Robert Scrigni

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 1/05/62
Place of Birth: Melbourne (VIC)
Position: G/F
Height (CM): 193
Weight (KG): #N/A
Junior Assoc: VIC - Nunawading
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 23/03/80
AGE AT DEBUT: 17
LAST NBL GAME: 2/05/87
AGE AT LAST GAME: 25
NBL History: Nunawading 1980-85 | West Sydney 1986-87
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Robert Scrigni was born in Melbourne (VIC) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Nunawading basketball program.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Robert Scrigni made his NBL debut with the Nunawading Spectres at 17 years of age. He scored two points in his first game.

Robert Scrigni played eight seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Nunawading Spectres and the West Sydney Westars. He averaged 11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 158 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1987	25	West Sydney	8-18 (11)	3	100.0	38	7	2	4	3	4	1	2	12	15	35	43%	4	9	44%	4	6	67%	50%	49%	16
1986	24	West Sydney	15-12 (4)	27	0.0	454	137	91	49	88	45	10	66	104	181	364	50%	32	87	37%	60	81	74%	56%	54%	36
1985	23	Nunawading	19-7 (3)	27	0.0	365	116	97	49	67	65	17	71	85	136	296	46%	22	56	39%	71	101	70%	53%	50%	32
1984	22	Nunawading	14-9 (7)	25	0.0	440	145	67	59	86	50	30	55	85	178	346	51%	13	35	37%	71	98	72%	56%	53%	32
1983	21	Nunawading	15-7 (5)	26	0.0	252	85	56	43	42	27	12	34	89	111	192	58%	0	0	0%	30	45	67%	59%	58%	20
1982	20	Nunawading	19-7 (3)	27	0.0	204	63	21	29	34	0	0	23	44	82	190	43%	0	0	0%	40	64	63%	46%	43%	17
1981	19	Nunawading	13-9 (4)	16	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11	23	48%	0	0	0%	7	9	78%	53%	48%	8
1980	18	Nunawading	14-9 (4)	7	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	50%	0	0	0%	2	2	100%	56%	0%	6
Totals				158	100	1792	553	334	233	320	191	70	251	428	718	1454	49.4%	71	187	38.0%	285	406	70.2%	55%	52%	36

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1987	25	West Sydney	8-18 (11)	3	33.3	12.7	2.3	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	4.0	5.0	11.7	43%	1.3	3.0	44%	1.3	2.0	67%	50%	49%	16
1986	24	West Sydney	15-12 (4)	27	0.0	16.8	5.1	3.4	1.8	3.3	1.7	0.4	2.4	3.9	6.7	13.5	50%	1.2	3.2	37%	2.2	3.0	74%	56%	54%	36
1985	23	Nunawading	19-7 (3)	27	0.0	13.5	4.3	3.6	1.8	2.5	2.4	0.6	2.6	3.1	5.0	11.0	46%	0.8	2.1	39%	2.6	3.7	70%	53%	50%	32
1984	22	Nunawading	14-9 (7)	25	0.0	17.6	5.8	2.7	2.4	3.4	2.0	1.2	2.2	3.4	7.1	13.8	51%	0.5	1.4	37%	2.8	3.9	72%	56%	53%	32
1983	21	Nunawading	15-7 (5)	26	0.0	9.7	3.3	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.3	3.4	4.3	7.4	58%	0.0	0.0	0%	1.2	1.7	67%	59.1%	58%	20
1982	20	Nunawading	19-7 (3)	27	0.0	7.6	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	43%	0.0	0.0	0%	1.5	2.4	63%	46.3%	43%	17
1981	19	Nunawading	13-9 (4)	16	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.4	48%	0.0	0.0	0%	0.4	0.6	78%	53.2%	48%	8
1980	18	Nunawading	14-9 (4)	7	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.1	50%	0.0	0.0	0%	0.3	0.3	100%	55.9%	0%	6
Total				158	0.6	11.3	3.5	2.1	1.5	2.0	1.2	0.4	1.6	2.7	4.5	9.2	49.4%	0.0	0.0	38.0%	0.4	1.2	70.2%	55%	52%	36

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
36	14	9	7	4	7	0

FIBA EXPERIENCE

Scringi represented Australia in the 1982 World Championships in Colombia. The squad, which was in the middle of a rebuilding phase, featured a number of first-time Boomers which included Scringi, Brad Dalton, Wayne Carroll, Ray Borner, Mark Gaze and Damian Keogh. Ian Davies was the teams leading scorer, finishing with the second most total points in the tournament (187), at a average of 23.4 per game. During that time the Boomers would generally fail to reach the medal rounds, finishing in fifth place with a record of 4-4. It was the teams best result at a major FIBA tournament to date.

FIBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
1982	20	5	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	5	20.0%
Total		5	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	1	5	20%

FIBA PER GAME STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
1982	20	5	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.2	1.0	20.0%
Total		5	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	0.2	1.0	20%

LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL

Robert Scrigni died by suicide on May 4, 1987, just three days after his 25th birthday. He was found deceased in his car at Sorrento Beach, south-east of Melbourne. Reports from the time, including The Sydney Morning Herald (May 9, 1987), stated that a hose was connected from the exhaust pipe into the cabin, indicating carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause. Scrigni had been suffering from depression, according to media coverage following his death.

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