Hicks strong in loss to Team EJ

Dreamleague All-Stars (DLS) versus Team EJ (TEJ)

Wow! Is one was to describe this battle. Each team came into the game a couple of players short, but that did not stop the action. Back and forth the lead went. Nick Wong came out strong for DLS with a 9 point 1st quarter giving his team a 16-14 edge. A combination of TEJ’s Jerrelle Wilson (14pts, 7rebs) and foul trouble for DLS allowed TEJ to take a 33-31 lead into the half. The 3rd quarter continued a rollercoaster of a game with the lead changing hands seemingly with every possession. Neither team could pull away from the other. Lawrence Melton and Nathaniel Thomas each had strong second halves to maintain the TEJ advantage. To nobody’s surprise this contest went to the wire! Mike Hicks (19pts, 5rebs) of DLS could not be stopped! In foul trouble for most of the game, Hicks and some calm free-throw shooting by his teammates forced and extra session. The score going into overtime was knotted at 62-62. Hicks scored the first bucket in the extra frame, but that was all for DLS. With the turnovers by DLS and missed free-throws by TEJ, it seemed as if neither team wanted to win the game, but ultimately it was the clutch shots by the Thompson boys (Nathaniel and Rashad) that allowed TEJ to walk away with the W.