Basketball New Zealand

Sharks Rene Rougeau (Photosport)

Zerofees Southland Sharks swingman Rene Rougeau wins Round 12 Player of the Week for his performance against the McDonalds Manawatu Jets

25 points (8/13 FG, 2/3 3pt, 7/9 FT), 10 rebounds, 7 steals in the 89-59 win over the McDonalds Manawatu Jets.

Rougeau wins his second POW for his near triple double against the Jets. The former UNLV Running Rebel won his first POW back in Round Seven when he had 24 points and 13 rebounds in the win over the OceanaGold Nuggets. Rougeau leads the league in steals at 3.8 and has got seven steals two times this year. The double double Rougeau got against the Jets is his fourth of the season.

One player who is extremly unlucky not to win POW honors is Josh Pace who had 38 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds in the 102-97 win over the Harbour Heat. The Hawks guard only missed one field goal shooting 14/15.

Pace enters the top 10 overall rankings for the first time this season and is averaging 34 points in his last two games.

Pace’s team mate Chris Daniel had an efficient 22 points shooting 5/6 points from the three point line in that same game.

In that loss to the Hawks, Corey Webster had a season high 40 points which puts him second in the league in scoring at 24.2 points per game. Webster is also second in steals at 3.2 per game.

Other strong performances in Round 12 were from Jets imports Darryl Hudson who had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists and Richard Jeter who had 34 points in their first win over the Nuggets.

Cougars Jeremy Kench kept his teams playoff hopes alive with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the win over the Fico Finance Nelson Giants.

Giants Phill Jones stepped up big against the Exodus Saints scoring 24 points in the road win.

Taranaki Mountain Airs bigs of Jeremiah Trueman and Demarshay Johnson came up huge in their upset win over the Waikato Pistons each collecting 18 points and 18 rebounds.

Aaron Bailey-Nowell also played well with 16 points and 5 steals.

Pistons Thomas Abercrombie still remains at the top of the overall rankings followed by Saints Eric Devendorf.

For more information on player stats click on the pdfs below

2010 Bartercard NBL Media Guide (Round 13) (680 KB pdf)

2010 Bartercard NBL League Stats (Round 12) (148 KB pdf)

2010 Bartercard NBL Team Stats (Round 12) (484 KB pdf)

2010 Bartercard Media Stats (Round 12) (100 KB pdf)

2010 Bartercard NBL Top 50 Player Rankings (Round 12) (124 KB pdf)

2010 Bartercard NBL Playoff Picture (Round 13) (290 KB pdf)