Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
WELLINGTON SAINTS defeated OTAGO NUGGETS 94-81 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. WELLINGTON SAINTS won by a 13-point margin. Elijah Pepper led all scorers with 33 points. WELLINGTON SAINTS shot 50.7% from the field while OTAGO NUGGETS managed 52.1%. WELLINGTON SAINTS collected 34 rebounds and OTAGO NUGGETS grabbed 36. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
WELLINGTON SAINTS
94 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Elijah Pepper | 37:35 | 33 | 12/21 | 9/13 | 3/8 | 6/6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | |
| * Donte Ingram | 36:32 | 11 | 5/11 | 5/7 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| 13 | * Hyrum Harris | 34:02 | 8 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| * Carlin Davison | 34:01 | 17 | 8/16 | 8/11 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |
| * Akech Aliir | 28:19 | 12 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| 11 | Jordan Hunt | 18:46 | 11 | 2/7 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 6/8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Arana Robertson | 05:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| 27 | Arthur Pilcher | 05:02 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Samuel Gold | 00:13 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Blackmore | 00:08 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mercury Nonu | 00:08 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 94 | 35/69 | 29/47 | 6/22 | 18/26 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 116 | |
OTAGO NUGGETS
81 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Ethan Rusbatch | 38:38 | 18 | 8/15 | 6/8 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| * Alain Louis | 37:37 | 8 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| * Craig Moller | 37:04 | 7 | 3/11 | 2/4 | 1/7 | 0/2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| * Buay Tuach | 31:29 | 22 | 11/21 | 11/15 | 0/6 | 0/1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | |
| * Tyson Thata-Paese | 18:32 | 6 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Matthew Bardsley | 17:24 | 12 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Isaa Miller-Jose | 16:14 | 8 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Zach Mckenzie | 03:01 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 81 | 37/71 | 34/48 | 3/23 | 4/12 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 87 | |