David Nwaba

Jared Rhoden

Devontae Cacok

Buddy Boeheim

Keifer Sykes

Stanley Umude

ShawnDre Jones

Ryan Turell

Kyler Edwards

Jaime Echenique

Jaylen Johnson

Trayvon Palmer

Vit Krejci

Tyrese Martin

Chris Silva

Langston Galloway

Trent Forrest

Giorgi Bezhanishvili

Malik Ellison

Armoni Brooks

Cat Barber

Tyson Etienne

Davion Warren

Brandon Williams

Donovan Williams

Cheryl Flores

Julian McFadden

Chelisa Painter

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. – The College Park Skyhawks (5-7) fell at home in a sold-out matchup with the Motor City Cruise (5-8), 124-120, at the Gateway Center Arena on Friday.



The Skyhawks were led by a quartet of standout performances, highlighted by Tyrese Martin. Martin, who was assigned to the Skyhawks from the Hawks on Friday morning, finished with a career-high 32 points to go with nine rebounds. Two-way guard Trent Forrest finished with his first career double-double, tallying 17 points, 12 assists, and six rebounds. Chris Silva poured in 22 points and grabbed seven boards. Armoni Brooks drilled five threes and scored 21 points.



Martin led the team with 10 points in the first quarter, but the Skyhawks were narrowly edged by the Cruise to open the game, 30-28. Jared Rhoden, who began the season with the Skyhawks before signing a two-way contract with the Pistons, opened with seven points for the Cruise.



The Skyhawks bested the Cruise, 31-30, in the second quarter behind nine points and five rebounds from Chris Silva in the period. At half, the Skyhawks matched the fewest turnovers in a first half this season with three. Martin had 18 points going into the locker room, the third-most he had scored in an opening half this season.



The third quarter was more of the same from Martin, who added 10 points to his total in the quarter. He also led the team with four rebounds in the period. However, three made three-pointers from Cruise guard Buddy Boeheim were too much and the Cruise took the quarter, 31-27.



The game was ultimately decided in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. In the four minutes, the Skyhawks brought the deficit to within one point on five different occasions, but never took the lead or tied the game. Forrest recorded 13 of his points in the final period, but clutch shots from Rhoden and Devontae Cacok iced the game for the Cruise.



The Cruise were led by Cacok’s 23 points and 10 rebounds. Rhoden and Keifer Sykes both added 18 points, while David Nwaba tallied 17 points and 10 rebounds. Motor City turned the ball over nine times.



The Skyhawks and Cruise will play in a rematch on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET in College Park before heading to Maine for a two-game series against the Celtics. The first game in Maine will take place on Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. ET, with the conclusion of the series set for Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. ET.&nbsp;

Motor City Cruises To Third Straight Victory

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Showcase Cup Standings

Rhoden 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Sykes 1 AST)

Martin 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Forrest 1 AST)

Sykes 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Nwaba 1 AST)

SKYHAWKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)

Forrest 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)

Galloway 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Forrest 2 AST)

Sykes Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T2)

Martin 17' Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Bezhanishvili 1 AST)

Umude 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)

Bezhanishvili Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)

MISS Umude 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot

Cacok 2' Running Layup (6 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)

Krejci 2' Reverse Layup (4 PTS) (Forrest 3 AST)

Martin 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Forrest 4 AST)

Umude 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Jones 3 AST)

MISS Martin 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot

MISS Echenique 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot

MISS Bezhanishvili 10' Turnaround Bank Shot

Brooks 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Barber 1 AST)

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