Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2015-2016
NEW ZEALAND defeated MELBOURNE UNITED 91-78 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2015-2016. NEW ZEALAND won by a 13-point margin. Thomas Abercrombie led all scorers with 23 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 45.2% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 38.6%. NEW ZEALAND collected 47 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 32. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2015-2016 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NEW ZEALAND
91 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 33:45 | 23 | 9/15 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| * Cedric Jackson | 30:58 | 19 | 6/16 | 2/9 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| * Corey Webster | 30:21 | 13 | 4/15 | 4/10 | 0/5 | 5/7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| * Mika Vukona | 20:07 | 7 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| * Alex Pledger | 16:35 | 8 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Tai Wesley | 22:40 | 16 | 7/10 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Charles Jackson | 19:42 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Shea Ili | 11:10 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reuben Te Rangi | 10:43 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Everard Bartlett | 02:59 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Ngatai | 00:26 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Mcdonald | 00:26 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:52 | 91 | 33/73 | 23/48 | 10/25 | 15/22 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 105 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
78 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Chris Goulding | 35:05 | 23 | 7/18 | 2/7 | 5/11 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| * Todd Blanchfield | 33:18 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| * Stephen Holt | 28:25 | 12 | 5/16 | 3/8 | 2/8 | 0/2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| * Daniel Kickert | 27:06 | 16 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| * Owen Odigie | 12:27 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Hakim Warrick | 27:04 | 17 | 6/15 | 6/15 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 18:41 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Majok Majok | 11:11 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Hill | 05:08 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Patton | 01:31 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 78 | 27/70 | 17/40 | 10/30 | 14/18 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 73 |