NBL1 Player of the Week Wrap: March 21

Each week thanks to Footlocker, the NBL1 awards a male and female player from each conference the Footlocker Player of the Week Award, including a $200 voucher to basketball players' favourite store to buy sneakers. 

Check out each conference’s winners below: 

NBL1 East 

Maitland Mustangs: Willliam Cranston-Lown

In back-to-back games, William Cranston-Lown was outstanding. Knocking off the reigning champion Canberra Gunners by five points with a 37-point performance on Saturday and following that up with 23 points, five rebounds and five assists in an overtime loss to the undefeated Centre of Excellence on Sunday. 

With a killer Round 2 average of 30 points, 3.5 rebounds and four steals, Cranston-Lown was far and away the men’s pick for the Foot Locker Player of the Week. 

See their full highlights from Saturday & Sunday below: 

Sydney Comets: Vanessa Panousis

In the Comets’ two straight wins this season, Panousis has been the team’s top-scoring gun. In their 31-point win on Saturday against the Hills Hornets, the WNBL veteran scored 32 with seven rebounds and six assists. 

See their full highlights from Saturday below: 

The Comets will host the Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Spiders in the NBL1 East Game of the Week, streaming Live & Free on Kayo Freebies from 5:30pm on Saturday here.