In the past, Matthew constantly dominated Joel in basketball, mainly aided by his height advantage. But in recent matches Joel had been getting closer and closer to his competitor. Nevertheless, Matthew entered the basketball today confident it would be an opportunity for him to earn some major points.

But Joel came out hot and showed it would be no easy win for Matthew. The two were tight in the first game, Matthew with a 17 - 15 lead when Joel took him to the hole to tie it up. Matthew responded by hitting the midrange jumper, one more basket would give him the win. Joel remained calm, completely unshaken. Joel began the drive but pulled up half-way, elevating above his opponent like a hover-craft. His shot was pure, tying the two competitors at 19 - 19. Matthew took the ball, attempted a drive but was quickly shut down by Joel's tenacious defense, he retreated and pulled-up for a midrange jumper but was off the mark. Refusing to give up possession he recovered the offensive rebound and took a second shot, missed again and this time Joel came up with the rebound. Joel took the ball out, then drove in right at his opponent and pulled-up for the jumper. Matthew read it well and got a hand on the ball but while in the air the two player's feet were tangled up and Matthew's momentum carried him to the ground. The shot was off target but with Matthew on the floor Joel grabbed the rebound and laid the ball in for the win.

Matthew was shocked. So shocked he almost forgot to play in the second game as Joel jumped to an early 9 -2 lead. Things looked ominous for the tall blond competitor as his opponent seemed to have him under complete control. Matthew mustered a small comeback but it wasn't enough to recover the lost ground. Joel remained strong the whole way through, showing off his quickness and innate ability to get to the hoop despite being the shorter of the two players. Joel finished the game on top 21 - 15.

Matthew found himself in a bad position. Behind in the overall scoreboard after being crushed in Disc Golf and now behind by a decent margin in a crucial sport which he believed would be his from the beginning. He had to put something together.

And he finally did. In the third game Matthew quickly jumped to an early 10 - 0 lead as he at long last got his pull-up jumper to fall. Matthew seemed comfortably ahead but Joel gave him a fright as Joel's three-point shot caught on fire. He made three threes in a row coming within 4 points at 13 - 17. But Matthew knew he could not loose a third game in one day. He tenaciously locked-down on defense and get to the hoop to make his high percentage shots, finishing the game 21 - 13. A good way to finish a bad day.

The competitors will hit the court tomorrow, perhaps for multiple sessions. The secondary sport schedule for the next few days is being worked out now.