Melbourne United vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 4
2025–26 · Round 4 · Sun 12 October 2025
John Cain Arena
United rout Taipans by 35
Melbourne United beat Cairns Taipans 95–60 at John Cain Arena in Round 4 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sun 12 October 2025.
Jesse Edwards scored 16 points for the United on 6-of-10 shooting, plus 12 rebounds in a double-double; Alex Higgins-Titsha had 16 for the Taipans.
United won the rebounding battle 44–34, and Taipans turned it over 25 times to 9.
Leaders
Points
- GouldingMEL16
- Higgins-TitshaCNS16
- EdwardsMEL16
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
- Higgins-TitshaCNS2
- KrslovicMEL2
- GouldingMEL2
Team stats
- Field goals 20/5536%
- Threes 4/2715%
- Free throws 16/2273%
The game
- Rebounds 34
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 25
- Steals 3
- Bench points 33
- Biggest lead 3
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Edwards | 16 | 12 | 0 | 20:56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | +25 | |
| F. Delany | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20:23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 2-2 | +23 | |
| T. Walker | 12 | 2 | 2 | 20:11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +26 | |
| T. Krebs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +26 | |
| M. Doyle | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18:38 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +27 | |
| C. Goulding | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 6-7 | +10 | |
| T. Wilson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2-4 | +1 | |
| D. Daniels | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14:44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 1-2 | +3 | |
| K. Bowen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| F. Krslovic | 8 | 3 | 0 | 12:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 2-2 | +5 | |
| T. Koppens | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9:26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | +5 | |
| M. Machar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +15 | |
| C. Blogg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +5 | |
| Team | 95 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 34-82 | 6-30 | 21-26 | |||
| Shooting | 41.5% | 20.0% | 80.8% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31:05 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | -23 | |
| A. Andrews | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28:35 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 4-4 | -23 | |
| R. Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -29 | |
| M. Lee | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20:26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | -13 | |
| A. Schofield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19:08 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 2-2 | -28 | |
| A. Higgins-Titsha | 16 | 3 | 0 | 24:32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 2-4 | -9 | |
| K. Galloway | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -22 | |
| K. Adnam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13:35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-4 | 4-4 | -10 | |
| L. Barker | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -8 | |
| M. Mag | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 |
| K. Stattmann | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Team | 60 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 20-55 | 4-27 | 16-22 | |||
| Shooting | 36.4% | 14.8% | 72.7% |
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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.