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Toros Stop 66ers to Win Seventh in a Row

December 26, 2008 - NBA G League (G League)
Austin Spurs News Release


AUSTIN, TX - San Antonio Spurs assignee Malik Hairston scored 17 points and Andre Brown added 20 points as the Austin Toros defeated the Tulsa 66ers 89-78 on Friday night at the Austin Convention Center. Austin pushed their season-high win streak to seven games including five in a row at the Austin Convention Center.

With the victory, the Toros improved to 9-3 and continued the team's best start in franchise history.

"This team is really starting to play defense and it showed during the second half," Toros head coach Quin Snyder said. "When you miss a lot of easy stuff there can be a lot of carry over to the next half but our guys followed Squeaky's lead and played better in the second."

Hairston, who received a GATORADE Call-Up from the Austin Toros to the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 22, was assigned to his former team prior to the game against Tulsa.

Leading 51-50 at halftime, the 66ers added to their advantage by coming out of the locker room on a 7-0 run capped by a two point basket from Chris Richard to push the Tulsa lead to 58-50.

Austin would respond by closing out the third quarter on a 15-3 spurt to lead 65-61 at the end of the period. Newly acquired Toros guard Brian Morrison added five points in the third quarter including a 3-point basket.

The Toros would lead by as many as 14 points in the fourth quarter.

Tulsa outrebounded Austin on the offensive glass 19-15 and had the advantage in steals 13-6.

The 66ers were led in scoring by Ronald DuPree and Yemi Ogunoye, who each scored 16 points. The 66ers fall to 3-9 on the season and 0-2 against the Toros.

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