The London Lightning beat the Windsor Express . It was a back and forth match-up that led to the Lightning just closing it out with a 3 point shot by Xavier Moon (6'2''-G-95, college: Morehead St., agency: Interperformances) with 1 second left. The Bolts won with the final of 147 to 144. Putting the Lightning record to 13 -16. The Lightning were leading for most of the game until the fourth where Windsor came rushing back and tied the game at 114 with a Ryan Anderson 3 pointer from almost half court. Overtime had more struggles for the Bolts who at one point were down by 9. With just seconds left Xavier Moon made it to the free throw line and sunk both to tie the game at 127 and bring us to double overtime. London came surging out in the double OT but Windsor kept it close hitting a 3 to tie it at 144 with 17 seconds left. Xavier Moon got the ball back and drilled a 3 point shot and it was the dagger the Lightning needed and gave them the victory. It was a great team effort by London tonight with 3 players scoring over 20 points for the game in Xavier Moon, Kevin Ware (6'2''-G-93, college: Georgia St.), and Marcus Capers (6'4''-G-89, college: Washington St., agency: Interperformances). Total they had 8 players in double digits for the game. A huge proponent of the victory tonight was the teams passing and defense, collectively earning 37 assists and 17 steals. Kevin Ware and Marcus both had excellent all around games, both totaling 20+ points, 7+ assists, and 9+ rebounds. Head Coach Elliott Etherington commended the team for their tenacity and fight against adversity tonight saying that. "We stepped up and did what we needed to do to get the lead in the fourth but...Our ability to fight back even when things were down is what I am happy about." The team has had a lot of close games and it showed fight and their willingness not to back down tonight with constantly coming back into the game when they looked like they were out. The next Lightning game will come Saturday night, Febraury 9th, 2019 when the Bolts stay at home to take on the K/W Titans. Courtesy of: oursportscentral.com
Edge grab 2-0 lead on Titans in Central final - 2 days ago
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The St. John's Edge received a pair of clutch free throws from Glen Davis (6'9''-F-86, college: LSU) with five seconds left on the clock to secure a 112-111 win over the KW Titans in a thrilling National Basketball League of Canada playoff game Monday night at Mile One Centre. The win gives the Edge a 2-0 lead on the Titans in the best-of-seven Central Division final heading to Kitchener, Ont. for Games 3 and 4 Friday and Sunday, and possibly Game 5 next Tuesday. While the Edge have a com... [read more]
The St. John's Edge received a pair of clutch free throws from Glen Davis (6'9''-F-86, college: LSU) with five seconds left on the clock to secure a 112-111 win over the KW Titans in a thrilling National Basketball League of Canada playoff game Monday night at Mile One Centre. The win gives the Edge a 2-0 lead on the Titans in the best-of-seven Central Division final heading to Kitchener, Ont. for Games 3 and 4 Friday and Sunday, and possibly Game 5 next Tuesday. While the Edge have a comfortable two-game lead in the series, the truth of the matter is they were lucky to pull this one out Monday in front of 4,327 fans. Despite leading by 20 points, 102-82, with 5:43 left in regulation time, the Edge needed last-second heroics to register the win. Up 58-44 at the half and 83-69 with the final 12 minutes of play in the fourth quarter, the visiting Titans went on a 14-point run late in the game, 12 of those coming on three-point shots, to make it 102-96. With just under a minute left, the Titans came to within six points of the Edge on an Ashton Smith (6'2''-G-89, college: Indiana, PA) three-pointer, and Kitchener picked away, eventually taking its first lead since the first quarter, 111-110, on a Smith trey with nine ticks left on the clock. But with five seconds remaining, Flenard Whitfield (6'7''-F-90, college: W.Michigan) fouled, sending Davis to the line and he was clutch with two free throws, sending the 4,327 hometown faithful home happy. It was a testy affair, with the Titans nabbed for three technical fouls and the Edge one, by Carl English (6'5''-G-81, college: Hawaii). English again led the Edge with 22 points. Davis had 18, Murphy Burnatowski (6'7''-PF-91, college: Colgate) with 17 and Lee with 15. Smith scored 25 points for the Titans. Courtesy of: thetelegram.com
Magic defeat Hurricanes to tie NBL Canada series - 3 days ago
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The Halifax Hurricanes didn't win on Saturday but they'll return to Scotiabank Centre with home-court advantage. The Moncton Magic defeated the Hurricanes 96-88 in Game 2 of their Atlantic Division final at Avenir Centre in Moncton. The NBL Canada best-of-seven series is tied 1-1 and switches to Halifax for Game 3 next Saturday, April 27 and Game 4 on Monday, April 29. Trey Kell (6'4''-PG-96, college: San Diego St., agency: Slash Sports) scored 28 points and added seven assists, six rebou... [read more]
The Halifax Hurricanes didn't win on Saturday but they'll return to Scotiabank Centre with home-court advantage. The Moncton Magic defeated the Hurricanes 96-88 in Game 2 of their Atlantic Division final at Avenir Centre in Moncton. The NBL Canada best-of-seven series is tied 1-1 and switches to Halifax for Game 3 next Saturday, April 27 and Game 4 on Monday, April 29. Trey Kell (6'4''-PG-96, college: San Diego St., agency: Slash Sports) scored 28 points and added seven assists, six rebounds and five steals for the Magic, who were outscored 30-22 in the first quarter but then turned the tables with a 20-8 second quarter. Former Hurricane Billy White (6'8''-F-89, college: San Diego St.) had 22 points. Mike Poole (6'5''-F-92, college: Iona) paced Halifax with 22 points. Terry Thomas (6'4''-G/F-91, college: Ottawa) tallied 20 points and Chadrack Lufile (6'9''-F-90, college: Wichita St.) added 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Courtesy of: thechronicleherald.ca
English Sets Tone in Series as Edge Topple Titans in Game 1 - 4 days ago
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The St. John's Edge were victorious in Game 1 of the Central Division Finals. In front of an electric crowd of 4,227, the Edge took it to the Titans to pick up the 101-94 win. This game was filled with a lot of big moments, none bigger than when Carl English (6'5''-G-81, college: Hawaii) took the floor for the first time in over 2 and a half months. The crowd stood to their feet and the sound was deafening at Mile One Centre. English would put on a performance that matches the reaction fr... [read more]
The St. John's Edge were victorious in Game 1 of the Central Division Finals. In front of an electric crowd of 4,227, the Edge took it to the Titans to pick up the 101-94 win. This game was filled with a lot of big moments, none bigger than when Carl English (6'5''-G-81, college: Hawaii) took the floor for the first time in over 2 and a half months. The crowd stood to their feet and the sound was deafening at Mile One Centre. English would put on a performance that matches the reaction from the crowd. Into the first quarter of this one and it was an aggressive start, to say the least. The Titans would pick up 3 quick fouls, with all 3 fouls very tough fouls to say the least. It was back and forth for the majority of the first, with Glen Davis (6'9''-F-86, college: LSU) pacing the Edge offence taking it down low and owning the paint against the KW big men. As the quarter progressed, the pace would pick up and the Titans would show off their range with Damon Lynn (5'11''-PG-95, college: NJIT) hitting two consecutive three's at the 4-minute mark of the quarter to extend the KW lead to 10. The tide would begin to turn when Carl English drained his first triple, then buried two free throws to pull the Edge to within just 7 at the end of the first (28-21 KW Titans). Into the second quarter, a small 5-0 run would pull the Edge to within just one point. After a Glen Davis layup and a Russell Byrd (6'7''-G-92, college: Michigan St.) three, Carl English would drain a corner triple to tie the game at 41. With the quarter ending, the Edge would get another triple from Carl English to put them in front 50-48. Following an exchange of baskets, Olu Ashaolu would hit a layup to cap off the quarter and send the Edge into the break with a 54-50 lead. Coming out of the break, the two teams would go shot for shot early. In total, the game would see 17 lead changes with about 5 of those coming in the first few minutes of the third quarter. The Titans would get two big threes from Ed Horton, but both were answered by Murphy Burnatowski (6'7''-PF-91, college: Colgate) to pull the Edge within 3 with around 7 minutes to go in the quarter. At the three-minute mark of the quarter, the Edge would go on another little 5-0 run and jump back in front on the strength of a couple of Glen Davis free-throws and an acrobatic layup by Dez Lee. Then Kyle Johnson (6'5''-G-88, college: LIU Brooklyn, agency: Blacktop Management) would leave his mark in his first game as an Edge player by hitting a jumper in the lane and burying his two free-throws to send it to the fourth with the Edge leading 78-76. The final quarter was a nail-biter throughout with the fans into every possession. It would begin with two more lead changes, then Isaiah Tate II would start to widen the gap for the Edge. He would hit two straight three-pointers to put St. John's in front by 5. With 3:14 left in the quarter, the Titans would tie it up at 92, then the Edge would take the lead on a Murphy Burnatowski dunk and not look back. Down the stretch, they would also get some stellar defence, with a key play coming when Glen Davis dove for a steal knocking it off of the KW player forcing the turnover and giving the Edge the 101-94 win. This night was another full team effort to pick up the win. The Edge finished with 18 assists as a team and outrebounded the Titans on route to the victory. As we noted previously, the night was also a big comeback story for Carl English who went off for 22 points on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc to put the Edge ahead in the series 1-0. For the Titans, they were led by Damon Lynn who had 23 points in the loss. Game 2 is set for Monday at 7:00 PM at Mile One Centre. Courtesy of: oursportscentral.com
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