The Steel City Yellow Jackets Get Ready for their second week of play as they take on the York Buccaneers this Saturday at 7 p.m. The Yellow Jackets came off of a split weekend in which they beat the Reading Wizards 114-105 and lost to the Kentucky Enforcers 131-124.
The Steel City Yellow Jackets had a successful opening weekend of the American Basketball Association season as they split their two games to come out with a record of 1-1. They entertained many fans at the Barack Obama Academy Gymnasium on Pittsburgh's North Side and played some exciting high scoring basketball.
The Yellow Jackets are back this week as they come into week two of the season where they will take on the York Buccaneers tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Barack Obama Academy gymnasium. The Yellow Jackets will be looking to go over .500 for the first time this season and they have many positive aspects from last week's games to build off of.
The Steel City Yellow Jackets week one player of the week, Lawrence Baker, leads the team in scoring with 53 points on the season. Baker, in his third season with the Yellow Jackets, has been on this team since the beginning in 2014 and has seen them through back-to-back playoff runs. Another three year veteran to the team, Antonio Reddic, leads the team defensively accumulating 14 rebounds through two games.
The new players on this year's team got their time to shine as well through the first two games. Juan Franklin scored a single game team high 32 points in the teams opener against the Kentucky Enforcers. He was joined on the double digit list in that game by other new comer Marcus Smith who had 24 points of his own.
The Yellow Jackets are very good from beyond the arc as they hit 76% of their three point shots last weekend. They were topped by Baker who hit eight in Sunday's game alone and in total has 13 on the season. Three pointers were key in the Yellow Jackets beating the Reading Wizards as to go along with Baker's eight three pointers, Gilmore Cummings added four, and Davont Jackson, Smith, Jonathan Logan, and Jason Arrington each added one.
The Yellow Jackets lead both of their games over the weekend going into halftime, but they could not come out with the victory in game one as they let their lead slip away. That is one thing they will have to work on as the season moves forward. However, once the players get used to being around each other, this problem should fix itself.
The Yellow Jackets will be playing their first conference opponent this season as they take on the York Buccaneers this Saturday. The Buccaneers enter this game having dropped their first two contests by scores of 130-112 and 129-122. They faced off against the Baltimore Hawks in the season opener and took on the Richmond Elite the next day.
The Buccaneers are lead offensively by Dwayne Birden who has a team high 81 points on the season. They feature almost a dual threat attack offensively as they combat Birden's 81 points with Ernest Hargett who has 61 points of his own. The key to the game for the Yellow Jackets is going to be to shut down the offensive attack of these two players
The last time these two teams met was last season on February 21, 2016 and the Yellow Jackets came out victorious in that game by the score of 139-106. Baker and Reddic were both part of that game a season ago and will look to lead the team tomorrow night against York as well. In total the two teams met twice last season with the Yellow Jackets winning both of those contests.
The Yellow Jackets will put their (1-1) record on the line with tip off scheduled for 7 p.m. tomorrow. It is also Veterans and Servicemen Day where the Steel City Yellow Jackets will be honoring the servicemen and woman who defend our country and its freedoms. Tickets are 10 dollars for adults and five dollars for students. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online at eventbrite.com. Come on out to the Barack Obama Academy Gymnasium and be sure to Catch the buzz.
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