Swain suffers ACL injury, out for WNBL season

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Australian women’s basketball rising star Shaniece Swain is out of the 2026 Indigenous Basketball Australia (IBA) All Stars team to face New Zealand's Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 7, 2026) – and the 2026-27 WNBL season.

Swain, 22, suffered a season-ending ACL injury playing for the Knox Raiders in NBL1 South.

Swain has developed from a fringe rotation player into one of the league's most dangerous scoring guards during her five seasons in the WNBL.

After debuting in 2021-22, she broke through in 2022-23 by averaging 14.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 40.9% from the field.

Her best season came in 2024-25, when she averaged a career-high 17.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds across 22 games, emerging as a primary offensive option and one of the competition's most prolific three-point shooters with 68 made triples.

Although her scoring dipped to 11.4 points per game in 2025-26, she remained a key perimeter threat and playmaker, finishing the season strongly with three 20-point performances over her final seven games.

For her career, Swain has played 69 WNBL games, averaging 12.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.4 blocks in 26.3 minutes per game. She has converted 335-of-904 field-goal attempts (36.5%), including 152 three-pointers from 468 attempts (32.5%), while shooting 73.6% from the free-throw line.

She earned a training camp contract with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2025 but was waived before the start of the season.