Seth Lundy

Miles Norris

Chris Silva

Keaton Wallace

Tyson Etienne

Brandon Randolph

Emmitt Matthews, Jr.

Malcolm "M.J." Rhett

MiKyle McIntosh

Jarkel Joiner

Reginald Kissoonlal

David Singleton

Trent Forrest

Ben Sheppard

Jarace Walker

Oscar Tshiebwe

Kendall Brown

Elfrid Payton

Jordan Bell

Craig Sword

Isaiah Wong

Kyle Mangas

Reid Travis

Pedro Bradshaw

Stephan Hicks

Darius McGhee

Mojave King

Will Vorhees

Tyler Ricks

Angel Kent

Nate Cearley

ORLANDO, FL. – December 21, 2023 – The Indiana Mad Ants secured a 106-104 overtime win against College Park on Thursday in the semifinals of the NBA G League Showcase Cup.
Indiana advances to the NBA G League Showcase Cup finals on Friday night at 7 p.m. opposite Westchester. The Mad Ants are now on a 14 game winning streak.
Jarace Walker led the Mad Ants with 20 points, while Jordan Bell came off the bench with a diverse stat line of 6 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 blocks.
The Mad Ants shot 48.2 percent from the field to College Park’s 31.9 percent.
Indiana pushed out to a six-point lead (10-4) with 8:27 to play in the first on a Walker floater; 10 of Indiana’s first 14 points came in the paint. The Indiana lead would get up to eight, but College Park cut it to 16-15 with 2:53 in the first on an Emmitt Mathews three. An Isaiah Wong wrap around layup with 1:59 left pushed Indiana’s lead to a then game high nine points at 24-15. After one, Indiana led College Park 28-18.
Indiana’s once 12-point lead was cut down at the eight-minute mark when Seth Lundy hit a three and was fouled, cutting the Skyhawk deficit down to 32-27. On the next trip though, Ben Sheppard responded with a three-point play of his own for the Mad Ants. The lead was cut to 37-36 on a Keaton Wallace three pointer for the Skyhawks but Indiana pushed back, going back up 46-38 with 3:19 on a Kyle Mangas three. With 2:12 to play, a Lundy three gave College Park their first lead of the game at 47-46. At the half, Indiana held a 52-51 lead after Jordan Bell blocked his third shot of the game and Kendall Brown beat the halftime buzzer with a putback basket.
Oscar Tshiebwe scored 12 points in the first three minutes of the second half to give Indiana a 64-54 lead early in the third. Indiana would go up by 16, but a Chris Silva basket with 4:18 cut the Indiana lead to 72-62. After three quarters, Indiana led 77-66.
The Indiana lead would stay consistent early in the fourth, going up 14 with eight minutes to go on a Sheppard free throw and with 7:25 left, a Mangas triple pushed the Mad Ants up 87-70. The Skyhawks would continue to work, cutting it to 11 with 3:03 to play on a Wallace three pointer, answered immediately with a Wong basket. The Skyhawks again would get it under 10 under two minutes, but with 1:20 left Elfrid Payton beat the shot clock to make it 97-87 in Indiana’s favor.
A Wallace three with 45.2 seconds left gave College Park signs of life, cutting their deficit to 97-92. College Park would cut it more, down to three at the free throw line. With Indiana up 99-96, Chris Singleton was fouled with 3.4 seconds left and shot three free throws to tie the game and force overtime.
In overtime in the NBA G League, the first team to score seven points and reach the target score – in this case, 106 points – wins the game.
Miles Norris started the scoring in overtime for College Park with a pair of free throws, answered back with a Kendall Brown free throw. Off the next Brown miss, a jump ball was called, won by Indiana leading to a Walker basket for Indiana to go up 102-101. Silva would head back to the line for the Skyhawks, missing the first and hitting the second. The free throws would continue tied at 102 with Sheppard going to the line for Indiana, where he would hit both to go up 104-102 for Indiana; the Mad Ants would close the game out on a dunk by Kendall Brown to advance to the title game.

Indiana Mad Ants Advance To Showcase Cup Title Game With Overtime Victory Against College Park

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Showcase Cup Standings

Jump Ball Tshiebwe vs. Silva: Tip to Wallace

Wallace Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)

Silva 7' Turnaround Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Wallace 1 AST)

Brown 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Tshiebwe 1 AST)

Walker 6' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Payton 1 AST)

Lundy 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Silva 1 AST)

Tshiebwe 3' Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Payton 2 AST)

Walker 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Tshiebwe 2 AST)

Lundy 4' Running Reverse Layup (4 PTS) (Wallace 2 AST)

MAD ANTS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)

MISS Wallace 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot

Walker 14' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Payton 3 AST)

MISS Matthews, Jr. 7' Driving Bank Hook Shot

Norris 3' Driving Dunk (2 PTS) (Wallace 3 AST)

Wallace 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Norris 1 AST)

Matthews, Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wallace 4 AST)

Wong 29' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Bell 1 AST)

Mangas 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wong 1 AST)

Skyhawks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)

Lundy 28' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Etienne 1 AST)

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