Block 3 Result - GM46 - Riverside 124 Nighthawk 99

[Jim Ransel]

When we committed our 5th PF less than 4 minutes into the game, I remember muttering to myself, "oh, it's going to be one of those types of games..." And it was. 55 total fouls, 80 free throws attempted. Ugly. But fortunately we built up enough of a lead in the 1st half (67-43 at the half) that we probably weren't going to have to worry about whether or not a bunch of guys fouled out at the end. 

First look at Nighthawk, and they look like a typical team that David has built. His teams always seem to have an endless number of excellent outside shooters to worry about. A couple of HOF guys on the squad, though probably neither at the peak of their careers in this season. Chris Gatling is quite good at drawing fouls. He went to line 20 times and converted 15. He had 31 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Not much offense after him in this game though. Kevin Garnett had 13 points and 10 rebounds, but was just 3-14 from the field. The Fury shot just 34% from the floor. They finished 36-51 from the free throw line.

Riverside outscored Nighthawk 30-2 on the fast break, and bunched together four players with over 20 points. Mitch Richmond (10-17 FG, 4-6 3FG) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Travis Best (9-12 FG) had 23 points. Alonzo Mourning had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Gary Payton had 21 points, 7 assists, and 6 rebounds. Derrick Coleman had 15 rebounds and Olden Polynice had 10 rebounds.

SCORING SUMMARY              1  2  3  4    T.
Nighthawk                   21 22 24 32   99
Riverside                   30 37 22 35  124

TEAM STATISTICS
Nighthawk                   Riverside
     Fast Break Pts   2          Fast Break Pts  30
  Second Chance Pts  14       Second Chance Pts   7
Points in the Paint  32     Points In the Paint  26
       Biggest Lead   2            Biggest Lead  29
     Team Turnovers   1          Team Turnovers   0
              ----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT---       REBOUNDS
NAME        MIN  MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/-  OF DF  T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
C.GATLING    32   8 20  40  0  0     15 20  75  -7   4  6 10  0  4  2  4  2  31
A.HOUSTON    26   4 10  40  1  5  20  2  5  40 -29   1  2  3  0  3  0  1  0  11
K.GARNETT    33   3 14  21  0  0      7  8  88 -28   3  7 10  2  0  1  4  3  13
R.ALLEN      32   3  8  38  1  3  33  2  2 100  -5   2  2  4  2  4  0  1  0   9
A.CARR       18   2  4  50  0  0      1  2  50 -18   0  4  4  2  4  0  1  0   5
A.GILLIAM    23   0  5   0  0  0      3  6  50   5   1  6  7  0  0  2  2  0   3
W.PERSON      1   0  0      0  0      0  0      -2   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0
B.THOMPSON   20   1  6  17  1  6  17  0  0      -5   0  0  0  3  2  1  1  0   3
C.HERRERA     5   2  4  50  0  0      2  2 100  -2   0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1   6
K.REEVES     18   1  4  25  0  1   0  2  2 100  -9   0  0  0  5  4  0  0  0   4
E.JOHNSON    15   3  6  50  2  3  67  0  0       3   1  3  4  0  2  0  0  0   8
B.WENNINGTON 17   2  5  40  0  0      2  4  50 -28   2  2  4  0  2  0  0  0   6
Nighthawk    48  29 86  34  5 18  28 36 51  71      14 33 47 14 25  6 14  6  99
               ----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT---       REBOUNDS
NAME        MIN  MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/-  OF DF  T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
D.COLEMAN    35   2  9  22  0  0      4  6  67  10   4 11 15  1  3  0  1  2   8
G.PAYTON     37  10 21  48  0  1   0  1  2  50  18   1  5  6  7  2  2  1  0  21
M.RICHMOND   30  10 17  59  4  6  67  1  2  50  16   1  7  8  4  4  0  2  0  25
A.MOURNING   24   8 15  53  0  0      5  6  83   6   1  7  8  0  6  2  3  4  21
T.BEST       27   9 12  75  3  3 100  2  2 100  16   0  3  3  3  5  1  0  0  23
O.POLYNICE   23   2  7  29  0  0      1  2  50  13   2  8 10  0  6  1  4  1   5
J.MASHBURN   11   3  6  50  0  0      0  0      -3   0  1  1  1  2  0  0  0   6
B.STITH      28   2  3  67  0  0      5  7  71  21   1  2  3  5  1  2  1  0   9
M.PRICE      11   1  1 100  0  0      2  2 100   7   0  2  2  4  0  1  0  0   4
G.TRENT       4   0  0      0  0      0  0       7   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0
C.ROGERS     10   1  3  33  0  1   0  0  0      14   1  2  3  1  1  0  0  3   2
Riverside    48  48 94  51  7 11  64 21 29  72      11 48 59 26 30  9 12 10 124
DAZZLERS                NORM  FB TOT
RIV  G.PAYTON              0   2   2
RIV  T.BEST                1   0   1
RIV  M.PRICE               2   0   2

STAR OF THE GAME
M.RICHMOND

GAME STORY
Riverside had an easy time of it, beating Nighthawk by the final tally of 124 to
99.  Mitch Richmond had 25 points for Riverside.  Chris Gatling had 31 points for
Nighthawk.  Riverside(33-14) will next play at home vs. Indiana while Nighthawk(5-29)
will play on the road vs. Richfield .