Newcastle Knights vs Reading Rockets
14 Dec 2025
Newcastle Knights 95 – 93 Reading Rockets
Game recap
Newcastle Knights edged Reading Rockets 95–93 at home in British Championship Basketball 2025-2026 on 14 Dec 2025. Newcastle Knights trailed 70–66 going into the final quarter before coming back. J Thames led Newcastle Knights with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Jax Bouknight top-scored for Reading Rockets with 22 points.
Player box score
| Player | Team | PTS | REB | AST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Thames | Newcastle Knights | 28 | 6 | 8 |
| Jax Bouknight | Reading Rockets | 22 | 2 | 7 |
| Sam Trunley | Newcastle Knights | 21 | 7 | 4 |
| Victor Olarerin | Reading Rockets | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| Hafeez Abdul | Newcastle Knights | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Messiah Jones | Newcastle Knights | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Malik Bryant | Reading Rockets | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| Eliaz (Zain) Poorman | Reading Rockets | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| Ty Nsangu | Reading Rockets | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Bradley Dean | Newcastle Knights | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| Cooper Creek | Reading Rockets | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| Simon Chamberlain | Reading Rockets | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| La'quarne Sayles | Reading Rockets | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Theo Riley | Newcastle Knights | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Finn Cork | Newcastle Knights | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Soodeen | Newcastle Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Angus | Newcastle Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mekhi Hendry | Newcastle Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Saa | Newcastle Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 |