Marvin Phillips is averaging 4.6 points in 17 games with Erie after averaging 11 in 12 games with Fort Wayne this season./Photo by Janet B. Krummerer/Erie Times-News

With two players injured, the Erie BayHawks used eight in today’s 106-81 win against Maine. Six of them scored in double figures.

Marvin Phillips is the exception to all this.

He was healthy, but didn’t play.

Why?

“Ask coach,” Phillips said after the game.

I did.

“Marvin?” Erie coach Larranaga said.

Twelve seconds later.

“I asked Marvin if he wanted to go in and he said no,” Larranaga said. “It was in the fourth quarter and it was about six minutes to go.”

Erie led 102-72 with six minutes left in the game.

Since coming to Erie from Fort Wayne in a trade for a fourth-round pick in the 2012 D-League Draft, Phillips hasn’t played in four games. Word is he wasn’t thrilled with not playing when returning to Fort Wayne for a road game against the Mad Ants on Feb. 16.

So this is nothing new.

The question is with the BayHawks being down a big man with Sharrod Ford (calf), why wouldn’t Phillips get a shot.

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Mike Gerrity averaged 7.3 points in 18 games for Erie./Photo by Janet B. Kummerer/Erie Times-News

Mike Gerrity says it’s part of business.

That’s a nice way of saying it sucks.

In a month’s time, the Erie BayHawks waived him twice with the latter coming Feb. 9.

Ten days later, the Maine Red Claws claimed him out of the D-League player pool.

Today, Gerrity, 25, returned to Erie to face his former team and somehow didn’t vent about how the BayHawks parted ways with him twice.

“It’s hard, but you understand what you’re getting yourself into at the beginning of the year,” Gerrity said. “I knew it was going to be an uphill battle all the way, but it’s about the sacrifices you’re willing to make if you love the game.”

Gerrity had four points and four assists off the bench in his return, but it wasn’t too long ago he joined Erie, was waived, rejoined Erie and got waived again.

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The Erie BayHawks will try to bounce back after two resounding losses to Los Angeles D-Fenders last weekend in El Segundo, Calif.

After losing by 19 points to the D-Fenders on Saturday, the BayHawks were beaten by 31 points, 138-107, on Monday. The most interesting thing about this is Erie lost these two games with the addition of former NBA veteran point guard Mike James.

The BayHawks will look to regroup before Friday night’s game against Maine at home.

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After splitting a pair of games at Maine against the Red Claws (8-16), the Erie BayHawks (10-13) will resume action Friday at home against Sioux Falls (7-17).

Erie won the first game at Maine, 122-113, as point guard Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks had a triple double of 28 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. The Knicks sent him and rookie center Jerome Jordan down for the two games. Jordan had 26 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

Maine won the rematch, 110-88, on Sunday as Lin didn’t play due to injuring his ankle in Friday’s win for the BayHawks. Jordan had just 10 points and seven boards. The Red Claws had waived former NBA player Ricky Davis. He didn’t play in either game.

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The Erie BayHawks will face former NBA guard Ricky Davis for the first time this season when they play at Maine against Davis and the Red Claws tomorrow night at 7 and Sunday at noon.

The one thing I remember about Davis’ time in the NBA other than when he threw it off the backboard and got his own rebound to get a triple double was his dunk over Steve Nash.

It was No. 48 on this list of great dunks produced by the Best Damn Sports Show Period.

Nasty.

He’s been in the D-League before.

When Jeremy Lin was a rookie with Golden State last season, the Warriors sent him down for 20 games with the Reno Bighorns. He averaged 18 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 31.7 minutes.

Now the 6-3, 200-pound point guard is with the Erie BayHawks after the New York Knicks sent him down earlier today long with 7-footer Jerome Jordan. Lin has five points in five games with the Knicks, who are Erie’s NBA hybrid affiliate, this season.

Lin, who last season became the first Asian-American player since 1947 to play in the NBA, was acquired off waivers by the Knicks after the Houston Rockets released him to make room to sign center Samuel Dalembert.

Golden State released the former Harvard star earlier.

With Lin, the BayHawks have three point guards along with B.J. Jenkins and Mike Gerrity. Loren Stokes, who plays both point and shooting guard, has an injured big toe so Erie may rest him with the addition of Lin.

Lin is expected to practice Wednesday and play for the BayHawks in Friday’s game at Maine. The BayHawks also play at Maine on Sunday.

The Erie BayHawks head into tomorrow’s 7 p.m. game at Maine having split their last two games.

Erie won at Springfield, 123-117 in overtime on Thursday night after losing to the Armor 114-107 the night before. They’ve got some sweet slo-mo highlights of Tirrell Baines going to the rim. Never seen that before.

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Here are highlights of Iowa’s 130-117 win at Rio Grande Valley heading into Saturday’s game against the Erie BayHawks at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Rio Grande Valley has already beaten Erie twice this season.

Erie also has a game Sunday at Iowa, which lost its first game to the Vipers this season.

Would provide highlights of Erie’s 105-87 home win against the Maine Red Claws, but when trying to upload it from the YouTube’s D-League channel, it says, “The uploader has not made this video available in your country.”

Well, if it’s not available in the United States where the D-League exists, where is it available?

New Zealand?

B.J. Jenkins started for Murray State's 2010 NCAA Tournament squad./AP Photo.

B.J. Jenkins didn’t waste any time.

He had his first practice with the Erie BayHawks in a shootaround on Thursday morning after they plucked him from the D-League player pool Wednesday.

After the shootaround, the 6-foot point guard out of Murray State had two separate shooting workouts.

He felt ready to play.

“That’s the plan,” Jenkins said Thursday morning. “I’m going to be dressed and ready. About to go home and study the plays right now. Think I got it for the most part. I’m excited. One minute, 40 minutes, I don’t care. I like to play basketball.”

Later that night, he did play and had six points and four assists in Erie’s 105-87 win against the Maine Red Claws at Tullio Arena. Jenkins was 3-of-4 from the field and only committed one turnover in 13 minutes, 46 seconds of play.

He executed the pick-and-roll, got to the rim for a wide open lay up and knocked down the jumper.

“Coach (Jay Larranaga) told me D (Donald Sloan) had been playing the whole game the past two games,” Jenkins said. “I told myself to be ready if I get a chance. If not, just cheer my teammates on.”

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Rio Grande Valley took the second of two games from Erie as the Vipers beat the BayHawks, 119-112, Saturday at State Farm Arena.

The Vipers were once again hot from 3-point range, going 14-of-29 from 3-point range. In Fridays 122-113 victory Friday night, Rio Grande Valley was 17-of-34 from behind the arc.

The BayHawks are back in action Thursday in their home opener against the Maine Red Claws (0-1). Game set to start at 7 p.m.