Season high 24 points for Abercrombie in 200th game
A couple of outstanding individual efforts by Abbo and Jacko were rather overshadowed by the controversial finish to the Breakers 87-86 loss to Melbourne United on Sunday.
Tom Abercrombie playing his 200th game for the Breakers scored 24 points, his second 20+ haul of the season following 23pts v Perth last month.
Only Vukona (272), Henare (250) and Boucher (220) have played more games for the club than Abercrombie.
Cedric Jackson, playing as only he can, recorded a triple double (16pts/14rebs/10assists) his second triple D of the season and fifth for the Breakers.
The 16 points took Jackson past Ben Pepper (1,451pts) and up to 6th on the Breakers all time scoring list. Next stop Aaron Olson (1,800pts).
His 14 rebounds took him past Rick Rickert (600 rebounds) to 7th on the all time rebounding list. Only another game or two and he will pass Paul Henare’s mark of 623 boards and move up to 6th on the charts.
The 14 rebounds, all defensive rebounds, equals the most DR’s in a single game by a Breakers player – achieved twice before – both times by Mika Vukona.
Alex Pledger’s 7 rebounds against Adelaide moved him past the 800 rebounds mark. Pledge now has 811 boards only bettered by Abercrombie (880), Pepper (935), Boucher (941) and Vukona (1,840).
Harking back to the 36ers game new dad Tai Wesley slotted in 26 points for the second consecutive game and also became the first Breakers player to score a century of points this season. Abbo followed suit easing past the 100 points mark on Sunday against United.
Breakers leading scorers this season:
Wesley 103pts/7gms @ 14.7ppg
Abercrombie 102pts/7gms @ 14.6ppg
Cedric J 96pts /8gms @ 12.0ppg
Webster 92pts/4gms @23.0ppg
Charles J 92pts/8gms @ 11.5ppg
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