May 16, 2026
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS lost to WELLINGTON SAINTS 71-81 on May 16, 2026 in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025-2026. 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 2025-2026 season in New Zealand.
25 yrs (2001) 6'4″ - 1.94m
25 yrs (2001) 6'4″ - 1.94m
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * 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 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 71 | 28/76 | 23/53 | 5/23 | 10/10 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 76 |
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * 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 |
| Totals | 200:00 | 81 | 31/72 | 26/43 | 5/29 | 14/21 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 91 |
* Players marked with * are starters.
