November 26, 2019: Costa Mesa 127 Washington 97

                                          Short (34) leads Costa Mesa

Purvis Short (34) led the Costa Mesa Scorpions to a 127-97 win over the hapless Washington Wizards.

The Scorpions just had too many weapons for the Wizards to handle.  Isiah Thomas (14 points/ 11 assists)  was the Costa Mesa general who spent the night not only passing to Short (34) but also Bernard King (26 points/7 rebounds), Akeem Olajuwon (16 points/10 rebounds/3 blocks) and Mychael Thompson (12 points/8 rebounds).  Thomas was the key to a 34-14 fast break advantage.

El Paso opened up a 22 point lead after 1Q then extended it to 25 after 2Q, 28 after 3Q before settling for a 30 point win. 

Derek Smith (22) led the Wizards and James Donaldson added 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Coach Bill Russell:

" You have to show up to play with your best game to compete in the VBA. Unfortunately, I did not do a good job of making sure that happened tonight.
I do not want to take anything away from Costa Mesa.  They have an opportunity to go far in the VBA playoffs."