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12:22, Jul 12 2021 PHOTOSPORT Jayden Bezzant was in top scoring form against the Wellington Saints on Saturday. PHOTOSPORT BASKETBALL: The Wellington Saints have already booked their ticket to the NBL final four, but they are now just one win away from locking in the top spot after scoring an impressive 103-80 win over the Manawatū Jets. The Jets showed some good signs early and really came out in an attacking frame of mind in the game at the Arena on Saturday night, but it didnt take long fo...

A serious knee injury to Manawatū Jets forward Jake McKinlay capped a horror weekend for the side.

Ken Tuffin shows rebounding prowess in Wellington rout of Nelson 5 hours ago THE Wellington Saints continued to show their pedigree in the 2021 NZ NBL season, taking down the Nelson Giants, 95-69, Saturday at TSB Bank Arena. Former La Salle forward Taane Samuel powered Wellingtons 34-point third quarter pullaway to flip the game from a 39-all deadlock at halftime to a commanding 73-57 lead to easily claim its fourth straight victory and stay at the top of the standings. Samuel shot a blisterin...

Wellington Saints American import Kerwin Roach throws down spectacular dunk against Southland Sharks. The Wellington Saints have delivered a statement to the rest of the National Basketball League by storming home to hammer the Southland Sharks 105-73 at the TSB Arena in Wellington on Friday night. The Saints overcame an early eight-point deficit to run away with a dominant 32-point victory over the previously unbeaten Sharks to maintain their own perfect record in 2021 and move to the top of ...

Published April 24, 2021, 9:55 PM Ken Tuffin, left, sees action during the final minutes of the Wellington Saints’ 95-73 win over the Otago Nuggets in the New Zealand National Basketball League. (Screengrabbed from NBL TV coverage) Ken Tuffin had a solid debut for the Wellington Saints’ 95-73 rout of the defending champion Otago Nuggets Saturday, April 24, in the opener of New Zealand’s National Basketball League at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin. The Fil-Kiwi finished with five points on 2-...

Kerwin Roach scored 19 points as the Wellington Saints thumped the Otago Nuggets in Dunedin. Normal service has resumed, it seems, as the Wellington Saints returned to the NBL in style on opening night in Dunedin. Having been one of three teams to opt out of last year’s Covid-19 induced Showdown competition, the perennial heavyweights were back to business in fine fashion on Saturday, downing the Otago Nuggets 95-73 at the Edgar Centre. Having claimed four titles, and been runners-up twice,...

Published April 23, 2021, 10:24 PM Photo from Wellington Saints Ken Tuffin is set to make his debut for new team Wellington Saints in the New Zealand National Basketball League Saturday, April 24, against the defending champion Otaga Nuggets in Dunedin. The former Far Eastern University mainstay and the Saints will take on the Nuggets at 3:30 p.m. Manila time as he looks to build on his solid rookie campaign last season with the Taranaki Mountainairs. Wellington acquired Tuffin as part of its r...

April 1 is Chris Beard Day for Texas and Texas Tech Share this story Will Chris Beard return to the Forty Acres? Since Shaka Smart left the Texas Longhorns for the Marquette Golden Eagles last Friday, that question has largely defined the coaching search in Austin for athletics director Chris Del Conte. Over recent days, there’s been a remarkable lack of information coming out from the Longhorns program and the Red Raiders program. Other than Del Conte interviewing Brooklyn Nets assistant Ro...