Vermont Takes Down No. 1 Manchester For First Time
December 17, 2007 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vermont Frost Heaves News Release
Burlington, VT--The Vermont Frost Heaves ran past the No. 1 team in the ABA Power Rankings, the Manchester Millrats, 133-107 Monday night at Memorial Auditorium.
Vermont was led by Antonio Burks, who scored 24 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and added six rebounds. The Frost Heaves had eight players score in double figures: Erik Nelson (17); B.J. Robertson (17); Issa Konare (17); Dwuan Rice (13 to go with nine assists); Dwayne Lee (11), Dokun Akingbade (11); and Terrance Green (10 along with seven assists). Chris Cayole scored two dunks in the final 21 seconds, including a crowd-pleasing alley-oop right before the buzzer.
Anthony Anderson took home 30 points, five boards and six assists for the Millrats. With the loss Manchester falls to 11-2.
The Frost Heaves (10-2) will next face Montreal Royal at Centre Pierre Charbonneau on Friday, Dec. 21. Vermont will return to Burlington on Dec. 22 to take on the Quebec Kebekwa. Tip is set for 2:05 p.m.
Tickets for any Frost Heaves home game may be purchased at the door beginning one hour before tip-off; by going to flynntix.org; by calling 802-86-FLYNN; or by stopping by the Flynn's main box office at 153 Main Street in Burlington. Tickets for games in Barre are also available at First in Fitness in Montpelier and Allen Lumber in Barre. Groups of 20 or more may call the Frost Heaves' office at 802-860-0082 for discounted rates.
Fans may watch archived rebroadcasts of all Frost Heaves home games by clicking on the link above. They may also watch rebroadcasts of Frost Heaves home games over affiliates of the Vermont Access Network on cable systems in Barre, Burlington, Cavendish, Hartford, Hyde Park, Ludlow, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Newport, Plymouth, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Windsor and Woodstock. In addition, Burlington Telecom makes rebroadcasts of home games available to subscribers as a video-on-demand option.
The presenting sponsor for Frost Heaves Webcasts and telecasts is the Vermont State Employees Credit Union.
The Vermont Frost Heaves Basketball Radio Network carries all games, home and away, over flagship WSNO AM 1490 in Barre, WJOY AM 1230 in Burlington and vermontfrostheaves.com. WLVB FM 93.3 in Morrisville broadcasts a Frost Heaves Game of the Week.
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