Isaac
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Penney wins NBL Rnd 19 POTW
New Zealand Breakers' prolific shooting guard Kirk Penney has taken out his second National Basketball League (NBL) Player of the Week award in three weeks after a Round 19 performance that has helped keep the Breakers’ playoff chances afloat.Runner ups were Maxey (19 and 12 in a win, and then 21 points in a loss) and Homicide (17/8/5 vs Cairns).
Penney won the NBL’s weekly award back in Round 17 and also came close to winning again in Round 18, just being edged out by Gold Coast’s Adam Gibson.
With the Breakers needing to win the remainder of their fixtures to have a chance at a playoff berth, Penney stepped up once more in his team’s Round 19 game against the fourth-seeded Wollongong Hawks on Thursday at the North Shore Events Centre. He hit 23 points on 7-of-18 shooting from the field and 3-of-7 from downtown.
Penney also added four rebounds, two assists and two steals, which helped the Breakers upset the higher-ranked Hawks, 88-60. Penney was also great from the free throw line hitting six of his seven attempts.
Other players in consideration for the weekly award in Round 19 included Julius Hodge (Melbourne), Erron Maxey (Gold Coast), CJ Bruton (New Zealand), Russell Hinder (Townsville), Brad Williamson (Townsville), Phil Jones (Cairns), Rich Melzer (Cairns), Adam Gibson (Gold Coast), Luke Schenscher (Perth), Dusty Rychart (Cairns), Rhys Martin (Wollongong), Tim Coenraad (Wollongong) and Mat Campbell (Wollongong).Right choice or would you have gone with someone else?
