Keathley Named CBA Coach of the Month - Jan 2, 2009 (by Gianni Pascucci)
The Continental Basketball Association announced that East Kentucky Miners Head Coach Kevin Keathley was named the December Coach of the Month for his teams performance in the past month. The Miners finished December with a 6-0 record against ABA opponents and captured 40.5 out of possible 42-quarter points. The Miners started their season on the road against the Kentucky Bisons in Owensboro before moving onto a five game home stand. [read more]
The Continental Basketball Association announced that East Kentucky Miners Head Coach Kevin Keathley was named the December Coach of the Month for his teams performance in the past month. The Miners finished December with a 6-0 record against ABA opponents and captured 40.5 out of possible 42-quarter points. The Miners started their season on the road against the Kentucky Bisons in Owensboro before moving onto a five game home stand. The Miners first hosted the West Virginia Blazers and defeated them 140-94 (7-0) and 119-87 (7-0). The Bisons then made a trip to Pikeville with revenge on their minds, but were unsuccessful as they lost 132-106 (6.5-0.5) to the Miners. The West Virginia Wild were the next opponent on the Miners schedule, but they did little damage to the Miners as they lost 154-111 (7-0) and 172-70 (7-0). 'Coach Keathley has started the season on a hot streak and has a team that is a good mix of established veterans and up and coming pros,' said CBA Commissioner Dennis Truax . 'They will be a formable team the whole season and will be a tough team to beat.'
Skyrockets end 1-1 vs. Kansas City - Dec 30, 2008 (by Gianni Pascucci)
On friday, Dec.26, the Minot Skyrockets suffered a defat, 131-119 in their first meeting with ABA team Kansas City Spartans. In that first game, Ronnie Fields (6'4''-G-77, agency: Edge Sports) and Royce Parran (5'9''-G-85, college: Chicago St.) were the best for the Skyrockets, scoring 28 points each, with Fields adding eight assists and Parran five steals, while Martez Young (6'3'-G-84), scored nothing less than 40 points to lead the Spartans. [read more]
On friday, Dec.26, the Minot Skyrockets suffered a defat, 131-119 in their first meeting with ABA team Kansas City Spartans. In that first game, Ronnie Fields (6'4''-G-77, agency: Edge Sports) and Royce Parran (5'9''-G-85, college: Chicago St.) were the best for the Skyrockets, scoring 28 points each, with Fields adding eight assists and Parran five steals, while Martez Young (6'3'-G-84), scored nothing less than 40 points to lead the Spartans. The night after, Young was guarded better and managed to score only 24 points, ending the same as the KC best scorer. In this second game, the CBA team took its revenge, winning 129-90. Lee Scruggs (6'11''-F/C-79, agency: Edge Sports, college: Georgetown) was the main performer, with 26 points, 9 rebs, 2 two blocks and Aaron Spears (6'10''-C-84, agency: Interperformances, college: St.John's) added 21 points and 15 rebounds at the winning side.
Albany takes its revenge - Dec 28, 2008 (by Gianni Pascucci)
The Albany Patroons rebounded from last night's loss to defeat the NYC Internationalz 103-91 in their second, consecutive meeting. The Pats man of the game was Shaun Fountain (5'11''-G-78, agency: Duran International, college: Wisc.-Milwaukee), who scored 21 points, including 12 points in the final period. Lucious Jordan (6'2''-G/F-83, college: Albany) scored 10 points in the second quarter to help Albany take a 48-36 half time lead. [read more]
The Albany Patroons rebounded from last night's loss to defeat the NYC Internationalz 103-91 in their second, consecutive meeting. The Pats man of the game was Shaun Fountain (5'11''-G-78, agency: Duran International, college: Wisc.-Milwaukee), who scored 21 points, including 12 points in the final period. Lucious Jordan (6'2''-G/F-83, college: Albany) scored 10 points in the second quarter to help Albany take a 48-36 half time lead. Albany had trouble again with NYC's half-court pressure and trailed after three quarters 68-67. The Patroons received strong contributions from Renaldo Norman (6'5''-G/F-82, college: Edward Waters) who scored 19 points and Gabriel Freeman (6'6''-F-85, college: Costa Mesa JC) with a double-double, including 18 points and 13 rebounds. The NYC Internationalz were led one time more by Marvin McCullough (5'10''-G84) who ended the game at 23 points and 5 assists. Center Gordon Malone (6'10''-F/C-74, agency: Tank Sports, college: W.Virginia) added 19 points and collected 16 rebounds, but it wasn't enough.
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