Perth Wildcats vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 18
2025–26 · Round 18 · Thu 22 January 2026
RAC Arena
Wildcats rout Taipans by 37
Perth Wildcats beat Cairns Taipans 106–69 at RAC Arena in Round 18 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Thu 22 January 2026.
Jack McVeigh led all scorers with 34 points for the Taipans on 13-of-26 shooting, including 8 threes; Elijah Pepper had 25 for the Wildcats.
Wildcats won the rebounding battle 36–24, and Wildcats made 15 threes to 10.
Wildcats led by as many as 38.
Leaders
Team stats
- Field goals 26/6938%
- Threes 10/3033%
- Free throws 7/888%
The game
- Rebounds 24
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 10
- Steals 3
- Bench points 15
- Biggest lead 5
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Windler | 15 | 3 | 5 | 27:57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +29 | |
| K. Doolittle | 19 | 4 | 2 | 26:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-10 | 3-3 | 4-4 | +26 | |
| E. Pepper | 25 | 3 | 3 | 25:17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9-11 | 7-9 | 0-0 | +31 | |
| B. Henshall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 20:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | +32 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 12 | 6 | 2 | 20:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | +24 | |
| D. Russo-Nance | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +9 | |
| S. Dech | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| D. Okwera | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12:17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +12 | |
| L. Mayen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | +7 | |
| N. Kouakou-Heugue | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7:47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| C. Huefner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| J. Wagstaff | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +3 |
| T. Gerovich | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Team | 106 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 40-67 | 15-27 | 11-14 | |||
| Shooting | 59.7% | 55.6% | 78.6% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 34 | 4 | 0 | 35:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-26 | 8-15 | 0-0 | -30 | |
| A. Andrews | 8 | 1 | 8 | 34:05 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 2-3 | -35 | |
| K. Stattmann | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -23 | |
| K. Galloway | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19:47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -22 | |
| M. King | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -21 | |
| A. Schofield | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21:17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -25 | |
| L. Barker | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -12 | |
| M. Lee | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13:08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| K. Adnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -11 | |
| L. McVeigh | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | |
| J. Richardson | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Team | 69 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26-69 | 10-30 | 7-8 | |||
| Shooting | 37.7% | 33.3% | 87.5% |
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.
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