Redbacks Top Basketball Stats
The Perth Redbacks’ Men’s and Women’s State Basketball League teams have had their strongest combined start to a season in the past 12 years.
At the end of the third round both teams are on four wins and one loss, with the men’s team being in second place in the 14-team competition and the women’s team in fourth place in the 12-team competition.
This strong start has seen many of their players in a prominent position in the individual statistical performance categories to date.
Point guard Joel Wagner heads the men’s league in assists in averaging 8.4 per game.
Wagner has previously been a development player in the National Basketball League with the Perth Wildcats, including being a part of their 2010 Championship, as well as playing for the Sydney Kings in 2010/11.
He has also been the All-Star starting point guard in the State Basketball League for the past three years.
Shooting guard Jarrad Prior currently heads the league in three-point field goal percentages at 51.7.
Prior was also a development player with the Perth Wildcats in their 2010 championship year as well as in 2011 and played for the Ballarat Miners in the South East Australian Basketball League in the later part of 2011.
United States import player Blake Bender currently sits in second-place in the steals category with an average of three per game.
This is Bender’s first season with the Redbacks after having played a season in Belgium and previously played for Westmont College in the United States.
Current Perth Wildcats development player and Redbacks’ centre Michael Vigor is in fifth place in the blocked shots category with an average of 2.4 per game.
There are five Redbacks’ Men’s team members averaging greater than 10 points per game.
Former National Basketball League player Adrian Majstrovich heads the list in averaging 24.7 points per game.
Vigor is next with an average of 24.6 while Wagner has 14.4, Prior 14.2, Bender 13 and former League Most Valuable Player Ryan Neill 12 per game.
Redbacks’ women’s team centre Marita Payne currently leads the women’s league in blocked shots per game with 3.6.
Payne has previously played in the Women’s National Basketball League with Dandenong, Bendigo and Adelaide and also played for four years with Auburn University in the United States.
Former WAIS Breakers National League player and Redbacks’ power-forward Brooke Hiddlestone is in fifth place in the rebounds per game averaging 11.
Payne is the Redbacks’ women’s team’s highest scorer averaging 17 per game while Hiddlestone has a game average of 12.5.
The Perth Redbacks travel to the Eaton Recreation Centre this Saturday where they will play the Bunbury Slammers with the women’s game tipping off at 6PM and the men’s game at 8PM.
Their next home game at the Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre is on Friday 13th April against the East Perth Eagles, with the women’s game starting at 6.30PM and the men’s game at 8.30PM.
REDBACKS’ MEDIA
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