Giants 167 Flight 99

The Jacksonville Giants(6-1) played the Fayetteville Flight(6-6) Tuesday evening at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Final score Giants 167, Flight 99.

It was a cold night in the Arena and the Giants were cold in the first quarter missing several shots-it-was the lowest score by the Giants at home in the first quarter. Giants led 29-16 after the first quarter.

Both teams warmed up in the second quarter with Jacksonville leading at the half 76-42. Leading scorer for the Giants at the half was Renaldo Norman with 11 points.

Jacksonville reached the 100 mark with 5:21 minutes left in the third quarter and built their lead to 115-71 at the end of the quarter.

Scoring on several slam dunks and three points shots, leading scorer for the game for the Giants was point guard, Dwayne Jackson with 29 points. Norman scored 23 points and Lamar Sanders scored 20 points.

Leading scorer for the Flight was Brian Calloway with 24 points. Eugene Jenkins added 22 points.

The ABA Power Rankings through Sunday, January 2, 2012 list the Giants as the 14th best team. Jacksonville next opponent Saturday night, The Atlanta Experience is ranked #8.

On December 11, 2011, the Atlanta Experience defeated the Jacksonville Giants 120-107 in Atlanta. This Saturday, January 7th, Atlanta will play the Giants at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena with tip-off at 7:00pm. Energy-Armor will be featured at the game and EA staff will be on hand to to talk with fans about EA products(www.energy-armor.com).

Photo courtesy of Jodi Arnold, photographer.(j-vision.smugmug.com).