ADMIRALS CONTROL MORE THAN THE SEAS
Sunday afternoon history was made in the ABA!contact Valerie at editor@psgsports.net)
The West Virginia Blazers played the second of a two game set against the Lake
Michigan Admirals in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The historic "3/10 & Out"
rule came into effect for only the second time in the ABA's history.
Ironically, the West Virginia Blazers have been involved in both
historical events! The "3/10 & Out" rule occurs when both teams are tied
after regulation play, then tie again after overtime, the team that scores
10 points first in the final overtime takes home the victory. The newly
formed Lake Michgian Admirals showed why they're a team not to be
overlooked.
The Lake Michigan Admirals and West Virginia Blazers were tied at the end
of the first quarter 28 - 28. The Blazers (ranked #11 in the ABA Power
Rankings) took over the second quarter and outscored the Admirals 37 - 29
to take a halftime lead 65 - 57. After a halftime performance by the
Benton Harbor High School Pep Band, an appearance by Miss Michigan, and a
motivating halftime speech by Head Coach Mike Ahrens and Assistant Coach
Buck Riley, the crowd of over 400 people were ready to see their home team
come out firing. They were not disappointed as the Admirals responded to
the crowd outscoring the Blazers 37 - 18. Dominick Melton had 13 of his
game high 31 points to ingnite the Admirals to a 94 - 83 lead after three
quarters. Jaman Montgomery of the Blazers scored 30 points overall, but
most notably hit the game-tying shot at the end of regulation play with
the score being 127 - 127. Owner Chris Glisson commented "You couldn't
put two more evenly-matched teams on the same court as we're seeing
tonight!" Continued on column 3
