Skyforce Never Trail in Blowout Win over BayHawks
January 14, 2015 - NBA G League (G League)
Sioux Falls Skyforce News Release
Sioux Falls, SD (Jan. 13, 2015) - The Sioux Falls Skyforce never trailed the Erie BayHawks as they eased their way to a 127-96 victory. Sioux Falls' 31 point victory is their largest margin of victory this season.
The Skyforce (11-10) jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead on a Henry Walker three pointer less than two minutes into the opening quarter. The BayHawks (7-15) responded with an 11-6 run to bring the score to 16-11 with 6:45 left in the first quarter. This five point deficit was the closest the BayHawks would get as the Skyforce took a 32-23 lead into the second quarter. Sioux Falls outscored Erie 22-8 over the first six minutes of the quarter and led 54-31. Walker, getting his first start of the season, finished the first half with 15 points (6-6 FG, 3-3 3FG) and the Skyforce led the BayHawks 67-51 at halftime.
Sioux Falls continued to grow their lead and an alley-oop from Scotty Hopson to Shawn Jones gave the Skyforce 79-57 lead four minutes into the third quarter. Seven third quarter points from Hopson helped the Skyforce take a 98-74 lead into the final quarter. A running lay-up by Larry Drew II increased the Skyforce lead to 31 and made the score 117-86 with 5:53 remaining. The Skyforce would lead by as much as 35 over the last half of the quarter before going on to win 127-96.
Henry Walker finished with a game high 23 points to go along with eight rebounds. Walker finished the night 9-10 from the field and 5-5 from three point range. Andre Dawkins, in his first game back with the team, scored 22 points (8-15 FG, 6-9 3 FG) and dished out seven assists. Shawn Jones recorded 18 points and a game high 10 rebounds en route to his fifth double-double on the season. As a team, Sioux Falls shot 56% (15-27) from three-point range.
Lenzelle Smith's 16 points (6-11 FG, 4-7 3P) led the six BayHawks players who finished the game in double-digits. Peyton Siva finished the game with 12 points, nine rebounds and a game high eight assists. In his second game with the team, Mark McLaughlin scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds.
Both Sioux Falls and Erie will now travel to Santa Cruz for the 2015 NBA D-League Showcase. Sioux Falls, the number eight seed in the inaugural Showcase Cup, will face the number one seeded Maine Red Claws (16-4) on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. Erie's first action at the Showcase will be Friday, Jan. 16 as they take on the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (9-12) at 12:00 p.m.
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