Western teams have winning weekend
WESTERN Australian basketball enjoyed two wins from three games over the weekend with the Perth Wildcats splitting results – a victory against the league leading Illawarra Hawks and a defeat to the SEM Phoenix in the NBL, whilst the Perth Lynx opened their season with a win over the Southside Flyers in the WNBL. Kicking […]
Henshall’s heroics lead Wildcats to high-scoring win
By Lenny Roberts THE Perth Wildcats picked up their fourth win of the season after holding off a determined Illawarra team behind a season-high 26 points from forward Ben Henshall. The 20-year-old was a big reason why Perth got on top early even without star player, Bryce Cotton, with Henshall knocking down five triples and […]
NBL25 Wrapped – Round 7
ROUND 7 of the National Basketball League (NBL)’s 2024/25 season is mostly wrapped, with seven of the eight games taking place as of Monday afternoon. It is a bumper round of NBL action, with a rare Monday night clash in Melbourne set to coincide with the public holiday eve. The ladder was shaken up once […]
Ruef produces a big return in Flames opener
ALTHOUGH it is a new season in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), it seems Mikaela Ruef is going to be one of the major players yet again, dominating in Round 1 to lead the Sydney Flames to a 17-point win over the UC Capitals. The Flames are looking to return to the WNBL postseason […]
Proctor powering towards draft year
COLLEGE basketball is but days away from returning in season 2024/25 and there are many Australians that will be fighting for a spot in the madness of March. One of those is six-foot-six guard Tyrese Proctor who, along with head coach Jon Scheyer, enters his third season with the Duke Blue Devils. They will be […]
PREVIEW | Tasmania JackJumpers vs. South East Melbourne Phoenix
ROUND 7 of the 2024/25 National Basketball League (NBL) season continues tonight when the Tasmania JackJumpers host the SEM Phoenix at MyState Bank Arena on Friday night. Both sides are sitting in the bottom portion of the ladder after slow starts to the season, and a win in this matchup will be huge in the […]
Rising coach set to lead Boomers at Asia Cup Qualifiers
HAVING earned his stripes as an assistant coach in the National Basketball League (NBL), Jacob Chance will be at the helm of the Australian Boomers at the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Tournament. Chance is currently an assistant coach at Melbourne United and has spent time on the coaching staff of the Tasmania JackJumpers […]
Oliver delivers in tough Kings loss
IT MAY not have been the result the Sydney Kings were looking for as they fell to Melbourne United, but Cameron Oliver‘s bounce back performance would have been encouraging. United hosted the Kings at John Cain Arena on Thursday night, kicking off the action for Round 7 of the 2024/25 National Basketball League (NBL) season […]
PREVIEW | Perth Wildcats vs. Illawarra Hawks
By Denholm Melrose FRESH from a stellar round six victory, the Perth Wildcats host the NBL leading Illawarra Hawks in an RAC Arena showdown on Friday night. Illawarra meets Perth after splitting its two round 6 games, a five-point loss to Melbourne United and a six-point win over SEM Phoenix, while the Wildcats escaped with […]
Fire spoil Geelong’s opening party
THE SEASON opener for the 2024/25 Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) saw the Townsville Fire claim a big win over the newly formed Geelong United by 26 points at Geelong Arena on Wednesday night. It was the perfect way to kick off the season, with United in action right away having changed from the Melbourne […]
Melbourne motivated to deliver Caps championship
FRESH off a busy 2024 off-season that included an Olympic medal, Aussie young gun Jade Melbourne is ready to take the UC Capitals to the promised land in the upcoming Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) fixture. The Capitals endured a tough season last year, finishing with just four wins from 21 games, and ended the […]
NBL25 Next Star Watch – Round 6
THE NEXT Stars were fit and firing over the course of Round 6 of the National Basketball League (NBL), which saw eight games take place over four days in a bumper weekend of action. With just five Next Stars suiting up for the 2024/25 season, there will be plenty of attention on each and every […]