Octane Infinity 72, ReWork 64

There’s nothing like your parents cheering for you in the stands. The Octane Infinity’s Adam Crane already brings an unlimited amount of energy to every game so it’s shocking to find out that there’s even more fire in his jets when his parents came to watch the game. Crane scored his season-high 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field, snagged five rebounds, and swiped two steals as he led the Octane Infinity to victory against ReWork 72-64 at The Courts in Beaverton, OR, last Monday, March 31, 2008.

“If you weren’t a fan of Adam Crane before tonight, you’d absolutely have to be, now,” said John Le. “He was so fun to watch out there.”

The game started with the Octane Infinity taking off with a 15-0 run, but ReWork battled back and took a lead of 38-32 at the half. At the second half, the Octane Infinity started chipping away at the lead, draining six 3-pointers and getting some stops on the defensive end. ReWork, in the mean time, struggled from the free throw line. With less than two minutes left in the game, the Octane Infinity had the lead and strategically passed the ball around to eat up time, which forced ReWork to foul in order to stop the clock. Crane made both critical free throws, giving the Octane Infinity a two-possession lead. ReWork failed to score on their end, securing the win for the Octane Infinity.

“The defense I thought was particularly good in the second half. They hit us hard on the offensive glass but we weathered the storm. Moreover, we didn’t let them shoot many threes to get back in the game in the second half, we did an excellent job of recognizing a potential shooter and getting someone over to prevent the shot. On my side, Scott would come out if someone was open and then still manage to be back in position to rebound,” noted Crane.

Chris Turman had another one of his double-double games, scoring 21 points on 9-of-19 shooting and grabbing 12 rebounds. John Le contributed seven points, 11 rebounds, and six assists.

The game marked the return of Scott Nelson and a special appearance by Mike Jones. The Octane Infinity were without power forward Marcus Berger and center David Camp.

Boxscore

No.	Pos	Player	2PT	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
13	PG/SG	Adam Crane	7-11	3-5	2-3	5	1	2	2	0		25
20	SF	Mike Jones	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0		0
21	PG/SG	Jonas Reyes	3-3	1-4	0-0	2	1	4	0	0		9
22	SF/PF	John Le	2-5	1-3	0-0	11	6	1	0	1		7
26	PG/SG	Edwin Tanedo	3-7	1-4	1-2	4	4	1	0	0		10
30	PF/C	Chris Turman	7-15	2-4	1-2	12	2	0	1	3		21
44	SF	Scott Nelson	0-0	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	1	1		0
40	PF	Marcus Berger	DNP
51	PF/C	David Camp	DNP
Totals			22-42	8-20	4-7	41	14	10	4	5		72

Credits

Statistician: Mike R.
Photographer: Jonas Reyes
Writer: Jonas Reyes