Frost Heaves Down Kebs In Quebec For Third In Row
Published on November 17, 2007 under American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada-The Vermont Frost Heaves slipped past a tough Quebec team to claim their third win of the season with a 95-91 victory at the Pavillion de la Jeunesse tonight.
Forward Issa Konare led the Frost Heaves with 18 points, including a three-pointer in the final minutes and a crucial blocked shot on a Quebec breakaway. Vermont guard Terrance Green added 16 points and Antonio Burks chipped in 15.
Quebec's standouts were Tony Weeden, who scored 27 points, and Samuel Audet-Sow, who scored 23 points and grabbed 7 boards for the Kebekwa. With the loss Quebec fell to 0-4 on the season.
The hosts kept the Frost Heaves on their toes the entire night. Vermont led 42-41 at the half, but the Kebekwa managed to take a short-lived lead in the fourth quarter.
The Frost Heaves (3-0) return to Vermont on Sunday, Nov. 18, for their home opener against the Halifax Rainmen at Burlington's Memorial Auditorium at 2:05 p.m. It will be Fletcher Allen Health Care Day, with former Champlain Valley Union star Owen Baldwin, who works in Fletcher Allen's gastroenterology department, serving as the Northfield Savings Bank Community All-Star.
Tickets for any Frost Heaves home game may be purchased by going to flynntix.org; by calling 802-86-FLYNN; or by stopping by the Flynn's main box office at 153 Main Street in Burlington. Tickets for games in Barre are also available at First in Fitness in Montpelier and all Allen Lumber locations. Groups of 20 or more may call the Frost Heaves' office at 802-860-0082 for discounted rates.
All Frost Heaves games, home and away, are broadcast on WSNO AM 1450 in Barre; WJOY AM 1230 in Burlington; and on the Web at vermontfrostheaves.com. Vermont home games are Webcast live and archived for podcast by PlayON! Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting. In addition. affiliates of the Vermont Access Network in Barre, Burlington, Cavendish, Hartford, Hyde Park, Ludlow, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Newport, Plymouth, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Windsor and Woodstock will rebroadcast Frost Heaves home games over local cable systems, and Burlington Telecom will make them available to subscribers as a video-on-demand option.
The Frost Heaves Official Team Sponsors are the Vermont State Employees Credit Union and the Vermont Army National Guard.
For more information go to vermontfrostheaves.com.
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