International Basketball League

Nate Menefee’s 28 point, 12 assist and 10 rebound triple-double and Mike Ward’s 30 points led the Olympia Reign to a 118-111 overtime win over the Edmonton Energy in the regular season finale at Little Creek Casino. Before tonight’s upset, the Energy beat the Reign by a combined 91 points in two games in Edmonton at the beginning of June.

The Reign jumped out to a quick 16-8 lead to open to game, led by as many as 21 in the first half and took a 59-46 lead in the locker room at halftime. But the Energy chipped away at the lead in the third quarter outscoring the Reign 28-17 to trail by just two going into the fourth quarter. The Energy quickly took the lead in the fourth quarter and held an 87-83 lead with six minutes left. But the Reign reeled off seven straight points to regain the lead at 90-87 and held a 97-95 lead with 52 seconds left. After the Energy tied the score at 100 with 18 second left, the Reign lost control of the ball and following a scramble could only manage a wild shot to end regulation.

The Reign slammed the door on the Energy in overtime scoring nine straight points in the first minute and a half and never allowed the Energy to get within five points the rest of the game. The Reign picked up just their seventh win of the season while Edmonton dropped to 14-4.

Nick Moore chipped in 18 points and 13 boards for the Reign while Gjio Bain also added a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds in the win. The Energy were led by Steve Sir’s 22 points and Robbie Sihota’s 18 points and 19 rebounds.

The two teams meet again on Thursday in the first round of the IBL playoffs hosted by the Bellingham Slam at Whatcom Pavilion. The match-up between the #6 seed Reign and the #3 seed Energy tips off at 5:00 PM.

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