"Team Injured Reserves comes into this contest having lost two consecutive outings including last week's sixteen point loss to team Kaos. As for the Tigers, they have won two straight including last week's over-time win".

Team Injured Reserves offensive effort was rather bland in the recent loss to Kaos, as only two players reached double figures in scoring. Team Injured Reserves made good on only 29.6 percent of their field goal attempts, and just 23.1 percent of their long-range shots, while Kaos hit in excess of 47 percent on both. Injured Reserves also loss the battle on the glass, 19-25. JR De Ramos finished with a game high 12 points and 3 rebounds while Neil Deramos, the team's leading scorer (13.5 ppg) finished with 11 points, 2 threes and 5 rebounds. As team, Injured Reserves is 0-2 over-all  averaging 36.5 ppg while allowing 57.5 ppg to the opposition.

Strong defense was the key to the Tigers 49-48 victory over Jae Cho last Tuesday. The Tigers limited team Jae Cho to 32.1 percent shooting from the floor in the second half while forcing 6 turnovers. That effort enabled the Tigers to overcome a nine point deficit as they out-scored team Jae Cho, 33-24 sending the game into over-time.. Brandon Reilly's three-points was just enough to give Tiger the edge, in a 3-2 overtime win. Hamed Yazarlou led Tigers as he exploded with 25 points and 9 rebounds while connecting on 7-of-10 at the foul-line.  Brandon Reilly finished close to a double-double with 10 points, 2 assist and 9 rebounds while Alfred Flores & Michael Tang each contributed 5 points. As a team, the Tigers connected on 12-of-21 at the charity line while out-rebounding Jae Cho, 30-23.