MBL Recap: Fury win 4th straight, send statement to Air Strikers; Hamilton wins late

Indiana Fury End Air Strikers run, grab Share of lead
For the 1st month of the season, the Dayton Air Strikers have shown they were the premiere team in the MBL.

Not just the East, the MBL.

  Well, looks as if they have some company at the top, as the Indiana Fury, led by the leading scorer in the league, dominated the 4th quarter to sprint past the Air Strikers on Saturday 135-117.

Two of the highest scoring teams in the league didn't dissapoint, and put on a show for the Indiana crowd.

    The Air Strikers kept it competitive throughout the night and looked as if they would be 5-0 after taking a 3 point lead heading into the 4th;
  the Fury came out, played inspired ball, and took it to Dayton, outscoring the Air Strikers 49-28 in the 4th qtr.  Dayton, who appeared sluggish early, and seemed to have a off night, was tapped in the 4th, due to the Fury D, and offensive explosion.

Reggie Lytle (41) & MBL leading scorer Zach Payton (31)  combined to score almost half of the Fury points themself. The Fury had 5 guys in double figures.
 Lytle hit 7 3-ptrs and was dominant all night. Payton had a great night as well, and added 2 long balls
 
     The Air Strikers suffered their first defeat of the season (4-1) & the Fury now are tied with Dayton in  the East.

In talking with a Air Striker player, he felt Indiana caught them on a bad day, and is already looking forward to the rematch.




Hamilton holds off Northern Indiana 83-77, moves 1 game out of first place

   The Heroes got a couple key players back, and the results paid off as they squeezed out a tough 83-77 battle on Saturday.

 Lamont Cole & Bryan Tingle led the charge with double doubles, both scoring 23 points and the Heroes pulled out a tough win.

Cole, (younger cousin of Norris Cole), had a great game with 12 boards, and also hit 4 3's as well.

   The Monarchs had their chances late, but couldn't hit the big shots when it counted.
 Moses Sullivan led Monarchs with 21 points,  with Julian Thompson (13) & Jordan Hester (14) chipping in.

 While both teams shot poorly, Hamilton destroyed Northern Indiana on the boards,  with a 60-31 advantage.

  Hamilton moves to 3-2, now only a game out of first place,  while Northern Indiana falls to 1-4.