IBC Basketball

Wow!  For those of you who missed last night’s championship game it was a game for the ages.  IBC had their own version of March Madness that reminded me of the Kansas-Northern Iowa finish last weekend.  Two championship caliber teams in the Warriors and Air Zion battled it out to the very end with a last second shot deciding the 2010 IBC Men’s Basketball League Championship.  

The Warriors jumped out to an early lead in the game and were led by their sharp shooter, Matt Christopher, who was knocking down three point shots one after another.  Air Zion made a last minute push before the half and cut the Warriors lead down to 5 points at 44-39. 

The Warriors went on another run early in the second half and led by as many as 14 points.  Air Zion re-grouped after a time out and tied the game with 7 minutes remaining by playing pressing defense and strong play from Mike Askew (28 points) and the team’s regular season MVP, Kenny Smith, who finished with 23 points. The last seven minutes saw several lead changes with both teams countering one another.

With Air Zion clinging to a 2 point lead (69-67) with less than a minute remaining, the Warriors Chris Pugh (17 points) drove to the basket and was fouled.  Pugh sank both of his free throws to tie the game.  With the game tied at 69 points, timeout was called with 6 seconds remaining – Air Zion’s ball.  The ball was inbounded to Brian Stanley, who hit the game winner from just inside the arc as time expired.

The final score was 71-69.  The Warriors Matt Christopher led all scorers with 30 points. The Warriors are led by Joe Lozano and Air Zion is led by Eddie O’Donnell.

Thanks to everyone last night for exhibiting such great sportsmanship and respect for one another during a fiercely competitive basketball game. You glorified God with your play and attitudes on and off the court.

In Christ,

Scott Hotaling

After two good games on Saturday, the championship game is set for Tuesday night.  Air Zion and the Warriors will square off for the 2010 Championship.  The results from Saturday’s semi-final match-ups are below.

Saturday March 20, 2010

Air Zion 80 Team Jesus 55

Warriors 76 BallHogz 65 

After four good games last night, we’re down to the final four teams vying for the league championship.  The results from last night’s games are below.

Thursday March 18, 2010

Team Jesus 52 Orangemen 43

Air Zion 89 Club Estudiantes 70

Warriors 87 College 73

BallHogz 59 Rookies 48

Please see the play-off schedule tab for the semi-final match-ups.  Good luck everyone!

We’re down to the Elite Eight.  Below are the play-off Results for Tuesday March 16, 2010 

Tuesday March 16, 2010

Club Estudiantes 60 Money 58

Team Jesus by forfeit

Rookies 53 Church of Christ 42

College 70 Amazing Grace 58

Match-ups for the Thursday March 18th games are listed under the play-off schedule tab. Good luck everyone!

The final standings have been updated and the top 12 teams have advanced to the play-off tournament.  The play-offs start on Tuesday March 16th. Please review the play-off schedule tab to find out when your team will be playing.  We had several teams with the same records and followed the tie-breaker rules to determine seedings.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks and good luck in the play-offs!

Tuesday March 2, 2010

College 66 Church of Christ 50

Money 56 Venture 39

Amazing Grace 59 Who’s Next 54

Thursday March 4, 2010

Warriors 88 March Madness 72

BallHogz 76 Brentwood 35

Club Estudiantes 76 Team Jesus 66

Air Zion 86 Orangemen 58

Tuesday March 9, 2010

Warriors 55 Rookies 51

BallHogz 85 Team Jesus 58

Air Zion 101 Venture 68

Money 68 Church of Christ 63

Thursday March 11, 2010

Air Zion 88 Team Jesus 65

Money 64 Club Estudiantes 61

Orangemen 79 Who’s Next 62

Venture 1 March Madness 0 – forfeit

Saturday March 13, 2010

Rookies 77 College 61

Amazing Grace 1 Church of Christ 0 – forfeit

Warriors 79 Brentwood 32

Thursday February 18, 2010

Warriors 83 Amazing Grace 55

Team Jesus 90 Venture 44

BallHogz 64 Church of Christ 52

Tuesday February 23, 2010

College 59 Money 57

Rookies 54 Amazing Grace 37

Warriors 73 Venture 46

Air Zion 74 Club Estudiantes 54

Thursday February 25, 2010

Brentwood 52 Venture 38

Church of Christ 61 March Madness 53

Team Jesus 55 Orangemen 44

BallHogz 45 Who’s Next 32

Coaches/Captains:
 
We were finally able to secure the gym to play the make-up games for 2/2, 2/9, and 2/11.  To ensure everyone gets to play all of their regular season games we’ll need to push the start date for play-offs from 3/9 to 3/16. Here’s what we’re looking at for the make-up games:
 
Tues. 3/9 – 2/2 make-up games
Thurs. 3/11 – 2/9 make-up games
Sat. 3/13 – 2/11 make-up games (2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm)
Tues. 3/16 – play-offs (regular times)
Thurs. 3/18 play-offs (regular times)
Sat. 3/20 – 9am and 10am (semi-finals)
Tues. 3/23 Championship game – 7:30pm
 
The complete schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.   Thanks for everyone’s patience and good luck down the home stretch!
 
In Christ,
Scott

Coaches/Captains – We’re still working hard trying to reschedule the games postponed due to inclement weather on 2/2, 2/9, and 2/11. I’ll send out an update as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!

Thursday January 21, 2010

Team Jesus 56 Warriors 54

Air Zion 81 Money 66

Orangemen 49 Brentwood 39

College 67 Grace 55

Tuesday January 26, 2010

Orangemen 60 Money 57

Air Zion 73 Rookies 70

Warriors 77 BallHogz 72

Church of Christ 1 Brentwood 0 – forfeit

Thursday January 28, 2010

Estudiantes 78 Grace 72

Air Zion 82 BallHogz 59

March Madness 50 College 41

Team Jesus 59 Who’s Next 52

Thursday February 4, 2010

Rookies 1 Church of Christ 0 – forfeit

Who’s next 49 Brentwood 44

Orangemen 57 Madness 45

College 67 Estudiantes 63

Tuesday February 16, 2010

Orangemen 78 College 66

Estudiantes 69 Who’s next 36

Brentwood 57 Madness 44

Money 67 Rookies 59