Game 1 Black vs Grey
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| Marcus Spence made winning basket, scored 20 pts |
In the 2nd
half Grey tried to go on a run lead by their sharp shooting guard Donte
Goodman, and the solid play of Shawon Watson. But Black
stayed close, and these 2 teams traded buckets and exchanged the lead several
times throughout the 2nd half . Donte Goodman hit 2 3’s
in a row early in the 2nd half for 6 of his game high 22
points to make Grey go up 52-46. But Black wisely did not get too
anxious, they took their time and players like Kenny Freeman stepped up, who
finished with a season best 17 points.
This game came down to a last second shot and
Marcus Spence was more than happy to take it. He drove “coast to coast” to score
2 of his game high 20 points to give black their 2nd win of the
season. Black newest pick up, Doug Strobel added 15 points to give
them some much need scoring power.
Game
2 Orange vs Teal
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| Antoine "Doo Dirt" Brown had a triple double |
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| Lead all scorers with 21 points |
Teal
found themselves down 9 at the half (42-31) despite two straight 3’s by Charles
“Chew” Bostic late in the 1st half.
The 2nd half started much like the 1st; with big plays by Orange. Doo Dirt Brown got a steal to go up 44-31. Teal continued to play poor defense and Pope continue to exploit this fact. Doo Dirt Brown controlled the ball well and seemed to cruise to a triple-double with ease.
Teal
was not happy with the officiating and they made that known, but it just wasn't a teal kind of night, Orange easily won this game and with this lost Teal
dropped to 4-3.
Game
3 Red vs Blue
Ok the
Red Team won, what else is new? But Blue did not go down without a fight. Both Sherman Malone and
Al “Hollywood” Cole came late, and both are important factors for Blue. Hanif Edwards used his speed to blow by every one which caused match up problems and foul
trouble for Red. Al Cole came late in the
middle of the 1st half but he began making an immediate impact on
the game.
While
Red never trailed they had a slow start. Dre Fraizer struggled missing his 1st
3 shots. But with a team average of 82 points/game Red has plenty scoring
power. Players like Nicolas King and Maurice Wood stepped up. Red went up 15-6
to start the game. Blue’s 1st 6 came from Hanif Edwards on 3 very
fast lay-ups. Red seemed to struggle trying to keep up with him. Blue kept it
close and was only down 5 (28-23) late in the 1st half.
After
a timeout Red regrouped and began to converse on Hanif which seemed to be
effective. At the half red was up 36-29.
Red
clearly was upset with only a 7
point lead at the half. Red’s Dre Frazier said to his teammate “…in the 2nd
half we are going to do what we do”. And that they did…
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| Nick King scored a game high 21 points |
But
all of sudden as if a light went off Red went on an unbelievable 22-2 run and
put a new meaning to “red light special” in the process. Fast breaks, steals,
3’s, you name it the Red stared doing it. It was an impressive display of team
chemistry and talent. The game was called at the 2 minute mark at 82-59. With this
win Red moves to 7-0 and remain the only undefeated team in the league, while
Blue fell to 1-6. Nicolas King had a great game and scored a team high 21
points and a game high 11 boards
to snag a double-double
Wednesday Night
Game 1 Teal vs Blue
The last time these two teams met, Blue won in overtime in a hard fought battle. It looked like Blue was on their way to another win as they jumped out front early. But Teal who started the game with only 4 players had another idea. in the end Teal won this battle 57-56.
Blue's Brandon Wicker got going early and helped Blue jump out to a 14 point 1st half lead- he finished with 18 points. But Teal started to go on a run lead by Ron McGee who hit several big shots to go into the half down by only 8.
The 2nd half of this was a close. Teal started to come back and a 3 by Shotty Bell at around the 5 minute mark brought Teal within 2 at 49-47- the closes the game had been since the beginning. Ron McGee who led his team in scoring with 15 had 2 turnovers late in the game and it looked like Blue was going to steal the game. But both teams committed turnovers and missed foul shots and neither team was able to pull out in front by any significant margin. Despite some poor plays near the end Teal made enough good plays because at the final whistle, they were up by 1 and got a "W" to add to their record. Blue's Al "Hollywood" Cole was visibly upset, when asked how they lost he pointed to turnovers, "turnovers killed us" he said. While both teams had their share of turnovers Blue missed 8 foul shots in the 2nd half alone. And It's hard to win games when you shoot so poorly from the line. So while turnovers did take thre toll on Blue, poor foul shooting can not be ignored.
Blue's Brandon Wicker got going early and helped Blue jump out to a 14 point 1st half lead- he finished with 18 points. But Teal started to go on a run lead by Ron McGee who hit several big shots to go into the half down by only 8.
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| Lead his team in points and to the "W" |
Game 2 Green vs Yellow
Game
2 of Wednesday triple header feature Green and Yellow. Both
teams are better than their record would suggest. We thought this game would be
a lot closer but this isn’t the 1st time we were wrong. (those who
are advent readers of the blog remember that we picked the Green team to win it
all. Wile that remainst to be seen, we kind of jumped off that band wagon).
Green mopped the floor with Yellow in this 92-66 blow out of a game that was
called at the 2 minute mark before anymore yellow blood was shed.
Yellow
started out on a 7-2 run but green answered with a 9-0 run of its own to make
it 11-7. This game was eventually tired at 11, then Green never looked back. From
then on out they played exception ball and earned them the title Green machine.
Yellow’s
point guard Chaz Franklin tried to get the team going early and with their new big
Man, Lonny Perry, Yellow were still “in the game” by the middle of the 1at
half. Lonny finished with 16 points and 11 boards for a doubdle –double debut.
Although most of his points came in the 1st half. Taron Fraklin, tbe
other half of the Fraklin brothers,
was as hot as ice, missing shots that he normally makes. Jermaine Higgins,
Yellows agile swing man was visibly upset with his lack of touches, at one
point he stopped playing “D” and stayed down the offensive end of the court.
This prompted a vociferous heckle
by the Blue team’s Al Cole who was still in pain after losing to Teal by 2.
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| Dawuad Morris had the hot hand tonight, scored game high 24 points |
Green
capitalize on this team discord and went on a run and put on a show lead by Dawuad
Morris who hit 4 3’s in the frist half. By the end of the half Green was comfortably
on top by 19 at 55-34.
Green
continued their basketball clinic in the 2nd half. Morris continued
to knock down 3’s and fished with
a game high 24 points. Shaw King
played an exception game also, he finished with 23 points, 7 boards, 5 assist and
3 steals. Yellow tried to get going, Chaz Franklin started to heat up a late in
the 2nd half although, not nearly enough, he finished with a team
high 21 points. But the other half of the Frankling duo, Taron continued to
struggle, even missing an easy lay-up- it just wasn’t his night as he finished
the game with 7 points well below his 20 point plus average. Yellow defense
seemed to take the night off and
David Taylor .who made a loud celebetory scream almost every time green scored
in transition couldn’t be happier.
The game was finally called and in the end
yellow fell to 1-7 while green went to 4-2 in this 92-66 massacre.
Word
to the wise, usually when teammates began to argue and players began to slack
off for one reason of another, that spells trouble for them. And that’s what
happen Wednesday night. At the point when Jermaine stop playing defense (the
grown man version of a pouting) Yellow was only down 5 at 24-19 . After that incident they
seemed to get to deflated and distracted. The focus became get Higgins the ball
and into the game and not get the best shot. We still fell that Yellow has a
good team, they just has to learn how to play together
Game 3 Purple
vs Black
Fresh
off a win the 2-4 Black team showed up with just 4 players to start the game against
purple who has the 2nd
best record and the league’s leading scorer, Tim Chip Rawls.
I don’t think their was a person in the building that really thought Black
would win and that’s including the Black team themselves. But the game began
and nature took its course as Purple easily won this game 81-50.
Purple’s
Reggie Strickland seem to enjoy they “exhibition” and tried to get a triple
double. He finished just shy with 10 point 8 rebounds and 9 assist .
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| Greg "Just Greg" Corbin scored 20 points in his debut |
Despite
their clear miss match Black tied hard to beat the purple team. Greg Corbon
known to many as “Just Greg” the poet put on a impressive display of shooting
on his way to become Black’s game high scorer with 20 points in his Basic Ball
debut. Greg admittedly have not played in a while and at times in looked it as
he’s usual boyish grin turned to a fatigued frown. Despite his fatigue he
contied to kock down shots throughout the game game as he proclaimed, “we’re
not going down with out a fight!’”
Greg
and Kenny Freeman were the only two
Black team players in double figures. Kenny is playing much better basketball
and has averaged 14 points in Black last three outings, up from his 4 ppg
average in their 1st 4 games. But the one two punch of Greg and
Kenny could not put a real dent in the armor of the Purple Team. They we’re
lead by Bryon “B-Money” Abney who easily score 23 points in Purple’s route.
Thats All for now deuces
