Taipans 100-94 Hawks (23 Jan, 2025) Play-by-Play

Illawarra Hawks

18-9

	1	2	3	4	T
HWK	17	20	27	30	94
CNS	31	23	17	29	100

Cairns Taipans

7-20

100

Sam Waardenburg misses shot
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses shot
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses layup
Rob Edwards misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Pedro Bradshaw misses shot
Alex Higgins-Titsha makes hook shot
Tanner Groves makes 3-foot shot
Rob Edwards makes 9-foot two point shot
Rob Edwards makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Waardenburg misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tanner Groves makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pedro Bradshaw assists)
Alex Higgins-Titsha makes dunk
Tanner Groves misses layup
Alex Higgins-Titsha makes 3-foot dunk (Rob Edwards assists)
Alex Higgins-Titsha makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Waardenburg assists)
Pedro Bradshaw makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tanner Groves assists)
Todd Blanchfield blocks Jonah Antonio 's 24-foot three point jumper
Rob Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Akoldah Gak assists)
Kyle Adnam misses 21-foot jumper
Kyle Adnam misses three point jumper
Jonah Antonio misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrin Galloway misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonah Antonio misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Kyrin Galloway misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Adnam misses 10-foot two point shot
Sam Froling blocks Akoldah Gak 's 2-foot shot
Kyle Adnam makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Sam Waardenburg assists)
Tanner Groves misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyler Harvey blocks Pedro Bradshaw 's 5-foot layup
Sam Waardenburg makes 24-foot three pointer
Rob Edwards makes pullup jump shot (Pedro Bradshaw assists)
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sam Waardenburg misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pedro Bradshaw makes layup (Tanner Groves assists)
Tanner Groves makes layup (Pedro Bradshaw assists)
Pedro Bradshaw makes 5-foot shot
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kyle Adnam misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sam Waardenburg makes 2-foot shot
Kyle Adnam makes shot
Rob Edwards makes 14-foot two point shot (Kyle Adnam assists)
Sam Waardenburg makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rob Edwards assists)
Kyrin Galloway misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses shot
Tanner Groves makes 4-foot shot
Alex Higgins-Titsha makes dunk (Pedro Bradshaw assists)
Pedro Bradshaw makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Waardenburg assists)
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses two point shot
Pedro Bradshaw makes 11-foot two point shot (Tanner Groves assists)
Pedro Bradshaw misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sam Waardenburg misses shot
Tanner Groves makes 2-foot dunk
Mason Peatling blocks Rob Edwards 's 10-foot two point shot
Rob Edwards makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Pedro Bradshaw misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kyle Adnam misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Alex Higgins-Titsha misses shot
Mason Peatling blocks Pedro Bradshaw's shot
Rob Edwards misses 42-foot three point shot
Rob Edwards makes 5-foot shot
Jonah Antonio makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Waardenburg makes 6-foot shot
Tanner Groves misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Tanner Groves misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Adnam misses shot
Sam Waardenburg makes 2-foot shot
Rob Edwards misses two point shot
Tanner Groves makes shot (Pedro Bradshaw assists)
Sam Waardenburg makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rob Edwards assists)
Rob Edwards misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Pedro Bradshaw misses 8-foot two point shot
Rob Edwards makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Tanner Groves misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sam Waardenburg misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Froling makes layup
Mason Peatling misses layup
Sam Froling misses 7-foot hook shot
Trey Kell makes 15-foot two point shot
Sam Waardenburg blocks Mason Peatling 's 5-foot shot
Mason Peatling makes 2-foot hook shot
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk misses shot
Mason Peatling makes 3-foot shot
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk misses shot
Sam Froling misses shot
Trey Kell misses 10-foot two point shot
Tyler Harvey makes 11-foot two point shot
Tyler Harvey misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tyler Harvey makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
William Hickey makes 2-foot shot
Todd Blanchfield makes 16-foot two point shot
Kyrin Galloway blocks Todd Blanchfield 's 5-foot shot
Tyler Harvey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Daniel Grida makes shot
Trey Kell misses shot
Sam Froling makes layup (Trey Kell assists)
Trey Kell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyler Harvey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sam Froling misses 7-foot two point shot
Tyler Harvey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trey Kell makes 7-foot shot
Trey Kell makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Todd Blanchfield misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trey Kell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Hyunjung Lee misses shot
Hyunjung Lee misses 24-foot three point jumper
Hyunjung Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
William Hickey misses shot
Lachlan Olbrich makes shot
Hyunjung Lee makes 3-foot shot
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk makes 5-foot shot
Trey Kell misses shot
Tyler Harvey makes layup (Trey Kell assists)
Trey Kell misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Tyler Harvey misses hook shot
Sam Froling makes shot
Trey Kell misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Tyler Harvey misses 7-foot two point shot
Sam Froling makes 2-foot shot (Mason Peatling assists)
William Hickey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk makes layup (Mason Peatling assists)
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk misses 23-foot three point jumper
William Hickey makes 24-foot three pointer
Hyunjung Lee makes 24-foot three point jumper (William Hickey assists)
William Hickey makes 5-foot shot
William Hickey misses shot
Lachlan Olbrich makes shot
Hyunjung Lee misses three point jumper
Todd Blanchfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Hyunjung Lee assists)
Trey Kell makes 3-foot shot
Tyler Harvey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Kell assists)
Tyler Harvey misses 7-foot two point shot
Mason Peatling misses shot
Trey Kell misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Todd Blanchfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (William Hickey assists)
William Hickey misses 7-foot two point shot
Lachlan Olbrich makes layup
Todd Blanchfield makes 24-foot three pointer
Todd Blanchfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (William Hickey assists)
Tyler Harvey makes 25-foot three point jumper (William Hickey assists)
Todd Blanchfield misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tyler Harvey makes two point shot
William Hickey misses shot
Rob Edwards blocks William Hickey 's 3-foot layup
Mason Peatling makes shot
Todd Blanchfield misses 23-foot three point jumper
Todd Blanchfield makes 25-foot three point jumper (William Hickey assists)
William Hickey makes shot
Tyler Harvey makes shot
Tyler Harvey misses 4-foot two point shot
Tyler Harvey misses 26-foot three point shot
Hyunjung Lee misses 24-foot three point shot
Todd Blanchfield misses 27-foot three point jumper
Hyunjung Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper

HAWKS

TAIPANS

TIME		HWK	CNS
10:00	Sam Froling vs. Tanner Groves	0	0
9:43	Sam Froling makes layup	2	0
9:18	Sam Waardenburg misses shot	2	0
9:14	Alex Higgins-Titsha offensive rebound	2	0
9:14	Alex Higgins-Titsha misses shot	2	0
9:13	Alex Higgins-Titsha offensive rebound	2	0
9:12	Alex Higgins-Titsha misses layup	2	0
9:09	Pedro Bradshaw offensive rebound	2	0
9:00	Rob Edwards misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	2	0
8:56	Sam Froling defensive rebound	2	0
8:46	Mason Peatling misses layup	2	0
8:43	Pedro Bradshaw defensive rebound	2	0
8:37	Pedro Bradshaw misses shot	2	0
8:34	Alex Higgins-Titsha offensive rebound	2	0
8:33	Alex Higgins-Titsha makes hook shot	2	2
8:16	Trey Kell turnover	2	2
8:08	Mason Peatling personal foul	2	2
8:08	Sam Waardenburg makes free throw 1 of 2	2	3
8:08	Sam Waardenburg makes free throw 2 of 2	2	4
7:54	Sam Froling misses 7-foot hook shot	2	4
7:49	Tanner Groves defensive rebound	2	4
7:47	Tanner Groves makes 3-foot shot	2	6
7:26	Trey Kell makes 15-foot two point shot	4	6
7:15	Rob Edwards makes 9-foot two point shot	4	8
6:55	Sam Waardenburg blocks Mason Peatling 's 5-foot shot	4	8
6:51	Mason Peatling offensive rebound	4	8
6:50	Mason Peatling makes 2-foot hook shot	6	8
6:29	Rob Edwards makes 12-foot pullup jump shot	6	10
6:21	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk misses shot	6	10
6:19	Mason Peatling offensive rebound	6	10
6:17	Mason Peatling makes 3-foot shot	8	10
6:04	Sam Waardenburg misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	10
5:59	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk defensive rebound	8	10
5:55	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk misses shot	8	10
5:51	Sam Froling offensive rebound	8	10
5:51	Sam Froling misses shot	8	10
5:50	Pedro Bradshaw defensive rebound	8	10
5:45	Tanner Groves makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pedro Bradshaw assists)	8	13
5:26	Trey Kell turnover Alex Higgins-Titsha	8	13
5:24	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk substitution out	8	13
5:24	Sam Froling substitution out	8	13
5:24	Mason Peatling substitution out	8	13
5:24	William Hickey substitution in	8	13
5:24	Todd Blanchfield substitution in	8	13
5:24	Lachlan Olbrich substitution in	8	13
5:22	Alex Higgins-Titsha makes dunk	8	15
5:10	Rob Edwards personal foul	8	15
5:10	Lachlan Olbrich misses free throw 1 of 2	8	15
5:10	Lachlan Olbrich misses free throw 2 of 2	8	15
5:10	Tanner Groves defensive rebound	8	15
4:55	Tanner Groves misses layup	8	15
4:51	William Hickey defensive rebound	8	15
4:47	Trey Kell misses 10-foot two point shot	8	15
4:43	Tanner Groves defensive rebound	8	15
4:40	Alex Higgins-Titsha makes 3-foot dunk (Rob Edwards assists)	8	17
4:25	Tyler Harvey makes 11-foot two point shot	10	17
4:13	Alex Higgins-Titsha makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Waardenburg assists)	10	20
3:58	Tyler Harvey misses 28-foot three point jumper	10	20
3:56	Rob Edwards defensive rebound	10	20
3:44	Pedro Bradshaw makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tanner Groves assists)	10	23
3:33	Tyler Harvey makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	13	23
3:15	William Hickey personal foul	13	23
3:15	Alex Higgins-Titsha substitution out	13	23
3:15	Sam Waardenburg substitution out	13	23
3:15	Tanner Groves substitution out	13	23
3:15	Kyle Adnam substitution in	13	23
3:15	Jonah Antonio substitution in	13	23
3:15	Kyrin Galloway substitution in	13	23
3:15	Pedro Bradshaw substitution out	13	23
3:15	Akoldah Gak substitution in	13	23
3:15	Trey Kell substitution out	13	23
3:15	Hyunjung Lee substitution in	13	23
3:08	Todd Blanchfield blocks Jonah Antonio 's 24-foot three point jumper	13	23
3:04	Akoldah Gak offensive rebound	13	23
3:02	Rob Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Akoldah Gak assists)	13	26
2:46	Tyler Harvey bad pass	13	26
2:16	Hyunjung Lee personal foul	13	26
2:16	Tyler Harvey substitution out	13	26
2:16	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk substitution in	13	26
2:16	Kyle Adnam makes free throw 1 of 2	13	27
2:16	Kyle Adnam makes free throw 2 of 2	13	28
2:09	Rob Edwards personal foul	13	28
2:09	Rob Edwards substitution out	13	28
2:09	Alex Higgins-Titsha substitution in	13	28
1:59	William Hickey makes 2-foot shot	15	28
1:38	Kyle Adnam misses 21-foot jumper	15	28
1:35	William Hickey defensive rebound	15	28
1:27	Todd Blanchfield makes 16-foot two point shot	17	28
1:02	Lachlan Olbrich personal foul	17	28
1:02	Kyrin Galloway makes free throw 1 of 3	17	29
1:02	Kyrin Galloway makes free throw 2 of 3	17	30
1:02	Kyrin Galloway makes free throw 3 of 3	17	31
0:54	Kyrin Galloway blocks Todd Blanchfield 's 5-foot shot	17	31
0:51	Akoldah Gak defensive rebound	17	31
0:34	Kyle Adnam misses three point jumper	17	31
0:31	Kyrin Galloway offensive rebound	17	31
0:27	Jonah Antonio misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	17	31
0:24	Alex Higgins-Titsha offensive rebound	17	31
0:11	Kyrin Galloway misses 24-foot three point jumper	17	31
0:08	Jonah Antonio offensive rebound	17	31
0:03	Jonah Antonio misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot	17	31
0:00	End of the 1st Quarter	17	31

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Hawks
102
Taipans
75

Game 1

21/9

Hawks
87
Taipans
75

Game 2

19/10

Taipans
108
Hawks
105

Game 3

3/1

Hawks
94
Taipans
100

Game 4

23/1

Cairns Convention Centre

8:30 AM, 23 January 2025

Cairns, QLD

Attendance: 3,845

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Illawarra	18	9	.667	-	W1
Melbourne	18	10	.643	0.5	W3
Sydney	16	11	.593	2	L1
Perth	16	11	.593	2	W1
South East Melbourne	15	12	.556	3	L1
Adelaide	13	14	.481	5	L1
Tasmania	12	16	.429	6.5	L6
Brisbane	12	16	.429	6.5	W1
New Zealand	10	18	.357	8.5	W1
Cairns	7	20	.259	11	L1

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