Payton Just Short of a Triple-Double, Leads Reach USA To Win

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Louisiana’s Elfrid Payton scored a game-high 27 points to rally Reach USA past Athletas of Lithuania, 87-81, on Tuesday night in the opening game of an eight-game tour of the Far East for Reach USA.

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[MelRock]

I hope he comes back playing like this for us.

"Payton was 10-for-15 from the field and seven-for-eight from the line, to finish with 27 points. He narrowly missed a triple-double, adding a game-high nine assists, nine rebounds and two steals."

Geaux Cajuns!!!

[Million$Mullet]

He's gonna be a monster before he leaves

[Cajunsmike]

Elfrid deserves all the success he gets as he puts in the work needed to improve.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I want my season ticket renewals

[Ragin4U]

Thats fantastic! I love EP and think he is one of the smartest bball players around. Cant wait to watch him this season. We need some bodies around him though.

[Boomer]

Thats fantastic! I love EP and think he is one of the smartest bball players around. Cant wait to watch him this season. We need some bodies around him though.

---just seemed like a big guy would want to play with EP and Long!!!

[Ragin4U]

Agreed. The kid can dish the ball and make everyone around him better.

[SlappyCajun]

He is very very good

[epiccajun]

He is very very good

Wrong ... He is very, very, very good!

[MelRock]

This was posted before their first game.
"Tuesday Morning,Beijing. It is now 4:50 am and guys are starting to move around as we have to roll out of the hotel at 5:30 am for our 8 am flight. This will be a long day. We have the flight, think about two hours, and a long bus ride. Oh well, time to get started…

The players are an impressive lot so far. Doing all that has been asked, but you can tell they are anxious to really get started. Yesterday, they went to check our Forbidden City and Tianman Square and were hit with the photo opps really quick. They were stopped often for pictures and this is just the beginning.

We have our first game tonight, which will be an interesting one since, we have had one little walk-through. The teams from Lithuania are always good, so this should be a real challenge. Stay Tuned here as well as on the Twitter feed (see left-side menu on this site).

—Robby"

I am still trying to find today's results, last posted "Game 2-Reach USA & Lithuania TIE at 75-75! Payton hits 2 FTs with 1.7 left to force tie & again leads team with 22, 7, & 3"