Tone Reddic's 51 Point Day Leads Yellow Jackets to Victory

The Steel City Yellow Jackets picked up their fifth consecutive win on Saturday when they defeated the Roc City Ravens 142-122. Tone Reddic provided a terrific offensive display putting up a season high 51 points in the contest to help lead the team to victory.

Pittsburgh's only professional basketball team, the Steel City Yellow Jackets, continue to fly high in the early part of the season as they collected their fifth straight win on Saturday. It was another high scoring offensive display in which the Yellow Jackets were able to top the Roc City Ravens 142-122 to move to 6-1 on the season. After a slow offensive start, the Yellow Jackets would be able to find their footing and hold on for the victory.

Roc City was able to hold the lead for much of the first quarter jumping out to a 17-12 lead as they approached the second media timeout. However, Steel City would find their groove as Tyrone Brinson hit four free throws and Gil Cummings hit a three pointer to get out to a 28-25 lead at the end of the first quarter. Tone Reddic would turn it on in the second quarter putting up 18 points to extend Steel City's lead heading into halftime to 64-51.

Tone Reddic's day was just getting started as he would continue to pour it on in the second half. He put up 14 points in the third quarter and 15 in the fourth quarter to complete his day. Claude Scott helped out in the third quarter with eight points and Jason Arrington made the most of his 3D opportunities converting on two of them and putting up 14 second half points to seal the deal for Steel City. The 142 points is their third highest offensive output of the season as they continue to show their quick strike ability and their ability to run away with a ball game.

Tone Reddic's 51 point effort is the new season high for any Steel City Player in a single game. It is the second highest total for Reddic's career as he had a 60-point game a year ago. Reddic has been one of the captains of this team since day one and says that he loves the fact that the organization continues to grow year in and year out and they improve every single season.

Reddic was one of five Steel City Yellow Jackets to finish in double digits on the day as Jason Arrington had a new career high day with 25 points and Claude Scott's career best 16 points rounded out the top three. Steel City scored over 140 points for the third time already this season and are a perfect 3-0 when accomplishing that feat. They continue their great play at home as well as they improve to 5-1 at A Giving Heart Community Center.

The Steel City Yellow Jackets were the #11 ranked team in the country coming into this week of action and are looking to possibly crack the top 10 for the first time this season. If they get into the top 10 it would be the highest they have been ranked over the last two seasons. The offense has definitely been there for Steel City this year and they are getting better defensively every single game.

The Steel City Yellow Jackets will have a week to relax ahead of their next contest which will be on the road on Saturday December 16th when they battle NEPA Stars and Stripes. It will be just their second road game of the season where they will try to improve to 2-0. Their next home game comes on Saturday December 23rd when they face the Akron Aviators at 7 p.m. Things are just starting to heat up in the American Basketball Association so be sure to come on out and Catch the Buzz.

Steel City Scores Season High 153 Points in Win

The Steel City Yellow Jackets saw their highest offensive output of the season on Saturday when they defeated Team Network 154-115. Khari Bess and Gil Cummings led the way each scoring over 25 points to give Steel City their fifth win of the season as they try to move up the power rankings.

Pittsburgh's only professional basketball team the Steel City Yellow Jackets were back in action on Saturday looking for their fourth straight win as they took on Team Network. They saw their highest offensive production of the season as they put up 154 points on their way to a 154-115 win improving to 5-1 on the season.

Steel City dominated this contest throughout getting the upper hand early and never looking back. It was Khari Bess who sparked the offensive attack as he regularly drove to the hoop and converted 12 first quarter points as part of a 34 point offensive attack to give Steel City an early 34-27 lead. Team Network tried to fight back in the second quarter cutting Steel City's lead to five. However, Steel City would come on late in the quarter putting up 38 points to have a comfortable 72-57 lead. 

The second half of the game would see the emergence of Gil Cummings as he found his shot from beyond the arc. He hit three three-pointers in the first half but came out and hit five in the second half including three in the third quarter alone. First year Yellow Jacket Tyrone Brinson came up with seven third quarter points making the most of his long passes down the court. In total, Steel City would put up 44 in the quarter and had a commanding lead going into the final quarter of play. Gil Cummings would once again help seal the deal in this one hitting two free throws and two three-pointers in the fourth quarter.

There were many players who had break out games in the best offensive day for the Yellow Jackets to this point. Gil Cummings led the way with 30 points on the night including a team high eight three-point shots. Khari Bess followed him with his best game in his two years as a Yellow Jacket as he put up 26 points in the victory. Claude Scott, Mike Dixon, and Matt Sutton also set season highs in points scoring 18, 14, and 13 points respectively.

Khari Bess would also shine on the defensive side of the ball collecting several steals throughout the course of the night and turning those into points. Defense has been one of the focuses for this team over the course of the season and Bess stepped up today and provided solid defense throughout the course of the game.

Steel City is off to a hot start so far in the 2017/2018 season as they now sit at 5-1 through their first six games with their only loss coming to the DMV Warriors earlier this season. So far, they are 4-1 on their home court and have played some of their best basketball at home not only this season, but last season as well.

They will return to their home court on Saturday December 9th as they look for their fifth straight win when they get set to take on the Rochester Ravens at 7 p.m. Tickets are ten dollars for adults and five dollars for students, so come on out and catch the buzz.