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Great 8 Faceoff: The Ashkickers vs. Gremlins
Like the Big 8 matchup, Ashkickers and Gremlins came into this one tied in the standings, with Ashkickers point differential being the difference. Grem's Temple of Doom was nearly sold out, short 50 seats, for a rousing crowd of 17,530. Unfortunately for The Ashkickers, this one wasn't nearly as close, with Gremlins Motion offense and proficient inside defense being too much for Ash. Gremlins came out of the gate hot, scoring 30 points to Ash's 14.

Rene Tuvike hit 3 three pointers in the first period for a total of 13 points and Ramon Pnalver added another 9. On the other side, Ash's Lou Eggleston struggled, only scoring 2 points on 1-8 in the first quarter. Eggleston was able to turn it around, scoring 30 points on 11-29 shooting with 4 three pointers, but it was too little too late. . Forward's Tuvike and Penalver for the Gremlins scored 29 and 23 points respectively, coupling to score 24 points total from three. Ash struggled mightily from 3, scoring only 6 of their 29 shots from beyond the arc.

The Gremlins should win out the rest of their games, putting them at 18-4 heading into the playoffs, and The Ashkickers should win out as well, though will see if Miami Cleo will try to bump them off in the last game or if they'll bide their time until the first round of the play offs and try to surprise them then.

In the other (semi) surprising twist of events last night, x DOMINATE x DOMINATED the Bomskwad last night, beating them by 15 on the backs of C S. Pruett (20 pts, 13 rebounds) and SF J. Gleason (16 pts, 5 ast). None of Dallas's starters scored in double digits, with their young star center C. Calderon only scoring 9 points on 4-12 shooting. Backup PG P. Tireau led the way for the Bomskwad with only 14 points.

So, now, Chewy is in 4th with three games left and Dallas has severely hurt their chances of making the play offs, PLUS, they're currently looking at facing the War Birds in a relegation series, rather than the SuperSonicz, although statistically, both of those teams match up pretty well. Dallas and Chewy are both in the bottom 5 of team salaries, with x DOMINATE x appearing to have retooled their roster to avoid relegation (they now have the highest salary of their top 5 players in the league).

Looking like a Gremlins/Scrap Heap championship. Any thoughts on the eventual champ?

Day 19 (Tuesday 22 March 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Scrap Heap Low Posters 105 - Philly Dribble 101
San Dominica Warriors 77 - War Birds 85
Mighty Moose Rockets 161 - Tidals 53
Seattle SuperSonicz 78 - Lion Rebels 93
x DOMINATE x 83 - Dallas Bomskwad 68
Miami Cleo 133 - Tropicana Flamingos 31
The Ashkickers 82 - Gremlins 105
Solana Tides 39 - Chewbaccans 122

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 161 : Mighty Moose Rockets
Rebounds : 67 : Miami Cleo
Assists : 52 : Mighty Moose Rockets
Steals : 21 : Mighty Moose Rockets
Block Shots : 16 : Chewbaccans

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 37 : G. Chiodarelli (Mighty Moose Rockets)
Rebounds : 25 : S. Xiuying (Scrap Heap Low Posters)
Assists : 11 : G. Chiodarelli (Mighty Moose Rockets)
Steals : 5 : S. Doyle (Mighty Moose Rockets)
Block Shots : 8 : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : G. Chiodarelli (Mighty Moose Rockets) (37 Points, 2 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 48
Shooting Guard : K. McNulty (Mighty Moose Rockets) (32 Points, 3 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Small Forward : S. Doyle (Mighty Moose Rockets) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 5 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Power Forward : D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets) (36 Points, 23 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 61
Center : S. Xiuying (Scrap Heap Low Posters) (24 Points, 25 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 46

MVP of the evening
D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets) (36 Points, 23 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 61

The bad performance of the evening
G. Sand (Tropicana Flamingos) (12 Points, 9 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -16

Triple-Double of the evening
S. Doyle (Mighty Moose Rockets) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 5 Steals, 1 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : G. Sand (Tropicana Flamingos) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : K. Hobbs (x DOMINATE x), L. Baião (San Dominica Warriors) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), S. Doyle (Mighty Moose Rockets), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), G. Sand (Tropicana Flamingos), L. Lindsay (Solana Tides) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : G. Chiodarelli (Mighty Moose Rockets) : 9 Three points

The best performer : P. Fasselli (Philly Dribble), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : Rating : 17.5

The worst performer : V. Crosby (Tropicana Flamingos) : Rating : 1.0

Sorry Everyone - I was out of town over the weekend and just got back home today. Here's the stats and information from Saturday's matchups:
Day 20 (Saturday 26 March 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Philly Dribble 116 - Tidals 48
War Birds 77 - Lion Rebels 94
San Dominica Warriors 117 - Seattle SuperSonicz 102
Mighty Moose Rockets 107 - Scrap Heap Low Posters 122
Dallas Bomskwad 86 - Gremlins 120
Tropicana Flamingos 36 - Chewbaccans 132
Miami Cleo 128 - Solana Tides 18
The Ashkickers 69 - x DOMINATE x 86

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 132 : Chewbaccans
Rebounds : 70 : Miami Cleo
Assists : 44 : Philly Dribble
Steals : 17 : Miami Cleo
Block Shots : 18 : Miami Cleo

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 34 : S. Aldridge (Philly Dribble), M. Whitney (Seattle SuperSonicz)
Rebounds : 20 : S. Pruett (x DOMINATE x)
Assists : 10 : A. Braka (Miami Cleo), K. Walker (Philly Dribble)
Steals : 5 : M. Maurin (Miami Cleo), A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo)
Block Shots : 5 : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo), S. Aldridge (Philly Dribble)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : G. Chiodarelli (Mighty Moose Rockets) (32 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots), B. Vagals (Chewbaccans) (26 Points, 3 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), A. Roland (Chewbaccans) (20 Points, 2 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Shooting Guard : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) (14 Points, 11 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 5 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Small Forward : M. Maurin (Miami Cleo) (31 Points, 10 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 5 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : S. Aldridge (Philly Dribble) (34 Points, 19 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (23 Points, 14 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40

MVP of the evening
S. Aldridge (Philly Dribble) (34 Points, 19 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51

The bad performance of the evening
H. Bowie (Solana Tides) (0 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -17

Triple-Double of the evening
A. Braka (Miami Cleo) (20 Points, 10 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : M. MacDonald (Tropicana Flamingos) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), K. Morrell (Tidals) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : S. Aldridge (Philly Dribble), S. Doyle (Mighty Moose Rockets), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), E. Moschetto (Tropicana Flamingos), M. MacDonald (Tropicana Flamingos), L. Lindsay (Solana Tides), A. Hurtado (Solana Tides) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : B. Vagals (Chewbaccans), A. Roland (Chewbaccans), C. McMahon (War Birds), M. Whitney (Seattle SuperSonicz), D. Muncy (Seattle SuperSonicz), J. Vázquez (Gremlins), E. Lenkovicius (Dallas Bomskwad) : 4 Three points

The best performer : S. Pruett (x DOMINATE x), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : Rating : 17.5

The worst performer : M. MacDonald (Tropicana Flamingos) : Rating : 0.5

And here is last night's information!

Day 21 (Tuesday 29 March 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Lion Rebels 79 - Philly Dribble 93
Tidals 38 - War Birds 143
Scrap Heap Low Posters 96 - San Dominica Warriors 82
Seattle SuperSonicz 89 - Mighty Moose Rockets 122
Chewbaccans 95 - Dallas Bomskwad 103
Gremlins 121 - Tropicana Flamingos 34
x DOMINATE x 90 - Miami Cleo 102
Solana Tides 24 - The Ashkickers 128

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 143 : War Birds
Rebounds : 78 : War Birds
Assists : 42 : War Birds
Steals : 17 : Gremlins
Block Shots : 17 : The Ashkickers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 42 : D. Santana (Miami Cleo)
Rebounds : 25 : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets)
Assists : 10 : R. Pedrosa (Gremlins)
Steals : 5 : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo), J. Fleurent (Mighty Moose Rockets)
Block Shots : 6 : O. Reine (The Ashkickers)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : D. Santana (Miami Cleo) (42 Points, 11 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Shooting Guard : R. Pedrosa (Gremlins) (12 Points, 5 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Small Forward : J. Glicas (Philly Dribble) (30 Points, 6 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Power Forward : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) (35 Points, 25 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 56
Center : M. Morete (War Birds) (18 Points, 16 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37

MVP of the evening
W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) (35 Points, 25 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 56

The bad performance of the evening
P. Castellano (Tropicana Flamingos) (3 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -17

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : P. Castellano (Tropicana Flamingos), A. Shields (Solana Tides) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : P. Huddleston (Philly Dribble), H. Alen (Solana Tides) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), M. Farnsworth (Philly Dribble), W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets), J. Grcev (San Dominica Warriors), A. Parrish (San Dominica Warriors), B. Lutz (Lion Rebels), G. Sand (Tropicana Flamingos), E. Moschetto (Tropicana Flamingos), M. MacDonald (Tropicana Flamingos), A. Hurtado (Solana Tides), L. Lindsay (Solana Tides) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : D. Santana (Miami Cleo), C. Wood (Chewbaccans), T. Kang (Scrap Heap Low Posters), A. Gobber (Seattle SuperSonicz) : 5 Three points

The best performer : C. Calderón (Dallas Bomskwad) : Rating : 21.0

The worst performer : S. Miller (Tidals), C. Nash (Tidals), C. Schiavi (Tropicana Flamingos), M. MacDonald (Tropicana Flamingos), A. Shields (Solana Tides), H. Alen (Solana Tides) : Rating : 1.5

Ugh this is a big one for the Warriors and the Moose. The winner of this likely earns the final playoff spot in the Big 8. Of course that will likely earn the privilege of facing the buzzsaw known as the Low Posters but it also means a guarantee of staying in the division.

At least we both are in control of our playoff fate

Some excitement for tonight! Looking forward to it - best of luck to you both!

Good game - that third quarter was very strange, I think that it should've been closer than it ultimately was. Good luck in the relegation playoffs!

Yeah - that 3rd quarter was definitely the difference maker. Looked like your bigs were just too much for him. Good luck!

Day 22 (Saturday 2 April 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Philly Dribble 129 - War Birds 117
Tidals 24 - Lion Rebels 127
San Dominica Warriors 78 - Mighty Moose Rockets 99
Seattle SuperSonicz 88 - Scrap Heap Low Posters 100
Dallas Bomskwad 133 - Tropicana Flamingos 29
Gremlins 108 - Chewbaccans 94
Miami Cleo 71 - The Ashkickers 84
Solana Tides 110 - x DOMINATE x 111

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 133 : Dallas Bomskwad
Rebounds : 69 : Dallas Bomskwad
Assists : 44 : Lion Rebels
Steals : 15 : Dallas Bomskwad
Block Shots : 14 : Lion Rebels

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 50 : T. Kang (Scrap Heap Low Posters)
Rebounds : 27 : K. Hobbs (x DOMINATE x)
Assists : 13 : L. Aragon (x DOMINATE x)
Steals : 4 : D. Santana (Miami Cleo), C. Ledoux (Dallas Bomskwad)
Block Shots : 4 : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets), A. Itararé (Dallas Bomskwad)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : D. Nava (Gremlins) (30 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), L. Lindsay (Solana Tides) (24 Points, 6 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Shooting Guard : T. Kang (Scrap Heap Low Posters) (50 Points, 5 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : B. Łyżwiński (Lion Rebels) (22 Points, 5 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Power Forward : K. Hobbs (x DOMINATE x) (44 Points, 27 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 59
Center : L. Aragon (x DOMINATE x) (21 Points, 19 Rebounds, 13 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41

MVP of the evening
K. Hobbs (x DOMINATE x) (44 Points, 27 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 59

The bad performance of the evening
P. Castellano (Tropicana Flamingos) (0 Points, 6 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -15

Triple-Double of the evening
L. Aragon (x DOMINATE x) (21 Points, 19 Rebounds, 13 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : J. Cedrón (Tidals) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : S. Hillman (x DOMINATE x), G. Sand (Tropicana Flamingos), E. Schafer (Solana Tides), A. Shields (Solana Tides), P. Boyd (Solana Tides) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), K. Hobbs (x DOMINATE x), L. Aragon (x DOMINATE x), M. Farnsworth (Philly Dribble), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), E. Moschetto (Tropicana Flamingos), L. Lindsay (Solana Tides) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : T. Kang (Scrap Heap Low Posters) : 7 Three points

The best performer : C. Calderón (Dallas Bomskwad) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : M. MacDonald (Tropicana Flamingos) : Rating : 1.0

Season Statistics
I love stats, so here's how things shook out over Season 56 for Div III.11!

Team Stats
Offensive Stats
Points Per Game
1. Gremlins 108.6
2. Philly Dribble 108.5 (close!)
3. Mighty Moose Rockets 105.9
The majority of teams didn't average over a 100 PPG this year (10).

Points Allowed Per Game
1. Miami Cleo 74.7
2. Lion Rebels 75.1
3. The Ashkickers 75.2 (close!)
12 teams averaged less than 100 points allowed and 5 teams allowed less than 80 ppg.

Best Point Differential
1. Philly Dribble 27.1
2. Scrap Heap Low Posters 25.4
3. Lion Rebels 21.6

Highest FG%
1. Philly Dribble 48.5%
2. Gremlins 48.3%
3. Scrap Heap Low Posters 47.3%
It's no surprise that Solana Tides averaged a measley 23% from the field.

Best 3-Point Shooting Teams
1. Philly Dribble 46.8% (wow!)
2. War Birds 40.9%
3. Gremlins 39.9%
Interestingly, Solona Tides averaged 2% better from 3 than from the field!

Top Assisting Teams
1. Scrap Heap Low Posters 25.9
2. Philly Dribble 24
3. San Dominica Warriors 23

Best Offensive Rebounding Teams
1. San Dominica Warriors 16.4
2. x DOMINATE x 15
3. Lion Rebels 14.7
Side note: Philly Dribbles, the best shooting team in the league had the second least average of offensive boards a game with 8.9!

Most Efficient Teams of the Season
1. Mighty Moose Rockets 135.4
2. Scrap Heap Low Posters 135
3. Philly Dribble 134.6
Gremlins was a close fourth, with 133.4, but no one else was quite as close, with lowly Solona averaging 12.2 (and a difference of -175.4 against opponents) - may be the worst bot team I've ever seen.

Defensive Stats
Top Rebounding Teams
1. The Ashkickers 56.3
2. San Dominica Warriors 55.7
3. Lion Rebels 54.4
Eight teams averaged more than 50 rebounds per game.

Best Blocking Teams
1. Mighty Moose Rockets 7.8
2. San Dominica Warriors 7.7
3. The Ashkickers 7.6

Teams Most Like Gary Payton (Steals, that is)
1. Mighty Moose Rockets 8.6
2. Miami Cleo 8.5
3. San Dominica Warriors 8

Least Turnover Prone Teams
1. Miami Cleo 8
2. Philly Dribble 8.5
3. San Dominica Warriors 8.8

Highest Season Receipts
1. Miami Cleo $2.688 million
2. Scrap Heap Low Posters $2.499 million
3. Philly Dribble $2.385 million

Season Statistics - Part Two

Player Stats
Scoring Leaders
1. Christopher Wood - Chewy - 25.6 PPG
2. Tommy Kang - Scrap Heap - 23.1 PPG
3. Gabriel Horyza - Scarp Heap - 22.8

Field-Goal Shooting Leaders
1. Wu Chan Kiew - Gremlins - 58.5%
2. Demyan Charykov - Scrap Heap - 58.4%
3. Ramón Peñalver - Gremlins - 57.3%

3-Point Shooting Leaders
1. Sébastien Rigaux - Philly - 53.3% (32 made)
2. Paride Fasselli - Philly - 50.5% (47 made)
3. Roc Pedrosa - Gremlins - 48.7% (37 made
Outside Looking In: Collin McMahon - War Birds - 48% (mentioned because he made almost 60 threes on the season (lead the league)

Free Throw Shooting Leaders
1. Poobalan Motsoaledi - Ashkickers - 92.2%
2. Vincenzo Sesamo - Ashkickers - 88.1%
3. Walenty Kofan - Mighty Moose Rockets/Yaduveer Srivastava - Lion Rebels - 86.7%
There were two players with higher percentages, (Dale Sheridan - Seattle - 95.7% & Turgut Bayraktar - Tropicana - 92.5%) but they both only played in 12 games. I figure with only a 22 game sample size, it isn't fair for players to only play half the games but take home the honors!

Rebounds Leaders
1. Kevin Hobbs - DOMINATE - 387 (17.6/game)
2. Su Xuiying - Scrap Heap - 334 (16.7/game - 20 games)
3. Terry Armstead - Lion Rebels - 358 (16.3/game)
Hobbs was the only player to have over 100 offensive rebounds for the season.

Assists Leaders
1. Dwayne Nava - Gremlins - 132 (6/game) - AST/TO: 6
2. Bruno Pappalardo - Scrap Heap - 122 (5.5/game) - AST/TO: 4.4
3. Roc Pedrosa - Gremlins - 114 (5.2/game) - AST/TO: 5.4
And, because I'm the one posting the message, I'll take the liberty to mention my guy, Terry Armstead, the only Center in the top twenty (and one of two big men - Mauricio Andrés Morete PF for War Birds at 19th) finishing at 7th in assists/game with 4.6, but a surprising 102 total.

Dikembe Mutumbo Award
1. David Charles - Moose - 49 (2.2/game)
2. Vicente Vallardes - Warriors - 47 (2.1/game)
3. Ben Gandsler - Chewy - 46 (2.1/game)
Honorable Mention to Oscar Reine from Ashkickers with 45 blocks to average 2/game.

The Glove Award
1. Arys Varpukevicius - Miami Cleo - 47 steals (2.1/game)
2. Marko Maurin - Miami Cleo - 39 steals (1.8/game)
3. David Charles - Moose (a Center!) - 36 steals (1.6/game)
Honorable Mention to Giorgio Chiodarelli - Moose (a PG, like it should be!) - 33 steals (1.6/game)

Best Players
Best Players by Rating
1. Gabriel Horyza - Scrap Heap - 16.2 Average Rating
2. Su Xiuying - Scrap Heap - 16.0 AR
3. Walenty Kofan - Mighty Moose - 15.9 AR

Best Players by Efficiency
1. Terry Armstead - Lion Rebels - 30.6 Average Efficiency
2. Ramón Peñalver - Germlins - 27.7 AE
3. Walenty Kofan - Mighty Moose - 27.7 AE

Worst Players (Non-Bot Edition)
Worst Players by Rating
1. Lon Aragon - DOMINATE - 21 games - 4.6 AR
2. Christopher Geiger - Scrap Heap - 16 games - 6.1 AR
3. Elliott Hess - Miami Cleo - 14 games - 6.4 AR

Worst Players by Efficiency
1. Stan Christopher - Gremlins - 13 games - 1.8 AE
2. Hud Leal - War Birds - 17 games - 2.2 AE
3. Elliot Hess - Miami Cleo - 14 games - 2.3 AE