Fall 2012: Co-Ed 5v5 A League Champs: BOOM Shakalaka

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Smokin' Trees & Strokin' Threes 63  Monstars 45

Smokin’ Trees overcome TJ’s hot outside shooting for the double-digit victory.

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Monstars win the tip and then Swecker hits the jumper to draw first blood but The Bully answers, converting a lay-up after a nice feed from Nibs the Balla.  Smokin’ Trees is a team known to love to crash the boards, especially Nate Dogg and The Bully, well they lived up to that on one play when those 2 and Nibs all grabbed the same defensive board.  Nate Dogg wasn’t only shining the glass but was picking pockets, he had a couple early steals but ST was struggling to consistently convert.  Despite that they still had a 6-2 lead 5 minutes in.

TJ was well on his way to a big game, he started it with some hustle rebounding grabbing 3 offensive boards by sneaking into the paint and snagging the balls that came off the rim long.  
Syd was subbing in for the Monstars and tied it up after a nice bounce pass by none other than TJ as she cut to the basket.  Smokin’ Trees was unable to find the range from deep, having multiple shots rim in and out and started out 0-6 from beyond the arc.  That didn’t matter because The Bully had 8 points to pace his squad to a 14-9 lead with 8 minutes left in the first half.  

Couple of offensive possessions Nibs hits his first triple to push the Smokin’ Trees lead up to 10, the first double digit lead of the night.  Then CJD, or Crazy Janitor Dude, decided to walk through the middle of the court during the game.  I mean, he had to make sure to tell everyone about the cops outside, so it was important to get in the way.  Smokin’ Trees was really finding their rhythm, holding onto a 21-13 lead with 3 ½ to go.

TJ spotted up as the defense gave him all day to shoot the 3, nothing but net and he hits his first of many.  Despite that the Monstars would still go into the half down 10, 31-21.  Nibs had 16 and The Bully had 11.  TJ was 2-2 from deep and he and Josh each had 6 points.

Early in the 2nd half, Josh grabbed his 3rd block.  But The Bully got it going again to give Smokin’ Trees a 16 point lead with 15 minutes left in the game.  Monstars take their first second half timeout after being unable to cut the lead to less than 14 with 12:45 to go.  The 2nd half play was all Smokin’ Trees thus far until right before the timeout when the Monstars were able to get the offense going a bit.  TJ continuing his great play, sees the defense collapse on Swecker who was driving the middle of the lane, and cut behind them to receive a pass and finish the reverse lay-in.  Great play by both guys.  He then hit a triple, this time hanging his hand up in the air a la Reggie Miller as his the ball fell through the net, 3-4 from downtown.

It was all for naught because Smokin’ Trees had built up a 20 point lead, 54-34 with 4 ½ to go.  Captain America had his best offensive move of the season, spinning around in the lane putting the post moves on Jane Stockton and finishing the lay-in.  To this TJ replies “OOOOHHHHH, you are tooooo little” in reference to Steph’s height difference to Zach.  

Smokin’ Trees would go onto a 61-45 win, helping secure a slightly higher seed for the Madness Tournament.

Western University Dolphins 65  Boom Shakalaka 93

Western U continues to have attendance issues, not a good thing against a hot BOOM squad.

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Tristan would come out firing on all cylinders, scoring the first 7 points for BOOM.  Kimi followed up his hot start with a triple to put BOOM up 10-2 early.  Western U. would find themselves stuck at 2 points for awhile, as BOOM pushed the lead up to 16-2 only 3 minutes in, they were drilling every shot they took.  Cody was showing his passing prowess early finding the open man as the D collapsed and getting 4 assists ony 8 minutes into the game.  BOOM had built up an 18 point lead at this junction.

The Dolphins would finally answer offensively, scoring 6 in a row to cut the deficit to 12 but then Tristan scores himself another bucket, hitting the transition lay-in.  Nibs the Balla, filling in for WUD and playing his second straight game was hot early in this one, well on his way to scoring a lot of points on this evening.  His shooting wasn’t enough as BOOM had a 40-27 lead with 6 minutes to go before Steph who was also filling in hit a triple to get the deficit down to 10.  Dolphins got a stop but then Tristan swiped his 5th steal of the half and turned it into points on the other end.

BOOM takes time with 2 ½ minutes to go up 47-32.  They closed out the half on a 6-2 run to grab a 53-34 halftime lead.  Tristan and Ian scored 22 and 18 respectively and Nibs had 12 for WUD.  Cody had 5 boards and 5 assists.

Dolphins come out and immediately start to cut into the lead, Rich hit a big triple to get his squad within 13. BOOM answered, pushing the lead up to 20, the largest of the night, over the next 5 ½ minutes.  The Dolphins were looking a little bit tired, as shots started to fall a bit short as the lack of subs affected their legs.  Dolphins hit back to back triples to try and keep BOOM honest but it was still a 76-55 lead for BOOM.  Kari flipped a pass from the wing through the paint and Syd took it to the basket for the lay-in. Roberts accused him of getting lucky and that the pass was actually intended for Cody who was on the other side of the paint but Syd happened to sneak through.  I still gave him the assist, but I’m suspicious of your intentions.

Rich seems to be polishing some post moves, he had a fancy spin move around Cody and finished with the lefty finger roll.  It was all for naught as BOOM would secure a 28 point victory, winning 93-65.

RainDance 62  Thunder Buddies 4 Life 70

Terry returns from injury as Thunder Buddies looks poised to make a deep playoff run.

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Bouvier won the tip for TB and tapped it up to Terry who slipped behind the defense and finished the easy lay-in.  But Dance would grab themselves an 8-6 lead 2 ½ minutes in.  Matt Smith put them up it with a pretty, reverse finger roll lay-in off an inbound feed from Sarah.  Thunder Buddies would grab the lead back, 14-12 with 15 to go.  Bouvier was having his way down low and Terry was getting his as well.  The two of them with some timely jumpers from LJ and Amy helped build up a 25-18 lead with 9 ½ to go.  Dance was in some early team foul trouble, already in the bonus with 7 ½ to go.  

Not only was Dance in foul trouble, they were having some offensive trouble as well.  They went 8 ½ minutes stuck at 18 points and Thunder Buddies took advantage and built up a 15 point lead with a minute left in the half.  Dance would score the next 4 points and Thunder Buddies had the ball and were holding for the last shot.  They were unable to convert and Dance grabbed the board and immediately took time.  2 seconds to take a last shot.  Kearney gets the inbound and gets a good look from just across half court and just misses as the ball rims out.  Thunder Buddies goes into the half up 33-22.  Terry and Bouvier had 13 and 9 respectively, Kearney had 11.  

Thunder Buddies scored the first second half bucket but then Kearney hit his 4th and 5th triples to bring his squad within 7.  3 minutes into the 2nd half and we’ve got a 39-31 ballgame in favor of Thunder Buddies.  This game was physical, a lot of fouls on either side.  Burke got a couple of quick second half fouls and had 4 with 17 minutes left in the game.  Dan would capitalize on a wide open look from deep to make it a 5 point game with 13 minutes to go.

Matt Smith got out on a fast break after a steal and had to beat Bouvier to the basket.  Bouv got position and had an incredibly block on his lay-up attempt, he flat out just took the ball out of Matt’s hands and took it back the other way.  TB couldn’t capitalize and Dance went on a little run to go up 48-46. Thunder Buddies took the lead back, going up 53-50 with 8 minutes to go.  The teams traded buckets for awhile, with the lead being no more than 3 for the next 3 or so minutes, Thunder Buddies still out in front.

With a 1:20 left Thunder Buddies was able to push the lead to 7, 66-59.  Sarah answered with a big 3 on the next possession and kept her team within striking distance, down 4 with 41 seconds to go.  Dance went into foul mode, ready to put the TB players at the line.  On the inbound Burke proclaimed to Terry “Here, let me inbound the ball.  Even you’re a better free throw shooter than I am.”  Thunder Buddies were able to hit their late free throws and Dance would only hit one more triple and the final was 70-62 in favor of the first place Thunder Buddies squad and eventual #1 overall seed.