Rd 9 Report | Stattmann sparks JackJumpers' win in Brisbane

Kody Stattmann continues to make the most of his chances at the Tasmania JackJumpers with an NBL career-high 28 points in 104-92 road win against the Brisbane Bullets on Sunday.

It was the second game away from home this round for the JackJumpers and they arrived at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre attempting to bounce back from a loss in Perth on Thursday night.

They were still minus David Johnson, Nick Marshall, Bryce Hamilton, Ben Gold and Majok Deng in the line-up, and then found themselves down by as much as seven points in the first half.

The JackJumpers were still down two at the half, but then took over in the third quarter not only scoring 29 points themselves, but holding the Bullets to 14 and that set them on the path to the 12-point victory.

The win improves Tasmania to a 9-4 record now on the season and going 4-2 outside of Tasmania while still never having been close to full strength.

It was a strong all-round performance from the JackJumpers including a career-best night for Stattmann with 28 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals including hitting 6/11 from the outside.

Nick Stoddart also equalled his career high with 14 points with three assists on 6/9 field goal shooting while Jed Richardson was back in his home state and hit the floor late to score his first NBL points.

The JackJumpers also had three starters back playing against their former team and all put in strong showings – Dakota Mathias (22 points, four rebounds, four assists), Josh Bannan (12 points, 12 rebounds, four assists) and Will Magnay (six points, eight boards, five assists, three steals).

Taran Armstrong finished with 17 points, three rebounds and three assists, and Ben Ayre three points and an assist in just his second game back this season.

It was the third meeting of the season already between the two teams with the JackJumpers having won the first two encounters, but the Bullets had the better of the start to be up 26-21 by quarter-time.

That was on the back of shooting 9/18 from the field to 6/17 but it was two players grabbing their chance for Tasmania with Kody Stattmann and Nick Stoddart combining for 19 of their 21 points while shooting 6/8 between them and the rest of the team going 0/9.

Both teams continued to play enterprising basketball in the second quarter with the Bullets going into half-time narrowly leading 52-50 on the back of another 26 points.

Stattmann was up to 19 points already with 5/6 three-point shooting for the JackJumpers as they scored 29 points on 12/19 shooting in the quarter as a team to get back to within two.

The JackJumpers then took control of the game in the third quarter including going on a 13-0 scoring run where their defence had locked in on the Bullets, and they were executing nicely up the other end.

That saw Tasmania end up producing 29 points to 14 in the term on the back of shooting 10/20 from the field and 6/6 at the foul line and limiting Brisbane to 6/14 and forcing them into another four turnovers while pulling down six offensive rebounds themselves.

The JackJumpers continued to have all the answers through the fourth quarter on the way to the 12-point win to have still not lost consecutive games in NBL27.

The JackJumpers now have just one more game leading into the FIBA break and that's on Saturday night when they host the Illawarra Hawks back at MyState Bank Arena.

HUNGRY JACK'S NBL SEASON 2026/27 | ROUND 9

TASMANIA JACKJUMPERS 104 defeated Brisbane Bullets 92

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Sunday November 15

Kody Stattmann | 28 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 6/11 3PT
Dakota Mathias | 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists
Taran Armstrong | 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists
Nick Stoddart | 14 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds
Josh Bannan | 12 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists
Will Magnay | 6 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals
Ben Ayre | 3 points, 1 assist, 1/2 3PT
Jed Richardson | 2 points, 1/1 FG