What a contest.
With a capacity crowd of 1400 jammed into Armory Studios NY, the New York Phoenix took the first victory in the Route 5 Rivalry, as three members of the Schenectady crew – Shadell Millinghaus, AJ Mosby and Paul Parks – scored 20+ points in a 129-113 win over the Albany Patroons. The victory moves the Phoenix to an unbeaten 3-0 in the TBL standings, while Albany falls to 3-1.
Mosby and Juan Williams notched double-doubles in the win – Mosby with 24 points and 11 assists, while Williams garnered 17 points and 13 rebounds. Millinghaus led the Phoenix with 27 points, while Parks’ 24 points were gifts from beyond the arc; he went 6-13 from 3-point range.
As for Albany, who were without their big men Amir Yusuf and Josh Morris, they did fight back a few times, and at one point even had a 67-66 lead. But costly turnovers and missed free throws stung the Patroons; going 14-24 from the free throw line won’t help matters.
As for scoring; Trahson Burrell did everything he could, scoring a game-high 38 points on 15-for-26 field goal action; Burrell also had nine rebounds in 42 minutes of play. Ja’Quaye James had a double-double of 18 points and 11 assists; while Mike Parks (no relation to the Phoenix’ Paul Parks) pulled down 13 boards against 10 points for his own double-double.This is
This was the first of four head-to-head matchups between the Phoenix and the Patroons; both teams will return to Armory Studios NY on April 4. This was Albany’s only game this week; while the Phoenix fly to Connecticut for a Sunday contest with the Crusaders and the chance to move to 4-0 on the young season.
Let’s keep this going.
Chuck The Writer 
Wait. The Pats were supposed to go to Rochester tonight. The Kingz cancelled their game vs. the Phoenix last week. What gives with the Kingz? I’ve done a google search, and came up with no reports of cancelled games other than your note the other day.
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Looks like that Kingz game was rescheduled as a Phoenix home date for later this month at Armory Studios.
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So where does that leave the Patroons in this case?
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