Joe Cook-Green breaks all-time scoring record

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2023 NBL1 West First-Team member Joe Cook-Green has broken the all-time single-game scoring record for both women’s and men’s with 54 points last weekend. 

In the double-overtime loss last Friday, Cook-Green shot 58 percent from the field and dished out six assists in 50 minutes for the Eastern Suns. 

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This season the NBL1 North’s Jason Cadee broke the men’s record with 52 points, with Ky Stattman quickly tying the record a few weeks later. 

Nicole Munger scored 53 points last season and holds the record for the women’s division. 

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NBL1 West expert Greg Hire has glowingly spoken on the 26-year-old’s season and said his scoring outburst may have helped him make that NBL leap. 

“I reckon Joe Cook-Green has done himself a lot of favours in terms of auditioning for the NBL,” Hire said on The NBL1 Show.

“He’s been compared to a Marshall Nelson and obviously he’s had an opportunity at the NBL level. But I am a massive fan of his.” 

The NBL1 Conference Finals continue this weekend, streaming Live & Free via NBL1.com.au, NBL1 App and Kayo Freebies.