Big Australian performances on Nov 24 in NCAAM, led by QLD Roman Siulepa\u2019s 20-point breakout<\/p>\n
A huge day for Australians in NCAA men\u2019s basketball, with Roman Siulepa\u2019s 20 points, Joel Foxwell\u2019s 40-minute line, strong Central Arkansas contributions and Jacob Furphy\u2019s UConn debut leading the November 24, 2025 (AEDT)\u00a0schedule.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Central Arkansas 92 Eastern Washington 65<\/p>\n
Freshmen Harry Beauchamp and Truman Byrne, both from Melbourne, played meaningful rotation minutes in the Bears\u2019 win. Beauchamp provided perimeter energy and composure, scoring five points on 2-of-5 shooting with a three, along with a rebound, an assist and a steal in 18 minutes. Byrne offered frontcourt size and defensive presence, finishing with two points, five rebounds, two blocks and an assist in his own 18-minute stretch, reinforcing Central Arkansas\u2019 interior effort.<\/p>\n
Harry Beauchamp \u2013 Central Arkansas Bears (Fr, G, Melbourne, VIC)<\/p>\n
\u200dMinutes: 18 \u2502 Points: 5 \u2502 Rebounds: 1 \u2502 Assists: 1 \u2502 Steals: 1 \u2502 Blocks: 0 \u2502 Turnovers: 0 \u2502 FG: 2\u20135 \u2502 3PT: 1\u20133 \u2502 FT: 0\u20130 \u2502 Fouls: 0<\/p>\n
Truman Byrne \u2013 Central Arkansas Bears (Fr, F, Melbourne, VIC)<\/p>\n
\u200dMinutes: 18 \u2502 Points: 2 \u2502 Rebounds: 5 \u2502 Assists: 1 \u2502 Steals: 0 \u2502 Blocks: 2 \u2502 Turnovers: 2 \u2502 FG: 1\u20135 \u2502 3PT: 0\u20131 \u2502 FT: 0\u20130 \u2502 Fouls: 4\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Charlotte vs Shaw<\/p>\n
Freshman guard Frank Oguche, from Melbourne, is yet to play for Charlotte this season.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Columbia vs Longwood <\/p>\n
Junior guard Nicolo Romanelli, from Sydney, is yet to play for Columbia this season.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Cal State Fullerton vs Northern Colorado <\/p>\n
Junior Bailey Nunn, from Melbourne, didn’t play for Cal State today.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Portland 66 Northern Colorado 76<\/p>\n
Freshman guard Joel Foxwell and sophomore forward James O\u2019Donnell continued to anchor Portland\u2019s Australian contingent in the Pilots\u2019 76\u201366 loss to St. Thomas\u2013Minnesota. Foxwell logged a full 40-minute workload and delivered an all-round performance, finishing with 11 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and a steal while shooting 5-of-12 from the field. O\u2019Donnell played 16 minutes off the bench, contributing two rebounds and steady interior minutes despite not recording a field-goal attempt.<\/p>\n
Joel Foxwell \u2013 Portland Pilots (Fr, G, Melbourne, VIC)<\/p>\n
\u200dMinutes: 40 \u2502 Points: 11 \u2502 Rebounds: 7 \u2502 Assists: 8 \u2502 Steals: 1 \u2502 Blocks: 0 \u2502 Turnovers: 8 \u2502 FG: 5\u201312 \u2502 3PT: 1\u20133 \u2502 FT: 0\u20130 \u2502 Fouls: 2<\/p>\n
James O\u2019Donnell \u2013 Portland Pilots (So, F, Sydney, NSW)<\/p>\n
\u200dMinutes: 16 \u2502 Points: 0 \u2502 Rebounds: 2 \u2502 Assists: 0 \u2502 Steals: 0 \u2502 Blocks: 0 \u2502 Turnovers: 2 \u2502 FG: 0\u20130 \u2502 3PT: 0\u20130 \u2502 FT: 0\u20130 \u2502 Fouls: 2<\/p>\n
Senior Riley Parker and Sophomore Carlin Briggs didn’t play for Portland today.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Pittsburgh 75 Quinnipiac 83<\/p>\n
Freshman forward Roman Siulepa, from Brisbane, delivered a breakout game in Pittsburgh\u2019s 83\u201375 loss to Quinnipiac at the Skyscanner Legends Classic. Siulepa was outstanding across 37 high-usage minutes, scoring 20 points on an efficient 9-of-12 shooting while adding eight rebounds, four steals, a block and an assist. Despite going 2-of-8 at the free-throw line, the Brisbane-born wing was consistently impactful with his physical drives, rebounding presence and disruptive defensive play.<\/p>\n
Roman Siulepa \u2013 Pittsburgh Panthers (Fr, F, Brisbane, QLD)<\/p>\n
\u200dMinutes: 37 \u2502 Points: 20 \u2502 Rebounds: 8 \u2502 Assists: 1 \u2502 Steals: 4 \u2502 Blocks: 1 \u2502 Turnovers: 1 \u2502 FG: 9\u201312 \u2502 3PT: 0\u20131 \u2502 FT: 2\u20138 \u2502 Fouls: 2<\/p>\n
Freshman Henry Lau didn’t play for Pitt today.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa UConn 72 Bryant 49<\/p>\n
Finally, Jacob Furphy played his first NCAA Men’s Division 1 basketball game for UConn. Furphy has recovered from injury. Freshman Furphy, from Smithton, Tasmania, made his UConn debut with a short but energetic six-minute stint. The 1.98-metre guard scored two points on his lone field-goal attempt and added a steal, a block and a foul. Though limited in minutes, Furphy showed activity on the defensive end and confidence offensively in his first appearance for the Huskies.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Detroit Mercy 75 DePaul 95<\/p>\n
Freshman Xavier Istomin-Monroe, from Sydney, provided strong interior scoring and physical presence in Detroit Mercy\u2019s road loss to DePaul. The 2.16-metre centre logged 15 minutes and scored eight points on an efficient 4-of-6 shooting while adding three rebounds. Though he didn\u2019t record a block or steal, Istomin-Monroe competed on the glass, absorbed contact inside, and showed touch around the rim. He finished with four fouls and one turnover in an assertive rotation performance.<\/p>\n
Xavier Istomin-Monroe \u2013 Detroit Mercy Titans (Fr, C, Sydney, NSW)
Minutes: 15 \u2502 Points: 8 \u2502 Rebounds: 3 \u2502 Assists: 0 \u2502 Steals: 0 \u2502 Blocks: 0 \u2502 Turnovers: 1 \u2502 FG: 4\u20136 \u2502 3PT: 0\u20130 \u2502 FT: 0\u20130 \u2502 Fouls: 4<\/p>\n
Tomorrow \u2014 November 25, 2025\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Bowling Green vs Bucknell (4AM) \u2014 Greg Spurgin (Sr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa East Texas A&M @ Fairleigh Dickinson (4AM) \u2014 Noah Pagotto (Jr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa UC Riverside vs Grambling (7AM) \u2014 Ben Waller (Fr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Oakland vs Lamar (8AM) \u2014 Nate Deer (Sr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa UC San Diego vs Temple (8:30AM) \u2014 Bol Dengdit (Jr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Ohio vs George Mason (10AM) \u2014 Kiir Kuany (So)Eastern Kentucky vs \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Northern Kentucky (11AM) \u2014 Ethan Elliott (Fr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Mississippi State vs New Orleans (11:30AM) \u2014 Achor Achor (Sr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Siena @ Holy Cross (10AM) \u2014 Tasman Goodrick (Jr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Arizona vs Denver (2:30PM) \u2014 Anthony Dell\u2019Orso (Sr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Hawai\u2018i vs Hawai\u2018i Pacific (3:59PM) \u2014 Harry Rouhliadeff (Sr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Missouri State vs Long Island University (12PM) \u2014 Ryder Cheesman (Fr)\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa UTRGV @ Illinois (12PM) \u2014 Marshal Destremau (Jr)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big Australian performances on Nov 24 in NCAAM, led by QLD Roman Siulepa\u2019s 20-point breakout A huge day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-304989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}