G League Texas Legends

Legends Trio Leads Takedown of Wolves

Published on January 1, 2023 under NBA G League (G League)
Texas Legends News Release


DES MOINES, IA - The Texas Legends (2-1) used another power performance from Grant Riller, Tyler Hall, and Yudai Baba to take down the Iowa Wolves (1-2) 138-126 on New Year's Day. The trio that combined for 79 in the previous game, had 98 of the team's total Sunday afternoon.

The Wolves opened on a seven-point run before Yudai Baba put Texas on the board. Baba finished the first with 12 points, but the team was off to a slow start with Iowa holding a 34-29 edge at the buzzer. The Wolves opened the second with six points in less than a minute to make it a double-digit deficit, but Texas responded with an 18-5 run to take the lead. The two stayed close and exchanged leads five times, but Riller had the final word from outside to put Texas up 62-61 at the break.

Texas' shooting heated up in the second half as the visitors took control. An 18-4 run to open the fourth gave the Legends their largest lead of the night (+19) and put them outside striking distance of the Wolves' comeback attempts.

The Legends finished the night shooting 42% outside, led by Tyler Hall with a team season-high 10 threes to give him a career-high 35 points. Riller ended with a career night of 39 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Baba finished with 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals. Josh Nzeakor added 15 points, 7 rebounds, and Todd Withers tagged on 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Amauri Hardy came off the bench for 10 points, 4 rebounds while Tra-Deon Hollins dished out a game-high 10 assists.

DJ Carton led the Wolves' efforts with 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Josh Minott came off the bench for 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 blocks, and Wendell Moore Jr. added 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.

The Legends finish their road trip Tuesday in Sioux Falls at 6:30pm CT. Fans can catch all the action live at www.TexLegends.com or on the Legends Facebook page.

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