Players
Ben Henshall
Ben Henshall
2024 Averages
10.0
PPG
3.1
APG
2.9
RPG
41
FG%
Biography
Made a stunning debut with 24 points with his hometown Perth Wildcats with the impressive scoring guard then having spot minutes the rest of NBL24 and comes into a second season after a tremendous NZ NBL campaign.
The 20-year-old was always a talent with enormous potential growing up in Perth and started to shine on the national stage when leading Western Australia to an under-18 championship in 2021 before being the WABL Player of the Year with the Cockburn Cougars.
Finished the 2021 season playing in the NBL1 West with Cockburn before moving to the Centre of Excellence and spending two seasons there to continue his development.
Led WA to another national championship in 2023 and had a standout NBL1 East season with the Centre of Excellence as captain taking them to a 20-2 regular season record with 18.1 points, 5.0 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.9 steals.
Then joined the Wildcats for NBL24 and his debut appearance saw him score 24 points in 25 minutes against the South East Melbourne Phoenix, but only played a total of 82 minutes across the rest of the season.
On the back of that, played in the NZ NBL at the Otago Nuggets with 19.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists in over 34 minutes a game ahead of a second NBL season with the 'Cats.