Summerside Storm Game Notes
April 4, 2013 - National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
Summerside Storm News Release
Game Five - Semi-Finals
Windsor 103, Summerside 109
CENTURY MARK: The Storm, with the 109-103 win, has extended their league-record streak of 100 or more point-games to 13 straight. Summerside has scored 100 or more points in 32 of their last 34 games. Their streak of scoring 110 or more is stopped at seven games, an NBL record.
SHOOTING SUPERIORITY: In game five, the Storm out-shot the Express 43.0% to 41.3%. Summerside has out-shot the Express in four of the five games in the series.
CLEARING THE BOARDS: The Storm has out-rebounded the Express in four of the five games in the series, including a 55-52 edge in game five.
UNDER FIFTY: The Storm has kept the Express under 50 points in the first half in all five games in the series. The 48 points scored by the Express in Tuesday's game in the first half (Storm led 56-48) was the most first-half points scored by Windsor in the series.
BETTER FROM THREE: The Storm shot 38.4% in three-pointers during the series. Their 3-point shooting during the regular season was 34.7%. Summerside shot 50% (11-22) from beyond the three-point arc in game five. It is the sixth time in club history and the first time in the playoffs that the Storm shot 50% or more in threes in one game.
BETTER FROM THE LINE: The Storm shot 78.9% from the free-throw line in game five, their highest percentage of the series.
SHARING THE LOAD: The top five scorers for Summerside in the series were Greg Plummer (19.6 points per game), Omari Johnson (19.0 ppg), Antoine Tisby (18.6 ppg), Brandon Robinson (17.0 ppg) and Chris Cayole (13.6 ppg).
THIRTY-SOMETHING: Greg Plummer scored 30 points in game five, the first 30 point-game in the playoffs for the Storm. It was the 11 th time that a Storm player has scored 30 or more points in one game. Brandon Robinson has accomplished the feat five times while Greg Plummer has four such games. The other two such games came from Tory Jackson and Antonio Ballard.
SUMMERSIDE STORM
30-POINT CLUB
Pts Player Date
42 Brandon Robinson Jan. 6, 2013 at Moncton
40 Greg Plummer Dec. 2, 2012 vs Moncton
39 Troy Jackson Feb. 10, 2012 at St. John
36 Brandon Robinson Jan. 24, 2013 vs London
36 Brandon Robinson Mar. 14, 2013 vs London
35 Antonio Ballard Nov. 25, 2012 at Halifax
35 Brandon Robinson Mar. 8, 2013 vs Oshawa
34 Greg Plummer Dec. 26, 2012 vs Halifax
33 Brandon Robinson Mar. 10, 2013 vs Halifax
32 Greg Plummer Mar. 2, 2013 at London
30 Greg Plummer Apr. 2, 2013 vs Windsor (Playoffs)
MR. CONSISTENCY: Omari Johnson has scored 10 or more points in a club-record 21 straight games. He has now played 26 games with Summerside and has failed to score 10 or more only once.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Summerside had three double-doubles in game five. That makes 13 double-doubles in the playoffs for the Storm and 53 total double-doubles this season. Omari Johnson recorded his fifth double-double of the playoffs with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Johnson has seven double-doubles in the past eight games and his 13 th of the season. Josiah Turner registered his second double-double of the season (both in the playoffs) when he scored 14 points and added 10 rebounds. Greg Plummer followed his triple-double in game four with a double-double in game five. Plummer had 30 points and 11 rebounds.
PLAYOFF DOUBLE DOUBLES
Player Opponent Date Pts Reb Ass Bk Stl
1. Omari Johnson Windsor Express (L) 3/24/2013 19 12
2. Josiah Turner Windsor Express (L) 3/24/2013 14
10
3. Antoine Tisby Windsor Express (L) 3/24/2013 15 13
4. Omari Johnson Windsor Express (W) 3/26/2013 12 10
5. Brandon Robinson Windsor Express (W) 3/26/2013 22 10
6. Omari Johnson Windsor Express (W) 3/28/2013 21 10
7. Al Stewart Windsor Express (W) 3/28/2013 10 11
8. Brandon Robinson Windsor Express (W) 3/28/2013 17 10
9. Omari Johnson Windsor Express (L) 3/30/2013 24 14
10. *Greg Plummer Windsor Express (L) 3/30/2013 18 10 10
11. Omari Johnson Windsor Express (W) 4/2/2013 19 12
12. Josiah Turner Windsor Express (W) 4/2/2013 14 10
13. Greg Plummer Windsor Express (W) 4/2/2013 30 11
* triple double (W) - win (L) - Loss
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