Frost Heaves Go To 16-3 With Victory Over Rainmen
Published on January 9, 2008 under American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-The Vermont Frost Heaves broke open a tight game with a 25-7 run to open the third quarter, then held off their hosts to defeat the Halifax Rainmen 103-89 at the Metro Centre on Wednesday night.
Dokun Akingbade led Vermont (16-3) with 21 points and 13 rebounds, while fellow frontliner Erik Nelson added 12 points and seven rebounds as the Frost Heaves outscored the Rainmen in the paint by 44 to 22. Other double-figure scorers for Vermont included Antonio Burks with 13 points, B.J. Robertson and Terrance Green with 12 each, Dwayne Lee with 11 and Markus Austin with 10. Vermont's leading scorer and rebounder, Issa Konare, did not make the trip due to a groin injury.
Jermaine Anderson scored 24 points and Eric Crookshank added 14 rebounds for the Rainmen, who dropped to 7-10.
Vermont plays the second in the two-game set tomorrow night, with tip-off at the Metro Centre set for 7:15 p.m. Atlantic time, 6:15 p.m. Eastern. The Frost Heaves return home for a 4:05 p.m. matinee with the Manchester Millrats on Saturday, Jan. 12, at Burlington's Memorial Auditorium. All kids 14 and under who wear a basketball jersey of any type will be admitted at the door for half-price.
The following day, also at Memorial, the Montreal Royal visit for a 2:05 p.m. tip. The Burlington High boys varsity will lead a food drive for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, so fans are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to donate.
Tickets for any Frost Heaves home game may be purchased at the door beginning one hour before tip-off; 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 Allen Lumber in Barre. Groups of 20 or more may call the Frost Heaves' office at 802-860-0082 for discounted rates.
Vermont home games are also Webcast live and archived for rebroadcast at vermontfrostheaves.com. 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 rebroadcast Frost Heaves home games over local cable systems, and Burlington Telecom makes them available to subscribers as a video-on-demand option.
The presenting sponsor for Frost Heaves Webcasts is the Vermont State Employees Credit Union.
Radio broadcasts of all Vermont games, home and away, may be heard on WSNO AM 1450 in Barre; WJOY AM 1230 in Burlington; and on the Web at vermontfrostheaves.com, while WLVB FM 93.9 in Morrisville carries a select Frost Heaves "Game of the Week."
The Frost Heaves Official Team Sponsors are the Vermont State Employees Credit Union and the Vermont Army National Guard.
For more information, visit vermontfrostheaves.com.
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