Austin Rallies Late to Top Springfield
Published on March 21, 2013 under NBA G League (G League)
Springfield Armor News Release
Springfield, Mass. - The Springfield Armor, presented by MGM Springfield, fell to the Austin Toros 129-123 in overtime tonight at the MassMutual Center.
The Armor (17-26) held a 66-54 halftime lead and led by as many as 21 points in the third quarter, but the Toros (24-18) made their move in the fourth quarter. Trailing by 17 points (99-82) heading into the fourth, Austin began the quarter on a 19-2 run to erase the entire Armor advantage. Springfield battled back to earn a seven-point lead (121-114) with 40.9 seconds to go, but the Toros ended regulation on a 7-0 run, punctuated by a JaMychal Green layup, to send the game into overtime.
The Toros' Lester Hudson buried back-to-back threes to start the three-minute overtime period and Austin never looked back. Kris Joseph got the Armor within four points with a driving layup, but another Green layup pushed the Toros' lead back to six points, 129-123, as Austin held on for the road victory.
In just his second game with the Armor, Dominique Jones scored a team-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc, to go along with nine assists in 41 minutes. Toko Shengelia, on assignment from the Brooklyn Nets, tallied 27 points (20 in the first half) and six rebounds in 42 minutes and Tyshawn Taylor, also on assignment from the Nets, added 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting with seven assists in 30 minutes. Joseph (12 points in 39 minutes), Dennis Horner (11 points and eight rebounds in 32 minutes) and Kenny Adeleke (10 points and nine rebounds in 25 minutes) rounded out the double figures scorers for Springfield.
Hudson led the Toros with a game-high 30 points on 9-of-18 shooting, including 6-of-9 from downtown, in 42 minutes. Tre Kelley added his first double-double of the season with 24 points and 15 assists in 41 minutes, Patrick Sullivan chipped in a double-double of his own with 22 points and 12 rebounds in 39 minutes, Jamarr Sanders contributed 16 points in 37 minutes and Green posted 10 points and seven rebounds in 25 minutes.
The two teams combined to make 27 three-pointers on the evening, with the Armor knocking down 13-of-28 (46.4 percent) and the Toros sinking 14-of-23 (60.9 percent).
The Armor return to action on Saturday when they host the Maine Red Claws at 7:00 pm ET at the MassMutual Center for the team's 'Fan Appreciation and Brooklyn Nets Night'. The Toros get back to work tomorrow night when they travel to Fort Wayne to take on the Mad Ants at 7:30 pm ET.
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