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Sunday
Jan302011

Vipers Clean up Glass in Win at Iowa

DES MOINES, IOWA – The defending NBA Development Leaguechampion Rio Grande Valley Vipers out-rebounded the Iowa Energy 53-26 in a 121-112victory on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Jeff Adrien led the Vipers in rebounding with 15 togo with 24 points for his 13th double-double in 17 games.

After theEnergy (20-8) scored the first four points of the game, the Vipers (18-8) wenton a 10-0 run en route to taking a 34-15 first quarter lead.

TheVipers took their largest lead of the night at 41-19 after Patrick Sullivan connected on a finger roll with 10:15 remaining inthe second quarter. The Energy responded with a 23-1 run over the next fiveminutes, capped by a Chris Lotonlay-up to tie the game at 42-42. RichardRoby and Mouhammad Fayeresponded with back-to-back three-pointers to give the Vipers the lead back.

Robyfinished with a career-high 32 points to go with eight rebounds.

TheEnergy opened the third quarter on a 17-8 run to take the lead back, 71-70, ona slam-dunk by Othyus Jeffers.

TheVipers took the lead back for good with 5:37 remaining in the fourth quarterwhen Terrel Harris hit a lay-up tomake it 99-98.

Harrisrecorded his first double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 assists. Connor Atchley also had a strong game,finishing with a season-highs in points (12) and rebounds (8) as well ascareer-highs in assists (three) and blocks (four).

Chris Lofton led the Energy in scoring by hittingseven three-pointers en route to a team-high 29 points.

The seriesshifts to Hidalgo as the Vipers and Energy play game three of this four-gameseries on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at State Farm Arena. Fans can take advantage ofconcessions specials including hot dogs, popcorn and soda for $1.00 each aswell as beer for $1.50. Every donation of four non-perishable food items at thedoor to benefit the Salvation Army food drive will be rewarded with one freeticket. Doors open at 6:00.

Wednesday
Jan262011

Vipers Looking to Win Twice on Wednesday

MCALLEN, TEXAS – The defending NBA DevelopmentLeague champion Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced Wednesday that, if they beatthe Iowa Energy on February 2, all fans in attendance will win tickets to the nextVipers home game.

The first-ever Double-Win Wednesday begins at7:00 p.m. at State Farm Arena. Doors open at 6:00.

If the Vipers win, fans can exchange theirticket stubs for tickets to the Vipers game against the Austin Toros onWednesday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m. at State Farm Arena. Only tickets that havebeen used will be eligible for trade-in. Some restrictions may apply to thelocation of the seats for the February 16 game.

The Vipers are 11-2 at State Farm Arena thisseason and 13-2 in the Rio Grande Valley. The Vipers are winners ofsix-straight home games and eight-straight in the Rio Grande Valley. The Vipershave the best home record in the league for the second-straight season. TheVipers are currently on a franchise-record 10-game winning streak. At 17-7, theVipers have the third-best record in the NBA Development League and sit insecond place in the Western Conference standings, two games behind the Tulsa66ers.

“We’ve been winning a lot lately, and we wantour fans to benefit from our success on the court, the way our players benefitfrom them. We have the best fans in the league, and that has contributedgreatly to out great home court advantage. The Iowa Energy are a very goodteam, but so are we, and with the help of our rabid fans, I have no doubt thatwe can accomplish our goal of winning twice on Wednesday,” Vipers President Bert Garcia said.

There will be concessions specials throughoutthe game, including hot dogs, popcorn and soda for $1.00 each as well as beerfor $1.50.

Fans can enter the game for free by donating tothe Hoops Against Hunger food drive. Every donation of four non-perishable fooditems will be rewarded with one free ticket.

Monday
Jan242011

Vipers Reshuffle Roster

MCALLEN, TEXAS – The defending NBA DevelopmentLeague champion Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced Monday that their parentclub, the Houston Rockets have recalled point guard Ishmael Smith (6-0, 175, Wake Forest), and that the Vipers haveacquired center Connor Atchley(6-10, 225, Texas) from the Iowa Energy for power forward Stanley Robinson (6-9, 210, UConn), who was re-acquired earlier inthe day.

The Vipers have also waived center Mickell Gladness (6-11, 212, AlabamaA&M).

Assigned on January 17, Smith played in fourgames (one start) with the Vipers, averaging 12.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 7.0assists and 1.8 steals in 31.8 minutes per game. He shot 43.1% (22-for-51) fromthe field, 30% (3-for-10) from behind the arc and 50% (4-for-8) from the foulline. He scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the MaineRed Claws on January 19 and finished by dishing out a career-high 10 assists togo with a career-high three steals against the Dakota Wizards on January 22.

“Ishmaelhad an effective stay with the Vipers as he was able to continue hisdevelopment in games. There is nothing like a game setting for a young pointguard to continue to work on his craft, especially in terms of running a teamand being an initiator on defense. We were able to take advantage of a keystretch of Vipers games for him to participate in and look forward to the nextperiod where he can come back down and continue his work with our Viperscoaches,” said Vipers General Manager Gersson Rosas, who is also the RocketsVice President of Player Personnel.

Smith is averaging 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.4assists and 12.9 minutes in 24 games (three starts) for the Rockets.

Atchley is averaging 5.2 points, 3.5 rebounds,1.0 blocks and 17.1 minutes in 19 games (13 starts). He is shooting 43.6%(34-for-78) from the field and 87.1% (27-for-31) from the free throw line. Hescored a season-high 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting in 27 minutes vs. Sioux Fallson December 1. Atchley is in his second year in the NBA Development League. Hesplit last season between Dakota and Iowa, averaging 6.5 points and 3.8rebounds in 41 games (13 starts). For his career, Atchley is averaging 6.1points 3.7 rebounds and 16.5 minutes in 60 games (26 starts).

Atchley’s best play came in the playoffs withthe Energy last year, when he averaged 10.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocksin six games and starts.

“Connor isa versatile big that fits our style of play with his shooting and size, whichhelp address some of our team needs. He is a guy we would like to get a closerlook at in our environment and we are glad to add him to our team. We feel likehe has an opportunity to come in and get better by working with our coaches inorder to help our team,” Rosas said.

Atchley played for the Sacramento Kings duringNBA Training Camp, scoring two points, while hitting 1-of-3 shots, with threerebounds (two offensive) in eight minutes over the course of three games.Atchley played for the Kings during the NBA Summer Leauge in Las Vegas,averaging 3.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. He also played for the NewJersey Nets during the Orlando Pro Summer League, averaging 7.6 points, 4.2rebounds and 22.2 minutes per game. Atchley also played for the Golden StateWarriors during the 2009 NBA Summer League and then in Turkey before joiningthe NBA Development League.

Atchley’s best season with the Longhorns came asa junior during the 2007-08 season, when he averaged 9.5 points, 5.3 reboundsand a Big 12-best 2.1 blocks per game. He was named to the Big 12 All-DefensiveTeam, the Big 12 All-Improved team and the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

The 23-year old was born in Houston and grew upin Clear Lake.

Robinson averaged 9.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and10.3 minutes in three games off the bench before getting waived due to a rightleg injury on December 16.

Gladness averaged 3.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and1.1 blocks in 19 games (six starts).

 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. College

 10 Terrel Harris SF 6-5 190 Oklahoma State

 11 Jerel McNeal SG 6-3 200 Marquette

 15 Patrick Sullivan PF 6-9 215 S.E. Louisiana

 18 Matt Janning SG 6-4 198 Northeastern

 21 Richard Roby SG 6-6 210 Colorado

 23 Stanley Asumnu SF 6-5 220 Tennessee

 32 Mouhammad Faye PF 6-9 215 SMU

 34 Connor Atchley C 6-10 225 Texas

 50 Jeff Adrien C 6-7 245 UConn

Saturday
Jan222011

Vipers Espape With Ninth-Straight Win

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA – The defending NBA Development Leaguechampion Rio Grande Valley Vipers extended their franchise-record winningstreak to nine in a row by coming back from down 15 in the first half andgetting a lay-up from Jerel McNeal with7.6 seconds remaining to defeat the Dakota Wizards 102-100 on Friday at theBismarck Civic Center.

The gameturned into a back-and-forth affair after the Vipers took a 69-67 lead midwaythrough the third quarter. The Vipers (16-7) took a 100-98 lead after Stanley Asumnu connected on a lay-upwith 4:14 remaining. Mike Andersonhit one of his two free throw attempts to bring the Wizards within one pointwith 2:57 remaining. Darren Cooperhit one of his two free throw attempts with 21.3 seconds left to tie the game.After McNeal banked in his shot to give the Vipers the lead, the Wizards calledtimeout to advance the ball. AnthonyGoods missed a three-pointer and MikeHall missed a put-back attempt to end the game.

McNealfinished with 17 points. The Vipers were led in scoring by Jeff Adrien who finished 23 points and 14 rebounds for his 10thdouble-double in 14 games.

TheVipers jumped out to a 10-6 lead in the opening minutes after a pair of basketsby McNeal, but Hall scored seven early points as the Wizards (7-19) scored thenext 11 points as part of an 18-4 run to take a 24-14 lead. Mustafa Shakur hit a three-pointer with32.2 seconds remaining in the 1st quarter, but Maurice Baker scored seven-straight points and Cooper hit a jumperto give the Wizards their largest lead of the night at 39-24 in the openingminute of the second quarter.

Hall hita lay-up to give the Wizards a 67-61 lead with 8:09 remaining in the third, butthe Vipers went on an 8-0 run, capped by a pair of free throws from McNeal totake the lead back at 69-67 with 5:52 remaining.

TheWizards were led in scoring by Hall, who scored 27 points with 13 rebounds, andGoods, who also scored 27 points.

The Vipers andWizards return to action on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. when they face-off for thefinal time this season at the Bismarck Civic Center.

Thursday
Jan202011

Vipers Win by 44: Shatter Franchise Record For Margin of Victory

HIDALGO, TEXAS – The defending NBA Development Leaguechampion Rio Grande Valley Vipers extended their franchise-record winningstreak to eight in a row by recording their biggest margin of victory ever, andthe second largest in league history, 134-90 over the Maine Red Claws Wednesdayat State Farm Arena in front of a crowd of 4,870.

The previousNBA Development League record for margin of victory is 45 points when theAlbuquerque Thunderbirds beat the Anaheim Arsenal 114-69 on November 25, 2006.No team has won by 40 or more points in over two years. The Vipers’ (15-7)previous record was 33 points in a 109-76 victory over the Reno Bighorns onFebruary 6, 2009 at State Farm Arena.

The Vipersshot 55.3% (52-for-94) from the field, including 37.5% from behind the arcwhile the Red Claws (10-15), losers of four-straight, shot 37.1% (36-for-97)from the field, including 1-for-20 (5%) from behind the arc. The Vipers led byas many as 49 points in the fourth quarter.

TheVipers opened the game on a 10-1 run, capped by a three-pointer from Richard Roby. After Tiny Gallon hit a basket for the RedClaws, the Vipers went on a 10-2 run to take a 20-5 lead five minutes into thegame.

TheVipers opened the second quarter on an 8-2 run to build a 40-22 lead. The RedClaws responded with a 6-0 run to climb back within 12 at 40-28 with 8:12remaining. Mouhammad Faye scoredeight points as part of a 12-2 run that gave the Vipers a 52-30 lead with 4:24remaining.

TheVipers received contributions from all 10 players who saw action, with seven ofthem reaching double-figures in Roby (25), Faye (career-high tying 18), Jerel McNeal (17), Jeff Adrien (16), Houston Rockets-assignee Ish Smith (16), fourth-year Viper Stanley Asumnu (11) and PatrickSullivan (10).

Adrienalso added 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double in 13 games.

The RedClaws were led in scoring by Mario West,who scored 17 points. Champ Oguchiposted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

The Vipersreturn to action on Friday at 7:00 p.m. when they face the Dakota Wizards atthe Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, North Dakota.