2011 Fall, SEASON 6
Week 5
By: Nathan Apolonio/ @NDAx92
5 Weeks have come and gone and one thing that is very clear is that the 4x defending champs Morningwood seem very unlikely to complete their first 3-peat. With the strong/consistent play of Washed Up they’ve become the new favorite to take the divisions ultimate prize. They’re as fired up and hungrier than ever. Morningwood although lacked that spark that gave them an advantage over the competition for the previous seasons. Morningwood was at the risk of getting embarrassed after they let a double-digit lead slip away and allowed the West Coast Pros. to believe they actually had a chance to win the game. If it wasn’t for Marcus Pringle’s leadership, Morningwood would have lost to a team with 4 active players. They just looked disinterested in the whole aspect the game. If they bring that type of performance when facing one of the divisions other top teams, expect the champs to have an early exit from the post season this time around.
P.A.H.U vs. The Pack
DIVISION 1
The Pack win their second game in 5 tries after they defeat P.A.H.U 64- 53.
For P.A.H.U, Gary McNellys Jr. and Anthony led the way with 14 points and 7 rebounds each Mike and Damon finished with 8 points apiece. Greg rounded out the scoring load with 7 points, and 2 rebounds.
Tyler (19 points and 13 rebounds ) and Sam Nogales (19 points and 7 rebounds) led all scorers for The Pack, George Lewis rounded out the top 3 scorers with 10 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Another notable performer for the pack in this game was Lonnie Rivera who finished with 8 points and 14 rebounds.
I Ball vs. The Dynasty
DIVISION 1
I Ball manages to slug it out in a heavyweight offensive battle and defensive struggle to come away with a 82 – 80 win.
James led the way for IBall, finishing with 25 points and pulled in 10 rebounds. Wilson Fiallos assisted James with a 22 points and 6 rebounds performance. Les was third in command on the stat sheet finishing with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Tony Bell rounded the top 4 performers for I Ball with a 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists performance to help his team come away with a narrow win.
As always the Dynasty had a balanced offensive attack with Holden leading the way with 23 points and 8 rebound performance.Tren finished the game as the teams second leading scorer with 18 points and 2 rebounds. Walter was the third leading scorer with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 steals. Bui “The Matrix” Tut rounded out the scoring quartet with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
Washed Up vs. Play Makerz
DIVISION 1
In the “Game of the Week” Washed Up finds a way to hold off a very talented Play Makerz team by a score of 73 – 62 in a match up of the #1 and #3 seed.
Johnnie Green notched a team-high 28 points pulled in 7 rebounds. Amos Battle chipped in 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. Carl Hardin and Aesh Dabbas finished with 6 points to round out the scoring quarter of the Play Makerz.
For the second game this season, leading MVP candidate Johnny Earl (28.0 ppg) took a backseat to Dre who was the teams leading scorer in the Week 5 game. Michael Earl finished with 19 points and 5 rebounds . Johnny Earl was the teams third leading scorer, he finished with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Justin rounded out the scoring trio with 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.
The Alliance vs. Tupac Back
DIVISION 1
The Alliance get their second win of the season by defeating Tupac back 81 – 64 in their Week 5 showdown.
Jordan Block led the way for Tupac Back with 27 Points and 10 rebounds, Eric finished with 19 points and 8 rebounds and Jeff Allen rounded out the top 3 scorers with 10 points and 1 rebound.
The Alliance team was led by Ralph Chavez who finished with 32 points, 15 rebounds. Jaime Villalobos finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Jimmy Nguyen was the teams 3rd leading scorer with a very quiet 19 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Aaron Sanchez rounded out the scoring load with 7 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Morningwood vs. West Coast Pros.
DIVISION 1
Morningwood rallies behind the leadership of Marcus Pringle and escape with a 57 – 55 victory over the West Coast Pros. The funny thing about this game is that it was not supposed to be this close. The West Coast Pros. played the entire game with 4 players and was fired up from the get go at the simple fact that they knew Morningwood would take them lightly.
Rich Cobarrubias led all Morningwood scorers with 13 points 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Cobarrubias also tipped in the game winning shot to help Morningwood defeat the West Coast Pros. Dewayne O’Neal was the teams second leading scorer, with 9 points and 8 boards. Andrae “Liddo Man” Lockett was the third leading scorer with 7 points.
Charles Grays led the way for West Coast with 21 points and 7 rebounds, Daimon Fleming was the second leading scorer with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Fleming also came away with 5 steals. Laron Merriner rounded out the scoring quartet with 10 points and 7 rebounds.
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