Cairns Taipans vs Illawarra Hawks, 2025–26 Round 8
2025–26 · Round 8 · Fri 7 November 2025
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
Hawks beat Taipans by 17
Illawarra Hawks beat Cairns Taipans 107–90 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 8 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Fri 7 November 2025.
Mojave King led all scorers with 32 points for the Taipans on 13-of-16 shooting, including 6 threes; JaVale McGee had 28 for the Hawks.
Hawks won the rebounding battle 37–29.
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
CNSShootingILL
- Field goals 44/7459%
- Threes 12/3139%
- Free throws 7/1070%
48%36/75
43%16/37
50%2/4
The game
- Rebounds 37
- Assists 26
- Turnovers 8
- Steals 3
- Bench points 29
- Biggest lead 17
29
24
6
3
17
3
Box score
Cairns Taipans90
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Andrews | 10 | 3 | 8 | 36:24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| M. King | 32 | 2 | 2 | 35:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13-16 | 6-8 | 0-0 | -17 | |
| A. Schofield | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33:56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-13 | 3-10 | 0-2 | -9 | |
| J. McVeigh | 13 | 8 | 8 | 33:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 2-2 | -14 | |
| L. Barker | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| K. Galloway | 15 | 7 | 0 | 26:53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| M. Lee | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12:20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| M. Mag | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Team | 90 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 36-75 | 16-37 | 2-4 | |||
| Shooting | 48.0% | 43.2% | 50.0% |
Illawarra Hawks107
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Hickey | 19 | 12 | 12 | 34:17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 1-2 | +10 | |
| T. Harvey | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31:29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-14 | 1-8 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| J. McGee | 28 | 6 | 2 | 24:38 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12-13 | 2-2 | 2-3 | +10 | |
| W. Swaka Lo Buluk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | +7 | |
| M. Peatling | 14 | 2 | 4 | 19:54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 1-1 | +4 | |
| T. Blanchfield | 5 | 6 | 0 | 25:44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 2-2 | +15 | |
| Q. Peterson | 22 | 4 | 2 | 20:56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9-14 | 4-6 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| J. Narkle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +11 | |
| L. Yates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| B. Bayles | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +6 |
| H. Froling | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Team | 107 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 44-74 | 12-31 | 7-10 | |||
| Shooting | 59.5% | 38.7% | 70.0% |
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FanCrew rating: the whole box-score line (scoring and shooting, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls) plus the margin while on court, on a 0–10 scale against every NBL game since 2005–06. 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need five minutes to be rated.