National League Round 4: Hammers still not able to record any victory

Coincidentally all visitors won their games. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.

Bottom-ranked Hammers is still unable to win any game. But it was rather predictable considering how strong their opponent was. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their third consecutive match to top-ranked Western Union (3-0) 91-75 on Thursday evening. Western Union dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Hammers' 42. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Jathan Barnes (160) who helped to win the game recording 20 points and 6 rebounds. Guard Carson Fagan contributed with 13 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Malvin Araneta replied with a double-double by scoring 25 points and 22 rebounds for Hammers. Western Union have a solid three-game winning streak. They keep a position of league leader. Hammers at the other side still closes the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Sol Blazers. Western Union will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Hammers will play against Warriors (#4) and hope to get finally their first victory.
Top-ranked IRG Astros blasted bottom-ranked Sol Blazers (0-3) in 91-59 keeping the perfect record after 4 rounds. Sol Blazers is still unable to win any game. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international forward Jake Whittaker who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 13 points and 15 rebounds and La-Rue Nixon who added 22 points during the contest. At the losing side forward Kobe McKenzie responded with 19 points and 7 rebounds. IRG Astros maintains second position with 2-0 record behind leader Western Union. Defending champion Sol Blazers still closes the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Hammers. IRG Astros will play against Creole Team (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Sol Blazers will play against Warriors (#4) and look forward to get finally their first victory.

Hammers - Western Union 75-91

Bottom-ranked Hammers is still unable to win any game. But it was rather predictable considering how strong their opponent was. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their third consecutive match to top-ranked Western Union (3-0) 91-75 on Thursday evening. Western Union dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Hammers' 42. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Jathan Barnes (160) who helped to win the game recording 20 points and 6 rebounds. Guard Carson Fagan contributed with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Malvin Araneta replied with a double-double by scoring 25 points and 22 rebounds and forward Tikko Moore (196, college: St.Francis, IL) added 14 points and 7 rebounds in the effort for Hammers. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Western Union have a solid three-game winning streak. They keep a position of league leader. Hammers at the other side still closes the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Sol Blazers. Western Union will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Hammers will play against Warriors (#4) and hope to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Hammers: A.Malvin 25+22reb+2ast, T.Moore 14+7reb, N.Berardi 12+5reb, G.Jethro 10+2reb, N.Samson 6+2reb+2ast, Q.Daniel 6+1ast
Western Union: B.Jathan 20+6reb+1ast, W.Keller 18+2reb, S.Noel 16+3reb+3ast, C.Fagan 13+10reb+2ast, A.Nathaniel 9+2reb, E.McField 6+3reb+4ast

Sol Blazers - IRG Astros 59-91

Top-ranked IRG Astros blasted bottom-ranked Sol Blazers (0-3) in 91-59 keeping the perfect record after 4 rounds. Sol Blazers is still unable to win any game. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international forward Jake Whittaker who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 13 points and 15 rebounds and guard La-Rue Nixon who added 22 points during the contest. Four IRG Astros players scored in double figures. At the losing side forward Kobe McKenzie responded with 19 points and 7 rebounds and forward Josh Cotterell scored 18 points and 8 rebounds. IRG Astros maintains second position with 2-0 record behind leader Western Union. Defending champion Sol Blazers still closes the standings with three games lost. They share the position with Hammers. IRG Astros will play against Creole Team (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Sol Blazers will play against Warriors (#4) and look forward to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Sol Blazers: M.Kobe 19+7reb+3ast, J.Cotterell 18+8reb+1ast, W.Jayson 9+4reb, J.Bailey 6+4reb, B.Luke 5+4reb+1ast, S.Alfred 2+3reb
IRG Astros: N.La-Rue 22+3reb+3ast, D.Cotterell 17+3reb+4ast, J.Miller 13+2reb+3ast, J.Whittaker 13+15reb+2ast, B.Thompson 8+1reb, A.Milburn 8+2ast



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