NBDL daily developments

January 9, 2005 - NBA G League (G League) News Release

FIT FOR A KING: Including a 29-point performance last night at Florida, Huntsville's Bernard King is averaging 25.5 points over his last four games. King has connected on 50-percent (35-70) of his field goal attempts over that span.

TOP OF THE LIST: Columbus head coach Jeff Malone has moved into a tie with Asheville's Joey Meyer as the winningest coach in NBDL history. Both have recorded 86 total victories. Malone has a slight edge in winning percentage at 86-81 (.515), but has coached two less games. Meyer is 86-83 (.509).

WELCOME TO THE CLUB: In his first starting assignment of the season, Roanoke's Isiah Victor poured in 34 points in a victory at Asheville on Saturday. Victor averaged 26.5 points in the Dazzle's back-to-back wins against the Altitude over the weekend.

STILL STREAKING: Columbus ran its consecutive win streak to 12 games with its win at Fayetteville on Saturday. The Dragons are three shy of the NBDL record for consecutive victories and could tie the mark during the MLK Showcase on January 17.

WEEK FROM TODAY: The MLK Showcase, featuring every NBDL team in six games over two days, begins a week from today at the Columbus (Ga.) Civic Center. The schedule follows:

Time Jan. 16 Jan. 17
11 a.m. Florida vs. Fayetteville Fayetteville vs. Asheville
2 p.m. Huntsville vs. Roanoke Columbus vs. Huntsville
5 p.m. Asheville vs. Columbus Roanoke vs. Florida

FOUR IN 11: League-leading Columbus' win at Fayetteville on Saturday was its fourth over the Patriots in the last 11 days.

NBDL QUIZ: Asheville's Antonio Meeking is on pace to break the NBDL single-season record for points scored in a season. Who holds that record?

NBDL SCORING LEADERS
PPG Player Team
20.9 Antonio Meeking Asheville Altitude
17.9 Ricky Minard Columbus Riverdragons
17.6 Matt Carroll Roanoke Dazzle
17.5 Isiah Victor Roanoke Dazzle
16.2 Joe Shipp Huntsville Flight

QUIZ ANSWER: Nate Johnson scored 995 points for the Columbus Riverdragons in 2002-03. At his current pace Meeking would finish the season with 1,003.

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