HOOPS HYSTERIA IN HUNTSVILLE
The Huntsville Flight will host the second annual "Hoops Hysteria" tripleheader with Alabama A&M University this Saturday at the Von Braun Center. The event tips off with the A&M women versus Alabama State at 3:30 p.m. CT, followed by the Flight versus the Roanoke Dazzle at 6 p.m. The nightcap features the men's game between A&M and Alabama State at 8:30 p.m. One ticket is good for all three games.

Omar Cook is the sixth Gatorade Call-Up of the season. Bary Gossage NBAE/Getty Images

TRIPLE DIP TUESDAY IN ASHEVILLE
Asheville is hosting the first triple-header of the week on Tuesday when the Altitude and the Charleston Lowgators share the Asheville Civic Center floor with a pair of local high school rivals. The Enka and Erwin High School girls and boy’s teams will play prior to the NBDL game. The evening features three games for the price of one, beginning with the girls’ match-up at 5 p.m. ET. The boy’s game will get under way 10 minutes following the completion of the girl’s contest, while the Altitude and Lowgators will tip off 30-minutes following the Enka-Erwin boy’s match-up.

CHEAP DATE IN CHARLESTON
The Charleston Lowgators are offering a tempting Valentines Day alternative to the usual dinner and a movie by sponsoring “Cheap Date Night” Saturday at the North Charleston Coliseum. Adult tickets can be purchased two for the price of one, and the usual $4 parking fee at the Coliseum has been waived for the Lowgators’ game against the Fayetteville Patriots. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

OMAR GETS THE GATORADE CALL
Fayetteville Patriots point guard Omar Cook signed a 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, making him the sixth NBDL-to-NBA “Gatorade Call-up” of the season for the National Basketball Development League. Since joining the Blazers on Feb. 3, Cook has played in three games and is averaging 12.3 minutes, 2.0 points and 2.0 assists per game. Cook played in and started 24 games for the Patriots, averaging 40.9 minutes, 10.2 points, 9.0 assists and 2.6 steals.

COOK ON THE D-LEAGUE
In a Feb. 9 story in The Oregonian, former Fayetteville Patriots and current Portland Trail Blazers point guard Omar Cook talked about his time in the NBDL. Following is a brief excerpt from that interview:

"The NBDL was great for me. It taught me a lot of stuff outside of basketball, just about life and about me growing up as a man. I've taken everything I got from the D League and brought it with me here."

FIRST TIME IN A WHILE
Including playoffs, Saturday’s 107-100 victory over league-leading Charleston marked the first time in 116 games the Fayetteville Patriots played a game without Omar Cook.

MIKKI GETS SECOND 10 DAY
The Utah Jazz have signed former Roanoke Dazzle star Mikki Moore to a second 10-day contract. Since joining the Jazz on Jan. 28, Moore has appeared in five games, averaging 15.8 minutes, 3.8 points and 3.4 rebounds.

GATORADE CALLUP REPORT
There have been six NBDL-to-NBA “Gatorade Callups” to date this season. Following is that most current list.

Player	NBA Team	NBDL Team
Mikki Moore	New Jersey Nets	Roanoke Dazzle
Ronald DuPree	Chicago Bulls	Huntsville Flight
Ime Udoka	LA Lakers	Charleston Lowgators
Tierre Brown	New Orleans Hornets	Charleston Lowgators
Omar Cook	Portland Trail Blazers	Fayetteville Patriots

COURTNEY-COURTNEY…DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Columbus forward Courtney James has been on a double-double tear of late. The 6-9, veteran power forward has registered three double-doubles in the last five games and six in the last 14 games. James is averaging 11 rebounds over the last six games to move into fourth place on the NBDL's rebounding charts with 7.8 per contest.

NOT SO CLOSE PLEASE
The Columbus Riverdragons have struggled in close games this season. Columbus is 1-7 in games decided by five points or less, and 2-9 in games decided by six points or less.

LOWGATORS COOL DOWN
Even though they remain atop the NBDL standings, the Charleston Lowgators have lost three of their last four games and have been outrebounded in six straight contests.

GAME TIME CHANGE
Tipoff time for the Feb. 22 game between Huntsville and Fayetteville at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville has been switched from 3 to 5 p.m. CT.

TOP PERFORMANCES LAST WEEK

Feb. 3: Charleston F Ime Udoka scored a league season-high 36 points in a victory at Roanoke.
In the same game Roanoke F Terrence Shannon converted 15-of-20 free throw attempts, both league single-game season highs.

Feb. 7: Asheville C Mamadou N’Diaye scored 17 points, collected 11 rebounds and blocked three shots in 24 minutes in his Asheville home debut.
Fayetteville’s Jason Collier scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a home win over Charleston.

COMING UP THIS WEEK

Feb. 10: Charleston at Asheville, 7:15 p.m.

Feb. 11: Asheville at Roanoke, 7:00 p.m.

Feb. 13: Columbus at Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 13: Huntsville at Asheville, 7:15 p.m.

Feb. 14: Fayetteville at Charleston, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 14: Roanoke at Huntsville, 6:00 p.m. (NBA TV)

LEAGUE LEADERS

Scoring: Desmond Penigar, F, Asheville, 20.0 ppg

Rebounding: Rodney Bias, F, Huntsville, 8.8 rpg

Assists: Kareem Reid, G, Asheville, 7.2 apg

Steals: Brandin Knight, G, Asheville, 2.0 spg

FG%: Kris Lang, F, Asheville, .558 (87-156)

3 PT%: Kent Williams, G, Fayetteville, .500 (25-50)

FT% (min 20 att): Desmond Penigar, G, Asheville, .870 (60-69)

Blocks: Ken Johnson, C, Huntsville, 2.7 bpg

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Feb. 9: CHARLESTON LOWGATORS
Re-claimed G Tierre Brown. Waived F Jarrod Gee.
Feb. 5: ASHEVILLE ALTITUDE
Signed C Mamadou N'Diaye. Waived F Gary Williams.
Feb. 4: ROANOKE DAZZLE
Signed G Matt Carroll.