2022–23 Illawarra Hawks season

2022–23 Illawarra Hawks season
2022–23 Illawarra Hawks season
Head coach	Jacob Jackomas
Co-captains	Sam Froling; Tyler Harvey
Arena	Wollongong Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	3–25 (10.7%)
Ladder	10th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
Points	Harvey 18.9
Rebounds	Froling 8.0
Assists	Siva 6.3
	All statistics correct as of 4 February 2023.
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Illawarra Hawks season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their first under the leadership of their new head coach Jacob Jackomas.^[1]^[2]

Roster

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2022–23 Illawarra Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	1	Harvey, Tyler (C & I)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	31 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993
G	3	Robinson, Justin (IN)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	27 – (1997-08-12)12 August 1997
G	6	Hickey, William	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	25 – (1999-01-18)18 January 1999
G	7	Dent, Lachlan	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000
G	8	Siva, Peyton (I)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	34 – (1990-10-24)24 October 1990
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	White, Kevin	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	37 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
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)	24 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
G	15	Mudronja, Alex	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	25 – (1999-09-03)3 September 1999
F	22	Coenraad, Tim	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	39 – (1985-06-05)5 June 1985
G	23	Frazier II, Michael (I)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	30 – (1994-03-08)8 March 1994
F	28	Morris, Harry (DP)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	22 – (2002-07-10)10 July 2002
F	47	Gak, Akoldah	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	22 – (2002-07-12)12 July 2002
F	77	Deng, Deng	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	32 – (1992-01-05)5 January 1992
F	94	King, George (IN)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	30 – (1994-01-15)15 January 1994

Head coach

Jacob Jackomas

Assistant coach(es)

Lachlan Lonergan
Paul Mellett
Shaun Roger

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Alex Moore

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(IN) Inactive
(I) Import player
(SRP) Special restricted player
(NS) Next Star player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 26 January 2023

Standings

Ladder

Pos	2022–23 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Sydney Kings	28	19	9	67.86%	2–3	L2	10–4	9–5	2679	2468	108.55%
2	New Zealand Breakers	28	18	10	64.29%	5–0	W5	7–7	11–3	2423	2246	107.88%

3	Cairns Taipans	28	18	10	64.29%	2–3	W1	8–6	10–4	2455	2376	103.32%
4	Tasmania JackJumpers	28	16	12	57.14%	3–2	W2	7–7	9–5	2385	2305	103.47%
5	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	28	15	13	53.57%	3–2	L1	11–3	4–10	2553	2512	101.63%
6	Perth Wildcats	28	15	13	53.57%	2–3	W1	9–5	6–8	2580	2568	100.47%

7	Melbourne United	28	15	13	53.57%	4–1	W1	8–6	7–7	2434	2424	100.41%
8	Adelaide 36ers	28	13	15	46.43%	2–3	L1	8–6	5–9	2546	2597	98.04%
9	Brisbane Bullets	28	8	20	28.57%	2–3	L3	4–10	4–10	2365	2600	90.96%
10	Illawarra Hawks	28	3	25	10.71%	1–4	L4	2–12	1–13	2261	2585	87.47%

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2023. 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 games
	Last place

2022–23 NBL season
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Adelaide 36ers	—	—	7	4	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	8	8	8	8
Brisbane Bullets	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Cairns Taipans	1	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3
Illawarra Hawks	7	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Melbourne United	5	5	6	8	6	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7
New Zealand Breakers	6	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Perth Wildcats	2	1	2	5	7	7	5	7	7	6	5	6	5	7	5	5	5	6
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	4	7	8	7	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	6	7	6	6	5
Sydney Kings	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tasmania JackJumpers	8	8	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2023. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

Pre-season

2022 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

September: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	3 September	UC Riverside Highlanders	L 87–94	Tyler Harvey (24)	Sam Froling (7)	Harvey, Robinson (3)	Snakepit 1,500	0–1
2	10 September	@ New Zealand	L 71–68 (OT)	Justin Robinson (26)	Deng Deng (15)	Sam Froling (3)	The Stockyard 600	0–2

NBL Blitz

2022 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 2–1 (Home:1–1; Road: 1–0)

September: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	18 September	Melbourne	W 81–68	Froling, Robinson (14)	Sam Froling (8)	Justin Robinson (8)	Darwin Basketball Facility 922	1–0
2	20 September	@ New Zealand	W 81–85	Tyler Harvey (27)	Sam Froling (7)	Justin Robinson (8)	Darwin Basketball Facility 660	2–0
3	22 September	Adelaide	L 77–84	George King (20)	Deng, King (8)	Harvey, White (4)	Darwin Basketball Facility 912	2–1

Regular season

2022–23 game log
Total: 3–25 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–13)

October: 1–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	1 October	Sydney	L 97–106	Lachlan Dent (19)	Sam Froling (10)	Justin Robinson (8)	WIN Entertainment Centre 4,008	0–1
2	6 October	S.E. Melbourne	W 85–72	Tyler Harvey (22)	Sam Froling (9)	Lachlan Dent (5)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,806	1–1
3	8 October	@ Perth	L 77–71	George King (25)	Deng Deng (12)	Tyler Harvey (5)	RAC Arena 10,816	1–2
4	15 October	@ Adelaide	L 90–80	Deng Deng (18)	George King (9)	Deng, Dent, Harvey (3)	Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,143	1–3
5	17 October	New Zealand	L 62–88	Tyler Harvey (12)	George King (8)	Lachlan Dent (4)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,208	1–4
6	24 October	Brisbane	L 56–82	Tyler Harvey (13)	Dent, Froling, Mathiang (6)	Lachlan Dent (4)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,011	1–5
7	27 October	@ Brisbane	L 86–61	Deng Deng (11)	Sam Froling (12)	Peyton Siva (5)	Nissan Arena 2,583	1–6
8	29 October	Melbourne	L 100–106 (2OT)	Sam Froling (27)	Sam Froling (15)	Peyton Siva (11)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,139	1–7

November: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	3 November	Adelaide	L 80–96	Tyler Harvey (25)	Sam Froling (11)	Peyton Siva (10)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,118	1–8
10	20 November	@ Sydney	L 83–82	Tyler Harvey (32)	Deng Deng (9)	Dent, Froling, Hickey (3)	Qudos Bank Arena 11,032	1–9
11	27 November	@ S.E. Melbourne	L 112–78	Frazier, Harvey (17)	Sam Froling (7)	Harvey, Siva (3)	John Cain Arena 5,099	1–10

December: 1–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
12	5 December	Melbourne	W 93–79	Sam Froling (29)	Deng, Froling (9)	Siva (7)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,248	2–10
13	8 December	@ S.E. Melbourne	L 111–72	Michael Frazier II (20)	Mangok Mathiang (6)	Peyton Siva (3)	John Cain Arena 2,918	2–11
14	10 December	@ Cairns	L 102–101 (2OT)	Michael Frazier II (26)	Deng Deng (13)	Peyton Siva (8)	Cairns Convention Centre 3,607	2–12
15	16 December	Sydney	L 79–86	Tyler Harvey (19)	Mangok Mathiang (8)	Peyton Siva (6)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,288	2–13
16	18 December	@ Melbourne	L 88–77	Michael Frazier II (27)	Deng, Froling, Harvey (6)	Peyton Siva (4)	John Cain Arena 6,806	2–14
17	22 December	@ Tasmania	L 87–60	Sam Froling (19)	Sam Froling (8)	Peyton Siva (9)	MyState Bank Arena 4,269	2–15
18	31 December	Perth	L 97–107	Tyler Harvey (28)	Sam Froling (13)	Froling, Siva (3)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,776	2–16

January: 1–7 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
19	2 January	Cairns	L 89–96	Sam Froling (25)	Sam Froling (13)	Sam Froling (5)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,718	2–17
20	6 January	@ Adelaide	L 103–95	Tyler Harvey (22)	Sam Froling (10)	Deng Deng (3)	Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,308	2–18
21	10 January	Tasmania	L 89–92	Tyler Harvey (22)	Sam Froling (8)	Sam Froling (8)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,846	2–19
22	13 January	@ Cairns	L 89–84	Tyler Harvey (25)	Deng, Mathiang (8)	Tyler Harvey (5)	Cairns Convention Centre 4,063	2–20
23	15 January	@ Sydney	L 84–79	Tyler Harvey (24)	Deng, Froling (9)	Sam Froling (5)	Qudos Bank Arena 12,986	2–21
24	19 January	@ New Zealand	W 76–78	Tyler Harvey (25)	Daniel Grida (7)	Will Hickey (4)	Spark Arena 3,967	3–21
25	21 January	Brisbane	L 86–103	Tyler Harvey (22)	Deng, Mathiang (6)	Dent, Froling (3)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,503	3–22
26	27 January	@ Perth	L 106–86	Tyler Harvey (23)	Sam Froling (10)	Will Hickey (5)	RAC Arena 12,521	3–23

February: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
27	2 February	New Zealand	L 81–91	Tyler Harvey (22)	Froling, Gak, Hickey (6)	Sam Froling (5)	WIN Entertainment Centre 2,039	3–24
28	4 February	Tasmania	L 63–87	Tyler Harvey (13)	Froling, Grida (7)	Lachlan Dent (2)	WIN Entertainment Centre 3,511	3–25

2022–23 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Sam Froling^[3]	25 February
Daniel Grida^[4]	17 March
Lachlan Dent^[5]	26 July
Tim Coenraad^[6]	18 September

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk^[7]	20 May	Sydney Kings
Deng Deng^[8]	1 June	Brisbane Bullets
Mangok Mathiang^[9]	29 July	Casey Cavaliers
George King^[10]	8 August	Ontario Clippers
Justin Robinson^[11]	10 August	Detroit Pistons
William Hickey^[12]	31 August	Melbourne United
Harry Morris^[13]	31 August	Illawarra Hawks (NBL1)
Kevin White^[14]	17 September	Perth Wildcats
Peyton Siva^[15]	19 October	New Zealand Breakers
Michael Frazier II^[16]	21 November	Perth Wildcats

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Harry Froling^[17]	Free agent	Brisbane Bullets
Antonius Cleveland^[18]	Free agent	Adelaide 36ers
Emmett Naar^[19]	Free agent	Heroes Den Bosch
Xavier Rathan-Mayes^[20]	Free agent	Melbourne United
Andrew Ogilvy^[21]	Retired	N/A
Mangok Mathiang^[22]	Mutual release	N/A

Awards

Club awards

Community Award: Daniel Grida
Defensive Player: Wani Swaka Lo Buluk
Members Award: Tyler Harvey
Club Person of the Year: Alex Moore
Volunteer of the Year: Carl Stanbridge
Player's Player Award: Akoldah Gak
Club MVP: Sam Froling^[23]

References

^ "Jackomas takes over Hawks reigns from mentor Goorjian". NBL.com.au. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Goorjian steps down as Illawarrra Hawks coach". ESPN.com.au. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Sam Froling Signs New Three Year Deal With Illawarra". nbl.com.au. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Grida inks new two-year deal with Hawks". hawks.com.au. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Illawarra Local Lachlan Dent re-signs with the Hawks". hawks.com.au. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Hawks add Depth with Coenraad". Hawks.com.au. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "Defensive dynamo Swaka Lo Buluk signs with Hawks". Hawks.com.au. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
^ "Deng Deng returns to Hawks' nest". Hawks.com.au. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Mathiang Signs with Hawks". NBL.com.au | NBL. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Hawks sign American Forward George King". Hawks.com.au. August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
^ "Hawks Welcome Emerging Point Guard". NBL.com.au. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Hawks add Hickey and Morris as Development Player Signings". Hawks.com.au. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ "Hawks Announce Two Signings". NBL.com.au | NBL. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ "Hawks Gain Valuable Experience". NBL.com.au. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "The Hawks Swoop on Siva". Hawks.com.au. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ "Frazier II Answers the Hawks Call". Hawks.com.au. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Harry Froling returns to Brisbane in NBL23". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ "Adelaide 36ers sign Antonius Cleveland". Adelaide36ers.com. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ "Emmett Naar nieuwe point-guard Heroes Den Bosch". HeroesDenBosch.com (in Dutch). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "United sign former Hawks, NBA guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
^ "Ogilvy Calls Time on Career". NBL.com.au | NBL. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Hawks Favourite Set to Depart". NBL.com.au | NBL. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ @illawarrahawks (10 February 2023). "And your 2022/23 MVP is... SAM FROLING!". Retrieved 11 February 2023 – via Instagram.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Jackomas takes over Hawks reigns from mentor Goorjian". NBL.com.au. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[2] "Goorjian steps down as Illawarrra Hawks coach". ESPN.com.au. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[3] "Sam Froling Signs New Three Year Deal With Illawarra". nbl.com.au. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[4] "Grida inks new two-year deal with Hawks". hawks.com.au. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[5] "Illawarra Local Lachlan Dent re-signs with the Hawks". hawks.com.au. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[6] "Hawks add Depth with Coenraad". Hawks.com.au. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[7] "Defensive dynamo Swaka Lo Buluk signs with Hawks". Hawks.com.au. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[8] "Deng Deng returns to Hawks' nest". Hawks.com.au. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[9] "Mathiang Signs with Hawks". NBL.com.au | NBL. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[10] "Hawks sign American Forward George King". Hawks.com.au. August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

[11] "Hawks Welcome Emerging Point Guard". NBL.com.au. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[12] "Hawks add Hickey and Morris as Development Player Signings". Hawks.com.au. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[13] "Hawks Announce Two Signings". NBL.com.au | NBL. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[14] "Hawks Gain Valuable Experience". NBL.com.au. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[15] "The Hawks Swoop on Siva". Hawks.com.au. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

[16] "Frazier II Answers the Hawks Call". Hawks.com.au. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[17] "Harry Froling returns to Brisbane in NBL23". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[18] "Adelaide 36ers sign Antonius Cleveland". Adelaide36ers.com. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[19] "Emmett Naar nieuwe point-guard Heroes Den Bosch". HeroesDenBosch.com (in Dutch). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[20] "United sign former Hawks, NBA guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

[21] "Ogilvy Calls Time on Career". NBL.com.au | NBL. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[22] "Hawks Favourite Set to Depart". NBL.com.au | NBL. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[23] @illawarrahawks (10 February 2023). "And your 2022/23 MVP is... SAM FROLING!". Retrieved 11 February 2023 – via Instagram.

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