Charleston 69, San Jose 53
Charleston stops Amigos cold
CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Mountaineers applied their defensive vice in the person of rookie guard Splash Gordon, who squeezed the offensive life out of reigning MVP Jesse Shershot on the way to a 69-53 cross-over victory over the defending champion San Jose Fighting Amigos (the third in a row for the East).
The teams came into the contest as the top two scoring teams, but defense ruled the day, especially for Charleston (now 2-1), which held San Jose (now2-1) to the lowest point total of any team this season.
It didn't help that San Jose losts star forward Eddie "the Milkman" Creamer to injury just before the half, as he was leading all players in GVP at that point.
POINTS PREVENTED
San Jose.....10
Charleston 21
TOP PLAYERS POINTS PREVENTED
1. Splash Gordon, Charleston 12
2. Papa "Pupa" Popcorn, Charleston 5
3. Eddie "the Milkman" Creamer, San Jose 4
TURNOVERS CAUSED
San Jose 4
Charleston 1
TOP PLAYERS IN TURNOVERS CAUSED
1. Lupalin Greenbeard, San Jose 2
PLAYER OF THE GAME
The guy who Charleston was missing to injury in last season's playoffs, PAPA 'PUPA' POPCORN, dominated Twinkles Spatula of San Jose and led the charge on the backboards for his team with a game-high 9. (Charleston held a 35-23 advantage on the glass). The biggest man in basketball, the 7-2 Mountaineer scored 15 points and blocked a game-high 2 shots while finishing second in the game on points prevented with 5. He added 1 assist. He was 7 for 12 from the floor and 1 for 2 from the foul line.
Other 20-plus GVP performers (none from San Jose)
-- Getting the nod to start for the first time this season, Charleston point guard
Don Barzini rewarded coach Bill Rustler's decision with a game-high 19-point outing that included 5 rebounds. He was head and shoulders better than Cremeofsum Yunguy.
-- Fresh off his POG performance, Charleston's veteran forward Frog Morton rippled the cords for 16 points while snagging 5 rebounds. He added 1 blocked shot.
MBA Standings … Season 50
EAST DIVISION
MILWAUKEE…….
2-0
PHILADELPHIA…..2-0
CHARLESTON……
2-1
DALLAS……………1-1
OKLAHOMA
CITY 0-2
WEST DIVISION
SAN
JOSE………....2-1
LOS
ANGELES…..1-1
GILLETTE…………..1-1
SEATTLE……………0-2
SACRAMENTO….0-2
Next Game: Somebody comes out of this game a
winner and gets back in the West hunt, as Sacramento (0-2) travels up the coast
to Seattle (0-2).
Season 50 Golden Anniversary Bonus
MOUNT RUSHMORE
OF EACH FRANCHISE
THIRD IN A SERIES...BASED ON NUMBER OF AWARDS GARNERED BY A PLAYER WHILE PLAYING FOR THIS TEAM.
J.J. GARGANTUAN, Hall of Fame center
JONNY COCKAROO, Hall of Fame center
BEEZOW BOP-BOP, Hall of Fame guard
BENNY GUMM, Hall of Fame guard
2nd Golden Bonus: 👎
The 10 Lowest-ranked players in MBA History
No. 8
As a
youngster, Kent Powers was All-State in basketball-mad Indiana, where he was
captain of the state championship team from Crowbar High. The success continued
in college, where he starred at Austin Peay. More accolades were predicted at
the MBA level, but alas, drugs became a problem, then an obsession. From Season
11 through 18 he waited, curled up near the bottom in the skid-row of MBA
envelopes. There were rumors that an MBA franchise actually reached out to him
at one point, but that Powers was unwilling to leave his heroin contacts in the
cut pile. Ah, what might have been for
the once BMOC.
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