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Injured Reserves (0-2)
@ Tiger Woods
Telecommunication
(2-1)
By Tina Bui (ABA Sports
Writer)
"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.
As a
team, the Tigers are 2-1
over-all, generating
45.7 ppg while
permitting 40.6 ppg to
foes. Hamed Yazarlou
is the team's leading
scorer averaging 19.7
ppg while pulling down
8.3 rpg. Brandon
Reilly, the team's
leading rebounder with
9.3 rpg is averaging 7.3
ppg including a team
best 2.0 apg while
Edsel Mosqueda
checks in with 7.0 ppg
and 4.3 rpg while
dishing out 2.7 apg.