Torrid Second Half Leads Frost Heaves Past Royal
February 1, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
Burlington, Vt.-The Vermont Frost Heaves shot 67% in the second half and held the visiting Montreal Royal to 33% shooting for the game during a 115-87 victory at Memorial Auditorium on Thursday night.
Terrance Green scored 23 points to lead Vermont, now 22-3 and the top-rated team in the ABA Power Rankings. Issa Konare added 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Antonio Burks contributed 16 and Dokun Akingbade poured in 12. Dwuan Rice and Dwayne Lee combined to dish out 21 assists for the Frost Heaves, who posted their ninth straight victory.
Tommy Mitchell's 29 points led the Royal, who dropped to 7-14.
The Frost Heaves travel to Manchester for a 7:30 p.m. date with the Millrats on Saturday at Southern New Hampshire University. Vermont returns to the Aud in Barre for games on Thursday, Feb. 7, against Halifax, and Saturday, Feb. 9, against Boston. Spaulding High graduate and New York Jets receiver David Ball will serve as the Northfield Savings Bank Community All-Star on Thursday night.
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 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."
The Frost Heaves Official Team Sponsors are the Vermont State Employees Credit Union and the Vermont Army National Guard.
For more information, visit vermontfrostheaves.com.
Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.
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