Perth Wildcats vs Melbourne United, 2025–26 Play-in
2025–26 · Play-in · Sat 7 March 2026
RAC Arena
Wildcats beat United by 18
Perth Wildcats beat Melbourne United 95–77 at RAC Arena in the 2025–26 Play-in, on Sat 7 March 2026.
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr led all scorers with 28 points for the Wildcats on 11-of-17 shooting, plus 12 rebounds and 4 blocks in a double-double; Milton Doyle had 13 for the United.
Wildcats won the rebounding battle 46–33, and United had 39 bench points to 18.
Wildcats led by as many as 21.
Leaders
Points
- Lual-Acuil JrPER28
- DoolittlePER24
- WindlerPER18
Rebounds
- Lual-Acuil JrPER12
- WindlerPER9
- EdwardsMEL8
Assists
Threes
Team stats
- Field goals 29/8634%
- Threes 7/3719%
- Free throws 12/1392%
The game
- Rebounds 33
- Assists 14
- Turnovers 7
- Steals 9
- Bench points 39
- Biggest lead 11
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Doolittle | 24 | 7 | 6 | 37:48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-15 | 3-9 | 9-11 | +19 | |
| E. Pepper | 5 | 3 | 1 | 32:02 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-11 | 1-9 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 28 | 12 | 0 | 31:17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11-17 | 0-0 | 6-11 | +9 | |
| B. Henshall | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27:23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-2 | +9 | |
| D. Windler | 18 | 9 | 3 | 25:56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 8-9 | +14 | |
| D. Duke Jnr | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26:47 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 5-8 | +24 | |
| J. Wagstaff | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11:56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| D. Russo-Nance | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +12 |
| S. Dech | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +1 |
| C. Huefner | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +4 |
| T. Gerovich | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| N. Kouakou-Heugue | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Team | 95 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 28-61 | 7-25 | 32-43 | |||
| Shooting | 45.9% | 28.0% | 74.4% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Walker | 12 | 3 | 1 | 31:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-18 | 2-8 | 0-0 | -14 | |
| F. Delany | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23:56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -6 | |
| F. Krslovic | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20:09 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| C. Goulding | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-14 | 1-8 | 0-0 | -8 | |
| D. Daniels | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15:38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Doyle | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28:17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-14 | 0-6 | 5-5 | -19 | |
| J. Edwards | 12 | 8 | 1 | 21:53 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -17 | |
| T. Krebs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -12 | |
| K. Bowen | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13:56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -10 | |
| S. Ili | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -3 |
| T. Wilson | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| M. Machar | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 77 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29-86 | 7-37 | 12-13 | |||
| Shooting | 33.7% | 18.9% | 92.3% |
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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.