| | | |  | #s# Jones | Spivey | Cook | Rouse | Ingle | #e#5 Cartersville, GA - The higher seeds in the 1st Round of the SEBL Metro A-League North Division playoffs had an easy go of it on Wednesday night at JH Morgan Gym. The game results and summaries are below...
Skyline 71 Knicks-2 62...
Skyline got out to a double-digit lead in the first half, behind Lamar Hudson's perimeter shooting. He had 16 first half points, including four treys. But, the never say die Knicks worked themselves back in the game, as Eddie Wilkins hit a couple of long range bombs and Jonathan Johnson battled in the paint for buckets. The Knicks slowed Skyline down and only trailed 33-29 at the half. Again, Skyline moved out to a double-digit spread in the 2nd half. Chris Jones (6'6''-F-82) of Summer Hill Blue Devils scored two buckets off put-backs and hit a nice three-pointer to fuel the Skyline run. However, not to fold, the Knicks fought back, and on a Jarmond Bailey penetration and assist to Wilkins, they cut their deficit to 66-62 with under a minute to go. Skyline answered with an inside score by Alex Cornett (6'11''- C), followed by a three by Antone Anderson, to silence the Knick's comeback ideas. Wilkins led the Knicks with 22, while Johnson had 16. OB Wilkins and Bailey each netted 11 in the loss. For Skyline, Cornett had 18, Hudson 16, Anderson 14, Antonio Cook (6'6''-G/F-80) 13 and Jones 10. Skyline will now get a re-match with Baseline-1 in the SEBL Elite Eight on Friday night. Tip off is set for 7:00pm at JH Morgan Gym.
ServPro-1 124 BC Vikings 76...
ServPro-1 opened the flood gates as soon as the referee tossed up the jump ball and they never slowed down for the Vikings. ServPro-1, by half-time had two guys in double-figures and three others with nine points each, to build an insurmountable 59-32 advantage. Jeff Croft and Mike Howren tried to shoot their squad back into the game and managed to cut the ServPro-1 lead down to 13 on two occasions in the second half, but ServPro re-fueled and ran away in the final minutes. Howren and Croft had 30 and 20 respectively, combining for 10 tri-fectas. An injured Carter Deems also punched in 12 for the Vikings. For ServPro-1, Brandon Byers led the way with 31, while Jermaine Spivey (6'3''-G-72) totaled 24. Shan Finley got 18, while Mike Paige and Cam Fitch both tallied 15 and Victor Saxton (6'6''-F-77, college: Cent.Florida) 13. ServPro-1, the #3 Seed will now face #2 Seeded Celtics on Friday night at 8:00pm in Cartersville.
Celtics 84 BC Warriors 64...
The Celtics do what they do best... jump out to big leads early. The Warriors were shell-shocked from the tip, as the Celtics scored 12 unanswered points. Bobby Rouse (6'5''-G/F-76) finally got a freethrow to get the Warriors on the board. The Warriors looked like they may get back into the game, as they chipped the Celtics lead down to six, but the well went dry again. The Celtics took advantage and a sizable 39-21 lead into the break. The Warriors matched the Celtics point-for-point in the 2nd half, but never really threatened the lead. Chris Morgan repeatedly attacked the basket with aggressive penetration and scores. Travis DeGroot (6'3''-G-82, college: Delta St.) led the Warriors with 13 and Bobby Rouse had 12. Reginald King to 11, while Dennis James and Kelvin McConnell both had 8. Morgan and Lance Tippett (6'4''-F, college: Miles) both had 19, for the Celtics, while Mikaiel Carter got 15, Andrew Jones (6'3''-F-83) 11, Dexter Shaw (6'3''-G-89) 10, Mike Reynolds 6 and Reggie King 2. The Celtics move on the the SEBL Elite Eight and will face #3 Seeded ServPro-1 at 8:00pm on Friday evening at JH Morgan Gym in Cartersville.
Baseline-1 115 BC Force 85...
Baseline started a little slow against the Force again, as they did last week. But, it was held to a minimum this time, as the Force led 7-2 in the early going. Last week, Baseline-1 trailed by as many as 20, and by four at the half, before breaking away for a 30-point win. Baseline got cooking with Rod Ashmore getting buckets on the block repeatedly and Marcus McElrath getting six put-back points. Baseline's balanced attack got treys from 5 different players in the first half. Dee Henderson and Darrell Wilkins combined for 16 points before intermission for the Force. Baseline led 56-32 at the break. Rod Ashmore, Ernest Scott (6'7''-F-82) and Golden Ingle (5'11''-G-81) combined for the first 20 Baseline points of the 2nd half, including 4 threes, and with the outcome all but decided, they deferred to the younger reserves. Courtny Gamble was a bright spot in the 2nd half for the Force as he downed 20 of his 26 total point production. Baseline-1 reserves, Kashif Gumbs and Marcus McElrath took over the scoring load the rest of the way. Gumbs broke the defense down with penetration, while McElrath scored eight points in the paint. The game degenerated into a non-defensive dunk-fest the final 2-minutes and Baseline-1 cruised its way to the next round. Henderson and Wilkins finished with 22 and 21 for the Force, while Montero Fezzia had seven. For Baseline-1, Ashmore and Gumbs both had 19, McElrath and Casey Moore 14 each, Anthony Doyley (6'4''-G-83, college: Lee) and Ernest Scott 12 each and Golden Ingle 10. Ronell Wooten also had 8 and Marcus Henderson (6'8''-F-79) 6. Baseline-1 will now move on the SEBL Elite Eight, facing Skyline on Friday night at 7:00pm. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Metro A-League Playoffs continue tonight with two Quarter-final "Elite Eight" games at Clayton State's Athletics & Fitness Center. The matchups are below...
7:00pm - South #4 Tri-County Crusaders vs. South #1 D.O.T.S. 8:00pm -South #6 Atlanta Speedboys vs. South #2 Black Monop
On Friday, the other half of the Elite Eight will clash in Cartersville with the following matchups...
7:00pm - North #4 Skyline vs. North #1 Baseline-1 8:00pm - North #3 ServPro-1 vs. North #2 BC Celtics
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