The Steel City Yellow Jackets picked up their second win of the season tonight as they defeated the York Buccaneers by the score of 132-102. The offense came on strong and performed well from beyond the arc for the second straight time.
After dropping their home opener to the Kentucky Enforecers, the Steel City Yellow Jackets have won two in a row as they defeated the York Buccaneers yesterday by the score of 132-102. For the second straight night, the Jackets had a hot hand hitting many three points on the night.
The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a huge lead early on in this game as they took a 33-7 lead midway through the first quarter. Johnathan Logan was a big part of the early offense as he hit three three point shots early in the game.
The Jackets defense played well early as well with Lawrence Baker picking up several rebounds early in the game. The York Buccaneers would come back in this game thanks to Lionel Pierce's 21 first half points.
Baker and Juan Franklin lead the Jackets through the first half as they each scored 18 points to go along with nine from Logan and eight from Antonio Reddic as the Jackets lead at half time for the third straight game by the score of 66-55.
The Jackets would come out of half time as hot as they were in the first half as they jumped out to a 100-78 lead in the third quarter of play. Marcus Smith was a big part of the scoring as after not scoring at all in the first half he jumped out and scored 11 points.
The York Buccaneers were not accurate all night long as they missed several three pointers throughout the night. The Jackets took advantage of this and used their accuracy to jump out to their big lead.
With Lawrence Baker on the bench for most of the second half, Reddic stepped up and delivered offensively scoring 14 points in the second half of play to lead the Yellow Jackets to the victory.
Baker lead the offensive attack for the second straight game as he got a team high 24 points. He was closely followed on the day by Reddic who finished with 22 points and Juan Franklin who finished the day with 20 points. Marcus Smith also got into double digits scoring 18 points in the second half of play.
For York, it was the Lionel Pierce show as he lead the way with a game high 32 points in the contest. Ernest Hargett also got into double digits with his 14 points on the night. The loss dropped York to 0-3 on the season as they have yet to break through in the win column.
The Yellow Jackets picked up their second win of the season improving on the season to 2-1. They showed once again just how prolific their offense can be by scoring a season high 132 points on the night. Baker, Logan, and Cummings all provided from beyond the arc and Reddic's 14 second half points lead the Jackets to victory.
To go along with the win, several Jackets made their season debuts with Luke Kochka, Khari Bess, and Melvin Ford all making their season debuts. All three scored their first ABA points in the contest as Kochka had five, Bess had eight, and Ford finished the night with two.
Steel City Yellow Jackets Player of the Game: Antonio Reddic
Antonio Reddic lead the offensive charge in the second half with his 14 points that pulled the Jackets to their 132-102 victory. Reddic scored a season high 22 points overall and pulled down seven rebounds in the contest. Reddic, despite having not started a game this season, has played the most minutes out of any Yellow Jacket in two of the three games.
Up Next:
The Yellow Jackets return to action this coming Saturday November 19th when they take on the Trenton Caters at 7 p.m. at the Barack Obama Academy gymnasium. The Jackets are riding a two game winning streak and look to push ahead on their quest to make the playoffs for the third straight season.
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