Heaves Beat Blizzard, But Real Blizzard Pushes Game to Monday
December 15, 2007 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
Boston, Mass.- Center Dokun Akingbade helped the Vermont Frost Heaves overcome a slow start to defeat the Boston Blizzard 107-74 at the Shelbourn Center in Roxbury on Saturday night.
Akingbade scored 25 points to lead seven Frost Heaves in double figures. B.J. Robertson added 15, including a dozen in the third quarter, while Issa Konare and John Bryant chipped in ten each. Every Vermont player to dress for the game found his way into the scorebook.
David Shaw scored 15 points for the Blizzard, which fell to 4-6.
Because of a winter weather warning for northern New England, tomorrow's game between the Frost Heaves and the Manchester Millrats, scheduled for Burlington's Memorial Auditorium, has been pushed to Monday night at 7:05 p.m. All tickets for Sunday will be honored on Monday, when the Frost Heaves encourage fans to feel like a kid again: Anyone dressed as Jack Frost-or who presents a valid high school or college I.D.-can purchase a walk-up ticket at the kids' price.
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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