Imari Sawyer's FT gives Chicago 114-113 Win
February 8, 2009 - Premier Basketball League (PBL)
Chicago Throwbacks News Release
Detroit, MI- Imari Sawyer hit one of two free throws with one second to go in the game as Chicago ruins the Detroit debut of Randy Gill as the Throwbacks defeat Detroit 114-113.
In the first, Detroit jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead on a three by Brian Woodland and a Chuck Bailey eight footer. Chicago would make a quick comeback on hoops by Stanley Thomas and Dameon Mason. Chicago would take its first lead of the game midway through the quarter on another Mason jumper to make it 10-9 Chicago. The lead would then change five times in the quarter with Chicago leading 30-27 after one.
The game remained tight in the second with Chicago leading for the entire 12 minutes, but never by more than six with the teams trading hoops for most of the period. Six times in the quarter, when Chicago would score, Detroit would follow the next time down with a hoop of their own. After two, Chicago lead by five.
In the third, Chicago started to pull away going on a 12-1 run that lasted three minutes and change. Five different players scored during the run before Randy Gill, making his Detroit debut, hit a 24 foot three ball to make it 84-74 Chicago. The Throwbacks would extend the lead to as many as 12 and lead by ten after three.
Detroit would not go away. The Panthers went on a 7-0 run to close the lead to six with 8:14 to go in regulation. Back and forth the teams would go until the 2:37 mark of the quarter when Brian Woodland hit a deep three as Detroit took their first lead since the 10:00 mark of the third quarter 110-109. The lead would grow to three on a Stane's Bufford jumper, but Michael Herman's 15 footer and a pair of free throws by Dameon Mason gave the Throwbacks a one point advantage.
With six seconds to go, Herman fouled Brian Woodland but Woodland was able to hit only one of two and we were tied at 113. With one second to go on the clock, Reginald Riley fouled Imari Sawyer; Sawyer hit one of two free throws to give Chicago the win.
Notes: Stane's Bufford lead all scorers with 28. Dameon Mason lead Chicago with 24. Neither team shot well from the line with Detroit hitting 64% from the stripe and Chicago only hitting 61%. Detroit out rebounded Chicago 48-43. Chicago hit only 3-21 (14%) from beyond the arc. Randy Gill, in his Detroit debut had 18. Gill signed as a free agent when Montreal was removed from the league for failure to meet league obligations.
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