Wildcats Fall to Phoenix at the Wire

Game details

Perth Wildcats 90 defeated by SEM Phoenix 91

RAC Arena

Box Score

28 October 2022

Summary

Perth Wildcats fought hard in front of their home fans, just falling short in the dying seconds. After a slightly slow start, the home side found their offensive groove in the form of Bryce Cotton, 27 points, Luke Travers, 19 points, and TaShawn Thomas, 14 points. Having held a lead of as much as 9 points throughout the game, SEM Phoenix would not go away, clawing their way to a 1-point victory. Mitch Creek was SEM’s best, finishing with 22 points and 6 rebounds, while Ryan Broekhoff managed 18 points and 5 rebounds.

Reaction

John Rillie shares his thoughts on the game.

“That was a good basketball game,” he said.

“It’s a game you expect to have if your aspirations are playoffs and better, they’re a good talented team and they really bought it tonight.

“We had moments where we were really good, like our last home game, we got the lead in the fourth quarter, we had great momentum with the crowd, we just didn’t quite execute down the stretch.

Player focus

Bryce Cotton finished with a game-high 27 points and 8 assists. He is now leading the league in scoring, averaging 22.2 points per game.

Next game

Perth Wildcats fly to Melbourne to take on United on Monday night at John Cain Arena.