UOG Tritons Finish Regular Season With Loss To Team Austability, KFC Bombers Beat MicroFriends

UOG Tritons Finish Regular Season With Loss To Team Austability, KFC Bombers Beat MicroFriends

UOG Tritons Finish Regular Season With Loss To Team Austability, KFC Bombers Beat MicroFriends


4/18/2025
The UOG Tritons finished the regular season winless, losing to the #1 Seed Team Austability 111-91 in the final regular season game.
 
The UOG Tritons finished the regular season winless, losing to the #1 Seed Team Austability 111-91 in the final regular season game.
 
The UOG Tritons finished the regular season winless, losing to the #1 Seed Team Austability 111-91 in the final regular season game.
 

The UOG Tritons finished the regular season winless, losing to the #1 Seed Team Austability 111-91 in the final regular season game. Meanwhile, the KFC Bombers secured the #2 Seed for the playoffs with a 100-80 victory over the MicroFriends.

In the opener, the Bombers started strong in the first quarter, scoring 30 points, led by Dee Harrell with 10 points, and were up 30-17 after the first period. The MicroFriends managed to play an even second quarter, being outscored by just one point, 25-24, but trailed at halftime, 55-41.

The bombers maintained their lead in the second half, leading 76-57 after three periods and winning the game by 20 points, 100-80.

The Bombers had a balanced scoring attack, led by Dee Harrell and Issac Tamez, with 17 points each, as 12 Bombers scored in the game. The MicroFriends were led by Jose Ignacio, who had 16.

The KFC Bombers ended the regular season at 6-2, while the MicroFriends finished at 5-3. Both teams will play again in the playoffs on Monday.

In the nightcap, Team Austability, with only five players on the night, effectively ended the game in the first quarter, scoring 39 points in the first 10 minutes, with Joe Blas scoring 15 points by hitting five three-pointers. After the first period, the Tritons could only manage 14 points and trailed by 25, 39-14. The Tritons outscored Austability by two points in the second quarter, 23-21, but trailed at halftime, 60-37.

Team Austability put the game away in the third period, with Ben Borja scoring 12 points, outscoring UOG 26-20, and leading 86-57 going into the fourth quarter.

The fourth quarter turned into a three-point shooting contest for the teams, with little defense being played. Daniel Salas won the contest by hitting five threes in the period and scoring 21 points for the Tritons. UOG outscored Austability 34-25 in the fourth period, marking the Tritons' best period of the regular. However, Team Austability won the game 111-91.

Joe Blas led Team Austability with 33 points, while Ben Borja added 22. Daniel Salas's 21 points in the fourth period led the Tritons.

Team Austability finished the season with a 7-1 record, their one loss being forfeit to the MicroFriends when the Guam National Team was off-island to play in FIBA games. The UOG Tritons finished 0-8 for the regular season.

The playoffs begin with one game on Saturday, April 19th, at Noon:

Saturday, April 19

Noon - #4 Seed Fairzesh Vs. #5 Seed UOG Tritons

The winner of that game will play Team Austability on Monday night in the second round of the playoffs:

Monday, April 21

6:30pm - #2 Seed KFC Bombers Vs. #3 Seed MicroFriends

8:15pm - #1 Seed Team Austability Vs. Winner of Fairzesh/UOG Tritons

All games are played in the UOG Calvo Field House.

All games are streamed "Live" on the UOG Athletic Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/UOGTritonAthletics/