Perth Wildcats vs Illawarra Hawks, 2025–26 Round 3
2025–26 · Round 3 · Thu 2 October 2025
RAC Arena
Recap
Wildcats beat Hawks 92–84
Perth Wildcats beat Illawarra Hawks 92–84 at RAC Arena in Round 3 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Thu 2 October 2025.
JaVale McGee led all scorers with 26 points for the Hawks on 12-of-20 shooting, plus 14 rebounds and 4 steals in a double-double; Jo Lual-Acuil Jr had 22 for the Wildcats.
Wildcats led by as many as 17.
Leaders
Points
- McGeeILL26
- Lual-Acuil JrPER22
- HarveyILL19
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
- Swaka Lo BulukILL4
- PepperPER3
- DoolittlePER3
Team stats
PERShootingILL
- Field goals 30/7441%
- Threes 9/2635%
- Free throws 15/2268%
47%32/68
35%11/31
61%17/28
The game
- Rebounds 40
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 10
- Steals 11
- Bench points 12
- Biggest lead 14
39
19
15
7
25
17
Box score
Perth Wildcats92
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Doolittle | 17 | 9 | 4 | 35:17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 4-5 | +13 | |
| M. Jones | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34:08 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 2-2 | -5 | |
| D. Windler | 16 | 14 | 2 | 32:41 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 0 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 22 | 3 | 1 | 31:47 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8-14 | 0-2 | 6-11 | -1 | |
| D. Russo-Nance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| B. Henshall | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13:17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -5 | |
| J. Rillie | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13:12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +25 | |
| E. Pepper | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11:38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| J. Wagstaff | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8:05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| L. Mayen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| D. Okwera | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -5 |
| Team | 92 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 32-68 | 11-31 | 17-28 | |||
| Shooting | 47.1% | 35.5% | 60.7% |
Illawarra Hawks84
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Harvey | 19 | 3 | 5 | 34:11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6-19 | 3-9 | 4-5 | +5 | |
| W. Swaka Lo Buluk | 14 | 3 | 2 | 28:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 2-2 | -8 | |
| J. McGee | 26 | 14 | 2 | 28:05 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12-20 | 0-1 | 2-7 | -1 | |
| J. McLaughlin | 13 | 3 | 2 | 26:26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | -2 | |
| M. Peatling | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| J. Bolden | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19:42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| T. Blanchfield | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-7 | 0-4 | 1-2 | -18 | |
| B. Bayles | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16:20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| D. Grida | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9:35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| H. Froling | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| J. Antonio | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 |
| Team | 84 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 30-74 | 9-26 | 15-22 | |||
| Shooting | 40.5% | 34.6% | 68.2% |
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.