Perth Wildcats vs Melbourne United, 2025–26 Round 18
2025–26 · Round 18 · Sun 25 January 2026
RAC Arena
Recap
United edge Wildcats 74–73
Melbourne United beat Perth Wildcats 74–73 at RAC Arena in Round 18 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sun 25 January 2026.
Milton Doyle scored 24 points for the United on 7-of-14 shooting, including 3 threes, plus 8 assists; Jo Lual-Acuil Jr had 24 for the Wildcats.
United won the rebounding battle 44–36, and United turned it over 14 times to 7.
Leaders
Points
- DoyleMEL24
- Lual-Acuil JrPER24
- DoolittlePER19
Rebounds
- EdwardsMEL17
- Lual-Acuil JrPER11
- WindlerPER8
Assists
Threes
Team stats
PERShootingMEL
- Field goals 22/6136%
- Threes 6/2425%
- Free throws 24/3177%
38%26/69
16%4/25
61%17/28
The game
- Rebounds 44
- Assists 14
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 3
- Bench points 39
- Biggest lead 2
36
13
7
11
8
14
Box score
Perth Wildcats73
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Doolittle | 19 | 4 | 0 | 35:17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-19 | 2-6 | 3-3 | +4 | |
| D. Windler | 6 | 8 | 2 | 34:14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 3-4 | -3 | |
| B. Henshall | 14 | 3 | 3 | 29:41 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 3-4 | -14 | |
| E. Pepper | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28:32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -11 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 24 | 11 | 3 | 27:59 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10-17 | 0-1 | 4-9 | -1 | |
| D. Okwera | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12:56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-5 | +1 | |
| D. Russo-Nance | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12:14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | +15 | |
| S. Dech | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| J. Wagstaff | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| L. Mayen | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 73 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 26-69 | 4-25 | 17-28 | |||
| Shooting | 37.7% | 16.0% | 60.7% |
Melbourne United74
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Delany | 11 | 4 | 0 | 28:20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 6-6 | -17 | |
| C. Goulding | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27:50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-5 | 1-2 | -11 | |
| J. Edwards | 18 | 17 | 0 | 25:57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 6-7 | +13 | |
| D. Daniels | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -3 | |
| T. Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | |
| T. Krebs | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| M. Doyle | 24 | 4 | 8 | 18:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 7-8 | +9 | |
| F. Krslovic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14:05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -12 | |
| K. Bowen | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | +18 | |
| M. Machar | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +15 | |
| T. Koppens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| T. Wilson | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -6 |
| Team | 74 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 22-61 | 6-24 | 24-31 | |||
| Shooting | 36.1% | 25.0% | 77.4% |
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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