Lightning take over first place
November 25, 2005 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1)
Rockford Lightning News Release
Marlon Parmer led all Lightning scorers on a night that saw a season record six
Rockford players score in double figures. Parmer finished the game with a game high
and Lightning season record 39 points on 14 of 24 shooting from the field. He also
recorded 6 rebounds and 4 assists in a 126-119 Lightning victory over the Albany
Patroons on Thanksgiving Day in New York.
Cordell Henry had his second consecutive twenty point plus performance coming off
the bench to score 21 while hitting 2 of 4 from the arc and recording a team high 3
steals. Henry was just one of four Lightning bench players to score in double
figures Thursday night. Mark Strickland and Sidney Holmes finished with 11 and 10
points respectively. But it was rookie Kenyon Gamble that finished with a near
triple double with 16 points, 12 rebounds, and a career and league high 7 blocks
that took the spotlight.
Gamble is now leading the league in blocks averaging 4.5 per game. He is on pace to
record 216 blocks in his rookie season with the Lightning which would place him at
the top of the Lightning's All-Time blocks leaders. He has been a very strong
presence in the paint and a big part of the Lightning's 3-1 record heading into
tonight's rematch in Albany.
The Rockford Lightning took six quarter points for the second straight game while
shooting a season best 58.3 percent from the field. Ronnie Fields added 16 points,
5 rebounds, and 4 assists turning in another solid performance by the Lightning's
All-Time leading scorer and Rockford fan favorite.
Free throw shooting has been the weak spot of the Lightning in the young season.
They were only able to convert on 60.5 percent of their free throw attempts Thursday
night, which was just 2.2 percent higher than their field goal percentage. Parmer
went to the charity stripe 16 times in Thursday's win converting on 11
attempts.
The number 1 overall pick in the 2005 CBA draft Ronald "T.J." Thompson out of George
Washington University led the Patroons with 31 points, 7 assists and 5 steals while
shooting 5 of 11 from the arc. Carl Mitchell also turned in 26 points and 13
rebounds for the Patroons in their second loss of the season.
The Lightning will stay in Albany tonight for a rematch with the Patroons at 6:35 P.M. (CST) before returning home to face the Michigan Mayhem on Sunday night at the MetroCentre. You can follow all the Lightning road action live by logging on to www.cbahoopsonline.com and checking out the live webcasts. Great seats are still available for all Lightning home games this season. For groups and season ticket information call the Lightning Office at 815-874-4232. For single game tickets, call the MetroCentre box office at 815-968-5222.
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