Kruz Perrott-Hunt

Kruz Ambrose Roger Perrott-Hunt (born 23 November 2000) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Nelson Giants of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He played college basketball for the South Dakota Coyotes.

Early life and career Perrott-Hunt was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended Rosmini College, where he won back-to-back national championships.

Perrott-Hunt joined the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League as a development player for the 2018–19 season. He played one game for the Breakers during the season, making his debut on 21 December 2018 against the Illawarra Hawks. He then joined the Nelson Giants of the New Zealand NBL for the 2019 season, where he averaged 9.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals in 13 games.

In 2022–23, Perrott-Hunt played in all 31 games for the Coyotes and started 30, averaging a team-high 31 minutes per game. He led the team in scoring and ranked 12th in the conference at 14.3 points per game. He had six 20-plus scoring efforts and 23 double-digit scoring outings, becoming a member of the 1,000 point club during the season. He earned All-Summit League honorable mention honours. He initially signed to begin his professional career, but he was released in May to pursue going back to college for a final season. With that possibility not coming to fruition, Perrott-Hunt opted to return to the Tuatara in June. In nine games for the Tuatara, he averaged 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. In 20 games, he averaged 13.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He appeared in seven games for Korihait before joining BC Komarno of the Slovak Basketball League in November 2024. He was cut by Komarno on 4 January 2025 after appearing in eight games.

In February 2025, Perrott-Hunt re-signed with the Tauranga Whai for the 2025 New Zealand NBL season. In 23 games, he averaged 14.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

National team career Perrott-Hunt played for the New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks at the 2017 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship, 2018 FIBA U18 Asian Championship, and 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.

Perrott-Hunt debuted for the senior New Zealand national team, the Tall Blacks, during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers.