Albany Patroons hand London Lightning first loss of season – London

A giant second half by the Albany Patroons stored the London Lightning from setting a brand new NBL of Canada report for finest begin to a season.

Albany obtained 37 factors from A.J. Mosby on their strategy to a 97-90 victory over London which stopped the Lightning season-opening successful streak at 11 video games.

That tied London with the 2012-13 Lightning who went on to win the second of back-to-back league championships.

The Patroons got here into the sport with a report of 7-1 and have been dealing with a Nationwide Basketball League of Canada workforce for the primary time.

London started the sport like they’ve so many different instances in 2022. They constructed a lead by half because of sturdy taking pictures by Cameron Forte and key offence off the bench from Terry Thomas and led by six factors. Thomas ended the sport with a team-high 22 factors.

Albany got here out sturdy within the second half and outscored London 26-14 within the third quarter. The Patroons restricted the Lightning to 37 second half factors in complete.

Cameron Forte recorded one other double-double for London within the loss with 18 factors and 11 rebounds.

Amir Williams added 17 factors for the Lightning. Williams was named NBLC Participant of the Week after averaging 18.5 factors, 11.5 rebounds and 5 blocks per sport.

London shot 44 % from the sphere however solely 64 % from the foul line.

Albany was capable of rating 29 factors off turnovers and held a 44-39 edge in rebounds.

The Lightning will head to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. to face the Okay-W Titans on Saturday, Apr.2. London has three wins over the Titans throughout their streak.

The subsequent residence sport for the Lightning will probably be Sunday, Apr. 3 in opposition to Flint United at 2 pm at Budweiser Gardens.