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IBL week four recaps

May 3, 2005 - International Basketball League (IBL) News Release


Game 1: Thursday night at Hara Arena in Dayton, OH the Jets cruise to their third straight victory with a 157-105 win over the Akron Lightning. The end of the first period showed a 1 point deficit for the Lightning, but Malcom Fields and Kevin Sowell would come off the bench for the Jets and put up 22 and 21 points respectively to put away the game. Dubrey Black also added 28 points for Dayton as Akron was led by Jason Edwin with 23 and Jason Hamilton with 14. Akron looks to get even on Saturday at Dayton once again.

Game 2: Despite Jovan Harris posting a 40 point scoring night and the San Jose Ballers up 7 at half, the Tacoma Thunder would come back in the second half to deal the Ballers a 128-117 loss on the first game of a four game road trip. Alejandro Thomas had 22 for San Jose and the Thunder were led by Jimmy Haywood (Oregon State) with 27 points and Michael Claxton adding 19.

Game 3: The Waterloo Kings' winless streak stretched to 6 as they fell to Des Moines 105-99 on Friday night. Nelson Maisonet scored a team high 20 points for the 0-6 Kings. The Des Moines Heat were led by the star trio of Merril Andrews, Tyrone Barksdale, and Terrence McGee with 28, 20 and 22 points respectively.

Game 4: Central Oregon slips past San Jose 123-118. The Hotshots led by as many as 15 in the first half, but the fast-paced comeback attempt by the Ballers before a crowd of nearly 1,000 made for a Friday night thriller. The game went back and forth in the third quarter before a change to zone defense by San Jose proved costly as the Hotshots were able to pull away down the stretch. Ashley Champion led the Hotshots with 29 points while Steven Moss-Kelly added 19 and knocked down 4 three-pointers. Jovan Harris led the Ballers with 38 points hitting five three pointers.

Game 5: Grand Rapids beats Detroit 140 to 128. The Grand Rapids Flight and Detroit Pros played a competitive and close game throughout with Grand Rapids closing out with a 12 point win on the road. James Singleton led the Grand Rapids with 28 points (11 for 11 from the field in the second half) while Darmetrious Kilgore added 28. Detroit was led by Rob Griffith with 28 points.

Game 6: A win is a win and you can bet Battle Creek will take it however they can get it. Friday's match-up between the winless Macomb County Mustangs and the undefeated, top-ranked Battle Creek Knights came down to the wire. The Mustangs showed that they can play with the best teams, they're just searching for that first win to get some momentum in their favor. The Knights held on to win a 125-124 contest. Leading scorers were Frank Gjocaj with 28 points for Macomb County and Mike Williams had 30 for Battle Creek. Game 7: Denmark Reid comes through big as he lifts his struggling Vancouver Volcanoes team to it's first victory of the season by scoring 36 points in a 153-137 win over rival Portland Chinooks. Reid, known for his incredible outside shooting, poured in a league leading 11 three-pointers in the contest. Eric Dunn also added 24 points for the Volcanoes and the Chinooks were led by 24 points by Terrence Green and 22 points from Brandon Payton.

Game 8: Finally returning home for only their second home game of the season, the Battle Creek Knights extend their win streak to 8 as they beat arch rival Grand Rapids Michigan 158-122 in front of a crowd over 2500+ at Kellogg Arena. The win puts Battle Creek to 8-0 on the season alongside the only other undefeated team left in the league with the Dayton Jets at 4-0. Grand Rapids drops to a very respectable 6-2 only having lost to Battle Creek.

Game 9: Dayton and Akron met up again on Saturday night for the second time in 3 days in Dayton in front of a nice crowd of 1,125 at Hara Arena. The Jets finish the weekend sweep with a 144-98 victory. Dubrey Black finished with his second consecutive 28 point performance for the Jets as Akron was led by Anthony Jackson with 24. Dayton is only one of two teams still undefeated in the IBL at 4-0, Battle Creek being the other at 8-0.

Game 10: Detroit falls to Youngstown on Saturday night 116-81. Youngstown came out firing and Detroit wasn't able to recover. The Wildcats were led by Bill Mallernee with 18 and Mike Manciel finished with 13 for the Pros. Youngstown improves to 6-1 on the season while Detroit falls to 3-3 overall.

Game 11: Another drag 'em out, grudge match between rivals Chico and Oakland on Saturday night. The Force come out on top of this close contest defeating the Slammers 104-98 in Oakland. Chico was led by Chris Gonzales with 22 points and Delonte Hoskins poured in a game high 30 points for Oakland.

Game 12: IBL fans in Portland got to see what they wanted on Saturday night. It doesn't get any better than a double overtime win by 2 with 5 players on the court scoring 30 points or more! Portland was able to hold off the 2nd highest scoring season performances of 44 points by both Jovan Harris and Alejandro Thomas of the San Jose Ballers in a 148-146 double OT victory. Portland had three unstoppable players of their own in Terrance Green, Byron Johnson, and Lincoln Smith each scoring 39, 32, and 32 points respectively.

Game 13: The Tacoma Thunder hand the Central Oregon Hotshots their first loss of the season on Saturday with a 126-118 overtime victory. A back and forth battle the whole way, Tacoma was able to rely on the solid play of Michael Claxton and his 27 points to lead the Thunder to it's 2nd straight victory of the season. The Hotshots were led by the 3rd leading scorer of the league, Ashley Champion, who poured in a game high 28 points. The season series between the two teams is 1-1. Next match-up will be at Central Oregon on May 14th.

Game 14: Starting the first four minutes of the game on a 13-2 run, the winless Waterloo Kings looked to set the tone early, but the Des Moines Heat would quickly respond with a 12-4 run of their own making way for a back-and-forth contest between the two rival teams. Uncharacteristic mistakes down the stretch would prove costly for the Kings as they would lose 114-105. Waterloo falls to 0-7 on the season as Des Moines would improve to 5-1 and atop the Western Division standings. Waterloo was led by Nelson Maisonet with 20 points and the Heat got 27 from stand-out Terrence McGee.

Game 15: The Youngstown Wildcats would improve to 6-1 on Sunday with an 142-115 win over the Macomb County Mustangs. Rick McFadden would lead the way for the Wildcats once again with 30 points. Jason McGowan led the Mustangs with a 22 point performance.

Game 16: The San Jose Ballers put up a good fight on the back end of a four game road trip Sunday in Tacoma. The Ballers began this road trip with a loss to the Thunder, and looked to steal one win before flying home. However, the Thunder would come out of this one on top capping off a 3 game win streak through the weekend beating the Ballers 108-105. Jimmy Haywood led the Thunder with 17 points while Jovan Harris and Alejandro Thomas led the Ballers once again with 23 points apiece.

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