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 (4) Saints  (1-0) @ (8) Ballers  (0-1)
 Thursday, May 15 at 9:00PM (PST)
 By: Tina Bui ( ABA Sports Writer)

"The eighth ranked team Ballers will host the fourth ranked Saints in Big10 conference action at the American Sports Center this Thursday evening."

Last week the Saints opened their season with an impressive, 53-29 home victory over the Yellow Fever. In the victory, the Saints shot 48 percent from the field, while committing only eight turnovers. Johnathan Alexandru was the main scoring threat for the Saints, as the center tallied 25 points, 6 steals and 16 rebounds. Thomas Nguyen finished the game with 6 points and 4 assists, while fellow teammate David Nguyen tallied 6 point along with 12 rebounds. As a team the Saints racked up 13 steals, 12 assist while out-rebounding it's opponent 39-27. In addition the Saints connected on 3-of-7 threes while netting 6-of-11 at the charity line. The Saints, now members of the Big10 are expected to be a contender for the conference title. Next up for the Saints will be a road game against the long awaited rival. The eighth ranked Ballers.

As for the Ballers, they opened their season with a disappointing, 23 point loss to team T-Unit.  With 19 turnovers the Ballers managed to mustard up a franchise low 24 points on 27 percent shooting form the field. Duc Doan was the only player to reach double figures netted 13 points, 2 steals and 3 rebounds. Despite being out-rebounded 47-26 the Ballers did tally up 6 steals, 6 assist. This Thursday the Ballers will look to redeem themselves and even their record at 1-1 while sending the Saints home with their first road loss of the season.