2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season

2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season
2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season
Head coach	Justin Tatum
Co-captains	Sam Froling; Tyler Harvey
Arena	Wollongong Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	20–9 (69%)
Ladder	1st
Finals finish	Grand Finalist
	Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
Points	Harvey 17.9
Rebounds	Froling 7.3
Assists	Kell 4.1
	All statistics correct as of 8 February 2025.
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season is the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).

Roster

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2024–25 Illawarra Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F	0	Days, Darius (I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	25 – (1999-10-20)20 October 1999
G	1	Harvey, Tyler (I & C)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	31 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993
G/F	2	Lee Hyun-jung (SRP)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 – (2000-10-23)23 October 2000
G	3	Kell, Trey (I)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	28 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996
G	6	Hickey, William	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	26 – (1999-01-18)18 January 1999
G	7	Triplett, Zac (DP)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	23 – (2001-10-19)19 October 2001
G/F	8	Kuany, Kuany (NRP)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	24 – (2000-03-27)27 March 2000
G/F	9	Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	23 – (2001-06-09)9 June 2001
G	10	McDowell-White, Kobe (DP)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	21 – (2004-02-09)9 February 2004
G/F	11	Grida, Daniel	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	26 – (1998-04-26)26 April 1998
F/C	13	Froling, Sam (C)	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	25 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
F/C	19	Yates, Luca (DP)	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	21 – (2004-01-29)29 January 2004
F	21	Blanchfield, Todd	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	33 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991
F	22	Peatling, Mason	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	27 – (1997-03-31)31 March 1997
F	25	Ballinger, Bradley (DP)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		18 – (2006-06-25)25 June 2006
F/C	30	Olbrich, Lachlan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	21 – (2003-12-30)30 December 2003

Head coach

Justin Tatum

Assistant coach(es)

Tom Cranney
Matt Flinn
Sam Gruggen
Joel Khalu

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Alex Moore

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
(SRP) Special restricted player
(NRP) Nominated replacement player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 22 January 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Development
PG	Trey Kell	William Hickey	Kobe McDowell-White
SG	Tyler Harvey	Lee Hyun-jung	Zac Triplett
SF	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk	Todd Blanchfield	Daniel Grida	Bradley Ballinger
PF	Mason Peatling	Darius Days	Kuany Kuany
C	Sam Froling	Lachlan Olbrich	Luca Yates

Standings

Ladder

Pos	2024–25 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Illawarra Hawks	29	20	9	68.97%	4–1	W3	10–4	10–5	2941	2645	111.19%
2	Melbourne United	29	19	10	65.52%	4–1	W4	9–6	10–4	2771	2652	104.49%

3	Perth Wildcats	29	18	11	62.07%	3–2	W3	10–5	8–6	2903	2811	103.27%
4	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	29	16	13	55.17%	2–3	L1	10–4	6–9	2787	2656	104.93%
5	Sydney Kings	29	16	13	55.17%	2–3	L3	7–7	9–6	2630	2557	102.85%
6	Adelaide 36ers	29	13	16	44.83%	2–3	L3	9–6	4–10	2736	2796	97.85%

7	Tasmania JackJumpers	29	13	16	44.83%	1–4	W1	9–5	4–11	2435	2553	95.38%
8	Brisbane Bullets	29	12	17	41.38%	2–3	L1	6–8	6–9	2678	2838	94.36%
9	New Zealand Breakers	29	10	19	34.48%	1–4	L1	6–9	4–10	2485	2650	93.77%
10	Cairns Taipans	29	8	21	27.59%	3–2	L1	4–11	4–10	2561	2769	92.49%

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2025. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Ladder progression

	Leader and qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to play-in
	Last place

2024–25 NBL season
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Adelaide 36ers	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6
Brisbane Bullets	6	10	9	9	7	8	7	8	7	9	8	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Cairns Taipans	10	7	4	6	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Illawarra Hawks	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Melbourne United	2	3	5	3	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
New Zealand Breakers	5	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Perth Wildcats	4	5	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	6	5	4	3	4	5	3	3
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	7	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Sydney Kings	3	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	5	5
Tasmania JackJumpers	9	6	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	8	7	5	4	3	6	6	6	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2025. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

Pre-season

2024 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)

September: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	8 September	@ S.E. Melbourne	W 93–112	William Hickey (20)	Lee, Olbrich (5)	Harvey, Hickey (4)	Carrara Indoor Stadium n/a	1–0
2	10 September	Perth	L 93–98	Tyler Harvey (16)	Days, Hickey (7)	Trey Kell (5)	Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a	1–1
3	12 September	@ Melbourne	L 106–100	three players (22)	Darius Days (10)	William Hickey (7)	Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a	1–2

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Road: 10–5)

September: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	21 September	@ Cairns	W 75–102	Darius Days (20)	Darius Days (12)	Trey Kell (4)	Perth Superdrome 2,878	1–0
2	27 September	Brisbane	W 113–101	Trey Kell (30)	Lachlan Olbrich (8)	Lachlan Olbrich (5)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,542	2–0
3	29 September	@ Sydney	W 89–96	Tyler Harvey (21)	Sam Froling (11)	William Hickey (4)	Sydney SuperDome 11,438	3–0

October: 3–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	5 October	Adelaide	L 100–102	Trey Kell (29)	Darius Days (11)	Trey Kell (4)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,770	3–1
5	12 October	Tasmania	W 109–76	Sam Froling (21)	Darius Days (9)	Tyler Harvey (4)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,885	4–1
6	19 October	@ Cairns	W 75–87	Tyler Harvey (20)	Sam Froling (8)	Trey Kell (7)	Cairns Convention Centre 4,362	5–1
7	24 October	Melbourne	L 87–92	William Hickey (17)	Darius Days (8)	William Hickey (6)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,558	5–2
8	26 October	@ S.E. Melbourne	W 82–88	Tyler Harvey (22)	Darius Days (7)	Sam Froling (7)	John Cain Arena 7,428	6–2

November: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	1 November	@ Perth	L 113–105	Tyler Harvey (25)	Darius Days (8)	Hyun-jung Lee (5)	Perth Arena 10,421	6–3
10	10 November	@ Adelaide	L 93–79	Trey Kell (18)	Darius Days (8)	Lachlan Olbrich (4)	Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,423	6–4
11	16 November	Sydney	W 86–79	Trey Kell (19)	three players (6)	Trey Kell (5)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,321	7–4
12	28 November	New Zealand	W 109–71	Lachlan Olbrich (21)	three players (7)	Tyler Harvey (5)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,774	8–4
13	30 November	@ S.E. Melbourne	L 103–100	Tyler Harvey (19)	Days, Peatling (9)	Tyler Harvey (5)	John Cain Arena 6,040	8–5

December: 5–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 4–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	6 December	@ Perth	W 111–121	Trey Kell (26)	Darius Days (11)	Tyler Harvey (6)	Perth Arena 11,296	9–5
15	13 December	@ Melbourne	W 93–106	Tyler Harvey (31)	Sam Froling (11)	Tyler Harvey (4)	John Cain Arena 7,692	10–5
16	22 December	Perth	W 120–88	Trey Kell (31)	Sam Froling (6)	Trey Kell (5)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,462	11–5
17	25 December	@ Sydney	W 108–111	Trey Kell (26)	Hyun-jung Lee (8)	Trey Kell (8)	Sydney SuperDome 8,589	12–5
18	27 December	@ Brisbane	W 84–102	Trey Kell (18)	Sam Froling (12)	Hickey, Kell (4)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 6,405	13–5
19	31 December	S.E. Melbourne	L 105–110	Tyler Harvey (20)	Sam Froling (10)	William Hickey (4)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,487	13–6

January: 5–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	3 January	Cairns	L 105–108	Tyler Harvey (23)	Trey Kell (9)	Kell, Hickey (6)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,087	13–7
21	7 January	Tasmania	W 89–84	Trey Kell (19)	Trey Kell (7)	three players (4)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,551	14–7
22	11 January	New Zealand	W 108–100	Trey Kell (31)	three players (6)	Lachlan Olbrich (6)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,562	15–7
23	13 January	@ Adelaide	L 91–88	Sam Froling (35)	Sam Froling (13)	Tyler Harvey (6)	Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,475	15–8
24	18 January	Melbourne	W 117–95	Trey Kell (23)	Sam Froling (10)	Tyler Harvey (9)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,021	16–8
25	20 January	Brisbane	W 121–87	Sam Froling (17)	three players (7)	Trey Kell (11)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,358	17–8
26	23 January	@ Cairns	L 100–94	Blanchfield, Harvey (17)	William Hickey (8)	William Hickey (5)	Cairns Convention Centre 3,845	17–9
27	30 January	@ Tasmania	W 78–102	Sam Froling (18)	Sam Froling (7)	Tyler Harvey (5)	Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340	18–9

February: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
28	5 February	@ New Zealand	W 82–96	Tyler Harvey (29)	Mason Peatling (7)	William Hickey (9)	Spark Arena 6,223	19–9
29	7 February	Sydney	W 95–75	Harvey, Lee (15)	Sam Froling (11)	William Hickey (8)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,460	20–9

2024–25 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Tyler Harvey	9 May 2024	3-year deal (club option)	^[1]
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk	27 July 2024	3-year deal	^[2]
William Hickey	23 October 2024	3-year deal	^[3]

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former team	Ref.
Trey Kell	29 June 2024	1-year deal	Adelaide 36ers	^[4]
Darius Days	3 September 2024	1-year deal	Winnipeg Sea Bears	^[5]
Kobe McDowell-White	9 October 2024	2-year deal (club option)	Sunshine Coast Phoenix	^[6]
Kuany Kuany	8 November 2024	1-year deal (NRP)	VCU Rams	^[7]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date Left	New team	Ref.
AJ Johnson	NBA draft	26 June 2024	Milwaukee Bucks	^[8]
Justin Robinson	Free agent	22 July 2024	Trapani Shark	^[9]
Gary Clark	Free agent	6 August 2024	Yokohama B-Corsairs	^[10]
Kyle Adnam	Free agent	7 August 2024	Cairns Taipans	^[11]
Biwali Bayles	Free agent	19 August 2024	BBC Nyon	^[12]

Awards

Club awards

Club MVP:
Community Award:
Defensive Player:
Members Award:
Club Person of the Year:
Volunteer of the Year:
Player's Player Award:

References

^ "Tyler Harvey agrees to multi-year deal to stay with Hawks". ESPN.com.au. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ "Wani Swaka Lo Buluk has signed a three-year contract extension with the Illawarra Hawks". ESPN.com.au. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "The Illawarra Hawks have re-signed Davo Hickey on a three-year deal". NBL.com.au. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ "Hawks sign import guard Trey Kell III". ESPN.com.au. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ "Hawks Secure the Final Piece of the Puzzle with Star Import". 3 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Hawks add final exciting piece". NBL.com.au. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
^ "Kuany Kuany to represent South Sudan in the Afrobasket 2025 Qualfiers". Hawks.com.au. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
^ "Milwaukee Bucks Select AJ Johnson With 23rd Pick In 2024 NBA Draft". NBA.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Ecco Justin Robinson". trapanishark.it (in Italian). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ "Gary Clark ex Illawarra joins B Corsairs". Asiabasket. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Veteran scorer completes Cairns roster". NBL.com.au. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
^ "BBC Nyon inks two more players". eurobasket. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Tyler Harvey agrees to multi-year deal to stay with Hawks". ESPN.com.au. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[2] "Wani Swaka Lo Buluk has signed a three-year contract extension with the Illawarra Hawks". ESPN.com.au. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[3] "The Illawarra Hawks have re-signed Davo Hickey on a three-year deal". NBL.com.au. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[4] "Hawks sign import guard Trey Kell III". ESPN.com.au. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[5] "Hawks Secure the Final Piece of the Puzzle with Star Import". 3 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[6] "Hawks add final exciting piece". NBL.com.au. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

[7] "Kuany Kuany to represent South Sudan in the Afrobasket 2025 Qualfiers". Hawks.com.au. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

[8] "Milwaukee Bucks Select AJ Johnson With 23rd Pick In 2024 NBA Draft". NBA.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[9] "Ecco Justin Robinson". trapanishark.it (in Italian). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[10] "Gary Clark ex Illawarra joins B Corsairs". Asiabasket. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[11] "Veteran scorer completes Cairns roster". NBL.com.au. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[12] "BBC Nyon inks two more players". eurobasket. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

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