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.
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