PATROONS CANNOT SURPASS DEFICIT, LOSE 121-109 TO XPLOSION
The Pittsburgh Xplosion ran off an early 32-17 lead, and continued to stay strong, winning the second straight contest from the Albany Patroons, 121-109 [5.5-1.5]. The Xplosion scored 61% of their shots from the floor (44-71), as well as 7-of-13 from beyond 3-point range.
The Patroons, playing their third straight contest against the Xplosion, never led in this match, and fell behind by as many as 21 points at the start of the third quarter. Albany was led by Jamaal Miller with 25 points; Lucious Jordan added 22 points. Amal McCaskill was the leading rebounder for the Patroons, with 13 boards.
Four Xplosion players had 26 points or more; including John DeGroat (26 points, 11 rebounds); Shaun Fountain (26 points, 6 assists), Kevin Mickens (21 pts) and Albert White (21 pts).
 | Gordon Malone, the neweest member of the Patroons, to the line to shoot two. |
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 | Jason Williams launches a shot. |
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 | Rashaad Powell gets some points in the paint. |
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 | Chad Timberlake with the finger roll. |
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 | Those Emeralds get down! |
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 | Lucious Jordan doing his best imitation of Bobby Orr from the 1970 Stanley Cup finals. |
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 | Sarah currently works in Accounting and is the Industrial Gas Buyer for a small company in downtown Albany. She has been dancing her whole life and absolutely loves it. Sarah studied ballet for 13 years, and then cheered and competed with the University at Albany's dance team in college. Just in case you wanted to more about her. |
Pittsburgh at Albany
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Game No. 101 01/05/08 7:35 PM Washington Avenue Armory
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1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH Total Points
Pittsburgh 32 28 28 33 121 5.5
Albany 17 25 34 33 109 1.5
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Technical Pittsburgh Qtr Time Albany Qtr Time
Fouls None 2 11:24
Miller, Jamaal 1 1:06
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Attendance: 0 Time: 0:00 Referees: REF1
REF2
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Pittsburgh Xplosion
Name S MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT PTS OR DR TR AST PF EF TO BS ST
1 White, Albert * 30 7 11 63.6 4 4 100. 3 6 50.0 21 2 4 6 3 4 0 7 1 3
2 DeGroat, John * 30 12 18 66.7 1 3 33.3 1 1 100. 26 5 6 11 1 5 0 1 0 0
3 Mickens, Kevin * 36 9 11 81.8 3 6 50.0 0 0 0.0 21 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
4 Fountain, Shaun * 42 10 17 58.8 5 6 83.3 1 1 100. 26 1 4 5 6 3 0 3 0 3
5 McCrommon, Chaz * 28 2 8 25.0 2 2 100. 0 1 0.0 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 0
6 Krauser, Carl 30 2 4 50.0 9 10 90.0 2 4 50.0 15 0 2 2 5 5 0 4 0 2
7 Anderson, Tyrone 13 1 1 100. 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 4 5 0 4 0 2 0 0
8 Baker, Lawrence 15 1 1 100. 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Njoya, Simplice 16 0 0 0.0 2 2 100. 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
TOTAL 240 44 71 62.0 26 37 70.3 7 13 53.8 121 10 24 34 19 27 0 21 2 10
Team Rebounds: 10 Team TO: 0
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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 Timberlake, Chad * 33 5 11 45.5 6 6 100. 1 3 33.3 17 1 6 7 5 4 0 4 0 3
2 Miller, Jamaal * 40 7 16 43.8 9 9 100. 2 10 20.0 25 1 0 1 7 4 0 6 0 3
3 Burton, Nat * 29 3 8 37.5 0 0 0.0 0 4 0.0 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0
4 Powell, Rashaad * 33 5 11 45.5 1 1 100. 0 1 0.0 11 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1
5 McCaskill, Amal * 36 6 11 54.5 1 4 25.0 0 0 0.0 13 4 9 13 1 3 0 4 1 1
6 Wright, DayShawn 9 1 2 50.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
7 Bruin, Anthony 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Williams, Jason 16 2 6 33.3 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
9 Jordan, Lucious 32 9 13 69.2 3 5 60.0 1 4 25.0 22 2 0 2 2 4 0 3 0 1
10 Malone, Gordon 8 3 3 100. 3 3 100. 0 0 0.0 9 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 240 41 81 50.6 23 28 82.1 4 23 17.4 109 15 18 33 17 26 0 21 2 10
Team Rebounds: 6 Team TO: 0
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