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January 13, 2005 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release

1. MACK AND PARMER NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Michigan Mayhem forward Sam Mack was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, while Yakima Sun Kings guard Marlon Parmer was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of January 2 – 8.

Mack posted 26.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in four games played during the week, as he led the Mayhem to a 2-2 record. He also added 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per contest, while shooting 49.0 percent (44 of 90) from the floor, and 35.0 percent (9 of 26) from behind the three-point line. In a 94-86 (5-2) victory over the Gary Steelheads on January 3, Mack posted 30 points and eight rebounds to go with three steals and two blocked shots. On January 8, he again scored 30 points, and added five rebounds and two assists in a 114-98 (6-1) victory over the Idaho Stampede.

In nine games played (five started) for the Mayhem this season, Mack is averaging 25.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, to go along with 19 assists, 12 steals and two blocked shots.

Yakima guard Marlon Parmer notched the top two scoring outputs in the league this season, as he scored 41 and 40 points respectively in back-to-back contests. For the week, he posted 36.2 points, 13.5 assists per game in four games played, as he led the Sun Kings to a 2-2 record. He also added 5.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals per contest, while shooting 52.9 percent (45 of 85) from the floor, and 39.1 percent (9 of 23) from behind the three-point line.

In a 115-108 (6-1) victory over the Great Lakes Storm on January 2, Parmer scored 41 points, and added 15 assists, six rebounds and three steals. Two nights later he notched 40 points, 13 assists and five rebounds in a 124-119 (6-1) loss to the Rockford Lightning. On January 8, he led Yakima to a 131-102 (6-1) victory over Western Conference leading Dakota after posting 31 points, 15 assists and three rebounds.

On the season, Parmer is 2nd in the league in scoring at 22.4 points per game, while also ranking 2nd in assists with 10.4 per contest.

Other players receiving consideration were Gary's Jemeil Rich (16.0 ppg, 12.8 apg), Great Lakes' Jackie Butler (23.0 ppg, 13.7 rpg), Dakota's Maurice Baker (24.0 ppg, 9.0 apg), Idaho's Taliek Brown (18.0 ppg, 11.3 apg), and Sioux Falls' Alpha Bangura (24.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg).

2. CHRIS DALEO AND CASEY OWENS NAMED ALL-STAR HEAD COACHES

Rockford Lightning Head Coach Chris Daleo and Dakota Wizards Head Coach Casey Owens will be the Head Coaches for the 21st CBA All-Star Classic on January 19, in Gary, Indiana. Tip-off for the game is slated for 7:30 pm (CST).

Head Coaching positions were awarded to the teams with the highest quarter-point average in their respective conference, from all games played through Saturday, January 8. All-Star participants, who will be announced Monday, January 10 (Eastern Conference) and Tuesday, January 11 (Western Conference), were selected by CBA head coaches and team beat writers.

Daleo will be coaching in his second CBA All-Star game, after leading the American Conference team in the 2003 All-Star Classic, losing 140-125 to the National Conference. This season, Daleo has led the Lightning to the top of the Eastern Conference standings with a 3.809 quarter-point average (80.0 total) and a 12-9 record to date. Rockford edged out the Great Lakes Storm and Head Coach Russ Bergman in quarter-point average by .039, as the Storm currently owns a 3.770 quarter-point average. Since becoming head coach of the Lightning prior to the 2002-03 campaign, Daleo has earned two CBA Coach of the Month awards (November 2002, December 2002) and was named the 2002-03 CBA Coach of the Year, after leading Rockford to a league-best 32-16 record and the league's second-highest quarter-point total (208.5, 4.3 average).

Owens, who is in his first season as a head coach after spending the previous three seasons as the Wizards Assistant Coach and Director of Player Personnel, has led Dakota to the top of the Western Conference standings with a 4.375 quarter-point average (87.5 total) and a 14-6 record through 20 games. The Wizards held off the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Head Coach Dave Joerger in quarter-point average by .103, as the Skyforce holds a 4.272 quarter-point average. The New Mexico State University alum was named the CBA Coach of the Month for the month of December with a 9-2 record during the month, and led the Wizards to a team record 12-game winning streak from November 26th through December 28th. Dakota ranks second in the league in scoring at 108.7 points per game (behind Rockford at 109.1 ppg), and leads the league in field goal percentage (.497, 799 of 1607), three-point field goal percentage (.380, 123 of 324), and assists (533).

All-Star activities will begin on Tuesday, January 18, when the Eastern Conference team holds practice from 6 – 7 pm, before the Western Conference team goes from 7 – 8 pm at the Genesis Convention Center in Gary. Both practices are open to the public. Then on Wednesday, January 19, the Eastern Conference All-Stars will hold a shoot-around from 10 – 11 am, followed by the Western Conference All-Stars from 11 am – 12 pm, again at the Genesis Convention Center.

Later that night, game day festivities will begin at 6 pm with the CBA Long Distance Shootout, followed by the Slam Dunk Competition at 6:30 pm. Upon the completion of the skills competitions, the 21st CBA All-Star Game is scheduled to tip off at 7:30 pm. During the contest, members of the media and NBA scouts will make their selection for All-Star Most Valuable Player honors, to be announced after the game.


3. 21ST CBA ALL-STAR CLASSIC ROSTERS


EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR ROSTER:
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Team
45 Jackie Butler C 6-10 250 Great Lakes Storm
50 Shelly Clark F 6-9 245 Gary Steelheads
41 Charles Gaines F 6-8 230 Michigan Mayhem
12 David Graves G 6-6 215 Gary Steelheads
45 Lonnie Jones C 6-11 240 Gary Steelheads
6 Mark Jones G 6-6 215 Great Lakes Storm
15 *Darrick Martin G 6-0 170 Michigan Mayhem
25 Marshall Phillips G 6-4 200 Rockford Lightning
11 Kasib Powell F 6-7 215 Great Lakes Storm
10 Jemeil Rich G 5-10 170 Gary Steelheads
* currently in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers

Head Coach – Chris Daleo (Rockford Lightning)


WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR ROSTER:
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Team
15 Alpha Bangura G 6-5 219 Sioux Falls Skyforce
5 Sam Clancy F 6-7 245 Idaho Stampede
35 Carlos Daniel F 6-8 240 Yakima Sun Kings
7 DeSean Hadley G 6-4 200 Sioux Falls Skyforce
1 Britton Johnsen F 6-10 210 Idaho Stampede
32 Randy Livingston G 6-4 200 Sioux Falls Skyforce
13 Marlon Parmer G 6-3 187 Yakima Sun Kings
40 Chad Prewitt F 6-8 235 Dakota Wizards
21 Melvin Sanders G 6-5 210 Dakota Wizards
12 Billy Thomas G 6-5 218 Dakota Wizards

Head Coach – Casey Owens (Dakota Wizards)


The following players were named All-Stars but will not be participating:

NBA John Thomas F 6-9 265 Sioux Falls Skyforce
Inactive Dickey Simpkins F 6-10 255 Dakota Wizards


4. SIOUX FALLS' THOMAS CALLED-UP TO MINNESOTA

Sioux Falls Skyforce forward John Thomas has signed with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, it was announced today by the Continental Basketball Association League Office and Timberwolves Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin McHale. The signing marks the sixth CBA-to-NBA call-up of the 2004-05 season.

Thomas ranked 4th in the league in rebounding with 10.1 rebounds per game, and 7th in field-goal percentage (.559, 123 of 220) in 20 games played (19 started) for the Skyforce. He also added 16.3 points per game, along with 37 assists, 17 steals and 14 blocked shots in 35.4 minutes played per contest. In six games with the Dakota Wizards during the 2002-03 season, Thomas posted 12.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 21.6 minutes per contest.

Prior to signing with the Skyforce this season, Thomas appeared in six preseason games for the Timberwolves, averaging 3.7 points (.500 FG%) and 4.2 rebounds in 12.5 minutes per game. He was signed as a free agent by Minnesota on October 4 and was waived by the team on November 1.

The University of Minnesota alum was selected in the first round (25th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, before being traded to the Boston Celtics. He was again traded to the Toronto Raptors later in the 1997-98 season. In 148 career NBA games, Thomas holds NBA averages of 2.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, along with 41 assists, 35 blocked shots and 51 steals.

Thomas is filling a roster spot left open when the Timberwolves placed forward Mark Madsen on the Injured List with a fractured left thumb.


5. OFFICIAL CBA SCOREPHONE PROVIDES SCORES ON GAME NIGHTS

The Official CBA Scorephone provides final scores, quarter point totals and leading scorers from each team upon the completion of each day's final game.

"Since 1983 the Scorephone has allowed anyone with access to a telephone the ability to find out the outcome and leading scorers for CBA games on the night they were played," stated CBA Deputy Commissioner, Wade Morehead. "Coupled with the official CBA website, our goal is to provide the public with up-to-date information from around the league as soon as it becomes available."

The CBA Scorephone number is 208-429-8503.

6. CBA TRANSACTIONS

· 1/12/2005
- Idaho signed Jayson Williams.
- Dakota signed Bryant Notree and placed Dickey Simpkins on the Inactive Reserve List.

· 1/11/2005
- Yakima signed Tommy Smith.
- Dakota waived Derrick Davis.
- Great Lakes signed Jermaine Jackson and placed Joe Dabbert on the Injured Reserve List.
- Sioux Falls signed Courtney James and waived Damon Jackson.

· 1/10/2005
- Rockford signed Livan Pyfrom.
- Yakima signed Cliff Hawkins; and waived Tim Ellis and Andre McCollum.
- Sioux Falls placed John Thomas on the Inactive (NBA) Reserve List, retroactive to 1/7/05.

· 1/7/2005
- Yakima signed Noel Felix and Donnell Knight.

· 1/6/2005
- Rockford placed Brant Bailey on the Injured Reserve List, retroactive to 12/29/04.
- Sioux Falls signed Jason Keep.
- Gary placed Jemeil Rich on the Active Roster.
- Michigan placed Deeandre Hulett, Mike Helms, and Donte Hill on the Active Roster; placed Calvin Bowman on the Injured Reserve List, retroactive to 1/2/05; and waived Anthony Jackson.
- Yakima waived Cedrick Hughey and Jeremy Veal.
- Great Lakes placed Willie Simms and Ezra Williams on the Active Roster and traded Tommy Adams to Idaho for a Second Round pick in the 2005 CBA Annual College Draft.
- The CBA League Office approved the contractual buyouts of Awvee Storey (Idaho), Paul McPherson (Gary), and Billy Keys (Dakota).


7. AROUND THE CBA (Team notes contributed by the respective team's media relations department)

DAKOTA WIZARDS: Head Coach Casey Owens had a strong month in December as he was named the League Coach of the Month as well as the head coach for the 21st CBA All-Star Classic on January 19, in Gary, Indiana... The award marks the first monthly coaching honor for Owens, who is in his first season as a head coach in the CBA... In the middle of a seven game road trip, Dakota sits with a 2-2 record dropping the second game of each series with Idaho and Yakima. The conclusion of this week also marked the first without starting point guard Billy Keys due to his call-up to play with a club in Europe...The Wizards put Keys on the inactive reserve list on Monday, but his replacement, Maurice Baker, turned in an outstanding effort the last four games posting an average of 24.0 ppg and 9.0 apg. Dakota continues their road trip this week with games in Michigan on Tuesday and Wednesday and Sioux Falls on Friday. All games can be listened to on KFYR radio.

GARY STEELHEADS: The Steelheads had a busy week with three home games and a trip to Great Lakes in the span of seven days...The week started off on a bad note as the Steelheads lost to Michigan 94-86 (5-2)...David Graves had 20 points in the loss...The Steelheads next faced the divisional leading Sioux Falls Skyforce...With Jemeil Rich back on the court for the Steelheads, they cam out on top 104-74 (6.5 – 0.5)...The Steelheads tied an all-time franchise high for margin of victory and set a new franchise record for least points allowed...Shelly Clark had 18 points, and Rich had 17 points and 15 assists in the win...Next up for the Steelheads was their divisional rival Rockford... The Steelheads got out to an early lead and never looked back, winning 125-105 (5-2)...Jimmie "Snap" Hunter had 24 points in the win...The last game in a long week for the Steelheads was a visit to Great Lakes to take on the Storm...The Steelheads lost 109-93 (6-1)...Lonnie Jones had 24 points and 11 rebounds in the loss...The Steelheads are hosting the 21st Annual CBA All-Star Classic sponsored by InfinityProSports.com on January 19th...The Steelheads will be holding a SLAM JAM on January 18th from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM to coincide with the All-Star Classic...Area children will be able to visit the practices of each of the all-star teams while engaging in games and events in the Indiana Hall in the Genesis Convention Center...

GREAT LAKES STORM: The Great Lakes Storm has taken over first place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 14-11 (96.5 pts). They finished the week with a record of 3-0 as they improved their record to 9-3 at home...The Storm defeated the Mayhem 120-91 (7.0, 0.0), the Skyforce 111-108 (6.0, 1.0), and the Steelheads 109-93 (6.0, 1.0)...Including the quarter points sweep against the Mayhem on Thursday night, the Storm has swept them a total of three times so far this season. That leads the CBA as no other team has more than one quarter points sweep...The Eastern Conference All-Star teams were announced on Monday, January 10th. A trio of Storm players were selected as Mark Jones, Kasib Powell, and Jackie Butler will all be making their first All-Star Game appearance...Coach Bergman narrowly missed being the Head Coach in the All-Star Game as Coach Daleo of the Rockford Lightning edged him out in quarter point average by .039. If the Lightning would have lost the fourth quarter in Saturday night's game against the Steelheads, then the Storm would have jumped them in the standings. The Lightning won the fourth quarter 28-24...Jackie Butler received some votes for Player of the Week as he averaged 23.0 points, 13.7 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game...The Storm played a game against the Special Olympic All-Stars last Tuesday at the Elmer Knopf Learning Center in Flint. The Special Olympic All-Stars defeated the Storm 44-42...The Storm will play two games at Sioux Falls on Tuesday and Wednesday night. They will then take a long break for the All-Star Game and will not play again until January 22nd at home against the Gary Steelheads.

IDAHO STAMPEDE: The Stampede beat the Dakota Wizards Wednesday 127-123 with Sam Clancy, Taliek Brown and Alhaji Mohammed all posting double-doubles... Before going on the road to Michigan the Stampede traded a second round pick to the Great Lakes Storm for guard Tommy Adams... Saturday the Stampede lost to Michigan 114-98 where Clancy and Brown both posted double-doubles again... On Sunday, the Stampede managed to take 3 quarter points in a loss at Rockford, where Britton Johnsen led the team with 27 points and Sam Clancy had his fifth straight game with a double-double.

ROCKFORD LIGHTNING: Rockford ended the week of January 2-9 with a record of 2-1...The Bolts started off the week with a victory over the Yakima Sun Kings at home, by a score of 124-119...Brian Lubeck led the way for Rockford, scoring 25 points in
the contest...After a few days off, the Lightning went on the road to face the Gary Steelheads on January 8...Rockford lost the game 125-105, despite a 21-point performance from Stais Boseman...The next day, Rockford had a matinee matchup against the Idaho Stampede, which the Lightning won 128-120, as Ronnie Fields led the way with 26 points...Despite losing to Gary on Saturday,
January 8th, Lightning head coach Chris Daleo finished the week in first place in the CBA's Eastern Conference...Daleo was named the Eastern Conference All-Star Coach on January 9th, the second time in his three years he has received that honor.

YAKIMA SUN KINGS: The Sun Kings started out the week of January 3rd with a loss against the Rockford Lightning at the MetroCentre...Marlon Parmer led all scores with 40 points and 13 assists as the Sun Kings earned only one quarter point in the contest...Marlon Parmer continued leading the way in a winless match up on January 7 as Yakima dropped another contest to the Dakota Wizards; earning one quarter point...Yakima faced Dakota again the following night, but the tables were turned as the Sun Kings picked up a big win at home with a 131-102 victory over the Wizards; earning six quarter points...Sun Kings guard Marlon Parmer was selected as the Western Conference Player of the week after posting two games of 41 and 40 points respectively last week...Most recently Carlos Daniel, and Marlon Parmer were selected to represent Yakima in the All Star Events next week that will take place in Gary, Indiana...The Sun Kings continue on the road January 12 in Idaho before continuing on their road trip to Sioux Falls on January 15 and Dakota on January 16...In the community, the second Outback Steakhouse event was held January 10 with over 35 season ticket holders, fans, and sponsors in attendance.


8. CBA STATISTICAL LEADERS (Thru Games of 1/12/05)

SCORING AVERAGE G PTS Avg SCORING AVERAGE G PTS Avg
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1. Mark Jones, Great Lakes 27 609 22.6 9. Jemeil Rich, Gary 16 305 19.1
2. Marlon Parmer, Yakima 19 420 22.1 10. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 24 438 18.3
3. Alpha Bangura, Sioux Falls 24 504 21.0 11. Ronnie Fields, Rockford 13 234 18.0
4. Billy Thomas, Dakota 22 449 20.4 12. Jimmie Hunter, Gary 12 210 17.5
5. Stais Boseman, Rockford 23 459 20.0 13. David Graves, Gary 22 382 17.4
6. Britton Johnsen, Idaho 16 317 19.8 14. Donald Williams, Idaho 24 400 16.7
7. Marshall Phillips, Rockford 17 335 19.7 15. Brian Lubeck, Rockford 23 373 16.2
8. Kasib Powell, Great Lakes 21 413 19.7 16. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 26 418 16.1


REBOUNDS PER GAME G REB Avg OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G OR Avg
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1. Charles Gaines, Michigan 23 264 11.5 1. Charles Gaines, Michigan 23 88 3.8
2. Sam Clancy, Idaho 24 253 10.5 2. Carlos Daniel, Yakima 22 74 3.4
3. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 26 268 10.3 3. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 26 85 3.3
4. Shelly Clark, Gary 22 216 9.8 4. Sam Clancy, Idaho 24 77 3.2
5. Carlos Daniel, Yakima 22 214 9.7 5. Keith Closs, Rockford 15 42 2.8
6. Lonnie Jones, Gary 22 203 9.2 6. Muntrelle Dobbins, Rockford 23 62 2.7
7. Derek Hood, Yakima 12 107 8.9 7. Derek Hood, Yakima 12 32 2.7
8. Keith Closs, Rockford 15 121 8.1 8. Deeandre Hulett, Michigan 19 50 2.6


ASSISTS PER GAME G AST Avg STEALS PER GAME G ST Avg
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1. Jemeil Rich, Gary 16 179 11.2 1. Jemeil Rich, Gary 16 52 3.3
2. Marlon Parmer, Yakima 19 191 10.1 2. Ronnie Fields, Rockford 13 35 2.7
3. Randy Livingston, Sioux Falls 23 176 7.7 3. Stais Boseman, Rockford 23 56 2.4
4. Taliek Brown, Idaho 23 160 7.0 4. Marshall Phillips, Rockford 17 41 2.4
5. Maurice Baker, Dakota 16 104 6.5 5. Randy Livingston, Sioux Falls 23 44 1.9
6. Stais Boseman, Rockford 23 133 5.8 6. Billy Thomas, Dakota 22 41 1.9
7. Ronnie Fields, Rockford 13 73 5.6 7. Doug Smith, Great Lakes 15 27 1.8
8. Billy Thomas, Dakota 22 103 4.7 8. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 24 43 1.8


FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FGM FGA Pct FREE THROW PERCENTAGE FTM FTA Pct
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1. Darrin Hancock, Gary 96 151 0.636 1. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 137 152 0.901
2. Sidney Holmes, Rockford 39 64 0.609 2. Ray Young, Gary 44 50 0.880
3. Shawn Daniels, Dakota 81 134 0.604 3. Tommy Adams, Idaho 41 47 0.872
4. Lawrence Nelson, Sioux Falls 30 52 0.577 4. David Bailey, Sioux Falls 80 93 0.860
5. Charles Gaines, Michigan 138 241 0.573 5. Melvin Sanders, Dakota 55 64 0.859
6. Lonnie Jones, Gary 116 207 0.560 6. Doug Smith, Great Lakes 32 38 0.842
7. Eric Williams, Idaho 70 130 0.538 6. Randy Livingston, Sioux Falls 101 120 0.842
8. Patrick Okafor, Yakima 61 114 0.535 8. Britton Johnsen, Idaho 72 86 0.837
8. Deeandre Hulett, Michigan 91 170 0.535

3 POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3PM 3PA Pct BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME G BS Avg
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1. Darrin Hancock, Gary 13 27 0.481 1. Keith Closs, Rockford 15 66 4.4
2. Marshall Phillips, Rockford 22 46 0.478 2. Lonnie Jones, Gary 22 85 3.9
3. Maurice Baker, Dakota 9 19 0.474 3. Sam Clancy, Idaho 24 63 2.6
4. Donald Williams, Idaho 34 73 0.466 4. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 26 38 1.5
5. Billy Thomas, Dakota 61 141 0.433 5. Lawrence Nelson, Sioux Falls 13 17 1.3
6. Jimmie Hunter, Gary 31 72 0.431 6. Jimmie Hunter, Gary 12 12 1.0
6. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 31 72 0.431 7. Daniel Watts, Gary 16 15 0.9
8. Rich Melzer, Sioux Falls 22 52 0.423 8. Doug Smith, Great Lakes 15 14 0.9



9. UPCOMING SCHEDULE (From Games of January 13 - 18)
Thursday, January 13
No Games Scheduled

Friday, January 14
Michigan at Gary
Rockford at Idaho
Dakota at Sioux Falls

Saturday, January 15
Rockford at Idaho
Yakima at Sioux Falls

Sunday, January 16
Yakima at Dakota
Gary at Michigan

Monday, January 17
No Games Scheduled

Tuesday, January 18
No Games Scheduled

Wednesday, January 19
21st CBA All-Star Classic – Gary, Indiana


10. THIS WEEK IN CBA HISTORY
On Jan. 18, 2000 the East All-Stars defeated the West All-Stars 135-124 in front of 5,184 fans at the Sioux Falls Arena. In that game 11 records were established including individual rebounds (21, Etdrick Bohannon, West), individual blocked shots (6, Nick Davis, East), team rebounds (68, West), team blocked shots (11, East), and team steals (20, East). The other six records were among the 12 tied or broken at the 2003 CBA All-Star Classic.

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