Thursday, January 18, 2001
St. Louis 90, Stuff 86
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati fell 90-86 to the defending International Basketball League champion St. Louis Swarm Wednesday night at Firstar Center.
After the Stuff led 47-40 at halftime, The Swarm took their first lead with 19 seconds left and held for the win.
Former Ohio State standout George Reese led Cincinnati with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists. Eric Taylor, a Withrow High School graduate, added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Stuff.
ST. LOUIS Carter 8-15 4-4 20, Sims 1-5 3-4 5, Robinson 2-6 0-0 5, Stolt 2-3 0-0 6, Johnson 3-13 3-4 9, Hollender 2-3 0-0 5, Smith 6-11 1-2 16, Grimm 2-5 1-1 6, Houston 3-8 12-16 18. Totals: 29-69 24-31 90.
CINCINNATI Blakney 3-9 1-2 9, Kingsbury 0-1 0-0 0, McGehee 2-4 0-0 4, Potter 4-7 4-5 12, Thomas 5-12 0-0 14, Lewis 1-2 2-2 4, Williams 1-7 2-2 5, Reese 7-16 0-0 16, Taylor 4-9 4-5 12, Sheppard 4-8 2-2 10. Totals: 31-75 15-18 86.
St. Louis ....... 30 19 14 2790
Cincinnati ....... 32 26 11 1786
Three-point field goals: St. Louis 8-17 (Carter 0-2, Sims 0-2, Robinson 1-1, Stolt 2-2, Johnson 0-2, Hollender 1-2, Smith 3-5, Grimm 1-1); Cincinnati 9-25 (Blakney 2-4, Kingsbury 0-1, McGehee 0-2, Thomas 4-9, Lewis 0-1, Williams 1-5, Reese 2-3).
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