Newcomer JR Russell has helped 6Ft Over get back on track last week, winning 2 of their 3 games. Player/Coach Jeff Reiners was absent from the game with an emergency requiring his attention minutes before he was expected to make his arrival at the team training facility at the University of Kirkwood. Rumors have been circulating the Reiners has been leaving his woman of 2 years in the dark about his basketball activities and she eventually pulled the plug on his duties as team coach. Reiners refused comment on these latest allegations.
JR almost was not able to attend the game as well when the stadium security initially denied his entrance because he failed to bring the proper identification card with him. Luckily, JR only lives a mile from the stadium so he was able to retrieve his security clearance card and enter right before tip-off.
6Ft Over pounded The CR Side Cramps into submission even without having any subs to spell the often out-of-condition Shupert. JR led the way with fast breaks, superb defense and crisp passes to an often trailing Shupert. Hasenmiller killed The CR Side Cramps when he continued to drain wide open jumpers with little resistance from his defender. The 2 wins marked 6Ft Over’s first of the season and also gave The CR Side Cramps their first blemish as well.
The CR Side Cramps did have one major disadvantage in the game. They only had two players show up for the game and were forced to play 2 on 3 basketball for the duration of all three games. It was like 6Ft Over was on a constant power play as they pick and rolled against the undermanned team. The fact that The Side Cramps even were able to pull out one win is truly amazing seeing the huge disadvantage they were facing. At the end of the day both teams left feeling pretty good, 6Ft Over with their first two wins and The Side Cramps with an incredible act of courage against overwhelming odds. 6Ft Over player Aaron Shupert said after the game, “We will take ‘em anyway we can get ‘em…I don’t feel like we really had that big of advantage at all, those guys were good”. It remains to be seen if 6Ft Over can carry over these wins to next week when they take on Marshall.
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