Tayler Persons hit a jumper in the lane to send the Ft. Wayne Champs past Nasty Nati, 71-67, ending a frenetic Elam Ending period between the two midwestern squads. Persons scored 26 points and pulled down eight rebounds in the win for Ft. Wayne, which is one of the most tenured teams in TBT history. Jacob Evans had 20 points in the losing effort for Nasty Nati, a University of Cincinnati alumni squad making its TBT debut.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Watch the Game Highlights from Nasty Nati vs. Fort Wayne Champs, 07/18/2022 <a href=”https://t.co/dRp9x2qM6I”>pic.twitter.com/dRp9x2qM6I</a></p>— TBT (@thetournament) <a href=”https://twitter.com/thetournament/status/1549179773288472576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>July 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>