Off-Season Player Wrap: Foxwell continues double-double run in New Zealand

See below how our Phoenix players performed at their off-season teams:

Owen Foxwell – Taranaki Airs (NZ NBL)
2PTS, 6ASTS, 1STL vs Canterbury Rams
18PTS, 6REBS, 13ASTS, 6STLS vs Nelson Giants

The Taranaki Airs went 1-1 across the weekend. Unfortunately, going down to the reigning champions, the Canterbury Rams on Wednesday by 16 points, before bouncing back in take a 15-point win over the Nelson Giants on Saturday.

Foxwell continues to show his dominance at both ends of the court notching up his second double-double for the season with 18 points and 13 assists in the win over the Giants, alongside a huge six steals.

Nathan Sobey – Santeros de Aguada (BSN)
11PTS, 3REBS, 1BLK vs Piratas de Quebradillas

Santeros de Aguada are under a new head coach just four rounds in the season, as they continue to search for their first win for the season. They went down in a close game to the Piratas de Quebradillas by two points as Sobey went on to have 11 points.

Jordi Hunter’s season in Puerto Rico has been cut short after sustaining an injury, with the Phoenix co-captain back in Australia.

Tom Vodanovich – Auckland Tuatara (NZ NBL)
14PTS, 2REBS, 1AST, 1STL, 1BLK vs Southland Sharks
10PTS, 4REBS, 3ASTS, 2STLS, 1BLK vs Otago Nuggets

Auckland went 2-0 over the weekend having a 10-point win over the Southland Sharks on Friday night and a three-point win over the Otago Nuggets on Sunday.

Vodanovich was solid in the two victories averaging 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.5 steals and one block in the two games.

Luke Rosendale/Majok Majok – Ballarat Miners (NBL1 South)
Rosendale: 14PTS, 5REBS, 2ASTS, 3STLS, 2BLKS vs Geelong United
Majok: 6PTS, 5REBS vs Geelong United

The Ballarat Miners had a disappointing 27-point loss to the Geelong United on Saturday night. Despite the loss, Rosendale was impressive at both ends of the court scoring 14 points, five rebounds, three steals and two blocks, while Majok Majok had six points and five rebounds in the loss.

Ben Ayre – EWE Baskets Oldenburg (BBL Germany)
10PTS, 3REDBS, 3ASTS vs Bonn

Unfortunately, Oldenburg went down to Bonn by five points on Saturday. Ayre had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists in the loss.

Stay tuned via Phoenix socials and website to be kept updated on how players perform during the off-season.

For a list of the latest roster updates, see below.

Under Contract
Owen Foxwell
Angus Glover
Jordan Hunter
Malique Lewis (Next Star)
Nathan Sobey  

Free Agents
Ben Ayre  
Matt Hurt
Matt Kenyon
Majok Majok
Luke Rosendale
Tom Vodanovich
Derrick Walton Jr
Joe Wieskamp

Off-Season Moves
Luke Fennell (Syracuse University)