A rematch of the Men's Open championship from last year was no knock on the show put on by the Athletics against perennial powerhouse AK Holics.

**Game of the Night** Athletics 63 - AK Holics 55

Athletics dealt a rare loss to a great team in their intramural debut as they pulled off a 63-55 victory against the team that won it all two years ago, the AK Holics.

Athletics only held a two-point half-time lead, with an aggressive front by both teams held the game completely scoreless through the first four minutes of play.  Athletics first field goal was not until the 12 minute mark, as their previous eight points all came off of free throws.

But Athletics put on a show in the second half.  Roger Toler took a breakaway steal to the hoop, finishing with a nice dunk that pumped the massive crowd.  Shortly after, Justin Burns threw down another dunk for Athletics, literally jumping over an AK Holic rebound attempt, putting AK Holics into a little bit of a hole.

There were several comeback attempts late, but the finished comeback was never completed, as foul trouble hurt the AK Holics.  With the score at only a four-point deficit late, several made free throws by Athletics iced the impressive win, setting them as one of the team's to beat this season.

Burns led all scorers in the game with 27 points, and teammate Sandro Maric added 14 to help out his team.

In the loss, Cody Hill and Casey Flair were the only players to break double digits, earning 13 and 12 points.  Flair played tough the whole game, but fouled out late.  Hill came in off the bench early with seven quick points to keep his team in the game early.

Bangers 73 - AED 29

Bangers really started off their intramural season with a "bang" as their ran all over AED in their first game by a final score of 73-29.

Bangers outmanned AED in strength and size, leading to easy defensive plays, good passes and steals that turned into breakaway points.  They cruised through the first half, ending the half with a score of 49-15, led by 12 half-time points by Bryson Redd.

Redd finished the game with 21 points to lead all scorers in the game.  Deanna Mayfield added 19 more for Bangers, and Monica Compton played nicely as well, finishing with 12.  Imari Thompson helped Bangers explode in the first half, scoring nine points all in that half.

In the loss, Michael Kimes and Khaye Rufin combined for 15 points.

Boyd Law 20 - Fantastic Five 0

Fantastic Five was running away with this one, leading 41-29 at the half, but the game ended when an illegal player entered the court, resulting in a forfeit.  Boyd Law escaped with the opening night victory.

The Little Ones 70 - DGAF 64

The Little Ones is an ironic name for the team that featured three big-time players as their display did not go unnoticed in their 70-64 win over DGAF.

Jacoby Reed was the biggest man on the floor, and he played that way, regularly posting down low, hitting running floaters, and even hitting a couple of deep shots.  He finished the game with 27 points to lead his team, though he was accompanied by equally impressive efforts from Marco Burroughs (20 points, 17 in the first half) and Nick Salvadore (16 points, all in the first half).

The score was cut to 67-64 by DGAF on a four-point play by Raecha-Ann Kauahikaua and a lay-up by Sammy Scherr, but Burroughs weaved his way through DGAF, avoiding the foul to run out the clock.  Brittney Harvey hit a lay-up at the buzzer to extend the score to a six point lead.

Scherr finished with 24 points in the game, and Kauahikaua added 14, all in the second half after a late arrival.  Steve Wolff also played well, contributing nine points.

Kappa Sigma B 43 - Nupes or Nothing 33

A close half-time score went the way of Kappa Sigma in the second half as they ppulled away from Nupes or Nothing to win by a final score of 43-33.

With a half-time score of 26-21 in favor of K-Sig, a 9-0 run to start the second half pushed the score to 37-24, and Nupes never fully recovered from that.  A Bryson Redd three-pointer and a Robert Lawrence three-pointer cut the lead to 37-32, but Kappa Sigma did not panic, and hit a couple of extra shots to secure the win.

Kappa Sigma beat Nupes with excellent team play.  They passed better, played tighter defense, and converted turnovers into big points.  Nupes was the bigger, faster team, but speed and strength was nothing against K-Sig's organization and effort.

Ryan Klorman led K-Sig with 15 points, and Luke Atwell added 10 in the win.

Redd had nine points in the loss to lead his team.

Robomonster 70 - Phi Delta Theta 50

Jon-Ross Compeau put up an unreal shooting performance to help his team pull away from Phi Delta Theta late as Robomonster won by a score of 70-50.

Compeau hit nine three-pointers in the game on the way to 31 points, 18 of which came in the second half, all off of three-pointers.  His team played tough offensively, converting multiple offensive rebounds into second chance point opportunities that hurt Phi Delta Theta down the stretch.

The score was close in the beginning, but a 18-2 run by Robomonster helped increase the lead to a 35-21 half-time score that the Phi Delts could not come back from.

Compeau was helped out by Kyle Parsick and Bryan Burrell on the scoreboard, with the duo combining for 32 points, one more than Compeau scored himself.

In defeat, Jordan Deane and Will Mallen played well, but not at the same time.  Mallen scored nine points in the first half, but only 12 total.  And Dean scored 16 points, 14 of which came in the second half, when it was too late.

Alpha Team 68 - Open and Notorious 44

Alpha Team started out with a big lead and withstood an early comeback to win by mercy rule at the two-minute mark for a 68-44 victory.

With the lead 37-24 at half-time, Open and Notorious could not close the gap to a reasonable numbe.  David Langhaim's three-point shooting and the leadership of Jason Vanmeetren was too much to handle, as the duo teamed up to score almost as many points as all of Open and Notorious.  Langhaim scored 17, 12 of which came off of three-pointers and Vanmeetren added 18, 11 of which came in the second half.

The game never stopped being physical all the way down to the end, as both teams representing the Boyd Law school duked it out the entire time.

Daniel Martinez and Kris Zeppenfeld scored 20 out of Open and Notorious's first 24 points, not a good team strategy.  But they both had productive games, with Zeppenfeld scoring nine points, all in the first half, and Martinez finishing with a strong 16.

My Bois 64 - Team Ford 52

An early deficit with a man down proved to be the downfall of Team Ford, as what would have been an amazing comeback could not be completed.  My Bois won by a final score of 64-52.

My Bois began the game with a 19-3 deficit with Team Ford down a player, but runs of 14-5 and 14-7 after half-time brought the score to within a manageable number.  The comeback kept going, and the score was within two points with four minutes to go, but two big steals by James Dunlap of My Bois were converted into points to ice the win.

Phillip Payne led My Bois with his usual good play, scoring 21 points to lead his team in the win.  He was helped by Mike Clausen's 13 points and Travis Dixon's nine points.  All seven of their players scored in the first half.

The comeback by Team Ford was doable thanks to a three-point party led by Cory Ford, who finished with 22 points, 15 of which came in the second half.  Ryan Burneo also had a good game, scoring 18.

Team 3D 54 - Matzah Ballers 26

Team 3D was too big for the Matzah Ballers to compete with as an 18-point half-time lead only increased down the stretch for a two-minute mercy rule win by a score of 54-26.

The winning team scored with all of their players, spreading the ball all over the floor, but being particularly effective with their big men against the undersized Matzah Ballers.  Chris Spillers and Matthew Alleman led the charge, scoring 11 and ten points respectively.  Jeffrey Higbee also played well, hitting two three pointers en route to ten more points.

The Matzah Ballers struggled to move the ball around and could not get into an offensive rhythm.  Only four players scored, which allowed team 3D to put more pressure on the scorers.

Sammy Scherr led his team in the losing effort with 11 points, eight of which came in the second half, and Daniel Schussler and Itamar Labouz added a combined 13 in the loss.

Just Do It 74 - Kruger's Cut List 44

Just Do It showed their opponent why Lon Kruger cut them as Just Do It ran up the score in an impressive 74-44 win over Kruger's Cut List.

Just Do It, who has been playing together for a while, has developed a fast-paced team chemistry that regularly upsets opponents who have to play against them.  Kruger's Cut List could not compete with the speed and passing show put on by JDI.  Making the extra pass counted against their opponent, as they had good production from their whole team.

Four Just Do It players had at least eleven points: Jason Graflund (16), Kyle Wilson (14), and Kyle Davis (11) and Ben Hirabayashi (11).

Kruger's Cut List began the game with a 3-0 lead, but 21 unanswered points left them in the dust as there was no sign of any form of a comeback.

In the loss, Curtis Jensen and Riley Phelps had ten points apiece.

Deadliest Catch 73 - LDSSA Ballers 61

A tied half-time score saw Deadliest Catch run away with the victory thanks to a lot of second chance opportunities for a 73-61 win.

Deadliest catch pulled away in the second half, but LDSSA kept it close, closing a big lead to 49-45 mid-way through the second half.  However, Joan Montes hit two shots to extend the lead back to nine at the 6:46 mark, and LDSSA could not get it close again.

William McConnell led all scorers with 27 points, 15 of which came in the second half, but it was not enough to keep LDSSA in the game.

Deadliest Catch got solid production from Justin Fuller and Jared Relyea, who put up 20 and 14 points, respectively.  Montes also played well, scoring ten points, all in the second half.

Thomas Harvey of LDSSA had a good game in support of McConnell, scoring 11 second-half points en route to 13 total.

The Rain 20 - Johnnie Hopkins 0

Forfeit due to an illegal player.

The Bullets 62 - Ante Up 36

The Bullets played physically all the way until the two-minute mercy whistle blew, signaling their 62-36 win against Ante Up.

The Bullets jumped out to a big 31-13 half-time lead, paced by dominant play on the boards and an overall "in-your-face" defensive attitude highlighted by very physical play.

Ante Up began to pick up their play later in the second half, but it was much too late, as The Bullets were already ahead by a sizeable amount.

Jordan Presten led all game scorers with 13 points, followed closely by teammate Brandon Bonar, who scored 12 points.  Carlos Brown also played well, scoring ten points.

In the loss, Johnathan Chao and Kenne Uzowike combined for 17 points.

A Milli 45 - Fury 21

In a rematch of last year's men's championship game, A Milli once again proved why they are the reigning champions as they handily defeated last year's runner-up Fury by a final score of 45-21.

A Milli racked up an early 19-9 lead that was extended to a 26-16 half-time lead.  But in the second half, Fury scored just five points against A Milli's 19, and the lack of offensive firepower hurt them noticeably.

Kenderrick Taylor and Theo Simmons led the charge for A Milli, scoring 15 combined first half points.

A telling statistic was that the defense pressure of A Milli prevented Fury from scoring in the final six minutes of the game.

Taylor led all scorers with 11 points, while no player on Fury finished with five or more points.