Skyrockets Blast Past San Francisco
December 19, 2005 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Minot Skyrockets News Release
San Jose, CA. The ABA San Jose Skyrockets (6-2) came from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the San Francisco Pilots (3-2) for the second time this year in an ABA game at the San Jose Civic Auditorium. The final score was 108-102. In a fast paced game, the Pilots led 24-20 at the end of the first quarter and 52-48 at the half. SF was paced by Jovan Harris' 21 points and Kevin Butler's 12 points in the first half.
The third quarter finally saw San Jose take the lead 65-63 with 3:50 left, but once again trailed at the end of the period, 76-73. Rock Winston's 12 points led San Jose in the quarter. The fourth quartrer found the Skyrockets trailing 93-80 with 7:53 to go in the game but began to pally full court pressure and outscored the Pilots 28-9 the rest of the game. Jason Smith was the answer in that period when he scored 14 points. He finished with 21. Two other Skyrockets were big contributors - Lamar Castile and Rock Winston each tallied 22. Harris, who led all scorers with 29 points, paced the Pilots and Butler finished with 20. The Skyrockets leave for a very tough road trip to Washington where they play two games against Bellingham and one against Tacoma on three successive nights beginning Tuesday night. For more information, visit www.sjskyrockets.com or www.abalive.com.
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