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Pacers' Summer Pro League Team Wins Opener

Last updated on Tuesday, July 7, 2009

(ORLANDO, FL) - Tyler Hansbrough scored a team-high 17 points as the Indiana Pacers’ Summer Pro League team won its opener, defeating a team of Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers and New Jersey Nets players 75-67 in overtime.

Brandon Rush added 15 points and Roy Hibbert finished with twelve points and nine rebounds as the Pacers outscored their opponents 10 to 2 in the extra session.

Philadelphia's Marreese Speights led all players with 28 points and eleven boards with New Jersey's Chris Douglas-Roberts finishing with 20.

The Pacers face the Oklahoma City Thunder this evening at the RDV Sportsplex in Orlando.

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