NBDL daily developments

Published on March 13, 2005 under NBA G League (G League) News Release

DO I HEAR 12? Columbus will be trying to extend its win streak to an even dozen over Fayetteville when the two meet at the Crown Coliseum today. Fayetteville has not beaten the Riverdragons since Jan. 19, 2004.

NBDL ALUMNI CHECK...from Saturday's NBA games
· Devin Brown (Fayetteville) scored 15 and had 7 rebounds in 32 minutes for the Spurs.
· Chris Andersen (Fayetteville) collected 10 rebounds in 30 minutes for the Hornets.
· Matt Carroll (Roanoke) scored 12 points in just 8 minutes for the Bobcats.

MORE THAN PLAYERS: Former NBDL officials Anthony Jordan, Robbie Robinson, Ed Malloy and Tommy Nunez, Jr. were part of crews that worked four of six NBA games on Saturday.

SMUSH'S SEVENTH: Smush Parker has played in 12 NBDL games. Saturday was his seventh against the Roanoke Dazzle and Parker made it count with arguably the NBDL's best line of the season...34 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and six steals.

NBDL QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You see him drive down the lane and dunk, you see him run the baseline and go reverse [jam] there. That's why when he went up [to the NBA] and he came right back, that's why I inserted him right back in the lineup. I'm not that crazy of a coach."...Florida coach Dennis Johnson told the Roanoke Times about Smush Parker.

SATURDAY'S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
· Asheville F Terrence Shannon scored 18 and collected seven rebounds.
. Huntsville C Earl Barron scored 18 and grabbed 15 rebounds.
· Columbus F Scott Merritt hit 8-of-13 FGA and scored 17.
· Columbus G Ramel Curry connected on 7-of-12 FGA and also scored 17.
· Shooting guard David Young scored 21 for Fayetteville.

MAY DAY, MAY DAY! Huntsville's flight pattern continued in near free fall Saturday as the Flight lost for the eighth time in nine games, this time at home to Asheville.

STREAKS: Florida won three straight games for the first time this season at Roanoke on Saturday. Fayetteville's four-game win streak was snapped by Columbus.

TODAY ON NBA TV: Catch replays of Thursday's editions of This Week in the NBDL and the NBDL Game of the Week today. GOW airs at 12:30 p.m. ET and TWIN at 2:30 p.m. ET.

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