NBA D-League Daily Developments
January 8, 2011 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
FRIDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Friday's games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://youtube.com/nbadleague)
Latavious Williams scored 27 points and Jerome Dyson added 25 points as Tulsa won its fifth straight, beating Fort Wayne. Oliver Lafayette led the Mad Ants with 22 points.
Jerel McNeal scored 16 points in the third quarter alone, and finished up with 21 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including 4-for-4 from behind the arc to lead Rio Grande Valley to a win over Austin. Mustafa Shakur had 23 points and seven assists for the Vipers. Marcus Cousin had 13 points and seven rebounds for Austin.
Five players from Idaho scored in double figures, led by a game-high 26 points from Carlos Wheeler, as the Stampede took care of New Mexico. Shane Edwards led New Mexico with 23 points and eight rebounds.
Patrick Ewing Jr. recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 18 points and a season-high 14 rebounds to lead Reno past Utah. D.J. Strawberry added 19 points for Reno. Orien Greene led Utah with 19 points.
Chris Johnson and Vernon Hamilton each scored 18 points as Dakota snapped Maine's home-winning streak at six games. DeShawn Sims led Maine with 19 points.
Booker Woodfox scored a game-high 20 points and Joe Alexander added 19 points and 10 rebounds as Texas defeated Springfield. L.D. Williams led Springfield with 19 points.
Ivan Johnson scored a game-high 25 points and Dawan Robinson added 14 points and nine assists for Erie in a win over Sioux Falls. Anthony Mason Jr. had 16 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for Sioux Falls.
Jeremy Wise hit a pair of clutch free throws to send the game to overtime, and Trey Johnson with 31 points as Bakersfield edged Iowa. Marqus Blakely added 28 points for the Jam. Curtis Stinson had 31 points and 12 assists for Iowa.
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at NBA D-League Alumni in last night's NBA games:
34 players with NBA D-League experience competed in 11 NBA games last night, seven as starters.
Golden State's Dorell Wright scored 20 points in a win over Cleveland.
GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Call-Up Date
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ASSIGNMENT BOARD: NBA Players Currently on Assignment in the NBA D-League
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Assignment Date G MPG PPG RPG APG
Hassan Whiteside Sacramento Reno 11/29/10 14 10.5 4.4 2.7 0.1
Pape Sy Atlanta Utah 12/27/10 3 24.7 6.3 5.0 2.3
Devin Ebanks L.A. Lakers Bakersfield 12/27/10 5 27.4 14.6 7.6 1.6
Garret Siler Phoenix Iowa 1/4/10 3 17.7 5.3 5.3 0.3
Cole Aldrich Oklahoma City Tulsa 12/30/10 10 27.0 7.2 8.4 0.8
Hamady Ndiaye Washington Dakota 1/7/10 1 20.0 1.0 3.0 1.0
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NBA G League Stories from January 8, 2011
- Lofton Erupts for 44 Points, Short-handed Energy Beat Bakersfield 116-108 - Iowa Wolves
- Utah Defeats Reno in Overtime - Utah Flash
- Stampede Get Third Win In a Row - Idaho Stampede
- Bighorns Fall to Utah in Overtime, 101-100 - Reno Bighorns
- Tulsa 66ers Earn 96-95 Overtime Win in Texas - Tulsa 66ers
- Stampede Sweep Thunderbirds - New Mexico Thunderbirds
- Texas comes from 15 down in second half to send game to OT - Texas Legends
- Mad Ants Hold off Sioux Falls - Indiana Mad Ants
- Vipers Complete Weekend Sweep of Toros - Rio Grande Valley Vipers
- Iowa's Curtis Stinson Suspended - G League
- NBA D-League Daily Developments - G League
- Energy Fall to Bakersfield 133-130 in Overtime - Iowa Wolves
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