North Spotlight | Logan flex with another Bruce triple double

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Shaun Bruce had another triple double with Zac Triplett, Hunter Marks and Cal Dalton all along for the ride in Logan Thunder's 117-92 NBL1 North win over a Rockhampton Rockets team starting their road triple weekend.

Logan were back home at Bendigo Bank Cornubia Park Sports Centre attempting to rebound from last week's loss to the Sunshine Coast Phoenix while Rockhampton arrived for their first of three games this weekend after going down at home to the Northside Wizards.

Logan then went on to be leading by 10 points at both quarter and half-time, and they could never quite fully shake Rockhampton to three quarter-time even with Bruce already up to a triple double and 19 points each to Marks and Triplett.

But in the last quarter the Thunder asserted their dominance with 28 points to 16 on the way to the 25-point win to improve to 6-2 on the season with Rockhampton now 2-6 with two road matches this weekend to go.

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Logan ended the night shooting 52 per cent from the field to 41 from Rockhampton while making 15/37 from downtown to 10/30 while pulling down 16 offensive rebounds to 10.

Six Thunder players all ended up scoring in double figures and while he didn’t top score, Shaun Bruce controlled the evening with 17 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds.

Zac Triplett did top score with 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists with Hunter Marks adding 21 points, 10 boards, two assists and two blocks, and Cal Dalton 17 points and 12 rebounds on 7/11 field goal shooting.

Tom Howard added 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists, Tane Kirisome 10 points, and Tyrone Fui nine points and three assists.

Isaac Ayoubi top scored for the Rockets with 26 points, four assists and three rebounds with 6/9 three-point shooting while Jalen Graham added 23 points, eight boards, two assists and two steals.

Junior Madut also had 13 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, Treauhn Williams 10 points, five boards and two assists, and Keahn Tuakura eight points, six rebounds and three assists.

Logan were back home attempting to bounce back from a loss to the Sunshine Coast Phoenix while Rockhampton were starting their road triple coming off a home defeat to the Northside Wizards.

It was then a flying start from the Thunder with 32 points to 22 in the first quarter which included them leading by 18 along the way thanks to shooting 13/22 from the field to just 8/20 from the Rockets.

Shaun Bruce already had six assists for Logan with Hunter Marks scoring 11 points, Zac Triplett and Cal Dalton seven after just the first 10 minutes.

That lead for Logan was back out to 19 points in the second quarter and they were still on top 59-49 by half-time on the back of shooting 51 per cent to 43 while pulling down 10 offensive rebounds to six.

Bruce had 10 points, six rebounds and six assists by the half with Marks up to 19 points and nine rebounds while Isaac Ayoubi had scored 14 points for Rockhampton and Jalen Graham 14.

The two teams then combined for 56 points in the third quarter with Logan scoring 30 of those on 12/22 shooting with 4/6 from downtown and with Triplett putting up eight of those with Bruce having another six assists to already have a triple double.

Rockhampton did have 27 points with 11/27 shooting while Ayoubi had another 12 points and Graham nine, but the Thunder were still on top 13 by three quarter-time.

Logan then rammed home their advantage with 28 points to 16 in the last quarter on the way to the 25-point victory on their home floor.

Logan now won't be back in action again until next Saturday night on the road to the Southern Districts Spartans while Rockhampton's road trip continues against the South West Metro Pirates on Saturday and then the Ipswich Force on Sunday.

NBL1 NORTH 2026 SEASON | ROUND 8

LOGAN THUNDER 117 (Triplett 24, Marks 21, Bruce 17, Dalton 17)

ROCKHAMPTON ROCKETS 92 (Ayoubi 26, Graham 23, Madut 13)