Sunday, March 12, 2000
Stuff 101, Trenton 83
Samake Has career-high 22 points, 14 rebounds
BY PETE HOLTERMANN
Enquirer Contributor
A career night from Soumaila Samake helped the Cincinnati Stuff overcome the 3-point shooting of Trenton for a 101-83 win Saturday at the Firstar Center.
Samake scored a career high 22 points to lead the Stuff, and recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 14 rebounds in the game. He also tied his career high with seven blocked shots.
“I think he played a tremendous game,” Stuff coach Joby Wright said. “He's come a long, long way, and he's only scratching the surface of what he can do.”
Sparked by a pair of 3-pointers from Moo Moo Blakney, the Stuff used a 16-2 run to open the fourth quarter.
“Lenny (Brown) found me two times on the break,” Blakney said. “They fell, and we never looked back.”
The spurt gave Cincinnati an 85-74 lead with seven minutes left to play. Cincinnati held Trenton to 11 points in the fourth quarter, the fewest points the Stuff have given up in a quarter this season.
“We had to pick up our defensive intensity,” Wright said. “Tonight we saw a very inspired Trenton team. We had to rise above that.”
Cincinnati improves to 29-11, and takes a 101/2-game lead over Trenton in the IBL's East Division. The two teams will play again today at 2 p.m.
“We have to take advantage of every opportunity to position ourselves over the next month,” Wright said.
Trenton dominated the middle two quarters of the game.
The Stuff led 24-23 with 44 seconds remaining in the first quarter, when Trenton took control of the game with a 16-3 run to give the Shooting Stars 38-26 lead with seven minutes left in the first half. Cincinnati committed five turnovers on six possessions to help the Stars extend the run.
Trenton led 51-42 at intermission. The Shooting Stars were just that in the first half, hitting 7-of-9 3-pointers in the first two quarters.
“They were on fire, but we knew they would cool off,” Blakney said.
Alex Sanders led Cincinnati with 23 points as his double-figure scoring streak reached 31 games. Brown recorded a career-high six assists.
TRENTON (83) - Grant 2-6 2-2 6, Daniels 5-14 0-0 14, Joseph 1-2 4-4 6, Tutt 8-12 1-2 19, Woodward 1-3 7-10 9, Young 3-6 2-4 9, Wesson 1-3 0-0 2, Worthy 2-7 2-4 8, Edwards 1-5 0-0 2, Hyman 3-4 2-4 8. Totals: 27-61 20-30 83
CINCINNATI (101) — Fowlkes 5-12 4-4 15, Sanders 9-13 2-2 23, Samake 10-14 2-3 22, Turner 5-13 0-0 10, Blakney 4-10 6-8 16, Kingsbury 1-1 0-0 3, Brown 3-8 2-2 8, Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor 0-3 0-0 0, Hickey 2-4 0-0 4. Totals: 39-79 16-19 101
Trenton ....... 26 25 21 11—83
Cincinnati ....... 23 19 27 32-101
Three-point field goals: Trenton 9-17 (Daniels 4-8, Tutt 2-3, Woodward 0-1, Young 1-2, Worthy 1-3); Cincinnati 7-17 (Fowlkes 1-2, Sanders 3-5, Blakney 2-4, Kingsbury 1-1, Brown 0-4, Edwards 0-1). Rebounds: Trenton 39 (Joseph, Tutt 10); Cincinnati 41 (Samake 14). Assists: Trenton 19 (Tutt, Woodward 5); Cincinnati 18 (Brown 6). Technical Fouls - None. A- 5,734
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