United 97-68 Wildcats (4 Oct, 2024) Play-by-Play

Melbourne United

4-2

	1	2	3	4	T
MEL	31	33	19	14	97
PER	22	19	13	14	68

Perth Wildcats

2-4

Kristian Doolittle misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Hyrum Harris makes layup
Kristian Doolittle makes layup (Keanu Pinder assists)
Hyrum Harris makes layup (Kristian Doolittle assists)
Keanu Pinder misses layup
Keanu Pinder makes layup
Bryce Cotton makes 25-foot three pointer (Izan Almansa assists)
Bryce Cotton makes 3-foot shot
Izan Almansa misses three point jumper
Izan Almansa misses two point shot
Keanu Pinder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keanu Pinder makes layup (Elijah Pepper assists)
Bryce Cotton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jesse Wagstaff misses shot
Jesse Wagstaff makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Cotton assists)
Ben Henshall makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keanu Pinder assists)
Jesse Wagstaff misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keanu Pinder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Henshall makes 10-foot two point shot
Kristian Doolittle misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Ben Henshall misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bryce Cotton misses 11-foot jumper
Izan Almansa makes 13-foot two point shot (Bryce Cotton assists)
Todd Withers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Cotton assists)
Todd Withers misses 24-foot three point jumper
Michael Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
Izan Almansa misses 23-foot three point jumper
Michael Harris misses shot
Bryce Cotton misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Kristian Doolittle misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rob Loe blocks Hyrum Harris 's 4-foot layup
Ben Henshall makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Lee blocks Hyrum Harris 's 6-foot layup
Kristian Doolittle makes layup
Ben Henshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bryce Cotton assists)
Elijah Pepper makes 10-foot two point shot
Ben Henshall misses 9-foot two point shot
Shea Ili blocks Elijah Pepper 's 28-foot three point jumper
Jesse Wagstaff misses layup
Bryce Cotton misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Hyrum Harris misses shot
Bryce Cotton misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Hyrum Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
Hyrum Harris makes layup
Todd Withers makes layup (Keanu Pinder assists)
Todd Withers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kristian Doolittle makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Keanu Pinder misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bryce Cotton misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Izan Almansa misses 12-foot two point shot
Todd Withers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Elijah Pepper misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Ben Henshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kristian Doolittle makes two point shot
Kristian Doolittle misses pullup jump shot
Elijah Pepper misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elijah Pepper makes 5-foot shot
Elijah Pepper misses shot
Kristian Doolittle misses 41-foot three point shot
Jack White blocks Bryce Cotton 's 5-foot layup
Keanu Pinder misses two point shot
Jack White blocks Kristian Doolittle 's 4-foot shot
Jack White blocks Jesse Wagstaff 's 9-foot two point shot
Bryce Cotton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kristian Doolittle makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
Kristian Doolittle misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Michael Harris misses two point shot
Izan Almansa makes 6-foot two point shot
Ben Henshall misses two point shot
Izan Almansa makes 6-foot two point shot (Michael Harris assists)
Izan Almansa misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Elijah Pepper misses 24-foot three point jumper
Todd Withers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Izan Almansa misses layup
David Okwera makes layup (Dontae Russo-Nance assists)
Ian Clark misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Chris Goulding misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rob Loe makes layup (Shea Ili assists)
Ian Clark makes three point jumper (Chris Goulding assists)
Jack White makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rob Loe assists)
Ian Clark misses pullup jump shot
Ian Clark makes two point shot
Ian Clark makes 4-foot shot
Chris Goulding misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Chris Goulding misses 24-foot three point jumper
Joel Foxwell misses shot
Chris Goulding makes 3-foot shot
Kyle Bowen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Flynn Cameron assists)
Jack White makes layup (Shea Ili assists)
Shea Ili makes 4-foot shot
Marcus Lee makes 3-foot dunk (Shea Ili assists)
Jack White makes 4-foot shot
Ian Clark makes 6-foot two point shot
Ian Clark makes 25-foot three pointer (Marcus Lee assists)
Marcus Lee misses alley oop dunk shot
Marcus Lee makes layup
Tanner Krebs misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shea Ili makes 4-foot shot
Ian Clark makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jack White misses 8-foot two point shot
Tanner Krebs misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rob Loe makes layup (Chris Goulding assists)
Rob Loe makes layup (Shea Ili assists)
Shea Ili misses shot
Flynn Cameron misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Goulding makes 25-foot three pointer
Ian Clark makes 24-foot three pointer
Marcus Lee makes 5-foot dunk (Chris Goulding assists)
Chris Goulding makes layup (Kyle Bowen assists)
Chris Goulding misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Marcus Lee makes dunk (Shea Ili assists)
Jack White makes layup (Chris Goulding assists)
Marcus Lee makes 4-foot dunk (Shea Ili assists)
Ian Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shea Ili assists)
Keanu Pinder blocks Jack White 's 3-foot shot
Shea Ili makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)
Chris Goulding misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marcus Lee misses dunk
Ian Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shea Ili makes layup
Chris Goulding misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chris Goulding misses 25-foot three point jumper
Flynn Cameron misses 26-foot three point jumper
Flynn Cameron makes layup
Ian Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (Flynn Cameron assists)
Ian Clark misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rob Loe misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rob Loe makes layup (Shea Ili assists)
Shea Ili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Bowen assists)
Tanner Krebs misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tanner Krebs misses three point jumper
Chris Goulding misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kristian Doolittle blocks Jack White's shot
Shea Ili misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ian Clark makes 13-foot two point shot (Jack White assists)
Jack White misses 24-foot three point jumper
Michael Harris blocks Jack White 's 3-foot jumper
Akech Aliir misses 13-foot jumper
Shea Ili makes 3-foot shot
Chris Goulding makes layup (Shea Ili assists)
Ian Clark misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyle Bowen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Joel Foxwell assists)
Joel Foxwell misses 10-foot two point shot
Joel Foxwell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elijah Pepper blocks Flynn Cameron 's 6-foot shot
Flynn Cameron misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tanner Krebs misses 24-foot three point jumper
Akech Aliir makes layup (Joel Foxwell assists)
Flynn Cameron makes 24-foot three point jumper (Akech Aliir assists)
Akech Aliir misses layup
Joel Foxwell misses 12-foot two point shot

UNITED

WILDCATS

TIME		MEL	PER
10:00	Rob Loe vs. Keanu Pinder	0	0
9:43	Ian Clark misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
9:39	Shea Ili offensive rebound	0	0
9:36	Chris Goulding misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:33	Keanu Pinder defensive rebound	0	0
9:20	Kristian Doolittle misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
9:17	Ian Clark defensive rebound	0	0
9:11	Rob Loe makes layup (Shea Ili assists)	2	0
8:52	Hyrum Harris makes layup	2	2
8:40	Chris Goulding bad pass (Hyrum Harris steals)	2	2
8:33	Kristian Doolittle makes layup (Keanu Pinder assists)	2	4
8:26	Keanu Pinder personal foul	2	4
8:21	Chris Goulding offensive foul	2	4
8:21	Chris Goulding turnover	2	4
8:10	Kristian Doolittle bad pass	2	4
7:55	Shea Ili out of bounds bad pass turnover	2	4
7:48	Ian Clark personal foul	2	4
7:48	Ben Henshall makes free throw 1 of 2	2	5
7:48	Ben Henshall makes free throw 2 of 2	2	6
7:34	Ian Clark makes three point jumper (Chris Goulding assists)	5	6
7:08	Hyrum Harris makes layup (Kristian Doolittle assists)	5	8
6:54	Jack White makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rob Loe assists)	8	8
6:34	Keanu Pinder misses layup	8	8
6:31	Keanu Pinder offensive rebound	8	8
6:28	Keanu Pinder makes layup	8	10
6:16	Ian Clark misses pullup jump shot	8	10
6:12	Ian Clark offensive rebound	8	10
6:09	Ian Clark makes two point shot	10	10
5:57	Bryce Cotton bad pass (Ian Clark steals)	10	10
5:54	Hyrum Harris personal foul	10	10
5:54	Ben Henshall substitution out	10	10
5:54	Izan Almansa substitution in	10	10
5:54	Jack White substitution out	10	10
5:54	Shea Ili substitution out	10	10
5:54	Joel Foxwell substitution in	10	10
5:54	Kyle Bowen substitution in	10	10
5:34	Ian Clark makes 4-foot shot	12	10
5:22	Bryce Cotton makes 25-foot three pointer (Izan Almansa assists)	12	13
5:10	Chris Goulding misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	12	13
5:06	Keanu Pinder defensive rebound	12	13
4:59	Bryce Cotton makes 3-foot shot	12	15
4:42	Chris Goulding misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	15
4:25	Izan Almansa misses three point jumper	12	15
4:21	Keanu Pinder offensive rebound	12	15
4:19	Izan Almansa misses two point shot	12	15
4:18	Melbourne United defensive team rebound	12	15
4:08	Joel Foxwell misses shot	12	15
4:08	Melbourne United offensive team rebound	12	15
4:08	Ian Clark substitution out	12	15
3:58	Bryce Cotton defensive rebound	12	15
3:48	Keanu Pinder misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	15
3:45	Kyle Bowen defensive rebound	12	15
3:33	Chris Goulding makes 3-foot shot	14	15
3:19	Keanu Pinder makes layup (Elijah Pepper assists)	14	17
3:00	Kyle Bowen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Flynn Cameron assists)	17	17
2:43	Kyle Bowen personal foul	17	17
2:43	Keanu Pinder substitution out	17	17
2:43	Joel Foxwell substitution out	17	17
2:43	Kyle Bowen substitution out	17	17
2:43	Tanner Krebs substitution in	17	17
2:36	Bryce Cotton misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	17
2:31	Tanner Krebs defensive rebound	17	17
2:20	Jack White makes layup (Shea Ili assists)	19	17
2:20	Kristian Doolittle personal foul	19	17
2:20	Ben Henshall substitution in	19	17
2:20	Jack White makes free throw 1 of 1	20	17
2:11	Jesse Wagstaff misses shot	20	17
2:08	Shea Ili defensive rebound	20	17
2:04	Shea Ili makes 4-foot shot	22	17
1:39	Ben Henshall bad pass	22	17
1:28	Marcus Lee makes 3-foot dunk (Shea Ili assists)	24	17
1:28	Ben Henshall personal foul	24	17
1:28	Izan Almansa substitution out	24	17
1:28	Elijah Pepper substitution out	24	17
1:28	Keanu Pinder substitution in	24	17
1:28	Marcus Lee misses free throw 1 of 1	24	17
1:28	Jesse Wagstaff defensive rebound	24	17
1:13	Marcus Lee defensive rebound	24	17
1:07	Jack White makes 4-foot shot	26	17
0:57	Marcus Lee personal foul	26	17
0:57	Flynn Cameron substitution out	26	17
0:57	Keanu Pinder makes free throw 1 of 2	26	18
0:57	Keanu Pinder makes free throw 2 of 2	26	19
0:41	Ian Clark makes 6-foot two point shot	28	19
0:23	Keanu Pinder bad pass (Marcus Lee steals)	28	19
0:20	Ian Clark makes 25-foot three pointer (Marcus Lee assists)	31	19
0:06	Jesse Wagstaff makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Cotton assists)	31	22
0:00	End of the 1st Quarter	31	22

Regular Season Series

MEL leads 1-0

United
97
Wildcats
68

Game 1

4/10

Wildcats
United

Game 2

9/11

United
Wildcats

Game 3

22/1

RAC Arena (AUS)

12:30 PM, 4 October 2024

Perth, WA

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Illawarra	5	1	.833	-	W2
New Zealand	3	1	.750	1	W1
Sydney	5	2	.714	0.5	W2
Melbourne	4	2	.667	1	W1
Adelaide	3	3	.500	2	L1
Cairns	3	4	.429	2.5	L3
Brisbane	2	3	.400	2.5	W2
Tasmania	2	4	.333	3	L2
Perth	2	4	.333	3	L1
South East Melbourne	0	5	.000	4.5	L5

Hawks grind out tough win over Taipans to claim fifth win

The Illawarra Hawks were made to work hard but improved to 5-1 after dispatching of the Cairns Taipans up north.

Hawks topple Taipans to keep top spot on NBL ladder

The Cairns Taipans did a good job curtailing the scoring prowess of the Illawarra Hawks, but the league leaders still did enough for an 87-75 NBL victory in Far North Queensland.

Hawks finish first half with brilliant end-to-end play

Sam Froling denies Rob Edwards' attempt from deep, before Tyler Harvey goes down the other end and nails a triple of his own.

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