Game Recaps for 6/5!

 Open Division
United Nations (68) v. Boogie (58)
The week starts off with a big battle when the defending champions United Nations take on the Boogie Team! The FG shooting in the first half was in favor of United Nations. They shot 16-30 (53%) to Boogie's 12-34 (35%). The score at the half United Nations was leading, 34-29! The Boogie Team, was led by Byron's 25pts on 6-7 3pt range and Andre chipped in 17pts! The United Nations was led in scoring by Toby, who scored a game high 26pts and Kareem had a monstrous double-double with 18pts and 19rebs! They were up by one going into the fourth and final quarter when they exploded! With 11pts in the final stanza from Toby, the United Nations went on to win, 68-58!
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United Nations
30-55 55% fgs
6-15 40% 3pt
2-8 25% fts
Toby 26p 5r 4a 2t
Kareem 18p 19r 1b
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Team Boogie
22-58 38% fgs
11-27 41% 3pt
3-8 38% fts
Byron 25p 3r 2a 2s
Andre 17p 2r 5a 3s
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Primetime (49) v. Gamble Team (56)
Up next is a battle between two original TripleDoubleSports teams in the Gamble Team and Primetime! The first half was a half made up with good defense which led to bad shooting! Primetime shot the ball 10-34 (29%) versus the Gamble Team's 8-30 (27%) shooting in the first half. Primetime was leading 25-21 at the half! Kiyoshi led the way in scoring with 16pts and Jokeem, back from a long layoff, came in with 13pts, 5rebs and 5asts! Primetime only had 5 players and it showed! The second half came and the Gamble Team turned the game around. Mark scored 15pts and Alec had a game high 11rebs! The Gamble Teamcame all the way back to win the game, 56-49!
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Primetime
21-65 32% fgs
3-22 14% 3pt
4-10 40% fts
Kiyoshi 16p 9r 2a 1s 1b 1t
Jokeem 13p 5r 5a 2s
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Gamble Team
21-53 40% fgs
10-26 38% 3pt
3-8 38% fts
Mark 15p 6r 3a 1b
Bobby 14p 3r 1a 1t
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Fly Squad (59) v. Knights Basketball (74)
Next we have a game featuring Knights Basketball versus the Fly Squad! The Fly Squad was a little short handed with just 5 guys suiting up to play in this game against the Knights! Ivan did all he could for Fly Squad scoring a season high for TripleDouble, 44pts! Although, Ivan had a big day scoring, the Knights still led at the half, 36-26! The Knights had a pretty even scoring day across the board! With the high scorer being Ares (18pts) and Simon (14pts)!  Larry contributed with a hard fought 12rebs! They pretty much cruised to the victory by the score of, 74-59!
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Fly Squad
21-47 45% fgs
9-21 43% 3pt
8-10 80% fts
Ivan D. 44p 6r 3s 1b 3t
Kenny 10p 6r 1s 1t
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Knights Basketball
28-64 44% fgs
9-24 38% 3pt
7-14 50% fts
Ares 18p 7r 2a 2s 1t
Simon 14p 3r 2a 1b 1t
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D1
Boogie Events (77) v. Eagles (76)
The first game of Division One was a battle versus two of the original teams in TripleDoubleSports when the Eagles take on Boogie Events! The Eagles shot the ball well in the first half hitting 15-30 (50%) fgs in the first half versus the 15-32 (47%) that Boogie Events shot! At the half, the Eagles were up 38-32! Alec led his team in scoring and rebounding (21p 8r) and shot the ball 8-12 shooting from the field. Meanwhile, Boogie Events was down by 7pts going into the final quarter! That's when they turned it on! Outscoring the Eagles 27-17 in the 4th quarter! Behind Rebo (28pts) and Manny (16pts) big 3pt shots with less than a minute on the clock! Boogie Events won the game, 77-74!
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Boogie Events
32-58 55% fgs
7-13 54% 3pt
6-8 75% fts
Rebo 28p 2r 1a 2s
Manny 16p 2r 1a 1t
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Eagles
28-59 47% fgs
5-17 29% 3pt
11-15 73% fts
Alec 21p 8r 1a 1s
Quez 13p 3r 2s 1t
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Squadron (59) v. Spartans (68)
The next game pitts a veteran team, Squadron, versus a new squad, Spartans! The Spartans come into their first season and are sitting pretty in first place at 3-1! Squadron was going without the full squad on the court...they had to make due with only 5 players throughout the entire game! Squadron played the Spartans tough in the first half, with the score 34-29 in favor of the Spartans! Travis (16pts) and Yuhki (14pts) combined to score 30pts but that wasn't nearly enough to beat the young Spartans team! John (Spartans) scored 11 of his 18pts in the fourth. Along with Errol, they hit 5-13 3pters in the second half to go on to win the game, 68-59!
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Squadron
21-58 38% fgs
6-21 29% 3pt
10-14 71% fts
Travis 16p 7r 2a 1s
Yuhki 14p 6r
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Spartans
28-68 41% fgs
9-29 31% 3pt
5-8 62% fts
John 18p 2r 1r 2s
Errol 11p 5r
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D2
Splash Kuyas (60) v. Kanji-Ka (52)
In the first matchup in the Division 2, we have the Splash Kuyas taking on Kanji-Ka! Kanji-Ka came in to this game a bit undermanned and against the Splash Kuyas being undermanned is going to be a problem! Carlo (KK) scored 11 of his teams 17pts in the first half! The score stood at 29-17 Splash Kuyas at the half! Che (15pts) and Paul (14pts) scored 29 of Kanji-Ka's 34pts in the second half. The Splash Kuyas were led in a balanced attack by Chris (13pts) and Jessie (11pts). Johnny had a nice floor game with 8asts and 4stls! Although, the Kanji-Ka had a nice second half it wasn't enough to overcome the lead the Splash Kuyas had built! The Splash Kuyas won, 60-52!
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Splash Kuyas
22-53 42% fgs
4-13 31% 3pt
10-16 63% fgs
Chris 13p 7r 2a 3t
Jessie 11p 3r 2a
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Kanji-Ka
21-47 45% fgs
6-18 33% 3pt
6-7 86% fts
Carlo 17p 5r 4a 2s 1b 5t
Che 17p 2r 3a 3s 1b
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Dawgs (51) v. Xia Yu (52)
One of the closest games that we have today had the Dawgs versus Xia Yu! The Dawgs shot 11-26 (42%) versus Xia Yu's 11-28 (39%) and the scored was tied 27 apiece at halftime! The Dawgs, Bradley registered a game high in points (21pts) and rebounds (13) and Ryan chipped in with 12pts! Both teams turned up the defensive intensity in the second half! Dorian (XY) scored a team high 20pts and led a balanced attack and held off the Dawgs! Xia Yu beat the Dawgs to the finish line winning the game, 52-51!
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Dawgs
19-54 35% fgs
3-15 20% 3pt
8-11 73% fts
Bradley 21p 13r 1a 2s 1b 2t
Ryan Sera 12p 1r 3a 1s 1b 1t
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Xia Yu
19-48 40% fgs
5-12 42% 3pt
10-14 71% fts
Dorian 20p 3r 1a 1s
Toni C. 9p 2r 2a
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Putties (55) v. SF Flight (80)
To end our day is a battle of attrition when the Putties take on SF Flight! Each team started the game without a substitute! 5 on 5, ironman basketball! The Putties kept it close in the first half going 4-8 3pt range! Antonio led the team with a game high 24pts and JMac came up with a career high 17rebs! The score at halftime was, 40-28, SF Flight. The second half came and so did an extra man for SF Flight! Arj showed up after going to the wrong gym! Him showing up only made things harder for the Putties! John Calara (22pts) and Andrew Faro (20pts) used the 3pt line to their advantage! They, along with the other SF Flight, made 8-19 3pters in the second half! To only lengthen their lead and win the game, 80-55!
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Putties
23-64 36% fgs
7-17 41% 3pt
2-4 50% fts
Antonio 24p 3r 2a 4t
JMac 19p 17r 2a 2t
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SF Flight
31-60 52% fgs
14-34 41% 3pt
1-2 50% fts
John 22p 6r 2a 1s
Andrew 20p 6r 5a 1s