Winter 2010: A 5v5 League Champs: Bad Man Soup

Bad Man Soup proves they are the best team in A 5v5
Bad Man Soup 58 Need For Sheed 50

Here it is.  The moment you’ve all been waiting for, the A 5v5 Winter 2010 Championship write-up.  We have Bad Man Soup (BMS), who finished the regular season as the best team with 8-2 record.  On the other side was no slouch, Need for Sheed (NFS) who finished the regular season with a 6-3 record which was third best in the league.  These two teams did meet back on Week 8 and BMS got the better of NFS with an 11 point victory.  What would happen tonight?????? 

In the early going, NFS had a slight 8-6 edge due to strong playing of Preston Raymond.  I could tell he would have a much better game than his A1 all-star showing the day before.  Preston had a solid game scoring 12 points and grabbing 5 boards.  BMS was not ready to give this game away.  They roared back with 15 minutes left in the half to take a 3 point lead 11-8 forcing NFS to call timeout.  5 minutes later that lead would grow to 7 points (22-15) and it looked like this game would get ugly.  Wait a minute did you forget that Royce Henry was playing?  NFS cut the lead to 3 (24-21) with 5 minutes left in the half forcing BMS to call a TO.  Royce was getting to the free throw line and went 5-6 in the first half.  Royce also scored a couple of other baskets finishing the half with 9 points.  Royce led his team in points and blocks and was getting it done on the both ends of the floor.  Ian Kilpatrick also stepped up knocking down 2 three-pointers and led his team in rebounds.  BMS got to the half with a 32-28 lead.  Keeping it together for BMS was Jonathan Beerbohm.  Jon scored 9 of his 12 points and led his team in rebounding.  Also Mahlon Williams leading BMS in blocks and some crucial baskets. 

Second half BMS started to pull away.  7 minutes in BMS had a 44-33 lead forcing NFS to take a time-out.  With 5 minutes left in the game NFS was able to pull within 6 (47-41) but it wasn’t their night and this was as close as they would get.  BMS wins 58-50. Player of the half and MVP of the game Mike Crotty was big from the charity stripe going 6-9 for in the half/game.  He also led his team and scoring with 16.

Great season everyone.  A few questions for next session.  Will BMS win back to back titles?  Will NFS regroup and be the team to beat?  Or will it be some other team?  Only time will tell.  Until next time fellas.

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