THE DREAM LEAGUE
National Basketball Tournaments
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South Bay Shootout 53, Sugar Beats (Oakland) 44 |
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Sugar Beats Baptized by Shootout in Brickfest |
| December 15, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Shootout baptized Sugar Beats into the national Elite tournament field, although it was a brickfest for both teams. The first quarter was marred by 16 total turnovers, 8 by each team. Shootout's JoJo Pierce (#8) got the mortar attack started with a 1-for-6 clanger from the charity stripe, but Shootout held onto an early 11-10 lead. Meanwhile, the Sugar Beats' point-shooter Vince Chooi (#00) committed 3 turnovers, on pace for 12, but he ended up with only 5. The second frame was a battle underneath as Andre Lockett (#9) of the Sugar Beats grabbed 5 of his 11 rebounds, but Shootout's man in the middle, TJ Hawkins (#7), countered with 2 blocked shots. The Sugar Beats took a 21-13 lead before a bucket by Ryan Mateo (#22) of Shootout. Shootout would then outscore the Sugar Beats 9-2 to head into halftime with the Sugar Beats up 23-22. In the third, Shootout pulled ahead on two successive runs and never looked back, while the Sugar Beats shot an abysmal 3-for-17. Shootout got off to a 9-0 start on baskets by Pierce and Dennis Jimenez (#20), to lead 31-23. After Lockett cut the lead to 31-25, Shootout went on another 7-point run on a patented Payton-to-Harrison touchdown by Jimenez-to-Mateo, Pierce again, and a trey by seldom-used Leo Garcia (#5). Pierce paced Shootout with 7 of his eventual 17 points. In the 4th, the Sugar Beats went on their own 7-0 burst with unlikely buckets from center Ken Chen (#00), strong guard John Nasol (#4), and power forward Mark Scates (#11) to cut the lead to 41-34. The closest Sugar Beats got was 42-36 before Mateo connected from inside and outside the arc to give Shootout a more permanent cushion of 46-37. Rodney Campbell (#44) did his best to lead a Sugar Beats comeback, but shot just 1-for-5 in the 4th, finishing with a subpar 8 points on 4-for-14 shooting, although he pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. Pierce regained his touch with 4-for-4 from the line, scoring Shootout's last 6 points to close it out. The Sugar Beats did not have the services of sneaky inside rebounder Nelson Cruz (#7) or leading scorer David Torres (#0), probably due to work reasons. Shootout had a shortened bench as well, as guard Bobby Hernandez (#24) and 6'5" backup center Archie Sumala (#31) were also unavailable. Ryan Mateo (#22) tied Pierce with game-high honors with 17 points to go along with 5 steals. Chooi was the only player on the Sugar Beats to reach double-digits with 12. Pierce had an impressive final line of 17-and-11, but it certainly won't be remembered as one of his best performances, as he shot an uncharacteristic 5-for-12 from the free-throw line and 2-for-8 from downtown. Had he made, say, one more trey and half of his missed throws, he would have had something like 23-and-11. The win put Shootout in position to win Pool X, while the Sugar Beats would need to beat Ballerz Inc. to have any hope of landing in the top 4 or 5 for the Elite double-elimination playoffs. |
Score by Quarters
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Total |
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| South Bay Shootout | 11 | 11 | 19 | 12 | - | 53 |
| Sugar Beats (Oakland) | 10 | 13 | 7 | 14 | - | 44 |
Boxscore
| South Bay Shootout - 53 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia, Leo | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 1 / 2 [0.500] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hawkins, T.J. | 3 / 10 [0.300] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Hernandez, Bobby (#2) | DNP | ||||||||||
| Jimenez, Dennis (#20) | 1 / 3 [0.333] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 2 / 4 [0.500] | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mateo, Ryan (#22) | 7 / 16 [0.438] | 2 / 7 [0.286] | 1 / 4 [0.250] | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Nocon, Seve | 1 / 5 [0.200] | 0 / 3 [0.000] | 4 / 6 [0.667] | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Phengthirath, Doe (#3) | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierce, JoJo (#8) | 5 / 15 [0.333] | 2 / 8 [0.250] | 5 / 12 [0.417] | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |
| Sumala, Archie | DNP | ||||||||||
| 18 / 51 [0.353] | 4 / 20 [0.200] | 13 / 28 [0.464] | 34 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 53 | ||
| Sugar Beats (Oakland) - 44 | |||||||||||
| Player | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | F | PTS | |
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| Campbell, Rod | 4 / 14 [0.286] | 0 / 8 [0.000] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Canalin, Tim | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chen, Ken | 1 / 8 [0.125] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Chooi, Vince | 5 / 12 [0.417] | 2 / 7 [0.286] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Cruz, Nelson | DNP | ||||||||||
| Huang, Mike | 2 / 7 [0.286] | 1 / 3 [0.333] | 1 / 1 [1.000] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Lockett, Andre | 2 / 8 [0.250] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 2 / 5 [0.400] | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| Nasol, John | 1 / 8 [0.125] | 0 / 2 [0.000] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Scates, Mark | 4 / 9 [0.444] | 0 / 0 [0.000] | 0 / 1 [0.000] | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Torres, David | DNP | ||||||||||
| 19 / 67 [0.284] | 3 / 20 [0.150] | 3 / 9 [0.333] | 48 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 44 | ||