Ogilvy was almost unstoppable shortly after the break as he scored 16 of his season high 36 points in the third quarter.

He also added 11 rebounds during Illawarra’s 96-88 victory at home on Friday night. 

It sees him sit fifth in the league for scoring with 19.8 points per game and third in rebounding with 9.4 per contest.

Excluding Josh Childress, who only managed one match before succumbing to injury, Ogilvy’s points haul is more than any other big man. 

But the 27-year-old wasn’t willing to brand himself the league’s best.

‘‘I don’t think it at all,” Ogilvy said.

‘‘I think there is a lot of good big guys in the league, but like Bevo said, I am just happy to be part of the team.

“I am happy to be out there playing basketball and if we get a win, we get a win. 

‘‘I don’t need personal accolades.’’

Friday’s performance was Ogilvy’s fourth double-double of the campaign so far.

The scoring burst outdid his previous best of 28 points and 13 rebounds against Townsville earlier in his return season to the NBL.

‘‘Of course I am going to be happy with a game like that,” Ogilvy said.

‘‘It doesn’t happen very often and the guys found me in a lot of positions where I was able to make easy shots.

“The credit goes to my teammates.

“Of course I am pretty happy with a game like that but I am happy that we won.

‘‘It wouldn’t mean anything if I had that my points and we lost.’’

While Ogilvy was dominant inside, the Hawks also had their eye in from range in the third quarter.

As a team they shot 6/7 from beyond the arc for the period.

Coach Rob Beveridge felt the Hawks were still learning what is the right mix for their inside-outside game.

‘‘This is where we are trying to work out where we are good,” he said.

“At times we just blaze way too much at the perimeter.

“Sometimes we have to get the ball inside to AJ.

“He doesn’t always go one-on-one. He is a great passed and we got a lot of his points through second efforts, tip ins and rebounding.

“He is a pretty tough match-up inside but he is a fair player.

“He is not a hog and it is going to make it better for the perimeter players.”

The win was also the first time the Hawks have won the rebound count this season.

Illawarra claimed 36 to Cairns 33 boards.

“It is the first time we did a really good rebounding,” Beveridge said.

“The fourth quarter we didn’t but overall it was very good in developing that hardness we are after.

“That is probably a six out of 10 for where I like that but there are huge, huge improvements to go.’’