EBC Day Sixteen: Crusaders vs. Terror Squad

As so often in the EBC, it’s the little man match-ups that largely determine the score, and with Crusaders’ guards continuing to find the net on their jumpers, they manage to grab a four-point advantage with five minutes left in the half. The well runs dry for them shortly thereafter, though, and a string of transition baskets by Terror Squad gives them a 38-32 lead going into the half.

 

The early part of the second period sees a continuation of this theme, and the TS lead soon swells to ten. A timeout by Crusaders gives them a chance to catch their breath, however, and they punish the Squad’s overconfidence with a dunk and three layups in quick succession to make it a two-point game with a quarter of an hour to go. Easy buckets at both ends keep the difference roughly constant between the fifteen- and the ten-minute marks, until an intended lob pass by Kareem Reid accidentally swishes through for three points. When he knocks down another triple on his next touch – this time on purpose – the run is on, and five more from the pint-sized point give his team a comfortable lead once again.