NBDL daily developments
December 23, 2004 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
CLASH OF THE TITANS: The league-leading Columbus Riverdragons return to the court for the first time in seven days by hosting the streaking and second-place Asheville Altitude tonight. Columbus (8-1) has won six consecutive games. Asheville (8-4) has won four straight. Columbus won the previous two meetings this season.
BATTLE OF THE ZEROS, ROUND II: The battle of the league's top rebounders, Roanoke's #0 James Thomas (14.7 pg) and Huntsville's #00 Rodney Bias (12.2 pg), continues tonight at Roanoke. Thomas grabbed the edge in the first meeting, grabbing 13 boards to Bias' five in a 105-95 Dazzle victory on Tuesday.
NBDL LEADING REBOUNDERS
RPG Player Team
14.7 James Thomas Roanoke
12.2 Rodney Bias Huntsville
8.8 Kirk Haston Florida
7.3 Tang Hamilton Fayetteville
7.0 Mike Benton Columbus
7.0 Antonio Meeking Asheville
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE? Only slightly in the NBDL. Home teams are 19-12 (.613) through the first 31 games of the season.
BENTON'S BEST WORK: Columbus center Mike Benton has done his best work of the year in the Dragons' two wins over Asheville. The College of Charleston ('04) product has averaged a double-double against the Altitude this season (11.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg).
NBDL QUIZ: Columbus' Ricky Minard put up 33 points against Florida on December 2, but that total is just the second-highest, single-game scoring output of the season. Who has posted the best scoring night up to this point in the season?
GAME OF WEEK: NBA TV's "NBDL Game of the Week" show airs today at 4:30 p.m. ET. This week's show features Florida Flame players Kevin Braswell, Kirk Haston and Darius Rice, along with Asheville's Lenny Stokes. Analytical clips will come from the Altitude at Flame game on December 16.
MLK SHOWCASE: The MLK Showcase, featuring every NBDL team in six games over two days, is scheduled for January 16-17 at the Columbus (Ga.) Civic Center.
QUIZ ANSWER: Fayetteville's David Young put up 35 against the Asheville Altitude on November 27.
NBA G League Stories from December 23, 2004
- Dragons Survive Late Asheville Push For Seventh Straight Win - Columbus Riverdragons
- The Flight who stole the Dazzle Christmas - Roanoke Dazzle
- NBDL daily developments - G League
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