Monday, December 19, 2011
Overtime loss
This was more like what the fans were hoping to see at the Richmond Olympic Oval this year. Cloverdale and their overhauled roster were in town and jumped out to an early lead. Up by 16 and threatening to pull away though, the Rogues made a comeback offensively led by George Hill (25 pts) and defensively by Iblaka (who had 7 blocks). The Rogues eventually tied the game at 109 with 3s in the last minute by Holiday and Tolliver and then held the ball for a shot to get the win. Unfortunately they never got a shot off. Overtime started with a 10-0 run by the Cowboys and that was all she wrote. Paul had 15 assists and Monta Ellis had 37 points to complement strong games by Kirilenko and Pau Gasol as well. Cloverdale takes in 127-119 in OT.