Melbourne United vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 16
2025–26 · Round 16 · Wed 7 January 2026
Red Energy Arena (Bendigo)
Recap
Taipans edge United 93–92
Cairns Taipans beat Melbourne United 93–92 at Red Energy Arena (Bendigo) in Round 16 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Wed 7 January 2026.
Chris Goulding led all scorers with 27 points for the United on 8-of-15 shooting, including 5 threes; Jack McVeigh had 20 for the Taipans.
Leaders
Points
- GouldingMEL27
- WaardenburgCNS20
- McVeighCNS20
Rebounds
- McVeighCNS9
- WaardenburgCNS9
- KrebsMEL8
Assists
Threes
- GouldingMEL5
- GallowayCNS3
- WaardenburgCNS2
Team stats
MELShootingCNS
- Field goals 32/5262%
- Threes 11/2152%
- Free throws 18/2767%
42%33/79
24%8/33
78%18/23
The game
- Rebounds 30
- Assists 22
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 4
- Bench points 24
- Biggest lead 7
34
14
9
5
13
9
Box score
Melbourne United92
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Walker | 12 | 3 | 4 | 32:47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-16 | 0-6 | 2-2 | +4 | |
| C. Goulding | 27 | 1 | 1 | 30:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8-15 | 5-11 | 6-7 | -6 | |
| F. Delany | 14 | 5 | 4 | 28:08 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 3-3 | +19 | |
| M. Doyle | 15 | 2 | 0 | 22:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6-15 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| J. Edwards | 11 | 3 | 1 | 21:35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +3 | |
| F. Krslovic | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18:26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| T. Krebs | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | +14 | |
| D. Daniels | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12:51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -14 | |
| K. Bowen | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11:56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | -20 | |
| T. Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5:06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -1 | |
| M. Machar | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 92 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 33-79 | 8-33 | 18-23 | |||
| Shooting | 41.8% | 24.2% | 78.3% |
Cairns Taipans93
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 20 | 9 | 4 | 40:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7-11 | 2-6 | 4-5 | +1 | |
| A. Andrews | 13 | 3 | 13 | 38:59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 4-6 | +1 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 20 | 9 | 0 | 31:53 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 4-5 | -12 | |
| K. Galloway | 13 | 2 | 1 | 22:56 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 2-2 | +1 | |
| M. King | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -12 | |
| M. Lee | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15:56 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-5 | +4 | |
| K. Stattmann | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12:57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | +5 | |
| L. Barker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| A. Schofield | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +11 | |
| Team | 93 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 32-52 | 11-21 | 18-27 | |||
| Shooting | 61.5% | 52.4% | 66.7% |
Tap a column heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating.
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.