Liam Badkin

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Leaupepe leading Lions to start the season

IN HIS senior year with the Loyola Marymount Lions in the NCAA, Keil Leaupepe seems to be as confident as ever in his own game and value to the team. The Lions have won four out of their last five games, and Leaupepe has been at the forefront of the team’s offensive sets and has […]

Magnificent Maley shows serious Spirit in unbeaten weekend

MOST sides benefit when their best player fires, which was certainly the case for the Bendigo Spirit in Round 4 of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) over the weekend, rallying behind Anneli Maley across two games. Maley has been able to cement herself as a superstar of the competition over the past few years, […]

NBL Standouts – Round 9

ROUND 9 of the National Basketball League (NBL) took place over the weekend, with some big scores coming as some of the competition’s big guns hit top form. As is the case with any week, there were a fair few eye-catching performances from an individual perspective, as some of the competition’s biggest and best stars […]

Pender’s performance leads Lake Ginny to championship

THE AUSTRALIAN Schools Basketball Championships wrapped over the weekend, with Lake Ginninderra taking out the Men’s Championship Division behind yet another dominant showing from their star player, which helped them claim a 94-83 triumph over Rowville Secondary College. Although the competition does not give out an MVP award, Cameron Pender was the ABSC’s most consistent […]

Wonderful Williams shines in tough loss

DESPITE the SEM Phoenix falling to the New Zealand Breakers by a whopping 26 points at Christchurch Arena on Thursday evening, there was one positive in a tough loss. Import big man Alan Williams has worked his way into the NBL season over the last month, and produced his strongest performance of the fixture against […]

ABSC Day Four Wrap – Pender and Smith dominate

DAY FOUR of the Australian Basketball Schools Championship (ABSC) took place on Thursday, and saw Lake Ginninderra book a grand final berth in both the men’s and women’s competitions. The men’s side was anchored by a terrific performance from Cameron Pender, who continued the form that has seen him right in the conversation for the […]

PODCAST | Got Next Episode 8

No WNBL? No problem as the Got Next Podcast returns for episode eight this week. Although the WNBL did not have any games over the weekend, there was still plenty to talk about with Round Eight of the NBL taking place and providing plenty of action. Host Michael Alvaro and Basketball Analyst Liam Badkin unpack […]

ABSC Day Three Wrap – Petrie posts triple double

A MAMMOTH triple-double from one of Australia’s best young female basketballers headlined the action from day three of the Australian Basketball Schools Competition on the Gold Coast. Wednesday saw another batch of games as some of the best and brightest young players donned their school colours and hit the courts over the course of the […]

NBL Player Stats Watch – Round 8: Creek takes the lead

A SEM Phoenix veteran has taken the lead in the scoring title race for the NBL in season 2022/23 after Round 8 took place over the weekend with some big individual performances. Some different faces caught the eye as a number of stars found themselves restricted with some suffocating team defence. With that in mind, […]

ABSC Days One and Two Wrap – Weinstein and Siulepa catch the eye

THE Australian Basketball Schools Championships kicked off on Monday, and the first two days of action has seen some close games as well as a fair few head-turning performances. The tournament pits the nation’s strongest school basketball teams against one another as the country’s young guns are given the opportunity to compete against their peers […]

Olbrich ostensibly on the right path

AT JUST 17 years of age, Adelaide native Lachlan Olbrich has taken leaps and bounds in his basketball career, highlighted by a strong start to the 2022/23 NCAA season. Playing with the UC Riverside Highlanders, Olbrich has fit in perfectly as a freshman, posting some impressive numbers over the first few weeks and the forward […]

Doyle delivers final quarter daggers

FOR much of Saturday night’s NBL clash between the Tasmania JackJumpers and Melbourne United the latter looked fully in control and likely to take home the chocolates, but Milton Doyle ended up having the last laugh. After United got off to the perfect start at John Cain Arena and held a double-digit lead across nearly […]

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