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The Title Chase and Family Fun

March 15, 2004 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


The slumping Charleston Lowgators are the Who currently in first place in the standings, but a Lowgators' loss at Roanoke Tuesday night would leave Charleston and the Dazzle with identical 21-17 records. What could happen, however, if Asheville wins at Columbus that same evening and Roanoke hands Charleston its seventh loss in eight games, the Altitude will be Who's in first and the Dazzle and Lowgators will be tied for second.

THAT GETS US TO A POSSIBLE I DON'T KNOW IN THIRD

Should the Dazzle and the Altitude both win on Tuesday, then Friday's Asheville game at Huntsville becomes even bigger because a Flight win at home leaves Charleston, Roanoke and Asheville all 21-17 and tied for first going into Saturday, with I Don't Know, or nobody, in third because of the gridlock and Huntsville in fourth at 19-18.

STANDINGS IN A NUTSHELL W L Pct GB Last 10 Streak Games Left
Charleston Lowgators 21-16 .567 -- 4-6 LOST 2 9
Asheville Altitude 20-16 .555 0.5 7-3 WON 1 10
Roanoke Dazzle 20-17 .540 1.0 5-5 LOST 1 9
Huntsville Flight 18-18 .500 2.5 5-5 WON 1 10
Fayetteville Patriots 17-19 .472 3.5 4-6 WON 1 10
Columbus Riverdragons 13-23 .361 7.5 6-4 LOST 1 10

FAMILY FUN SURROUNDS TITLE CHASE

Just because the regular season is winding toward a close doesn't mean the family fun is slowing down at NBDL arenas. Most teams have special nights lined up surrounding the regular season title chase. Following is a sample of some of the top remaining promotions.

DAY DATE GAME SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR TICKETS
Sat. 3/20 Columbus at Roanoke Return of Hip Hop (76ers Mascot) 540-266-1000
Fri. 3/26 Roanoke at Columbus SpongeBob SquarePants Night 706-225-1100
Sat. 3/27 Asheville at Charleston Retro Night/Local Heroes Night 843-460-1000
Sat. 4/3 Charleston at Fayetteville Fan Appreciation Night 910-213-1000
Sat. 4/3 Huntsville at Asheville Retro Night 828-782-1000
Sat. 4/10 Charleston at Roanoke Fan Appreciation Night 540-266-1000
Sat. 4/10 Huntsville at Columbus Fan Appreciation Night 706-225-1100
Sat. 4/10 Fayetteville at Asheville Family Fun Night/ 828-782-1000 Fan Appreciation Night

CARRION TO THE OLYMPICS

NBDL official Jose Carrion has been selected by FIBA to be a referee for the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece. The Olympic Basketball Tournament will take place August 14-28. Carrion is completing his second season as an NBDL official.

HAVEN'T SKIPPED A BEAT

The Asheville Altitude is currently the hottest team in the NBDL, winning seven of the last 10 games and 14 of the last 20, but what makes the record more remarkable is that Coach Joey Meyer has continued to win while NBA teams were raiding the Altitude cupboard. Over a span of 13 days in late February the Altitude had three players sign NBA contracts.

2003-04 GATORADE CALLUP LIST...15 and counting

Player NBA Team NBDL Team
Mikki Moore New Jersey Nets/Utah Jazz (twice) Roanoke Dazzle
Ronald DuPree Chicago Bulls Huntsville Flight
Ime Udoka LA Lakers Charleston Lowgators
Tierre Brown New Orleans Hornets Charleston Lowgators
Omar Cook Portland Trail Blazers Fayetteville Patriots
Mamadou N'diaye Atlanta Hawks (twice) Asheville Altitude
Desmond Penigar Orlando Magic Asheville Altitude
Hiram Fuller Atlanta Hawks Charleston Lowgators
Rusty LaRue Golden State Warriors Asheville Altitude
Jason Collier Atlanta Hawks Fayetteville Patriots
Matt Carroll Roanoke Dazzle San Antonio Spurs
Britton Johnsen Orlando Magic Fayetteville Patriots

LEAGUE LEADERS Player Pos Team PG/PCT
Scoring Desmond Penigar F Asheville 19.6
Rebounding Rodney Bias F Huntsville 9.5
Assists Marque Perry G Roanoke 6.8
Steals Brandin Knight G Asheville 1.9
Minutes Played Marque Perry G Roanoke 39.8
FG Percentage Kris Lang C Asheville .605 (159-163)
3 PT Percentage Kent Williams G Fayetteville .488 (41-84)
FT Percentage Erick Barkley G Huntsville .828 (101-122)
Blocked Shots Ken Johnson C Huntsville 2.5

LANG STILL SMOKIN' FROM FIELD

Asheville post player Kris Lang converted 28-of-38 field goal attempts last week (3 games) and has improved his league-leading field goal percentage to .605. Over the last two weeks (6 games), he has converted 52-of-70 field goal attempts (.743).

RECENT TOP PERFORMANCES

March 13: Huntsville's Phil Ricci scored 26 and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 91-81 win at Roanoke...Asheville's Antonio Meeking (12 pts, 10 rebs) and Brandon Kurtz (12 pts, 11 rebs) both recorded double-doubles in the Altitude's 103-83 win over Columbus.

March 12: Fayetteville G Kenny Satterfield recorded 23 points and 10 assists in a win over Asheville...Patriots F Bryan Lucas scored 27 and grabbed 15 rebounds in that same game...Asheville C Kris Lang hit 9-of-12 FGA and scored 23 in a loss at Fayetteville...Antonio Meeking hit 8-of-13 and scored 24 in that same game...Columbus F Erron Maxey hit 10-of-15 FGA, including 5-of-5 3's to score 25 in a 113-97 win at Charleston...Columbus F Sedric Webber came off the bench to score 27 against his former team.

March 10: Asheville C Kris Lang scored 20 (10-14 FGA) and collected 10 boards in a 116-113 win over the Dazzle...Terrence Shannon had 34 points off the Roanoke bench against Asheville.

NBDL ON NBA TV

The NBDL is featured on NBA TV each Monday, beginning with the NBDL game of the week at 4:00 p.m., followed by "This Week in the NBDL", a live show which features the top stories and players from the National Basketball Development League. TWIN is hosted by Rick Kamla, who also handles play-by-play duties for NBDL games. Former NBDL coach Sam Vincent handles the analysis for the game of the week.

REMAINING NBDL ON NBA TV GAME SCHEDULE

Game Air Date Actual Date
Asheville at Huntsville March 22, 4 p.m. March 20, 8:00 p.m.
Roanoke at Columbus March 29, 4 p.m. March 26, 7:00 p.m.
Charleston at Fayetteville April 5, 4 p.m. April 3, 7:30 p.m.
Huntsville at Columbus April 12, 4 p.m. April 10, 7:00 p.m.
Post-Season Tournament TBA TBA
Post-Season Tournament TBA TBA
Post-Season Championship TBA TBA

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

March 15: ASHEVILLE ALTITUDE Signed G Rusty LaRue. Waived F Reed Rawlings.

March 11: ASHEVILLE ALTITUDE Signed F Desmond Penigar. Waived C Marc Mazur.

March 11: HUNTSVILLE FLIGHT Signed G Alex Scales. Waived G Cheyne Gadson.

March 10: CHARLESTON LOWGATORS Reacquired F Hiram Fuller. Waived F Wil Gibbs.

March 10: FAYETTEVILLE PATRIOTS Announced that Britton Johnsen signed a 10-day contract with the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Signed C Ernest Brown.

March 9: ROANOKE DAZZLE Signed C Darrell Johns and G Justin Hamilton.

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