The Swarm won 2001 title, defeating in the finals Grand
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Exhibition
Games
Game 1, May 5, 2001: China – IBL 88-85 (Chang Chen 28, Yao Ming
21p, 8rb, 5blk -)
Game 2, May 7, 2001: China - IBL 109-87
Game 3, May 9, 2001: China - IBL 103-120
Swarm captured 2000-2001 IBL title - March 13, 2001
The St. Louis Swarm captured the 2000-2001 IBL Title with an 81-73
victory over the Grand Rapids Hoops. Sunday night at the Family Arena.
Leading the Swarm to its second consecutive IBL Championship was guard
Maurice Carter with a game-high 23 points.
St. Louis shot only 39% from the field, and 30% from beyond the arc, but
converted 21 of 25 free-throws to aid in the victory. Grand Rapids went
0-7 from three-point land after hitting seven three-pointers in each of
the previous two games. The hoops shot 34% from the field, but could
only convert 73% of its free-throw opportunities.
Two CBA teams join IBL -
Jan.9, 2001
Teams of the cash-strapped Continental Basketball Association scrambled
Friday to pin down their options for survival. Some simply called it
quits.
The league suspended play Thursday, less than a week after eight of the
10 teams failed to meet player payrolls.
"In my opinion, the CBA as a league is gone," said Bill Ilett, former
majority owner of the Idaho Stampede.
The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Skyforce and the Gary (Ind.) Steelheads both said
Friday that they have joined the International Basketball League and
will play each other Saturday in Sioux Falls, IBL vice president Greg
Burke said. He expects other teams to follow.
Games results - Feb.8,
2001
Trenton - St.Louis 112-102 (Carter 18, Sims 14, Watkins, Robinson
4, Stolt 13, Johnson 4, Hollander 4 Smith 23, Grimm 5, Houston 17 -
Lorthridge 15, Owens 10, Rocca 9, Tutt 25, Young 17, Harris 6, Holmes 9,
Pierre-Louis, Kelly, Rodgers 21)
Richmond - Las Vegas 123-138 (Harris 11, Smith 25, Cook 6, Reid
16, Karcher 22, Williams 14, Miskiri, Arceneaux 14, Poole 15, Robinson -
Cantrell 4, Henderson 30, Swenson 8, Gill 21, Jones 17, Burton 5, Ellis
9, Hulett 10, Walls 9)
Swarm's Smith, Johnson are
honored by league - Feb.7, 2001
Doug Smith - IBL Player of the Week |
At 17-3, the Swarm have dominated the second season of International
Basketball League play. Logically, the local team is garnering its share
of league honors.
On Wednesday, the IBL announced Swarm captain
Doug Smith as player of the week and guard
Danny Johnson as January's player of the month.
It was the second player-of-the-week honor for Smith, who averaged 26
points and 11.8 rebounds in four Swarm victories last week.
Johnson, the first IBL player of the month this season, is second in the
league in scoring (20.4) and eighth in assists (3.9). In 12 January
games, he averaged 19.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
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