Lavey as captain, alongside Carley Ernst and Amelia Todhunter as co-vice captains.
  
  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season. The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 56-game regular season fixture, plus a four-game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final). Each team will contest 14 games starting on 12 November, with the grand final scheduled for 20 December.
  
  ## Standings
  
  | # | WNBL Championship ladder | WNBL Championship ladder | WNBL Championship ladder | WNBL Championship ladder | WNBL Championship ladder |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Team | W | L | PCT | GP |
  | 1 | Southside Flyers | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | 13 |
  | 2 | Townsville Fire | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 13 |
  | 3 | Canberra Capitals | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 13 |
  | 4 | Melbourne Boomers | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 13 |
  | 5 | Sydney Uni Flames | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 13 |
  | 6 | Adelaide Lightning | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 13 |
  | 7 | Perth Lynx | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 13 |
  | 8 | Bendigo Spirit | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 13 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Regular season
  
  | Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | November 12 | Southside | 60–102 | Ernst (16) | Froling (11) | Lavey (3) | Townsville Stadium | 0–1 |
  | 2 | November 14 | Sydney | 63–100 | Lavey (15) | Goulding, Lavey (6) | Lavey (10) | Townsville Stadium | 0–2 |
  | 3 | November 16 | Canberra | 56–76 | Ernst (15) | Ernst (10) | Lavey, Todhunter (3) | Mackay Multisports Stadium | 0–3 |
  | 4 | November 18 | Perth | 65–78 | Ernst (28) | Ernst (10) | Lavey (9) | Mackay Multisports Stadium | 0–4 |
  | 5 | November 21 | Townsville | 81–91 | Goulding, Lavey (19) | Ernst (8) | Lavey (11) | Townsville Stadium | 0–5 |
  | 6 | November 24 | Townsville | 51–99 | Goulding, Rintala (10) | Ernst (6) | Todhunter (4) | Townsville Stadium | 0–6 |
  | 7 | November 25 | Adelaide | 83–89 | Lavey (33) | Ernst (10) | Lavey (6) | Townsville Stadium | 0–7 |
  | 8 | November 28 | Canberra | 51–87 | Lavey (17) | Price (5) | Lavey (4) | Townsville Stadium | 0–8 |
  | 9 | December 1 | Perth | 79–95 | Lavey (23) | Ernst (8) | Ernst, Lavey (5) | Townsville Stadium | 0–9 |
  | 10 | December 5 | Melbourne | 52–84 | Ernst (8) | Ernst (7) | Froling, McLean, Paalvast, Rintala (2) | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 0–10 |
  | 11 | December 6 | Sydney | 54–62 | Lavey (17) | Ernst (7) | Lavey (6) | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 0–11 |
  | 12 | December 9 | Adelaide | 59–69 | Ernst (32) | Ernst (15) | Lavey (6) | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 0–12 |
  | 13 | December 11 | Melbourne | 70–91 | Lavey (16) | Lavey (9) | Lavey (10) | Cairns Pop-Up Arena | 0–13 |
  