SNOHOMISH COUNTY - In the largest upset of the IBL 2009 season the Explosion #8 seed in thetournament won over #1 seeded Edmonton Energy 143-131 at the Monroe SportsArena. Devon Greene, the IBL's all time scorer in a season, came back froma low scoring night the night before to put in 52 points, to Richards Ford's30 points and the man of muscle off the bench Jason Hicks contributed 27points.
The Explosion have never been to the Finals in their three years in the IBL.This first comes after much criticism from the front office to go young inthe beginning of the season. Most of the Explosion players
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went down southto play for the Seattle team leaving the Explosion young unknowns to learnhow to play as a team."Teamwork First" was the Motto for the season and this just so happened towork as the Explosion look to take on the Oregon Waves Friday July 3rd atthe Monroe Sports Arena, tipoff is at 5:00pm.
Don't miss the action astickets can still be purchased online at www.explosionbasketball.net or viathe phone at 425-339-BALL.
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