NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 22
2025–26 · Round 22 · Thu 19 February 2026
Eventfinda Stadium
Recap
Breakers rout Taipans by 31
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 115–84 at Eventfinda Stadium in Round 22 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Thu 19 February 2026.
Sam Mennenga led all scorers with 32 points for the Breakers on 15-of-19 shooting, plus 9 rebounds; Andrew Andrews had 24 for the Taipans.
Breakers had 46 bench points to 16.
Leaders
Team stats
NZLShootingCNS
- Field goals 28/6941%
- Threes 8/3225%
- Free throws 20/2195%
57%49/86
44%8/18
56%9/16
The game
- Rebounds 33
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 9
- Steals 2
- Bench points 16
- Biggest lead 6
39
27
4
6
46
31
Box score
NZ Breakers115
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Mennenga | 32 | 9 | 3 | 25:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15-19 | 0-1 | 2-5 | +15 | |
| K. Lopez | 15 | 6 | 2 | 24:47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-11 | 1-1 | 6-8 | +14 | |
| P. Jackson-Cartwright | 19 | 2 | 13 | 23:50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-16 | 0-3 | 1-2 | +18 | |
| S. Bairstow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| R. Te Rangi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| C. Davison | 15 | 11 | 3 | 20:41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +28 | |
| T. Cooper | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +17 | |
| T. Britt | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16:32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +17 | |
| M. Darling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +15 | |
| R. Loe | 11 | 4 | 1 | 10:21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | +13 | |
| J. Andrew | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| L. Judd | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +3 |
| A. McNaught | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +1 |
| Team | 115 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 49-86 | 8-18 | 9-16 | |||
| Shooting | 57.0% | 44.4% | 56.3% |
Cairns Taipans84
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 6 | 7 | 2 | 31:59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-11 | 0-5 | 0-0 | -31 | |
| A. Andrews | 24 | 2 | 7 | 30:14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8-16 | 0-6 | 8-9 | -22 | |
| K. Stattmann | 20 | 5 | 0 | 29:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 2-2 | -30 | |
| R. Smith | 13 | 1 | 2 | 23:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-11 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -24 | |
| K. Galloway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18:20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -18 | |
| L. Barker | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -13 | |
| M. Lee | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18:35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| A. Schofield | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12:14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| L. McVeigh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -2 | |
| K. Adnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -6 | |
| Team | 84 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28-69 | 8-32 | 20-21 | |||
| Shooting | 40.6% | 25.0% | 95.2% |
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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.