MPBA Weekly Report

April 6, 2016

 

Recent players advancing from MPBA:

Bruce Massey, St. Louis RiverSharks (Grand Rapids Drive, NBDL)

18 total players advanced in-season to foreign leagues or NBA D-League – click here for full list.

 

Game Results:

Date                      Result

April 1                   Chicago Blues 113 Windy City Groove 95 (MPBA Semi-Finals)

April 1                   Pontiac 66ers 104 Lima Express 97 (MPBA Semi-Finals)

April 2                   Chicago Blues 114 Pontiac 66ers 113 (MPBA Championship)

 

MPBA Final Standings

Team                                 W    L      Pct.            GB

Pontiac 66ers                 12   4      .750            -

Windy City Groove         8      5      .615         2.5

St. Louis RiverSharks   7      5*     .583         3.0

Chicago Blues                8      6      .571         3.0

Lima Express                  5      9      .357         6.0

Gateway Steam              4      9     .308          6.5

Champaign Swarm       5      11   .313            7.0

*Denotes ineligible for playoffs

Top Playoff Performances

Jarrell Thomas, 4/1 vs Windy City – 26 pts., 6 rebs.

Jakeem Hill, 14 pts., 11 rebs., 7 blocks

Al Rapier, 4/1 vs Windy City – 16 pts., 9 rebs.

Deveon Jenkins, 4/1 vs Chicago – 17 pts., 17 rebs.

Ray Miller, 4/1 vs Chicago – 17 pts., 9 rebs., 4 blocks

Shakir Johnson, 4/1 vs Windy City – 5 blocks

Jody Hill, 4/1 vs Pontiac – 28 pts., 11 rebs., 44 mins.

Kyle Meyer, 4/1 vs Pontiac – 20 pts., 5 rebs., 46 mins.

Cordaryl Ballard, 4/1 vs Pontiac – 19 pts., 8 rebs. 48 mins.

Alfonzo Houston, 4/1 vs Lima – 29 pts., 6 rebs., 43 mins.

Marcus Hammonds, 4/1 vs Lima – 19 pts., 11 rebs.

Alfonzo Houston, 4/2 vs Chicago – 41 pts., 6 rebs., 42 mins.

Diante Watkins, 4/2 vs Pontiac – 29 pts.

Alex Marzette, 4/2 vs Chicago – 16 pts., 4 blocks

Marcus Hammonds, 4/2 vs Pontiac – 13 pts., 12 rebs.

 

2016 MPBA Season Awards

As voted on by a panel of MPBA coaches and media staff

Most Valuable Player – Alfonzo Houston, Pontiac 66ers

Defensive Player of the Year – Connell Crossland, Gateway Steam

Coach of the Year – Durrell Robinson, Pontiac 66ers

Sixth Man of the Year – C.J. Hampton, Windy City Groove

All-MPBA (First Team) – Alfonzo Houston, Pontiac 66ers (unanimous selection); Dion Cooksey, Windy City Groove; Connell Crossland, Gateway Steam (unanimous selection); Kyle Meyer, Lima Express (unanimous selection); and Marcus Hammonds, Pontiac 66ers.

All-MPBA (Second Team) – Cordaryl Ballard, Lima Express; Michael Rogers, Champaign Swarm; Al Rapier, Chicago Blues; Isiah Martin, Windy City Groove; Aaron Williams, St. Louis RiverSharks; and Deveon Jenkins, Windy City Groove.

MPBA All-Defensive Team – Jordan Walker, Champaign Swarm; Dion Cooksey, Windy City Groove; Jakeem Hill, Chicago Blues; Connell Crossland, Gateway Steam; Marcus Hammonds, Pontiac 66ers; and Aaron Williams, St. Louis RiverSharks.

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