Carly Boag

Carly Boag
No. 40 – Mandurah Magic
Position	Forward
League	NBL1 West
Personal information
Born	4 September 1991 (age 33)
Nationality	Australian / Canadian
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school	Abbotsleigh; (Sydney, New South Wales)
College	Minot State (2010–2014)
WNBA draft	2014: undrafted
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2015	Leon Tregor Basket 29
2015–2016	Bundaberg Bears
2015–2018	Sydney Uni Flames
2017–2019	Mandurah Magic
2019–2020	Espoo Basket
2020	Hornsby Spiders
2020	Sydney Uni Flames
2021–present	Mandurah Magic
2021–2022	Bendigo Spirit
Career highlights and awards
	WNBL champion (2017); SBL All-Star Five (2017);

Carly Boag (born 4 September 1991) is an Australian-Canadian basketball player for the Mandurah Magic of the NBL1 West. She played college basketball for the Minot State Beavers and has played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the Sydney Uni Flames and Bendigo Spirit.

Early life

Boag played college basketball in the United States for the Minot State Beavers in the NCAA Division II between 2010 and 2014. She played alongside her twin sister Christina.^[1]

Boag's first stint out of college was in France with Leon Tregor Basket 29 of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball 2 during the 2014–15 season.^[2]

Boag returned to Australia in 2015 and played for the Bundaberg Bears in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). She then joined the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2015–16 WNBL season.^[2] She returned to the Bears for the 2016 QBL season.^[2]

Boag returned to the Flames for the 2016–17 WNBL season^[3] and helped them win the WNBL championship.

After playing for the Mandurah Magic in the 2017 State Basketball League season and earning All-Star Five honours,^[4] Boag played her third season with the Flames in 2017–18.^[2] She continued with the Magic in 2018 and 2019.^[2]

For the 2019–20 season, Boag played in Finland's Naisten Korisliiga for Espoo Basket.^[5]

In 2020, Boag had a six-game stint with the Hornsby Spiders in the Waratah League and then played for the Sydney Uni Flames in the WNBL Hub season in Queensland.^[2]^[6]

Boag returned to the Mandurah Magic for the 2021 NBL1 West season. After playing for the Bendigo Spirit in the 2021–22 WNBL season, she returned to the Magic for the 2022 NBL1 West season.^[2] She suffered a knee injury with the Magic in June 2023.^[7]^[8]

Boag is the daughter of Dianna and John Boag. She has dual citizenship in both Australia and Canada.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Carly Boag". msubeavers.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Carly Boag". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ "Flames Welcome Back Four Players for 2016/17 Season". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "2017 SBL AWARD WINNERS". SBL.asn.au. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ "Espoo Team signs Carly Boag, ex Mandurah M." australiabasket.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Flames, Sydney (6 August 2020). "BOAG IS BACK". wnbl.basketball/sydney-uni. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Peters, Tyra (12 June 2023). "Mandurah Magic women bounce back with Sunday night win against Giants". perthnow.com.au. Mandurah Coastal Times. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ Ryder, Telissa (27 June 2023). "Mandurah Magic: Women's side end Cougars' winning streak but prove no match for Senators". perthnow.com.au. Mandurah Coastal Times. Retrieved 22 July 2023.