Week 3 Recaps
To those that showed up Thursday, again we apologize for the confusion but it’s the school’s fault. Anyway, we’re into Week 3 and some teams are starting to position themselves as the cream of the crop. 3 teams remain undefeated although two of them have not had games this week. Even those teams at the bottom have upset potential, think VCU and previously Butler. The league has been great so far and will probably only get better as teams start to build chemistry. Can’t wait to see how the rest of the season shapes up.
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| Chris Youn (Melo) vs. Jake Choi (Ai) |
ISO vs EL8(ISO 57 – EL8 62)
Probably two of the more talent teams in the league as both are in the top half went head to head to see which teams’ stars would come through. Both teams coming off losses and looking to get back on track with EL8 dropping its’ last two after an impressive start and ISO dropping a close one to RF.
ISO would receive good games from its’ two main scorers in James Choi 19 pts 4 reb 3 stl and Chris Youn 16 pts 8 reb 5 ast.
EL8 were led by Jake Choi 19 pts 6 ast and Sean Zhang 17 pts 9 reb. Steve Hong also hit the double digits with 12 pts and 5 ast.
This was a hard fought competitive game with both teams not wanting to lose another consecutive game. Both teams made runs of their own to keep their teams in it. EL8 was getting easy looks and getting to the line vs ISO’s zone as they were slow to recover while ISO chose to live outside the paint. EL8 would shoot 32 FTs while ISO would shoot 23 3s, this was the difference in the game along with ISO’s reluctance to break out of their zone. Both teams would make big shots down the stretch however EL8 made good decisions while ISO didn’t, possibly a direct result of them missing PG Rommel Dolar which hurt them this game.
NYCE vs HTB(NYCE 70 – HTB 50)
This game features two teams going in opposite directions with NYCE at 2-0 with a revamped roster and HTB starting out 0-2 as a new team. Both teams were looking to make a statement nearing the midway point of the season.
NYCE was paced by early MVP candidate Eddie Wang with 31 pts 8 reb, he was helped by Elitar Kim who picked up the slack with 13 pts.
David Ri of HTB came back with a answer of his own with 29 pts 7 reb 5 ast in one of his best games to date. Moon-Hwan Yun had a decent all around game with 8 pts 4 reb 3 ast.
Eddie Wang got off to a hot start for NYCE and that helped carry over to the rest of the team as NYCE pretty much had control of this game from start to finish. NYCE’s team chemistry seems to be a thing of the past with their new additions. HTB on the other hand has shown their lack of chemistry and youth. There are talented individually but they need to come together as a team and learn to play off each other. NYCE shot 48.4% from the field and 50% from 3, and while they were on fire they were also getting a lot of open looks on blown defensive assignments, 70 pts is way too much to give up. If David Ri can kept pace scoring with Eddie Wang, the difference is going to be everyone else as NYCE had 3 players score in double digits and HTB only had 1. NYCE continues to roll and stay perfect as HTB drops to 0-3 and is left searching for answers.
HLO vs SMP(HLO 52 – SMP 23)
A battle of two teams searching for their first wins and looking to not fall to the cellar of the standings. Both teams have shown inconsistency this season and this game may be a tale of which side of each team shows up.
HLO was led again by George Chan with 12 pts 7 reb but this game was a little more of a balanced attack as Tony Chang 10 pts 5 reb and James Choi 11 pts 5 ast 4 stl also both chipped in double digits.
SMP was once again led in scoring by Walter Ro with 7 pts and 3 reb and John Kim was next on the totem pole with 6 pts.
HLO put their foot on the pedal and never let off while the SMP’s offense was stuck in neutral. HLO jumped out to a 15-0 lead from the tip and SMP just never seemed to recover. HLO was sparked by SMP’s 17 TOs as they got out in transition for easy buckets and open looks as they shot 51.4% from the field. SMP lacked a creator and it showed as they had a total 2 ast for the game. The ball seemed to sit still on offense and frustration started to come out. That kind of combo will always result in a loss. Looks like we still may not have seen HLO’s full potential while SMP needs to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new game plan
RF vs UN(RF 53 – UN 55)
Two middle of the pack teams competing to keep pace with the elite teams in the league. Both teams however have been competitive even in losses. UN has been somewhat of a surprise as a free agent team that plays with hustle and grit. RF has struggled somewhat this season while adding new components.
RF was led by Mark Lee who was a one man wrecking crew with 32 pts 2 ast. Ray Lee controlled the paint with 9 reb and 2 blk.
UN featured a balanced attack with Mike Song leading the way with 16 pts 11 reb while Vick Manocha and Mike Lee both chipped in 10 pts.
RF would start this game with only 3 roster players as they were forced to pick up two subs to hold down the fort while the rest of their team was on the way. UN would take full advantage and jump out to a big lead against the undermanned RF team. As 3 more RF members showed up they would start the half down 20 pts. The 2nd half was a different story as RF with its’ own 5 started out on a tear thanks to their pressure defense they would cut the lead to tie at the end of the game while fouling and coming up with big baskets. With the game tied RF would foul Kenny Jang not realizing that the game had been tied up. He would coolly and calmly sink two FTs to put UN up by 2, RF would have one last chance at it as their jumper at the buzzer would fall short. Either UN took their foot off the gas with a big lead or RF would’ve have won had all their players should up on time. Guess we’ll never know unless they meet in the playoffs.
-Mr. Squirrel-
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