2016 FBA Season/16.06.13/SEA@MON/Capsule
The game starts off with MON taking the charge offensively as they were able to take a quick 8-2 run in the opening minutes of the quarter. Starting shooting guard of the Howlers, Kresta Renstill, was the main factor of the run as she was able to nail a jumper and corner three to earn five of her eight points in the quarter, leading everyone. However, #40FoulFox Jake Turner was able to almost single handedly make a run of his own for SEA, helping them close the gap quickly throughout the middle of the first period with seven points. Both teams were able to keep it close to one another, but the Howlers stayed ahead of the Summit by 4.
Montana begins to surge on as the Summit has not been able to get back on defense as quickly as they need to. It definitely showed after rookie Sterling Bengtzing was able to successfully block against a driving Niko McNamara and Ren Inoue picked it up to lay it in for a successful fast break. That led to a 13-4 run with Inoue taking the charge as he scored eight out of his eleven points in the first half during it. Even though Turner was able to keep the deficit within single digits scoring 13 points, the Howlers definitely have the edge at the end of the first half.
Seattle seemed like an awakened beast at the start of the second half defensively. Daniel Quvianuq was able to defend the post extremely well, gaining two more blocks against the much shorter Bengtzing. Along with the combination of Turner having a total of 19 points, the Summit were able to make a game once again cutting the deficit to two at the end of the third period.
Seattle continued with the pressure as they were able to make a 10-4 in the opening minutes in the final period, taking the lead. The second year star Turner continued his fire with 6 points and 2 crushing blocks. However, Inoue brought them back in it as he continued to drop dimes throughout the fourth. With about 18 minutes left to play, a horrible collision occurred that featured DQ landing awkwardly on his knee while trying to get a rebound and accidently falling right into the abs of Hiro, further injuring him. Both furs had to be helped off the court by their respective trainers and teammates since they were unable to continue. After the collision the Howlers were able to continue the push to try and take the lead as the last minute emerged, cutting their deficit down to three. The Howlers had the ball, but the defense of the Summit were too much to handle as Kresta failed to make a contested shot and the rebound was won by the Summit, which forced the Howlers to foul. Jeri Naranjo was the fur to put the daggering free throws as the Summit were able to win by five.
-Marcus Baylor