Beantown Cup hold off late rally to beat Thundercats
Beantown Cup (South) 76 Thundercats (Atlantic) 65
Beantown Cup lead for the entirety of the second half but had to hold of a slew of rallies by Thundercats to pick up a 76-65 unification win.
Beantown Cup finished the game without blinking, sinking 11 of 12 free throws in the final two minutes to salt away the win. Beantown Cup led by as many as 16 in the second and held off Thundercats despite letting the lead slip all the way to just two points with nine minutes left.
Beantown Cup rolled on the backs of its three-headed monster of Louis Dale, AJ Prince, and Chad McDaniel. The trio combined for 56 points. McDaniel had a team-high 22 points. Dale went 8-8 from the stripe including six makes in the final two minutes, and Prince had a strong shooting game both inside and out.
Thundercats got a game-high 24 points from Mike Baker and an eight-point, 12-rebound performance from Daniel Popko, but the squad couldn't find the bucket to turn the corner and regain the lead.
Commentary by Abelson... First Streets Finest (West) 79 Tune Squad (Pacific) 72 First Streets Finest advances to B2 It was back forth for the full 44 minutes, and in the end it was a key 15-0 midway through the game that pushed First Streets Finest to a 79-72 win over Tune Squad. The run came in the final minutes of the first half and opening minutes of the second half. FSF turned a three-point deficit into a 12-point lead and never looked back. Tune Squad would get the gap down to one with eight minutes left but couldn't find a way to turn the corner. Zak Tseytlin was dominant for FSF. He had a game-high 29 points as well as a dozen rebounds and two steals for good measure. Eric Rosiello had 17 and seven as well for the victors. Tune Squad got a huge game from Matt Connelly with 23 points, eight boards, and five blocks. Marvin Chan also had 22 points on 6-12 shooting from three, but Tune Squad didn't have enough answers for Tseytlin on the inside.
Beantown Cup (South) 76 Thundercats (Atlantic) 65 Beantown Cup hold off late rally to beat Thundercats Beantown Cup lead for the entirety of the second half but had to hold of a slew of rallies by Thundercats to pick up a 76-65 unification win. Beantown Cup finished the game without blinking, sinking 11 of 12 free throws in the final two minutes to salt away the win. Beantown Cup led by as many as 16 in the second and held off Thundercats despite letting the lead slip all the way to just two points with nine minutes left. Beantown Cup rolled on the backs of its three-headed monster of Louis Dale, AJ Prince, and Chad McDaniel. The trio combined for 56 points. McDaniel had a team-high 22 points. Dale went 8-8 from the stripe including six makes in the final two minutes, and Prince had a strong shooting game both inside and out. Thundercats got a game-high 24 points from Mike Baker and an eight-point, 12-rebound performance from Daniel Popko, but the squad couldn't find the bucket to turn the corner and regain the lead.
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Standings B2 5v5 Uni Games S19 Thru Week | |||||||
P | Team | Record | % | Streak | GB | PF | PA |
Beantown Cup (South) | 1-0 | 1.000 | W1 | 0 | 76.00 | 65.00 | |
First Streets Finest (West) | 1-0 | 1.000 | W1 | 0 | 79.00 | 72.00 | |
Tune Squad (Pacific) | 1-1 | 0.500 | L1 | 0.5 | 66.00 | 67.50 | |
Thundercats (Atlantic) | 1-1 | 0.500 | L1 | 0.5 | 71.00 | 75.50 | |
Colonials (Central) | 0-1 | 0.000 | L1 | 1 | 75.00 | 77.00 | |
OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 0-1 | 0.000 | L1 | 1 | 56.00 | 60.00 |
Points Per Game | |||||
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1 | Zak Tseytlin First Streets Finest (West) | 29.00 | |||
2 | Jake Northrup Colonials (Central) | 27.00 | |||
2 | Jason O'Keefe OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 27.00 | |||
4 | Chad McDaniel Beantown Cup (South) | 22.00 | |||
5 | Michael Baker Thundercats (Atlantic) | 21.00 | |||
6 | Ryan O'Keefe OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 19.00 | |||
7 | AJ Prince Beantown Cup (South) | 18.00 |
Player Rater | |||||
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1 | Zak Tseytlin First Streets Finest (West) | 59.00 | 1 | ||
2 | Jake Northrup Colonials (Central) | 57.00 | 1 | ||
3 | Matt Connelly Tune Squad (Pacific) | 49.50 | 2 | ||
4 | Jason O'Keefe OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 43.50 | 1 | ||
5 | Michael Baker Thundercats (Atlantic) | 41.75 | 2 | ||
6 | Louise Dale Beantown Cup (South) | 39.50 | 1 | ||
6 | Kevin Lafrancis Colonials (Central) | 39.50 | 1 | ||
6 | Ryan O'Keefe OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 39.50 | 1 | ||
6 | Eric Rosiello First Streets Finest (West) | 39.50 | 1 | ||
10 | Jeff Huynh Tune Squad (Pacific) | 38.25 | 2 |
Rebounds Per Game | |||||
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1 | Kevin Lafrancis Colonials (Central) | 13.00 | |||
2 | Zak Tseytlin First Streets Finest (West) | 12.00 | |||
3 | Phil Davis OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 11.00 | |||
4 | Matt Connelly Tune Squad (Pacific) | 10.00 | |||
5 | Kevin Clarke First Streets Finest (West) | 9.00 | |||
5 | Louise Dale Beantown Cup (South) | 9.00 | |||
7 | Jeff Huynh Tune Squad (Pacific) | 7.50 | |||
7 | Daniel Popko Thundercats (Atlantic) | 7.50 |
3s Per Game | |||||
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1 | Zak Tseytlin First Streets Finest (West) | 7.00 | 58% | ||
2 | Jason O'Keefe OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 6.00 | 67% | ||
3 | Marvin Chan Tune Squad (Pacific) | 4.50 | 50% | ||
4 | Max Tejeda Colonials (Central) | 4.00 | 67% | ||
5 | Eric Rosiello First Streets Finest (West) | 3.00 | 50% | ||
5 | Jake Northrup Colonials (Central) | 3.00 | 50% | ||
5 | Louise Dale Beantown Cup (South) | 3.00 | 38% | ||
5 | Chad McDaniel Beantown Cup (South) | 3.00 | 27% |
Assists Per Game | |||||
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1 | Jake Northrup Colonials (Central) | 8.00 | |||
2 | Mike Duffy Colonials (Central) | 5.00 | |||
3 | Jeff Huynh Tune Squad (Pacific) | 4.50 | |||
4 | Max Tejeda Colonials (Central) | 4.00 | |||
5 | Michael Baker Thundercats (Atlantic) | 3.50 | |||
6 | Kevin Lafrancis Colonials (Central) | 3.00 | |||
6 | Phil Davis OBA All-Stars (Mid) | 3.00 | |||
6 | Kyle Mochnacz Thundercats (Atlantic) | 3.00 | |||
6 | Kevin Tang Tune Squad (Pacific) | 3.00 | |||
6 | Matt Connelly Tune Squad (Pacific) | 3.00 |