St. Joseph, MI- The Lake Michigan Admirals ABA franchise started their
inaugural season Saturday night playing against the fifth-ranked Chicago
Steam. A crowd of approximately 900 people at Lake Michigan Catholic High
School was on their feet all game long! Admirals fans had a lot to cheer
for: the Lighthouse Barbershop Chorus sang the national anthem, the
Benton Harbor High School drum line electrified the crowd, the Lady
Admirals dancers got people dancing to the beat, the Subway half-court
shot was made by a young man from Muskegon, and the United Way Awareness
Night was a huge success!

The first quarter of the game ended with the Admirals ahead 31-28.
The momentum continued into the second quarter with the home team up
58 - 51. Odgra Bobo was the leading scorer for the Admirals with 31
points with 25 of those points before the half. After halftime,
Chicago came out fighting and outscored the Admirals 32-25 in the
third quarter to tie the game up 83-83. Owner Chris Glisson said,
"This is what the fans came out to see!" But he spoke too soon
because Chicago wasn't out of STEAM as they dominated the fourth
quarter and outscored the Admirals 46 - 25. The final score was 129 -
108 Chicago Steam. The Chicago Steam's leading scorer was Chicago
State's very own Roy Perrin with 32 points. Currently the The Steam
is 6 - 1 for the season and the Admirals are 0 - 1.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Admirals	31	27	25	25	108
Steams	28	23	32	46	129