Mandurah's Casey Milo to celebrate 550th game against Lakeside Lightning

Mandurah Magic veteran Casey 'Milo' Mihovilovich will celebrate her 550th game tonight when they face the Lakeside Lightning at the Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre.

Mihovilovich is already the games record holder and is the first person ever in the SBL and NBL1 West competitions to reach the 550-game milestone.

The MVP award is also named in her honour.

The mother-of-two started her SBL career in 1996 at just 14-years-old and has remained at the Magic ever since.

She's played in six grand finals but is yet to claim a championship, something the Magic are hoping to do this season despite not finishing in the top four and losing star Carly Boag.

"We've made a grand final coming from eighth before, we've made a grand final after losing seven games in-a-row coming into finals and getting there that way," Mihovilovich told NBL1 West media.

"So I do believe anything is possible and in this league, any team can beat anyone on any given night when you've got a range of talented players. 

"Missing Carly Boag after she tore her ACL does make it a little bit more difficult but we all have to step up, and know we have to step up to replace her as a collective. I just hope that everything can gel for us going into finals."

Mihovilovich has nursed an injury this season and battled whooping cough last year but said she is feeling good ahead of tonight's clash, their last game of the regular season.

"Over the last eight weeks I've actually had an injury that I've tried to nurse through. I'm at the end of that and am getting back to being able to run again," Mihovilovich told NBL 1 West media.

"I was limping for the first three weeks but I was getting through the games and I really had to because we just had such a bad run of injuries that I had no choice almost but to play. I wasn’t doing it well but at least I was out there for the team. 

"Last year I had whooping cough pretty much for the whole last three months so that wasn’t idea so at least this year it's just a soft tissue injury that I'm coming to the end of it. I do try and look after my body, and I keep saying I'm not the player I was 10, 15 years ago and I know I have no expectations to be that player."

Mihovilovich also stepped into her new position as Chief Executive of the City of Mandurah this week.

"If I could wear a shirt that says 'I love Mandurah' I would. It means everything to me. It's the people, it's the social fabric of the Mandurah community, it's the volunteering nature and the environment that the City of Mandurah has created that allows us to be a successful community," Mihovilovich said.

"This is my first official week as the CEO so when you work for a not-for-profit organisation like a government body and then the basketball association, it's all part of the community and that's what makes Mandurah so special the way we all come together."

The Magic are up against the Lakeside Lightning in their final game of the regular season tonight.