MPBA Weekly Report
March 16, 2016
Recent players advancing from MPBA:
None this week
Game Results:
Date Result
March 9 Chicago Blues 109 Windy City Groove 105
March 9 Pontiac 66ers 107 Gateway Steam 102
March 11 St. Louis RiverSharks/Windy City Groove
*Final :36.4 to be replayed on 3/25 due to table error
March 12 Gateway Steam 105 Champaign Swarm 100
March 13 Pontiac 66ers 119 Lima Express 118
March 14 Champaign Swarm 100 Chicago Blues 93
March 15 St. Louis RiverSharks 97 Gateway Steam 94
MPBA Standings
Team W L Pct. GB
Pontiac 66ers 10 4 .714 -
Windy City Groove 8 4 .667 1.0
St. Louis RiverSharks 7 4 .636 1.5
Chicago Blues 7 5 .583 2.0
Lima Express 4 8 .333 5.0
Gateway Steam 4 9 .308 5.5
Champaign Swarm 4 10 .286 6.0
Player of the Week
After recording 61 points in two games this week, Connell Crossland of the Gateway Steam has been named Player of the Week in the Midwest Professional Basketball Association. Crossland registered 34 points and nine rebounds in Saturday 105-100 win over the Champaign Swarm, three days after recording 27 points and nine rebounds in a 107-102 loss to the Pontiac 66ers.
Top Performances
Jakeem Hill, 3/9 vs Windy City – 24 pts., 5 blocks
Shakir Johnson, 3/9 vs Windy City – 6 blocks
Dion Cooksey, 3/9 vs Chicago – 26 pts. (12/12 FT), 6 ast.
Julian Lewis 3/9 vs Chicago – 16 pts., 14 rebs.
Alex Marzette, 3/9 vs Gateway – 18 pts., 4 blocks
Anthony Goode, 3/9 vs Pontiac – 8 rebs., 6 ast., 3 steals
Connell Crossland, 3/12 vs Champaign – 34 pts., 9 rebs., 3 steals, 2 blocks
Lonnel Johnson, 3/12 vs Champaign – 27 pts., 7 rebs., 5 ast.
Jonathan Mills, 3/12 vs Gateway – 9 pts., 14 rebs., 5 steals
Jordan Walker, 3/12 vs Gateway – 12 pts., 9 rebs., 5 ast.
James McClain, 3/12 vs Gateway – 25 pts., 7 rebs., 3 ast., 3 steals
Aaron Weaver, 3/14 vs Chicago – 21 pts., 10 rebs., 4 steals
Jakeem Hill 3/13 vs Champaign – 10 pts., 5 rebs., 3 ast., 3 steals, 3 blocks
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