AUSTRALIA NBL 2025-2026

February 19, 2026

NEW ZEALAND Logo NEW ZEALAND New Zealand
115 - 84
CAIRNS TAIPANS Logo CAIRNS TAIPANS Australia

Match Summary

NEW ZEALAND defeated CAIRNS TAIPANS 115-84 on February 19, 2026 in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2025-2026. NEW ZEALAND won by a 31-point margin. Samuel Mennenga led all scorers with 32 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 57.0% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 40.6%. NEW ZEALAND collected 39 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS grabbed 33. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2025-2026 season in Australia.

Points Leader

Samuel Mennenga basketball player - PF

Samuel Mennenga PF

24 yrs (2001) 6'9" - 2.06m

Efficiency Leader

Samuel Mennenga basketball player - PF

Samuel Mennenga PF

24 yrs (2001) 6'9" - 2.06m

115

NEW ZEALAND

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
3 * Samuel Mennenga 25:20 32 15/19 15/18 0/1 2/5 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 37
1 * Karim Lopez Mondaca 24:47 15 4/11 3/10 1/1 6/8 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 14
6 * Parker Jackson-Cartwright 23:50 19 9/16 9/13 0/3 1/2 1 1 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 27
2 * Sean Bairstow 19:47 0 0/4 0/4 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 * Reuben Te Rangi 17:20 3 1/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
21 Carlin Davison 20:41 15 7/10 6/9 1/1 0/0 11 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 28
34 Tukaha Cooper 18:27 7 3/5 2/2 1/3 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
5 Taylor Britt 16:32 6 3/6 3/5 0/1 0/0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 8
12 Maxwell Darling 10:53 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
15 Robert Loe 10:21 11 4/8 1/3 3/5 0/0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14
20 Jack Andrew 04:21 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
67 Liam Judd 04:21 3 1/1 0/0 1/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
0 Alexander Mcnaught 03:23 2 1/3 1/3 0/0 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Totals 200:03 115 49/86 41/68 8/18 9/16 25 14 27 6 4 3 0 15 0 142
84

CAIRNS TAIPANS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
9 * Jack Mcveigh 31:59 6 3/11 3/6 0/5 0/0 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5
12 * Andrew Andrews 30:14 24 8/16 8/10 0/6 8/9 2 0 7 1 3 0 0 2 0 22
6 * Kody Stattmann 29:20 20 7/12 3/5 4/7 2/2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20
2 * Reyne Smith 23:59 13 5/11 2/4 3/7 0/0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 9
14 * Kyrin Galloway 18:20 5 2/6 1/3 1/3 0/0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
38 Lachlan Barker 20:20 6 1/3 1/3 0/0 4/4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
24 Marcus Lee 18:35 2 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 9
5 Admiral Schofield 12:14 0 0/4 0/3 0/1 0/0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
1 Lloyd Mcveigh 07:50 6 1/2 1/1 0/1 4/4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
4 Kyle Adnam 07:14 2 0/2 0/0 0/2 2/2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200:05 84 28/69 20/37 8/32 20/21 26 7 16 2 9 2 0 16 0 86

* Players marked with * are starters.