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Bernard King Scores 29 In Huntsville's 102-87 win over Florida

January 9, 2005 - NBA G League (G League)
Florida Flame News Release


FORT MYERS, Fla. - Bernard King dropped 29 points and seven assists as Huntsville topped Florida in NBDL action at Germain Arena, 102-87. Rodney Bias once again had a stellar night on the boards, collecting 22 rebounds and adding 10 points for his fourth double-double of the season. Carl English paced the way for Florida adding 28 points and seven rebounds in the loss.

With out the services of Joe Shipp, Huntsville's leading scorer, the Flight did not miss a beat. Huntsville connected on 49-percent from the floor, including shooting 80-percent from the foul line in the win.

Mengke Bateer added a double-double of his own with 16 points and 11 boards and Damone Brown connected for 23 points (10 in the first quarter) for Huntsville.

The Flight held all five Flame starters to single-figure scoring and forced Florida into 39-percent shooting from the floor.

Huntsville built a 20 point lead towards the end of the third quarter and cruised to the win but not without a fight from the Flame. Florida managed to reduce the lead down to two points (77-75) at the 5:23 mark in the fourth quarter on a Carl English jumper, but would get no closer as Huntsville outscored the Flame 25-12 from that point forward and cruised to the 102-87 victory.

Huntsville improves to 10-8 on the season, while Florida drops to 3-11. The two teams will face each other in the final game of the three-game series on Monday at Germain Arena. The tip is set for 7:30 p.m.

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