Off-season Games Wrap: Bowen slams home last-second win

While Melbourne United’s stars playing locally got to enjoy the long weekend, we still had a collection of players hit the court across the rest of the globe.

Kyle Bowen put together the most impressive stat-line of the weekend, helping Canterbury maintain a top-two spot on the NZNBL ladder with an overtime victory against the Otago Nuggets.

Bowen did a bit of everything throughout his minutes, however the highlight game came down the stretch of the OT period when he slammed home what would prove to be the game-winning bucket.

The only team sitting above the Rams on the ladder is Shea Ili’s Wellington Saints, who picked up a dominant, 40-point win at the weekend.

In Puerto Rico, Chris Goulding and the Cangrejeros bounced back with a win over Bryce Cotton and Mets de Guaynabo. Goulding splashed a trio of three-pointers while Ian Clark added a game-high 24 points.

Moving to Germany, Fabijan Krslovic and Phoenix Hagan missed the opportunity to move up the competition table, falling short in their contest against Bremerhaven. 

RESULTS 

Saturday

Hagan 80 def by Bremerhaven 91 (German ProA)
Krslovic - 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

Sunday

Canterbury 108 def Otago 107 (NZNBL)
Bowen - 19 points, nine rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals

Cangrejeros 91 def Mets de Guaynabo 78
Goulding - 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists

Monday

Wellington 105 def Nelson 65 (NZNBL)
Ili - 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal

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*Photo - NZNBL