Tasmania picks up biggest season win with 36ers thrashing

The Tasmania JackJumpers have notched the biggest win in their short history with a 94-59 thrashing of Adelaide, who narrowly dodged an unwanted record of their own.

Adelaide trailed 45-23 at half-time at Hobart's MyState Bank Arena on Saturday night, with their lowest-ever score of 57 against Brisbane in 1983 under serious threat.

They managed to surpass the mark, but only late when Trentyn Flowers scored with 52 seconds left on the clock. 

Adelaide's final score was the lowest by any team season and the club's equal-lowest since the NBL switched to 40-minute games in 2009/10.The 36ers shot at just 29 per cent from the field for the match and are now 4-9 for the competition.

It came on the back of a road trip loss to the New Zealand Breakers in Christchurch on Thursday before the short turnaround and hectic travel schedule to get to Hobart to play a fresh opponent.

The margin of 35 points was Tasmania's biggest win since entering the franchise entered the league in 2021/22.

JackJumpers' import Milton Doyle top-scored with 20 points and also picked up a game-high six assists in his side's first hit-out since the FIBA break.

Teammates Sean Macdonald (15 points, 3-of-4 three-point shooting) and Jack McVeigh (14 points) were also strong in a performance where the spoils were shared.

Even if Will Magnay's numbers of seven points, five rebounds and a block didn't stand out, his impact was emphasised with Tasmania plus-23 in the 13 and-a-half minutes he was on the floor.

Tasmania dominated the boards with 55 recbounds to 38 for the game including 20 at the offensive end for 15 second chance points. The JackJumpres also scoerd 21 points from the 14 Adelaide turnovers.

The result pushes Tasmania to second on the ladder at the expense of the Perth Wildcats. 

They were strong out of the blocks, opening up a 25-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.

It was yet another disastrous start for Adelaide who were already down by 20 at quarter-time on Thursday to New Zealand, meaning they were outscored 62-32 in first periods this weekend.

The Sixers managed just eight points in the second quarter for 23 in the first half for the lowest tally to half-time of any team this season.

DJ Vasiljevic top-scored for the 36ers with 15 points with Jacob Wiley adding 14 and Isaac Humphries nine, but they only got a combined 21 from the rest of the team. Captain Mitch McCarron and import Trey Kell III were among the scoreless contingent.

HUNGRY JACK'S NBL ROUND 9

TASMANIA  JACKJUMPERS 94 (Doyle 20, Macdonald 15, McVeigh 14)

ADELAIDE 36ERS 59 (Vasiljevic 15, Wiley 14, Humphries 9)

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