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 City Reapers & RWE Secure Wins

Game Results:

 City Reapers 86, Blue Checks 71

 RWE 107, YNG Dreamerz 92

In the first game of the night at OTE Arena, the City Reapers used a huge fourth quarter to get the win and move to 3-1 on the season. The Reapers were trailing by six at halftime, but outscored the Blue Checks 61-40 in the second half to get the 15-point victory

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With only seven players available, it was a complete team effort for the Reapers, with every player scoring at least six points, and five players scoring in double figures. Bryson Tiller led the way with 17 points, nine rebounds, five assists and zero turnovers. Jah Jackson had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds

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Going into the fourth quarter, the City Reapers led by two and tried to pull away, but the Blue Checks hung around. With five minutes left, the City Reapers pressure finally cracked the Blue Checks, pushing their lead to double figures

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The Blue Checks were led by Rakease Passmore with 18 points and Jahseem Felton with 17 points

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In the second game of the night, Eli Ellis made his return to OTE Arena, with the YNG Dreamerz taking on RWE. With all the attention on Ellis and his brother, RWE withstood a run from the Dreamerz in the second half to take the victory and move to 2-2 ⭐️

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Karter Knox and Daquan Davis led RWE, combining to score 56 points. Knox had his first 30-point game of the season, finishing with 34 points while adding seven rebounds and nine assists. Davis finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists

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RWE raced out to an early lead, playing really tough defense and shooting a lethal 63.3% from the floor. Isaac Ellis kept the Dreamerz in it early, scoring 18 in the first half, but Karter Knox kept pace, dropping 16 of his own

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Trailing by 18 out of the break, the Dreamerz got back in the game behind Eli’s energy in the third. After being held scoreless in the first half, he went off for 17 in the third quarter and got the Dreamerz as close as seven points. RWE used a late run to get the lead back to 10 heading into the fourth

  • RWE was too much for the Dreamerz though, pulling away and hitting the century mark

  • Eli finished with 27 points and Isaac had 22

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RWE finished the game with 29 assists on 40 made field goals and Darrion Sutton led the team with 11 assists. Tomorrow night, RWE will return to Amazon Prime at 7PM ESˇ to take on the Blue Checks, followed by Eli taking on his former team, the City Reapers, at 8:30PM

This article first appeared on Overtime Elite and was syndicated with permission.

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