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Former BU player Daniel Ruffin scored a team-high 22 points and had 9 assists to lead the Bloomington Drive to a 106-87 win over the St. Louis Phoenix last night. It was the Drive's first home game and they are now 2-0 on the season in the Premiere Basketball League.
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The Drive is still undefeated after beating Carlton Fay's Sauk Valley Predators this weekend..
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How is the attendance for these games?
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That game against the Sauk Valley Predators was played at Sterling High School in Sterling, Illinois. Some of their home games are at Highland Community College in Freeport.
Here is a video of a halftime dunking act at a Predators game and it appears the gym is at pretty full capacity with a lot of people standing, maybe a couple thousand in attendance?-
And an article about ther game from the Sterling newspaper showing a pretty full crowd-
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the picture in that Sauk Valley article shows Matt Salley on defense #22
Daniel Ruffin scored the game-winner...finishing with 19 pts, 5 asst.
Salley had 11 pts, 8 rebs, and Pekin's Todd Peterson finished with 14 pts.
Carlton Fay had 11 pts & 11 rebounds in Sauk Valley's first loss.
Predators guard Devan Bawinkel has been hampered by injury and is averaging 1.5 ppg
Other Drive stats...
Rodney Edgerson had 9 points, dropping his team leading average to 16.3 ppg
Ex-ISU Redbird Tony Lewis had 8 - dropping his season average to 14.3 ppg
Todd Peterson is at 14.3 ppg, DRuff at 13 ppg & 6 apg, Matt Salley averages 4.3 ppg & 6 rpg,
Josh Edmonds averages 4 ppg, and Anthony Slack (ex-ISU) played his first game last night and had 8 pts & 5 rebs.
Friday night, Carlton Fay's Predators face the Chicago Muscle, who are 3-1 with their only loss being to the Drive...
The Muscle have ex-ISU Redbird Rico Hill, and son of ex-NBA'er LaPhonso Ellis, LaPhonso Ellis, Jr.Comment
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The Drive are 8-0 and here's a nice a\erticle from the Pantagraph with mentions of AJ Guyton (PBL Coach of the Month Award for January), Ruffin, Salley, Buescher...
they might be adding Ahmad Grant
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The Sauk Valley Predators have signed a player who may make an impact - Illinois' Jereme RichmondOriginally posted by tornado View Post
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The Central Illinois Drive went to 15-0 on their season by beating the Sauk Valley Predators 119-107 in overtime. The Drive, with former Bradley players Daniel Ruffin and Matt Salley, clinched the Central Division of the Premier Basketball League, and also clinched a spot in the Premiere League??™s four-team postseason-
Attendance was 2,112.
Daniel Ruffin returned after missing the last 8 games with a foot injury.
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Carlton Fay had a good season for the Predators...19 ppg
He also scored 37 in Sunday's loss to the Drive...
But again - I am impressed how well kids like Daniel Ruffin & Matt Salley play and how much they contribute to their teams...
I see this as even more evidence of how underappreciated Bradley players seem to be ...Comment
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