Open Pro Am Division CHAMPIONSHIP re-cap!

#1 Big Game Ballers (65) v. United Nations (63)
The main event of the day is the Open Championship! The Big Game Ballers look to complete an undefeated season as the play United Nations, who were going for back to back championships! Everyone thought this game was going to be a blowout...everyone but Toby Merchant! The score was 30-29 at the half, with United Nations trailing by a point! Toby was the game's high scorer with 27pts. Big Game Ballers, on the other hand, had a more balanced attack. Colin led his team with 16pts and the MVP, DeAngelo, scored 15pts & 5rebs! The third quarter was all Big Game! They were able to outscore United Nations, 19-11! Lengthening their advantage, going into the fourth, 49-40! The UN had one more chance at victory! Their shooting as a team improved in the 4th! They shot 10-15 fgs (67%) while Big Game shot 5-15 fgs (33%)! The Ballers were also 6-8 fts (75%) while the UN didn't shoot a free throw in the quarter! With 15.4 secs left in the game and Big Game up by 4pts, UN still had a chance! The took out the ball and passed it JRock who took it strong to the hole and dumped it off to Kareem for a layup that cut the lead to 65-63! With 10.1 secs left the ball was inbounded to Marquel who dribbled across half court and threw a pass that was deflected by Toby right into the hands of JRock who got the ball right back to Toby for a wide open 3pt shot to win the game...but it went in and out! Big game held on to the rebound and won an exciting game, 65-63! A great day of 3 exciting championship games!
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Big Game Ballers
25-52 48% fgs
7-23 30% 3pt
10-13 77% fts
Colin 16p 1r 2s
DeAngelo 15p 5r 1a 3s, MVP
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United Nations
22-49 45% fgs
9-24 38% 3pt
8-13 62% fts
Toby 27p 2r 1a 1b
Mac 11p 3r 3a 2s

Asian Divison One CHAMPIONSHIP re-cap!

#5 Squadron (56) v. #6 Eagles (58)
The Division 1 Championship game has #5 seeded Squadron versus the #6 seeded Eagles in a game where key players from both teams were absent. The game played tight throughout! Both teams were shooting well (Sq 50%; E 46%). At the half the score was all knotted up at 29 apiece! Soren (19pts) and Steven (13pts) each pulled down 8rebs as the defensive intensity heightened. The drama was just beginning in the 4th quarter with :30 secs left in the game and Squadron up by 5pts you would say that Squadron had the game in hand, right? Well, hold that thought. The Eagles then rushed the ball to the front court and worked around to Jovelle, after he pump faked he took the 3 and hit it! 55-53...Eagles down 2pts! Squadron inbounded the ball and was immediately fouled. Soren to the line but he was only able to make 1 out of 2. Squadron 56-53. With 18.9 secs left, Eagles with the ball and in the hands of the MVP, Quez, he dribbles around and finds Jovelle in the same spot but being guarded closely by Ron, he pumped faked and the defender bit and he took an off balanced 3pt shot and made it! 56-56! Inbounded the ball to Soren and he dribbles to half court and did what no passer should and that's to leave you feet! He was double teamed and rose to pass but it was picked off by Quez who strolled in for a layup! Eagles lead 58-56! The inbounds pass was then picked off by Jovelle and the Eagles win the game! Wow!
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Squadron
21-45 47% fgs
3-15 20% 3pt
13-16 81% fts
Soren 19p 8r 3a 1t
Steve 13p 8r 1a
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Eagles
22-51 43% fgs
10-26 38% 3pt
4-8 50% fts
Quez 20p 7r 3a 2s, MVP
Jovelle 11p 11r 1a 1b

Asian Divison Two CHAMPIONSHIP re-cap!

Division 2
#2 Xia Yu (39) v. #8 Dawgs (42)
TripleDoubleSports Division 2 has come down to #2 Xia Yu versus the #8 seeded Dawgs! This game turned out to be a defensive battle with every possession being valued! Xia Yu came out of the first quarter with a two point advantage, 10-8, with team captain Dorian Sun scoring 5 of his game high 16pts! The second quarter was all Dawgs or shall I say all Bradley! He scored 9pts in the quarter to give the Dawgs a lead at the half, 20-17! The second half was back and forth action. Xia Yu shot 24% to the Dawgs 35% in the half! If it wasn't for the free throws in the second half (XY 11-13; D 8-11) the score would have been a lot less than it was! Xia Yu regained the lead in the second half briefly behind Jeremy's double-double (10p 10r). The Dawgs, however, weren't gonna let this championship get away from them! Ryan Sera scored 10 of his team high 13pts to help seal the victory and bring the 'ship home to the Dawgs for the first time since we played at South City almost 3yrs ago! The Dawgs won, 42-39! D2 Champions, Dawgs!
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Xia Yu
10-39 26% fgs
3-11 27% 3pt
16-25 64% fts
Dorian 16p 3r
Jeremy L. 10p 10r 3s 1t
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Dawgs
16-43 37% fgs
0-10 0% 3pt
10-14 71% fts
Ryan 13p 3r 3a 2b 2t, MVP
Bradley 10p 5r 1s 1t