Players
Taran Armstrong
Taran Armstrong
2023 Averages
7.7
PPG
2.7
APG
4.0
RPG
46
FG%
Biography
The Tasmanian product has long been seen as one of the more exciting emerging point guards in Australian basketball and now will begin his professional career in the NBL at the Cairns Taipans.
Having grown up in Burnie, Tasmania, was always a prodigious talent growing up and after being strongly recruited from a host of schools, joined California Baptist University.
Spent the last two seasons with the Lancers where over the course of 59 games, he started all but one of them and produced 10.9 points, 5.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds, showing himself to be an outstanding playmaking point guard.
Along the way he was the first player from Cal Baptist to be named Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and broke the single-game assists record by dishing out 15 dimes against North Dakota in December 2021.
Decided to begin his professional career after those two seasons and was a hot commodity by a host of NBL clubs, but it was Adam Forde and the Taipans who secured the services of the 6'5 point guard, who will now be entrusted to be the starting point guard on a youthful Snakes team.