Will Yoakum and Bristol starters spoil season opener for Hefte Helfen Bulls
- Māris Noviks
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Bristol Flyers led from start to finish and posted a 90-78 road win against Hefte Helfen Bulls on Tuesday, September 23, at the Sportarena Walfersam in Kapfenberg, Austria.
Players of the game
Will Yoakum scored a game high 24 points on 10/12 shooting from the floor for Bristol, including a 9/11 effort from the two points line.
NCAA Division Two champion with the Nova Southeastern University Sharks showed winners mentality.
His first official win with the Flyers came against...the Sheffield Sharks.
Will tamed the Heften Helfe Bulls just four days later as Bristol improved to 2-0 in all competitions.
Point guard Joe Anderson joined with 22 points.
Lipscomb University graduate went 4/8 from the three point line.
Cam Holden posted amazing stat line.
A former Towson University star guard had 14 points, seven rebounds and a game high nine assists.
Taye Fields and Vitalii Zotov scored 16 points each for Hefte Helfen Bulls.
Key stats
Bristol starters outscored Kapfenberg in the first half, 38-20.
Joe Anderson, Will Yoakum and Cam Holden combined for 30 points in 20 minutes of play.
The Flyers shot 53 percent from the field for a 44-34 lead at the half.
Another 10 points by Yoakum increased the Flyers up to 15 points, 70-55, with 10 minutes remaining.
Game notes
Austria hosted an ENBL game for the first time.
Hefte Helfen Bulls starters were – Quinton Green, Vitalii Zotov, Taye Fields, David Votsch and captain Nemanja Krstič.
Bristol Flyers entered the game with 10 players – Will Yoakum, Zach Anderson, Cam Holden, Jonathan Brown, Owen McCormack, Marcus Delpeche, Joe Anderson, Miloš Dugalič, Pasquale Landolfi and Darnell Brodie.
Andreas Kapoulas and Bristol Flyers posted the fifth consecutive win in the ENBL.
Bristol Flyers improved to 1-0, while Hefte Helfen Bulls dropped to 0-1.
ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube