Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS lost to OTAGO NUGGETS 77-90 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. OTAGO NUGGETS won by a 13-point margin. Buay Tuach led all scorers with 21 points. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS shot 36.2% from the field while OTAGO NUGGETS managed 44.6%. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS collected 41 rebounds and OTAGO NUGGETS grabbed 44. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Buay Tuach
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Box score
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Aaron Cook | 34:58 | 11 | 5/12 | 4/6 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| * Xavier Green | 33:33 | 12 | 4/15 | 3/11 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| * Brandon Stroud | 32:48 | 20 | 5/10 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 8/10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | |
| * James Moors | 27:46 | 14 | 5/13 | 5/9 | 0/4 | 4/7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| 62 | * Marcel Jones | 20:20 | 8 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Taane Samuel | 17:11 | 7 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 23 | Nico Hill | 16:48 | 3 | 1/8 | 0/2 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 32 | Quintin Bailey | 14:44 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Zavier Adam | 01:11 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Riley Tuuta | 00:42 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 77 | 25/69 | 18/39 | 7/30 | 20/27 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 83 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Ethan Rusbatch | 36:31 | 16 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 6/10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| * Alain Louis | 32:41 | 17 | 5/10 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 5/7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | |
| * Craig Moller | 30:51 | 13 | 5/11 | 2/4 | 3/7 | 0/2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |
| * Buay Tuach | 30:27 | 21 | 6/15 | 3/9 | 3/6 | 6/8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | |
| * Tyson Thata-Paese | 24:51 | 9 | 3/12 | 2/6 | 1/6 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Isaa Miller-Jose | 22:09 | 10 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |
| 7 | Matthew Bardsley | 14:51 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Zach Mckenzie | 07:38 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 90 | 29/65 | 18/39 | 11/26 | 21/32 | 34 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 103 | |