Cairns Taipans vs Perth Wildcats, 2025–26 Round 4
2025–26 · Round 4 · Fri 10 October 2025
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
Wildcats edge Taipans 80–77
Perth Wildcats beat Cairns Taipans 80–77 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 4 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Fri 10 October 2025.
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr led all scorers with 30 points for the Wildcats on 13-of-20 shooting, plus 10 rebounds in a double-double; Andrew Andrews had 21 for the Taipans.
Taipans made 9 threes to 2.
Leaders
Points
- Lual-Acuil JrPER30
- WindlerPER26
- AndrewsCNS21
Rebounds
- LeeCNS12
- WindlerPER11
- Lual-Acuil JrPER10
Assists
Threes
Team stats
CNSShootingPER
- Field goals 32/7046%
- Threes 2/1911%
- Free throws 14/2070%
38%28/73
28%9/32
75%12/16
The game
- Rebounds 39
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 9
- Steals 7
- Bench points 12
- Biggest lead 9
41
14
14
6
8
9
Box score
Cairns Taipans77
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37:14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | -1 | |
| R. Smith | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33:44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 4-4 | -2 | |
| A. Andrews | 21 | 2 | 3 | 32:14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6-18 | 3-12 | 6-7 | +3 | |
| M. Lee | 12 | 12 | 0 | 31:08 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| A. Schofield | 16 | 4 | 2 | 24:08 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6-15 | 4-10 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| A. Higgins-Titsha | 7 | 9 | 2 | 19:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| K. Galloway | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -7 | |
| K. Stattmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| K. Adnam | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| M. Mag | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Team | 77 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 28-73 | 9-32 | 12-16 | |||
| Shooting | 38.4% | 28.1% | 75.0% |
Perth Wildcats80
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Windler | 26 | 11 | 3 | 35:18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11-15 | 1-3 | 3-5 | -3 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 30 | 10 | 0 | 34:20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13-20 | 0-1 | 4-6 | +2 | |
| K. Doolittle | 4 | 6 | 1 | 33:17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| M. Jones | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29:41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 3-5 | -2 | |
| D. Russo-Nance | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| J. Rillie | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20:59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | +16 | |
| E. Pepper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 2-2 | -15 | |
| L. Mayen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9:21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +12 | |
| B. Henshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:02 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | |
| D. Okwera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| J. Wagstaff | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| N. Kouakou-Heugue | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Team | 80 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32-70 | 2-19 | 14-20 | |||
| Shooting | 45.7% | 10.5% | 70.0% |
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How the FanCrew rating works
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.