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Blue Opens Showcase with Win over Stampede

January 17, 2015 - NBA G League (G League)
Oklahoma City Blue News Release


SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Jan. 17, 2015 - The Oklahoma City Blue opened its time at the 2015 NBA D-League Showcase with a 116-95 win over the Idaho Stampede on Saturday in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Seven Blue players scored in double figures behind Reggie Williams with 27 points on 10-for-13 shooting. In his past three games, Williams is shooting 29-for-39 from the field and averaging 26.3 points.

Marquis Teague scored 15 points alongside a career-best 13 assists. Semaj Christon added 16 points and nine assists, Talib Zanna tallied 14 points and 10 boards and Josh Huestis totaled 13 points, three rebounds and four blocks. Off the bench, Maurice Sutton scored 12 points with eight rebounds.

As a team, the Blue shot 40-of-70 (57.1 percent) from the field, including 13-of-26 (50.0 percent) from three-point range, and distributed 28 assists. In the last three games, Oklahoma City is averaging 29.0 assists per game.

The Blue outscored the Stampede 33-22 in the opening frame but Idaho picked up steam in the second quarter to narrow the Blue's lead to 53-47 at halftime. The Stampede tied the game at 53 early in the third quarter and hung with Oklahoma City for most of the period before a late 9-0 run gave the Blue a seven-point lead heading into the fourth.

The Blue outscored the Stampede 36-22 in the final quarter, shooting 13-of-19 (68.4 percent) and holding Idaho to 9-of-26 (34.6 percent). After surrendering 11 turnovers in the first half, the Blue cleaned up its offensive game and committed only five in the second half.

Oklahoma City (13-10) has now won nine of its last 11 games, including the past five straight.

Idaho (4-19) was led by Joel Wright with 21 points, eight boards and five assists.

Oklahoma City is back in action on Monday for its second Showcase game against the Westchester Knicks at 2:45 p.m. CT. The game will air live on YouTube and be shown on delay on NBA TV later that evening. For more information, visit OklahomaCityBlue.com.

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