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🏀 Friday Night Fastbreak
Week 3 Recap & Week 4 Conference Preview
The warm-up games are done. The real battles start now.
Out-of-conference play has wrapped, and the stage is set for conference showdowns. Contenders are rising, upsets are brewing, and momentum is everything. Before the opening tip of conference play, let’s look back at a beatdown-filled Week 3 and ahead to a stacked Week 4 slate.
📸 Week 3 Highlights
🔥 Benzinga Breaks Through
Benzinga (1-2) def. Equitable (2-1) — 57–54
The closest game of the week delivered drama from start to finish. Connor Cleary buried a clutch three with 1:30 left to push Benzinga ahead by 4, but back-to-back buckets from TJ Morris tied it with 30 seconds left. Cleary calmly sank the go-ahead free throw the next possession and Bezinga iced it with two more as Eric Fishman’s last-second game-tying 3 point attempt just missed.
Benzinga: Cleary 19 pts, 11 reb; Cotter 10 pts, 8 reb
Equitable: Morris 26 pts, 11 reb; Fishman 14 pts, 3 ast
💉 Surgical One Slices Up the Standings
Surgical One (2-1) def. Play For A Cause (2-1) — 72–64
Surgical One looked unstoppable, blitzing a previously undefeated Play For A Cause early and never letting them back in it.
Surgical One: Robbins 23 pts, 8 reb; McShannock 22 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast
PFAC: Rood 18 pts; Harris 16 pts, 8 ast
💰 Lit Financial Ignites the Scoreboard
Lit Financial (1-2) def. Goldstein Dental (0-3) — 82–62
Karim Murray exploded for a monster game as Lit Financial notched their first win. The defending champs are still searching for answers.
Lit: Murray 23 pts, 13 reb, 5 ast; Jeffries 20 pts; Radner 15 pts, 8 reb
Goldstein: Tyree 19 pts, 11 reb; M. Merriweather 10 pts, 11 reb
💪 Come Play Detroit Controls the Court
Come Play Detroit (2-1) def. Dedicated Real Estate (1-2) — 74–62
CPD dominated from wire to wire behind a brilliant all-around team effort but congratulations to Zef Dema for earning player of the week in a loss.
CPD: Jerdel 19 pts, 5 reb, 11 ast; Lawerance 16 pts, 7 ast
Dedicated: Dema 29 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast; Jones 15 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast
🏅 Player of the Week: Zef Dema — 29 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast, 2 stl
💥 KIG Crushes Datasite
KIG (2-1) def. Datasite (0-3) — 85–51
In the biggest blowout of the week, KIG throttled Datasite in an impressive offensive display led by their dynamic duo of Otis and Sterin.
KIG: Sterin 28 pts, 12 reb; Otis 23 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast; Koelzer 13 pts, 14 reb
Datasite: Phillips 20 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast; Tsay 15 pts
🪟 Wallside Windows Seals the Gaps
Wallside Windows (3-0) def. Rock City Logistics (1-2) — 58–29
Wallside locked down Rock City in a defensive masterpiece and Dylan Bressler single-handedly outscored the opposition.
Wallside: Bressler 35 pts
Rock City: Tokowitz 10 pts; Ryan 8 pts, 5 reb
⚡ Swift Home Loans Stays Hot
Swift Home Loans (3-0) def. Gatorade (1-2) — 85–61
The Swifties stay unbeaten in out of conference play with a dominant, wire-to-wire victory that displayed the complete team they are.
Swift: Green 26 pts; Towns 20 pts; Margetic 18 pts, 10 reb; Youssef 16 pts, 11 reb
Gatorade: Faehner 18 pts, 9 reb, 6 ast; Onuigbo 11 pts, 10 reb
🏆 SIG Shows No Signs of Slowing
SIG (3-0) def. Athletico (0-3) — 97–72
Early favorite SIG dominated again as they have yet to be threatened, winning each game by 18+ in out of conference play.
SIG: Borst 22 pts, 7 reb, 8 ast; Ghafari 26 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast
Athletico: Kelly 24 pts, 5 ast; Evans 16 pts, 6 reb, 3 stl
👀 WEEK 4 — GAMES TO WATCH
⚡ Swift Home Loans (3-0) vs Come Play Detroit (2-1)
Two conference contenders collide. Antonio Green has been electric for Swift, while player/coach/commissioner Justin Jacobs is rumored to make his season debut for CPD — and could bring some needed edge to their backcourt with fierce averages of 1.3 points and 3.6 assists last season.
⚡ Wallside Windows (3-0) vs Play For A Cause (2-1)
Wallside’s defense will be tested by the creativity of Airrington Harris and a PFAC squad eager to bounce back. Expect fireworks in a battle between two of the league’s best floor generals — Harris vs Bressler.
⚡ Datasite (0-3) vs Athletico (0-3)
Desperation game. Both teams are winless, both are hungry, and both know this could define their season. Will Taylor Robson carry Datasite to their first victory, or will Bennie Szczepkowski and Aaron Ginther lead Athletico out of the cellar?
The warm-up games are over — conference play begins now. With three undefeateds still standing and several contenders lurking, Week 4 could be the spark that sets the season on fire.