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Top-ranked Breakers take on struggling Hawks in NBL

The New Zealand Breakers are aiming to become the latest team to beat the Wollongong Hawks when they play each other in the Australian National Basketball League on Thursday.

The Hawks have lost seven games in a row to drop to a 9-9 mark. In their last game, Eric Cooks' wards succumbed to the Cairns Taipans 86-97. Tyson Demos and Timothy Coenraad paced Wollongong with 16 points. Scoring machine Gary Ervin and Oscar Forman should also step if the squad is to end its losing skid.

The Breakers, meanwhile, are comfortably at the top of the team standings with a 14-3 record. The Andrej Lemanis-mentored club is coming off a 77-74 come-from-behind victory over the Taipans. The Breakers trailed the Taipans by seven points after three quarters before unleashing a decisive run to win the game. Gary Wilkinson finished with a double double 11 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Breakers. Other reliable players in the squad are Kirk Penney, CJ Bruton and Thomas Abercrombie.  




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