Melbourne, Australia – The South East Melbourne Phoenix took on the New Zealand Breakers at Melbourne Arena in front of 3,772 fans. The Phoenix (5-2) ran away with a 103-78 victory as the Breakers fell to 2-6. Mitch Creek was a standout for Melbourne scoring 21 points and picking up 11 rebounds, despite being in […]
Perth Tops Illawarra Despite Solid Effort From LaMelo Ball
Gwynneville, Australia – The Illawarra Hawks, featuring LaMelo Ball, have had a rocky start to the 2019-20 NBL season. The coach, Matt Flinn has so far struggled to perfect his lineups. Today, against the Perth Wildcats, he elected to start former NBA veteran Aaron Brooks who was previously coming off the bench, alongside Ball. The […]
Adelaide 36ers Power Past the Illawara Hawks
Adelaide, South Australia – This game became more than the usual Adelaide (3-6) – Illawarra Hawks (3-5) contest after Adelaide sacked import Adris Deleon after their loss to Sydney and announced the signing of Demetrius Conger (St. Bonaventure, Le Mans Sarthe). Conger was the NBL MVP runner-up in 2017-18 and was the Hawks best player […]
Sydney Tops Adelaide in NBL Action
Adelaide, South Australia – The Sydney Kings, led by Andrew Bogut came into Titanium Security Arena with the sole purpose of stopping a 10-game losing streak against Joey Wright (head Coach) and the Adelaide 36ers. Sydney’s four veterans delivered a 93–81 win on the road, which showed why they were preseason championship contenders. Adelaide, with […]
Lual-Acuil, Pineau NetScouts Basketball International Players of Week
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. of Baylor University has been named NetScouts Basketball’s International Men’s Player of the week for games through December 17th. The big man from Australia put up 24.5 points per game to go along with 12.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks on a solid 63.3 percent from the field while leading Baylor to consecutive […]
Australia Wins Women’s U17 World Championship
Zaragoza, Spain – Australia made history by winning its first title after defeating Italy 62-38 in Saturday’s FIBA U17 Women’s World Championship in Zaragoza, Spain. In addition, they became the first team outside of America to win the tournament. The Sapphires put together a strong overall defensive effort against the Italians. They held the Italians […]
Perry Ellis, Venky Jois NetScouts Basketball Players of Week
After suffering an embarrassing loss to Kentucky, Kansas put together four consecutive wins this week and captured the Orlando Classic title. Perry Ellis was instrumental for the Jayhawks and the junior from Wichita, Kansas has been named NetScouts Basketball’s National Player of the Week for games from November 24th through November 30th. Ellis averaged 18.8 […]
2014 adidas Nations: Finals Are Set For Today
Garden Grove, CA – The finals of the 2014 adidas Nations are set after the playoff round was completed last night. The finals will be start at 4pm local time and will be telecasted live on ESPNU from Long Beach City College. The championship game is set for about 6pm and will feature USA 2016-Wall […]
2014 adidas Nations – Day 3 Morning Session
Garden Grove, CA – Day three of the 2014 adidas Nations started on Sunday morning with two contests matching American teams and two composed of the International teams. The games this morning lead into a playoff bracket which starts tonight. In the USA games USA 2015-Rose ran away from USA 2016-Wall 76-42 in a game […]
