Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS lost to WELLINGTON SAINTS 71-81 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. WELLINGTON SAINTS won by a 10-point margin. Elijah Pepper led all scorers with 29 points. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS shot 36.8% from the field while WELLINGTON SAINTS managed 43.1%. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS collected 43 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.
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Box score
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS
71 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Aaron Cook | 32:28 | 15 | 6/10 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
| * Xavier Green | 29:08 | 8 | 4/15 | 4/11 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| * Taane Samuel | 28:57 | 11 | 5/14 | 4/9 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| * James Moors | 26:07 | 14 | 4/10 | 4/9 | 0/1 | 6/6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| * Brandon Stroud | 20:56 | 8 | 2/8 | 2/7 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Luka Vea | 25:31 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 32 | Quintin Bailey | 16:24 | 10 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Zavier Adam | 11:39 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 62 | Marcel Jones | 08:50 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 71 | 28/76 | 23/53 | 5/23 | 10/10 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 76 | |
WELLINGTON SAINTS
81 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Elijah Pepper | 37:18 | 29 | 9/19 | 6/10 | 3/9 | 8/10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| * Carlin Davison | 32:58 | 10 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| * Donte Ingram | 31:01 | 7 | 3/8 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | * Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa | 30:26 | 4 | 1/10 | 1/2 | 0/8 | 2/3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| * Akech Aliir | 29:11 | 19 | 8/11 | 7/8 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jordan Hunt | 25:11 | 10 | 5/12 | 5/9 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Samuel Gold | 09:22 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Arthur Pilcher | 04:33 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 81 | 31/72 | 26/43 | 5/29 | 14/21 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 91 | |