Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Center Dokun Akingbade scored 18 points and keyed a third-quarter surge as the Vermont Frost Heaves defeated the Montreal Royal 90-69 at John Abbott College on Friday night.The Vermont defense held the Royal to eight points in the third quarter, while Antonio Burks added 12 points on the game, Dwuan Rice chipped in 11 points, and Issa Konare added 10. The defending ABA Champions ran their record to 11-2 with the victory.
Tommy Mitchell's 24 points led the Royal, which fell to 3-10.
The Frost Heaves return to Vermont for a 2:05 p.m. date at Burlington's Memorial Auditorium with the Quebec Kebekwa tomorrow afternoon. Ilze Luneau and her Basketball Family will perform their hoops magic at halftime.
While Vermont was defeating Montreal, the Kebs were in Manchester, coming back from an 18-point deficit to defeat the Millrats 112-110.
Tickets for any Frost Heaves home game may be purchased at the door beginning one hour before tip-off; by going to flynntix.org; by calling 802-86-FLYNN; or by stopping by the Flynn's main box office at 153 Main Street in Burlington. Tickets for games in Barre are also available at First In Fitness in Montpelier and Allen Lumber in Barre. Groups of 20 or more may call the Frost Heaves' office at 802-860-0082 for discounted rates.
Vermont home games are also Webcast live and archived for rebroadcast at vermontfrostheaves.com. In addition. affiliates of the Vermont Access Network in Barre, Burlington, Cavendish, Hartford, Hyde Park, Ludlow, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Newport, Plymouth, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Windsor and Woodstock rebroadcast Frost Heaves home games over local cable systems, and Burlington Telecom makes them available to subscribers as a video-on-demand option.
The presenting sponsor for Frost Heaves Webcasts is the Vermont State Employees Credit Union.
Radio broadcasts of all Vermont games, home and away, may be heard on WSNO AM 1450 in Barre; WJOY AM 1230 in Burlington; and on the Web at vermontfrostheaves.com, while WLVB FM 93.9 in Morrisville carries a select Frost Heaves "Game of the Week."
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