Isaac
Years ago
NBL names Round Five Player of the Week
The National Basketball League has announced that Perth Wildcats' star Shawn Redhage has been named the Player of the Week for Round Five of the iiNet NBL Championship after leading his team to a comprehensive win over the previously undefeated New Zealand Breakers.Close behind were Alex Loughton (17 and 14), Damian Martin (12/12/6) and Stephen Weigh (16 and 8), Gary Ervin (26 and 7 ast) and Glen Saville (18/6/5).
Perth co-captain Redhage scored a round-high 32 points as well as adding 10 rebounds, three assists and one steal on Sunday at Challenge Stadium (AKA 'The Jungle'), also making 10-of-21 shots from the field including 6-of-10 three-pointers.
Then some more mentions:
Others who were in the running for Player of the Week included Will Blalock (Townsville), Ian Crosswhite (Cairns), Mark Worthington (Gold Coast), Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand), Kevin Braswell (New Zealand), Julian Khazzouh (Sydney), Adam Ballinger (Adelaide), Eric Devendorf (Melbourne), Luke Nevill (Melbourne) and Gary Ervin (Wollongong).Ooh, double mention for Ervin.