Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023
WELLINGTON SAINTS defeated OTAGO NUGGETS 106-80 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023. WELLINGTON SAINTS won by a 26-point margin. Ben Ayre led all scorers with 26 points. WELLINGTON SAINTS shot 47.9% from the field while OTAGO NUGGETS managed 37.8%. WELLINGTON SAINTS collected 40 rebounds and OTAGO NUGGETS grabbed 36. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Ben Ayre
PG
Box score
WELLINGTON SAINTS
106 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Ben Ayre | 37:36 | 26 | 7/20 | 5/13 | 2/7 | 10/13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| * Terry Henderson | 35:44 | 25 | 8/16 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 5/5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| * Tohi Smith-Milner | 26:43 | 21 | 7/15 | 3/9 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| * Taane Samuel | 19:50 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| * Samuel Gold | 17:54 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Malik Benlevi | 23:58 | 9 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Rangimarie Mita | 17:55 | 11 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Hyrum Harris | 09:31 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Kazlo Evans | 07:31 | 4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cory Lovell | 01:56 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tyson Thata-Paese | 01:22 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 106 | 34/71 | 20/42 | 14/29 | 24/31 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 126 |
OTAGO NUGGETS
80 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Kimani Lawrence | 35:26 | 24 | 9/18 | 9/18 | 0/0 | 6/8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| * Zaccheus Darko-Kelly | 31:41 | 20 | 7/18 | 4/8 | 3/10 | 3/3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| * Matthew Bardsley | 26:07 | 10 | 3/8 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| * Darcy Knox | 25:27 | 3 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| * Jack Andrew | 21:26 | 10 | 4/8 | 4/5 | 0/3 | 2/4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Joshua Aitcheson | 17:46 | 7 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Robert Coman | 16:20 | 5 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Caleb Miller | 12:53 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joseph Ahie | 06:00 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Mike Ruske | 03:27 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Pyper | 03:27 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 80 | 28/74 | 21/42 | 7/32 | 17/23 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 70 |