Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
OTAGO NUGGETS lost to WELLINGTON SAINTS 90-91 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. WELLINGTON SAINTS won by a 1-point margin. Elijah Pepper led all scorers with 28 points. OTAGO NUGGETS shot 50.0% from the field while WELLINGTON SAINTS managed 43.4%. OTAGO NUGGETS collected 33 rebounds and WELLINGTON SAINTS grabbed 42. 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
OTAGO NUGGETS
90 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Craig Moller | 38:39 | 22 | 8/13 | 4/6 | 4/7 | 2/5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |
| * Ethan Rusbatch | 37:56 | 19 | 6/15 | 2/7 | 4/8 | 3/3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
| * Alain Louis | 33:17 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| * Buay Tuach | 33:04 | 14 | 5/13 | 5/10 | 0/3 | 4/4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| * Tyson Thata-Paese | 32:09 | 20 | 7/11 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| Isaa Miller-Jose | 11:42 | 5 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Matthew Bardsley | 11:05 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Caleb Miller | 01:05 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Mckenzie | 01:03 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 90 | 33/66 | 21/38 | 12/28 | 12/18 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 104 | |
WELLINGTON SAINTS
91 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Elijah Pepper | 35:24 | 28 | 9/24 | 5/13 | 4/11 | 6/6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | |
| * Donte Ingram | 34:15 | 14 | 5/14 | 3/7 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| * Braydon Iuli | 32:40 | 9 | 3/8 | 3/6 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 13 | * Hyrum Harris | 31:23 | 7 | 3/10 | 2/8 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| * Akech Aliir | 29:45 | 25 | 9/11 | 6/8 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | |
| 11 | Jordan Hunt | 15:23 | 8 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Aubrey Chunga | 12:58 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 3 | Samuel Gold | 08:12 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 91 | 33/76 | 23/49 | 10/27 | 15/15 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 104 | |