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EK Miners Set CBA Winning Margin Record in 172-70 Victory

December 21, 2008 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1)
East Kentucky Miners News Release


PIKEVILLE, KY. - The East Kentucky Miners - one of the highest scoring teams in professional basketball - established another record Sunday evening at the East Kentucky Expo Center. The Miners, a franchise that set a single-game scoring record of 194 points in a home finale as part of the 2007-08 season, defeated the West Virginia Wild 172-70 Sunday in another Interleague Challenge Game pitting a CBA franchise versus an ABA franchise. The 102-point spread is a CBA record for winning margin.

Mike Dean led the Miners with a game-high 50 points and 10 rebounds.

The Miners excelled offensively and defensively, holding West Virginia to a 29-percent shooting effort from the field.

"Mike Dean had a great ball game," said East Kentucky Coach Kevin Keathley. "We played much better offensively. Defensively, we didn't give up 100 points again like we did the game before. Instead, we were able to hold them to 29 percent shooting.

I'm proud of our team and the tremendous effort that was given."

Eight different East Kentucky players scored 10 or more points as the host team rolled.

Jermaine Blackburn, fresh off of a rare quadruple-double performance the night before, scored 22 points, handed out 13 assists and pulled down 10 rebounds.

Blackburn also recorded a game-high four steals for the Miners.

Delvin Thomas scored 20 points and hauled in nine rebounds for host East Kentucky.

Joe Buck, one of the top rebounders in the CBA, scored 19 points and grabbed a game-high 20 rebounds. Other players who reached double figures in the scoring column for the Miners included Mine Crain (17 points), former University of Kentucky standout Wayne Turner (15 points), Justin Taylor (13 points) and Alonzo Hird (10 points). Turner dished off a game-high 12 assists for the triumphant East Kentucky team.

Galen Young scored six points, dished off six assists and claimed three rebounds for the Miners.

East Kentucky dominated. The Miners were on pace to reach 200 points after outscoring West Virginia 50-12 in the opening quarter. East Kentucky, which led West Virginia 86-25 at the half, never scored less than 36 points in a single quarter.

The Miners continued to dominate in the second half, outscoring West Virginia 49-22 in the second quarter.

East Kentucky shot 71 percent from the field and 84 percent at the free throw line.

Daniel Hicks led West Virginia with 26 points and eight rebounds.

East Kentucky will return to the Expo Center for another Interleague Challenge game Friday, Jan. 2. For the Jan. 2 Miners game and every matchup played on a Friday night for the remainder of the season, all tickets are $5 thanks to a partnership with Appalachian Wireless deemed $5 Fridays.

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