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January 11, 2011 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


IOWA'S LOFTON, RIO GRANDE VALLEY'S ADRIEN NAMED NBA D-LEAGUE CO-PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK

Chris Lofton of the Iowa Energy and Jeff Adrien of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers were named NBA Development League Co-Performers of the Week for games played during the week of Jan. 3. Lofton, a 6-2, 125-pound guard out of Tennessee who has played with the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics in the NBA Summer League, led the Energy to a 3-1 record on the week, averaging 26.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.0 steals. Adrien, a 6-7, 245-pound forward out of Connecticut who played 15 games with the Golden State Warriors this season, led the Vipers to a 2-0 record on the week, averaging 22.5 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists. In Iowa's 116-108 win over Bakersfield on Saturday, Lofton scored 44 points, setting a new season high for points scored in a single game by any league player, and also added eight assists and four steals. In the Energy's 124-109 victory over Reno on Jan. 5, Lofton led the way with 30 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. Adrien scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in Rio Grande Valley's 103-81 win over Austin on Friday, and had 31 points and 14 rebounds in the Vipers' 124-119 victory over the Toros on Saturday.

MONDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Monday's games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://youtube.com/nbadleague)

Latavious Williams finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds as the Tulsa 66ers, who trailed 52-43 at the half, rallied for a 103-83 win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the Showcase's opening tilt. Dexter Pittman, on assignment from the Miami Heat, had a strong game for Sioux Falls with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Courtney Sims finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds and Othyus Jeffers had a game-high 27 points to go with a game-high 17 rebounds for the Energy in a win over Utah. Orien Greene had a near triple-double for Utah with 11 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and six steals.

Dar Tucker shot 5-for-6 from three-point range on his way to 28 points for New Mexico in a win over Texas. Joe Alexander had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks for Texas.

Jeff Adrien, who made Golden State's opening night roster and appeared in 15 games before being waived in December, finished with 30 points on 12-for-15 shooting to go with 12 rebounds as the Rio Grande Valley Vipers defeated the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. After not scoring in the first half, Fort Wayne's Oliver Lafayette scored 17 points in the third quarter and finished with a team-high 21 points for the Mad Ants.

ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at NBA D-League Alumni in last night's NBA games:

Six players with NBA D-League experience competed in three NBA games last night, one as starters.

Houston's Aaron Brooks made five three-pointers and scored 24 points for Houston in a win over Boston.

GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:

Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Call-Up Date

Zabian Dowdell Phoenix Tulsa 1/9/11

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

Pape Sy Atlanta Utah 12/27/10 5 21.4 5.0 3.8 2.2

Jeremy Lin Golden State Reno 1/9/11 4 26.8 18.0 4.0 2.8

Cole Aldrich Oklahoma City Tulsa 12/30/10 11 27.3 7.6 8.0 0.9

Hamady Ndiaye Washington Dakota 1/7/11 2 18.0 1.5 2.5 0.5

Dexter Pittman Miami Sioux Falls 1/6/11 11 30.2 16.2 8.9 1.5

Solomon Alabi Toronto Erie 1/6/11 9 22.9 9.8 7.1 0.3

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