NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025-2026

May 8, 2026

97 - 73
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Match Summary

FRANKLIN BULLS defeated NELSON GIANTS 97-73 on May 8, 2026 in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025-2026. FRANKLIN BULLS won by a 24-point margin. Jace Carter led all scorers with 20 points. FRANKLIN BULLS shot 44.0% from the field while NELSON GIANTS managed 36.6%. FRANKLIN BULLS collected 42 rebounds and NELSON GIANTS grabbed 37. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025-2026 season in New Zealand.

97

FRANKLIN BULLS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
4 * Derrin Boyd 33:24 17 7/17 4/7 3/10 0/1 5 2 6 1 2 1 0 2 0 19
11 * Carter Whitt 33:16 18 7/16 4/10 3/6 1/1 4 0 12 2 1 0 0 3 0 26
0 * Jace Carter 32:57 20 8/19 7/13 1/6 3/4 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 22
5 * Zion Anderson 30:19 9 3/4 1/1 2/3 1/4 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 15
* Kael Robinson 25:23 18 8/16 6/6 2/10 0/0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18
1 Ellis Biggar 21:52 10 2/3 2/3 0/0 6/9 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13
6 Hunter Savill 10:07 3 1/3 0/0 1/3 0/0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Tai Pakaurangi 05:58 0 0/2 0/2 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Noah Williams 01:41 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
Harry Kelso 01:41 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Payton Hughes 01:41 2 1/3 1/2 0/1 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Corey Perry 01:41 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200:00 97 37/84 25/44 12/40 11/20 26 16 24 7 5 4 0 16 0 113
73

NELSON GIANTS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
5 * Kruz Perrott-Hunt 33:38 19 5/19 3/10 2/9 7/7 4 0 5 0 2 1 0 2 0 13
0 * Alexander Mcnaught 31:40 9 4/8 3/6 1/2 0/0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 10
77 * Eemi Luukkonen 30:53 13 6/12 6/11 0/1 1/1 6 3 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 17
67 * Liam Judd 29:31 10 4/10 3/5 1/5 1/2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 8
16 * Tohi Smith-Milner 20:10 16 5/10 4/7 1/3 5/5 4 3 1 1 6 1 0 3 0 15
10 Sam Dempster 20:16 2 1/4 1/2 0/2 0/0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
35 James Matthews 11:45 1 0/3 0/1 0/2 1/2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1
1 Elijah Inwood 10:57 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1
11 Joshua Nickel 06:12 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rico Varricchio 02:29 3 1/1 0/0 1/1 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2 Cooper Adams 02:29 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Totals 200:00 73 26/71 20/43 6/28 15/17 25 12 17 3 13 2 0 17 0 72

* Players marked with * are starters.