Indianapolis – After a two week break due the to the Pacers NBA playoffs, PFOL resumed it’s playoffs and crowned a new champion. Team 1 came into the Finals with the best record in the league and faced the 3rd seeded Team 4.
Team 1 jumped out to an early 9-2 lead behind the hot shooting of Jason Rost. Team 4 settled down and went on a 17-4 run and went into halftime with a 9 point lead. In the second half, Team 4 showed no signs of letting up as they cruised to an 84-61 victory.
Richie Smith led Team 4 and nabbed the PFOL’s first ever triple-double with 17 points, 10 Rebounds and 10 Assists. Nathan Burger helped Team 4 shoot a blistering 55% from the field by scoring 22 points on 8 of 11 shooting. Jason Rost led Team 1 in scoring with a game high 24 points on 9 of 23 shooting. Eric Flatt owned the glass as he grabbed 22 rebounds; almost equaling the total rebounds Team 1 had (27).
This is Vance Catlin’s third PFOL Championship and Richie Smith’s second. For all of the other players on Team 4 this is their first championship.
“It feels so good to finally get a ring. Everyone was lumping me in the same category with Edmound Elzy – good player but has never won a ring. Now I am finally off that list”, said Alan Mowrey. “I hope that we can all play together next season. I would love to see if we can repeat. I’m going to do everything in my power to see that this team stays together”.
Game Notes and other Misc
• Richie Smith recorded PFOL’s first traditional triple double. (Jake Vernon had a triple double in season one, with 10 points, 10 turnovers and 10 fouls).
• Jake Vernon was technically on Team 4’s roster at the start of the season. This would have been his 3rd championship.
• PFOL was honored before tip off as the 3rd best league to play in Conseco Fieldhouse for the 4th straight season.
• PFOL 5 is scheduled to tip off in May.
• John Griffin missed the game due to personal reasons and not because Alan Mowrey mistyped his email address.
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