Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Herbert Jones. Jones’ defense was instrumental in New Orleans winning two elimination play-in games to make the Western Conference playoffs. Against San Antonio, Jones had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.
Others of note:
Jereem Richards won the Men’s 200m Olympic development event at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville.
Krystal Rivers had 27 points in a semifinal playoff win for Stuttgart.
Retin Obasohan had a 16 point, 6 rebound, 5 assist game for Hapoel Jerusalem.
In 2 wins for Dinamo Bucuresti, Ricky Tarrant had games of 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals.
In his first weekend back from a 3 month injury, Justin Knox had a 13 point, 13 rebound game in a win for San-en.
Oceana Hamilton had a 21 point, 12 rebound game for Leicester.
David Robertson recorded 2 saves in 2 scoreless outings for the Cubs.
Cobie Fletcher-Vance extended his hitting streak to 8 games, and was 8-for-21 with a homer and 4 RBI.
Tyler Gentry had 4 straight multi-hit games, was 8-for-14 on the week, and has a 6 game hitting streak.
Dylan Smith struck out 5 batters in a 3-inning scoreless stint for West Michigan.
Chase Lee pitched 3 scoreless innings over two outings and picked up a save.
Blake Sims accounted for 5 touchdowns (3 passing and 2 rushing), and led Frisco to its highest-ever scoring output of 68 points.
Jonathan Hardee finished T-2nd at the GPro Tour’s Sanctuary Open.
