Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
FRANKLIN BULLS lost to OTAGO NUGGETS 88-92 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. OTAGO NUGGETS won by a 4-point margin. Ethan Rusbatch led all scorers with 25 points. FRANKLIN BULLS shot 41.3% from the field while OTAGO NUGGETS managed 52.5%. FRANKLIN BULLS collected 41 rebounds and OTAGO NUGGETS grabbed 29. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
FRANKLIN BULLS
88 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | * Derrin Boyd | 36:49 | 20 | 6/17 | 3/5 | 3/12 | 5/5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | * Carter Whitt | 35:32 | 22 | 8/22 | 6/14 | 2/8 | 4/4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 0 | * Jace Carter | 35:18 | 20 | 9/17 | 8/11 | 1/6 | 1/2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| * Kael Robinson | 34:15 | 11 | 4/11 | 2/3 | 2/8 | 1/2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| 25 | * Dom Kelman-Poto | 19:53 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | Ellis Biggar | 14:20 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Hunter Savill | 14:00 | 6 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Zion Anderson | 06:42 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Payton Hughes | 01:41 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Kelso | 01:30 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 88 | 33/80 | 23/40 | 10/40 | 12/15 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 96 | |
OTAGO NUGGETS
92 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Ethan Rusbatch | 36:51 | 25 | 8/16 | 1/2 | 7/14 | 2/2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | |
| * Craig Moller | 36:09 | 15 | 4/11 | 0/0 | 4/11 | 3/3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
| * Alain Louis | 33:31 | 21 | 9/12 | 8/10 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | |
| * Buay Tuach | 32:13 | 12 | 4/7 | 3/3 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| * Tyson Thata-Paese | 25:40 | 9 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| 7 | Matthew Bardsley | 18:27 | 6 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Isaa Miller-Jose | 16:08 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Zach Mckenzie | 01:01 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 92 | 32/61 | 18/26 | 14/35 | 14/20 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 105 | |