Corporate 5v5 B East

Commentary by ROACH...

DataRobot 48  IEC 29

DataRobot lights it up

DataRobot knocked down 10 threes to take down IEC, 48-29, on Wednesday night.

DataRobot came out of the gates firing and led 6-2 early on a James Pratam layup. Pratam extended the lead to 19-12 with his first three-pointer. A pair of free throws for Eric Malumed made it 27-16. DataRobot led 30-18 at the half.

The threes continued to rain down in the second half as Ben Solari made it 37-22 with a triple. Jeff Hannan hit the lone three for IEC to make it a 37-25 hole, but it was not enough to get back into the contest.

Pratam led all players with 25 points on 5-of-11 shooting from distance. 

Luke Rathkens led IEC with 14 points. IEC shot just 1-of-19 from three-point territory.

H1 And 1 61  ED 57

H1 And 1 squeaks out another

ED was in the contest from the tip, but a late run for H1 And 1 gave them another close victory, 61-57, on Wednesday evening.

ED took an early 4-0 lead before H1 And 1 came back with a 19-4 run to lead 19-8 after a jumper for Marcus Caron. ED rallied to knot the score 28-28 on a 20-9 run capped by a shot in the paint for Pat Bubul. H1 And 1 got just enough to lead 32-30 at halftime.

In the second half, with both teams knotted 35-35, Julian Quinones scored eight straight to give H1 And 1 the 43-35 advantage. ED answered with a 17-7 run and led 52-50 on a Bubul triple. Quinones got the lead right back with his own three. H1 And 1 hit enough free throws to hang on for the W.

Joe Elich led H1 And 1 with 17 points. Quinones chipped in with 13 points.

For ED, Will Orwig poured in 19 points. Matt McDonough added 18 points.

Microsoft 35  Publicis Lions 50

Lions roll

After a slow start, Publicis Lions came away with a 50-35 win over Microsoft.

Microsoft kept it close in the first half after trailing 16-6 early on. Microsoft went on a 13-3 run to tie it up, 19-19, with a putback for Isaiah LeGare. Publicis Lions retook the lead with a 7-1 run to make it 26-20 at the break.

Publicis Lions kept it going in the second half and pushed the lead out to 35-24 on an Isaac Remy three-point jumper. Microsoft cut it down to six, but a layup for TJ Green put this one away at 46-30.

Marius Johnson scored 11 of his game-high 20 points in the first half for Publicis Lions.

For Microsoft, Anthony Graves led with 11 points and four steals.

Vericel 32  Boban's Cute Little Friends 41

Boban puts away Vericel

Vericel nearly came away with another victory, but Boban's Cute Little Friends came away with a 41-32 win on Wednesday.

It was all Boban's early as they led 12-2 after a mid-range jumper for Rob Mullinix. Vericel came back with a 15-5 run to tie it up 17-17 before a Mullinix triple put Boban's up 20-17. Boban's led 22-19 at the half.

Boban's kept it up in the second half and a couple shots from Myles Greenough made it a double-digit game at 41-30 to seal the win.

Brent Christy finished with 14 points to lead Boban's.

For Vericel, Jon Muteba scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half while grabbing 15 boards.