Siakam's 21 Points Propel Kentucky To Win Over Nashville
December 22, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Kentucky Bisons News Release
Owensboro, KY. Boris Siakam scored 21 points to lead the ABA Kentucky Bisons to a 114-108 win over the Nashville Broncs on Sunday at the SportsCenter. It was the #1 rated Broncs' first loss of the season.
Nashville led at halftime, 57-49, but the Bisons' Michael James, Teco Dickerson and Siakam fueled the comeback. Siakam scored 14 second half points, 10 coming in the third period as the Bisons tied the score at 82.
Dickerson finished with 12 points, including 3 three pointers in the final period, and James, an Apollo High graduate, added 10 points after intermission to finish with 16. Aubrey White scored 17 for the Bisons, who improved to 3-2 and Lamar Owen, an Owensboro High product, with 10.
Josh Cooperwood led Nashville with 24 points, followed by Terrance Woods with 17 and Ronnie McMahan and Adam Sonn with 18 each. For more information, email david@kentuckybisons.com or visit www.kentuckybisons.com or www.abalive.com. The two teams meet again Friday in Nashville in what is turning out to be a major rivalry.
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