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Published on February 23, 2005 under Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release

1. MACK AND LIVINGSTON NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Michigan Mayhem forward Sam Mack was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, while Sioux Falls Skyforce guard Randy Livingston was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of February 13 – 19.

Mack earned his second player of the week award this season after posting 20.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as he led the Mayhem to an undefeated week with a 3-0 record. He also added 1.0 assist and 1.0 steal per contest while shooting 46.0 percent (21 of 46) from the floor, 83.0 percent (15 of 18) from the free-throw line, and 33.0 percent (4 of 12) from behind the three-point line.

Mack has led the Mayhem to six straight wins, including a 116-109 (6-1) victory over Eastern Conference-leading Great Lakes on February 16, in which he posted 22 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists. He also currently leads the league in scoring at 21.7 points per game.

Sioux Falls Skyforce guard Randy Livingston earned his first weekly honor of the season after he posted 16.0 points and 11.8 assists per game as Sioux Falls finished the week with a 4-1 record. He also added 5.8 rebounds and 3.5 steals per contest while shooting 50.0 percent (28 of 56) from the floor, 77.3 percent (17 of 22) from the free-throw line, and 50.0 percent (7 of 14) from behind the three-point line. In a 102-97 (5-2) victory over the Yakima Sun Kings on February 15, Livingston was one rebound shy of his second triple-double of the season when he posted 18 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds. Four nights later he added 22 points, 15 assists, six rebounds, three steals, and two blocked shots as the Skyforce again defeated the Sun Kings 105-84 (6-1) on February 19.

Livingston currently ranks second in the league in assists with 8.2 per game, and sixth in steals at 2.0 per contest.

Other players receiving consideration were Gary's Jemeil Rich (16.0 ppg, 6.7 apg), Great Lakes' Jackie Butler (21.3 ppg, 12.0 rpg), Idaho's Sam Clancy (24.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg), and Dakota's Bryant Notree (17.0 ppg, 5.0 apg).

CBA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK TO DATE

Week Eastern Conference Winner/Team Western Conference Winner/Team
11/19-11/27 Ezra Williams/Great Lakes Storm Kaniel Dickens/Idaho Stampede
11/28-12/4 Darrick Martin/Michigan Mayhem Billy Keys/Dakota Wizards
12/5-12/11 Mark Jones/Great Lakes Storm DeSean Hadley/Sioux Falls Skyforce
12/12-12/18 Stais Boseman/Rockford Lightning Billy Thomas/Dakota Wizards
12/19-12/25 Lonnie Jones/Gary Steelheads Sam Clancy/Idaho Stampede
12/26-1/1 Jackie Butler/Great Lakes Storm Alpha Bangura/Sioux Falls Skyforce
1/2-1/8 Sam Mack/Michigan Mayhem Marlon Parmer/Yakima Sun Kings
1/9-1/15 Jermaine Jackson/Great Lakes Storm Sam Clancy/Idaho Stampede
1/16-1/22 Charles Gaines/Michigan Mayhem Sam Clancy/Idaho Stampede
1/23-1/29 Jermaine Jackson/Great Lakes Storm Marlon Parmer/Yakima Sun Kings
1/30-2/5 Brant Bailey/Rockford Lightning David Jackson/Sioux Falls Skyforce
2/6-2/12 Jermaine Jackson/Great Lakes Storm Chris Porter/Dakota Wizards
2/13-2/19 Sam Mack/Michigan Mayhem Randy Livingston/Sioux Falls Skyforce

2. DAKOTA'S BAKER SIGNS WITH NBA'S LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS


Dakota Wizards guard Maurice Baker has signed with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, it was announced Tuesday by the Continental Basketball Association League Office and the Clippers front office. The signing marks the ninth CBA-to-NBA call-up of the 2004-05 season, and is the second by a Dakota Wizards player (Billy Thomas – New Jersey Nets – 1/21/05).

Baker posted 16.9 points, 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game in 30 games played (20 started) for the Wizards. He also added 1.8 steals per game while shooting 50.7 percent (181 of 357) from the floor, 83.0 percent (117 of 141) from the free-throw line, and 42.0 percent (29 of 69) from behind the three-point line.

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound guard posted his best all-around game of 28 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds against the Idaho Stampede on January 5. He notched season-highs of 29 points against the Yakima Sun Kings on January 16, and 14 assists against the Sioux Falls Skyforce on January 14.

The Oklahoma State University alum ('02) was a member of the Phoenix Suns Summer League Team in 2002, and was later invited to the Suns training camp that fall.

Baker is filling a roster spot left open after the Clippers placed guard Shaun Livingston on the injured list with torn cartilage in his right shoulder.


2004-05 CBA-to-NBA Call-Ups
(Season total = 9)

Date Player CBA Team NBA Team
11/24/04 Britton Johnsen Idaho Stampede Indiana Pacers
12/4/04 Corsley Edwards Sioux Falls Skyforce New Orleans Hornets
12/8/04 Kaniel Dickens Idaho Stampede New Jersey Nets
12/12/04 Lonny Baxter Yakima Sun Kings New Orleans Hornets
1/4/05 Darrick Martin Michigan Mayhem Los Angeles Clippers
1/10/05 John Thomas Sioux Falls Skyforce Minnesota Timberwolves
1/21/05 Billy Thomas Dakota Wizards New Jersey Nets
2/1/05 Donnell Harvey Sioux Falls Skyforce New Jersey Nets
2/22/05 Maurice Baker Dakota Wizards Los Angeles Clippers





3. 2005 CBA PLAYOFFS TO BEGIN IN MARCH

The 2005 CBA Playoffs will showcase four teams, and are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, March 15 or Wednesday, March 16, after the final regular season game on March 13. Four clubs qualify for the playoffs, two from each conference, based on total quarter-points earned during the regular season. The Number 1 Seed will play the Number 2 Seed in the Eastern Conference, while the Number 1 Western Conference Seed will play the Number 2 Western Conference Seed. Both series will be best-of-five game formats (2-2-1). The two conference winners will then meet in the CBA Finals, a five-game championship series. The team with the higher quarter-point total will be awarded home court advantage in all Playoff match-ups.


4. 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.



5. CBA TRANSACTIONS

· 2/22/2005
- Great Lakes placed Trevor Huffman on the Active Roster; and placed Kasib Powell and Mark Jones on the Injured Reserve List, retroactive to 2/17/05.

· 2/21/2005
- Great Lakes signed Jamel Gooding.
- Idaho signed Julius Page.
- Dakota signed Larry Reid.

· 2/19/2005
- Rockford placed Jermaine Walker on the Active Roster.

· 2/18/2005
- The CBA League Office: Approved the contractual buyout of Chris Porter (Dakota). Fined Jerome Beasley (Sioux Falls) for violating League uniform policies (shoes). Fined Michigan for game operations violations.
- Rockford placed Ronnie Fields on the Injured Reserve List, retroactive to 2/14/05.
- Dakota signed Derrick Davis.

· 2/17/2005
- Dakota placed Maurice Baker and Chris Porter on the Inactive Reserve List.
- Idaho placed Taliek Brown on the Active Roster; and waived Eric Williams and Tommy Adams.

· 2/16/2005
- Michigan placed Kevin Sweetwyne on the Injured Reserve List.



6. AROUND THE CBA (Team notes contributed by the respective team's media relations department)
DAKOTA WIZARDS: After finishing up their game with the Sioux Falls Skyforce on Friday night, the Dakota Wizards have finished their six-game road trip with four victories. Leading the Wizards in their loss to the Skyforce on Friday night was Bryant Notree with 23 points and 8 assists picking up the slack for a recently called up Maurice Baker (LA Clippers) and a Chris Porter buy out (Korea).The Wizards have joined up with the Timberwolves and Game Day Sports Tours to give away a trip for 2 to Minneapolis, MN. The Trip will include a hotel for 2 nights at the Ramada Inn, tickets to a Timberwolves game on Friday night and a Twins game on Saturday night, transportation included, courtesy of Deluxe Motor Coach...The Wizards now come home to play 4 straight this week, taking on the Yakima Sun Kings Monday and Wednesday evening and Gary and Idaho this weekend.



GREAT LAKES STORM: The Great Lakes Storm is currently in first place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 23-16 (155.5 pts). They only had one game last week as they lost in Muskegon on Wednesday night 116-109 (6.0, 1.0)...Jackie Butler received some votes for Player of the Week as he averaged 21.3 ppg, 12.0 rpg, and 2.0 bpg...The Storm re-signed F Jamel Gooding as they continue their five-game road trip. Due to injuries and a suspension, the Storm will be playing shorthanded the next few games...After winning a franchise record nine straight games from January 6 through January 29, the Storm is just 3-5 in their last eight games...The Storm returns home on Monday, February 28th for the first of five at home to close out the regular season.



IDAHO STAMPEDE: The Stampede started their week off with a big win over Sioux Falls on 2/16...They won 130 to 116, taking 6.5 quarter points. The Stampede was led in scoring by Donald Williams with 26 points. Louis White posted a CBA season best 19 assists in the victory. On Friday the 18th the Stampede played the first game in a six game road trip against the Gary Steelheads. The
Stampede won 96- 90, taking 6 quarter points. Sam Clancy led the way with 24 points and 11 boards. On Saturday the Stampede again played the Steelheads, this time losing 110-103 and only grabbing 1 quarter point. Again, the team was led by Clancy, who had 30 points and 11 boards.



MICHIGAN MAYHEM: There were two Mayhem Games played last week as the Mayhem dominated the Great Lakes Storm on Wednesday night. The Storm came to town with only seven players, making it tough to compete. Charles Gaines led Michigan with 23 points and 10 rebounds. The leading scorer in the league, Sam Mack, pumped in his average of 22 points. The game was plagued with technical fouls given to both teams during different times in the game. All Star Jackie Butler was ejected after he received his second technical foul. The Mayhem gained six quarter-points on the night only dropping the 4th quarter. The final score of this game was 116 to 109. The Mayhems record after this game was 15-26 while the Storm fell to 23-16. On Thursday night the Mayhem defeated Gary by the score of 110 to 93. The game was close for most of the time until Michigan opened the game in the 4th quarter with a quarter score of 33 to 22. The Mayhem was lead by Darrick Martin with 24 points. Mike Helms has been coming off the bench during this win streak helping the Mayhem get some easy transition buckets. Five players scored in double digits for the Mayhem. Michigan is proving that they are the best team in the East at this point of the season. Michigan earned 6 points for the game, only dropping the second quarter by a point. The Mayhem has won six straight games, with a streak of seven wins at home. The Mayhem is now 16-26, and has not lost at home in over a month.



ROCKFORD LIGHTNING: The Rockford Lightning enjoyed eight days off between their games on February 13 and February 22...Monday kicked off the week with the Chris Daleo Coach's Show at the Skybox Restaraunt...besides Coach Daleo, host Casey Kahler talked with Lightning assistant coach Dave Stockton, forward Brant Bailey, Director of Media and Public Relations Brett Myhres, and quarter scoreboard operator Nick Torzeski during the show...The Lightning also had an appearance during the week, as assistant coach Troy Farrow went to Royce Elementary School in Beloit, WI on Friday to read to kids about black history month...Lightning head coach Chris Daleo also donated 100 tickets to Monroe Center school for Rockford's game on February 27 against the Michigan Mayhem as part of the Send-A-Kid program.



YAKIMA SUN KINGS: Although the Sun Kings started the week off right with a win over the Rockford Lightning, the Sun Kings dropped two road games later that week... On February 15th, the Sioux Falls Skyforce defeated the Sun Kings 102-97... The Sun Kings managed only two quarter points in the loss... Bakari Hendrix and Cliff Hawkins contributed 21 points in the loss. On February 19th, the outcome was the same as the Skyforce defeated the Sun Kings again 105-84... Yakima earned only one quarter point in that loss... Derek Hood had 16 points, and 10 rebounds...IN THE COMMUNITY...the Sun Kings had a school visit at Garfield Elementary in Toppenish...Toppenish will be bringing over 300 people to the February 25th game against the Great Lakes Storm.



7. CBA STATISTICAL LEADERS (Thru Games of 2/22/05)
SCORING AVERAGE G PTS Avg SCORING AVERAGE G PTS Avg
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1. Sam Mack, Michigan 25 543 21.7 9. Kasib Powell, Great Lakes 27 490 18.1
2. Mark Jones, Great Lakes 38 817 21.5 10. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 39 695 17.8
3. Ezra Williams, Great Lakes 23 467 20.3 11. Ronnie Fields, Rockford 26 461 17.7
4. Stais Boseman, Rockford 37 722 19.5 12. Charles Gaines, Michigan 38 669 17.6
5. Britton Johnsen, Idaho 34 629 18.5 13. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 40 684 17.1
6. Marshall Phillips, Rockford 31 572 18.5 14. Brant Bailey, Rockford 29 492 17.0
7. Sam Clancy, Idaho 42 767 18.3 15. Brian Lubeck, Rockford 38 637 16.8
8. David Graves, Gary 38 691 18.2 16. David Jackson, Sioux Falls 21 351 16.7


REBOUNDS PER GAME G REB Avg OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G OR Avg
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1. Charles Gaines, Michigan 38 444 11.7 1. Charles Gaines, Michigan 38 157 4.1
2. Sam Clancy, Idaho 42 450 10.7 2. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 39 140 3.6
3. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 39 415 10.6 3. Derek Hood, Yakima 30 100 3.3
4. Derek Hood, Yakima 30 294 9.8 4. Sam Clancy, Idaho 42 135 3.2
5. Shelly Clark, Gary 38 338 8.9 5. Patrick Okafor, Idaho 35 91 2.6
6. Carlos Daniel, Yakima 39 308 7.9 6. Carlos Daniel, Yakima 39 101 2.6
7. Noel Felix, Yakima 22 170 7.7 7. Shawn Daniels, Dakota 38 91 2.4
8. Daniel Watts, Gary 25 188 7.5 8. Noel Felix, Yakima 22 52 2.4


ASSISTS PER GAME G AST Avg STEALS PER GAME G ST Avg
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1. Jemeil Rich, Gary 32 315 9.8 1. Jemeil Rich, Gary 32 95 3.0
2. Randy Livingston, Sioux Falls 37 305 8.2 2. Marshall Phillips, Rockford 31 73 2.4
3. Taliek Brown, Idaho 36 242 6.7 3. Ezra Williams, Great Lakes 23 54 2.3
4. Darrick Martin, Michigan 24 157 6.5 4. Ronnie Fields, Rockford 26 54 2.1
5. Stais Boseman, Rockford 37 188 5.1 5. Stais Boseman, Rockford 37 75 2.0
6. Cliff Hawkins, Yakima 20 99 5.0 6. Randy Livingston, Sioux Falls 37 73 2.0
7. Ronnie Fields, Rockford 26 114 4.4 7. Cliff Hawkins, Yakima 20 32 1.6
8. Trevor Huffman, Great Lakes 27 107 4.0 8. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 40 59 1.5


FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FGM FGA Pct FREE THROW PERCENTAGE FTM FTA Pct
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1. Lawrence Nelson, Gary 66 108 0.611 1. Darrick Martin, Michigan 71 78 0.910
2. Sidney Holmes, Rockford 46 77 0.597 2. DeSean Hadley, Sioux Falls 212 243 0.872
3. Shawn Daniels, Dakota 154 264 0.583 3. Ezra Williams, Great Lakes 116 134 0.866
4. Charles Gaines, Michigan 247 427 0.578 4. Sam Mack, Michigan 86 101 0.851
4. Darrin Hancock, Gary 133 230 0.578 5. Melvin Sanders, Dakota 110 130 0.846
6. Patrick Okafor, Idaho 120 217 0.553 6. Britton Johnsen, Idaho 143 171 0.836
7. Brant Bailey, Rockford 157 290 0.541 7. David Bailey, Sioux Falls 111 133 0.835
8. Renaldo Major, Gary 53 99 0.535 8. Randy Livingston, Sioux Falls 146 175 0.834


3 POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3PM 3PA Pct BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME G BS Avg
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1. Donald Williams, Idaho 66 155 0.426 1. Keith Closs, Gary 31 126 4.1
2. Brian Lubeck, Rockford 71 172 0.413 2. Sam Clancy, Idaho 42 95 2.3
3. Ezra Williams, Great Lakes 51 124 0.411 3. Jackie Butler, Great Lakes 39 56 1.4
4. David Graves, Gary 82 202 0.406 4. Noel Felix, Yakima 22 25 1.1
5. Chad Prewitt, Dakota 41 102 0.402 5. Lawrence Nelson, Gary 28 31 1.1
6. Marshall Phillips, Rockford 35 88 0.398 6. Daniel Watts, Gary 25 24 1.0
7. Rich Melzer, Sioux Falls 34 86 0.395 7. Carlos Daniel, Yakima 39 32 0.8
8. David Jackson, Sioux Falls 44 114 0.386 8. Kasib Powell, Great Lakes 27 22 0.8


8. UPCOMING SCHEDULE (From Games of February 23 – March 1)
Wednesday, February 23
Yakima at Dakota
Great Lakes at Rockford
Idaho at Sioux Falls

Thursday, February 24
No Games Scheduled

Friday, February 25
Gary at Dakota
Rockford at Michigan
Idaho at Sioux Falls
Great Lakes at Yakima

Saturday, February 26
Idaho at Dakota
Gary at Sioux Falls
Great Lakes at Yakima

Sunday, February 27
Michigan at Rockford

Monday, February 28
Michigan at Great Lakes

Tuesday, March 1
Gary at Rockford


9. THIS WEEK IN CBA HISTORY
On February 25, 1992 La Crosse Catbirds point guard David Rivers dished a CBA record 27 assists in a 142-120 (7-0) win over the Columbus Horizon, breaking the old mark of 26 shared by Mark Wade (Pensacola, 1988) and Bryan Warrick (Wisconsin, 1986). Rivers averaged a CBA season-record 12.9 assists per game that season and, along with head coach Flip Saunders, led the Catbirds to a CBA championship. The Notre Dame ('88) product earned 1992 All-League First Team and 1992 Playoff MVP honors.

Continental Basketball Association 1 Stories from February 23, 2005

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• Lightning Stampede over Idaho - Rockford Lightning

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