After suffering their first defeat in five games, the Albany Patroons exacted revenge upon the East Kentucky Miners, defeating their division opponents 103-100 Thursday night at the East Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, Ky. Albany took 5 1/2 of a possible seven quarterpoints, winning the second and fourth quarters and tying the third with the Miners.
Nat Burton led all Patroons in scoring with 26 points, going 10-15 from the floor. Center Amal McCaskill scored 22 points; he also pulled down 12 rebounds and added 5 assists to his totals. Albany's bench proved to be the difference in this game, outscoring the Miners' bench 33-12; the Patroons had 10 steals to the Miners' 5; and 22 assists to East Kentucky's 14. Included in the bench scoring was Albany's Jason "J-Bird" Williams, whose ten points included two first-half 3-pointers.
Josh Pace was the top scorer for the Miners, with 20 points; James "Boo" Jackson's 18 points were ugmented with 13 rebounds; center Reo Logan earned a double-double of 11 points and 11 boards.
The Patroons next head home for a two-game series with the Oklahoma Cavalry; Albany hosts the Cavs on Saturday, December 22 and Christmas Day, December 25; then will travel to Minot, N.D. to face the division-leading Skyrockets for the first time this season.
Albany at East Kentucky
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Game No. 67 12/20/07 7:05 PM
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH Total Points
Albany 21 28 23 31 103 5.5
East Kentucky 27 22 23 28 100 1.5
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Technical Albany Qtr Time East Kentucky Qtr Time
Fouls None None
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Attendance: 841 Time: 0:00 Referees: Bone, Shannon
Honacki, Steve
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Albany Patroons
Name S MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT PTS OR DR TR AST PF EF TO BS ST
1 Smith, Dajan * 22 5 6 83.3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 10 2 5 7 1 3 0 2 0 1
2 Timberlake, Chad * 27 2 7 28.6 2 2 100. 0 2 0.0 6 0 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 1
3 Burton, Nat * 28 10 15 66.7 5 6 83.3 1 1 100. 26 2 5 7 3 2 0 3 0 3
4 Powell, Rashaad * 29 2 10 20.0 1 2 50.0 1 2 50.0 6 1 1 2 2 6 0 5 0 0
5 McCaskill, Amal * 40 10 16 62.5 2 4 50.0 0 0 0.0 22 2 10 12 5 1 0 3 1 1
6 Miller, Jamaal 13 1 5 20.0 4 5 80.0 0 2 0.0 6 0 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0
7 Shackelford, Dewayne 15 0 2 0.0 2 2 100. 0 1 0.0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Williams, Jason 23 4 9 44.4 0 0 0.0 2 2 100. 10 2 4 6 4 2 0 1 0 3
9 Bowers, Will 20 3 9 33.3 2 2 100. 0 0 0.0 8 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0
10 Jordan, Lucious 23 2 5 40.0 3 5 60.0 0 2 0.0 7 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 240 39 84 46.4 21 28 75.0 4 12 33.3 103 13 32 45 22 20 0 19 2 10
Team Rebounds: 6 Team TO: 19
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East Kentucky Miners
Name S MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT PTS OR DR TR AST PF EF TO BS ST
1 Jackson, James * 42 8 18 44.4 2 2 100. 0 0 0.0 18 3 10 13 1 5 0 1 0 0
2 Logan, Reo * 39 3 9 33.3 5 5 100. 0 0 0.0 11 3 8 11 0 5 0 0 0 1
3 McLeish, Jason * 26 6 11 54.5 0 0 0.0 1 1 100. 13 0 1 1 5 2 0 2 1 1
4 Crain, Mike * 37 6 8 75.0 4 5 80.0 2 2 100. 18 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
5 Pace, Josh * 48 11 20 55.0 6 8 75.0 0 0 0.0 28 2 6 8 5 4 0 8 2 3
6 Northern, Bryant 22 4 10 40.0 1 1 100. 1 2 50.0 10 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
7 Barnes, Lawrence 11 0 3 0.0 2 2 100. 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
8 Heard, Marcus 6 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Allen, Byron 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 240 38 80 47.5 20 23 87.0 4 5 80.0 100 9 31 40 14 23 0 15 3 5
Team Rebounds: 6 Team TO: 16
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