Honey Badgers hold off Rattlers’ late comeback to extend win streak to 5 games
The Hamilton Honey Badgers defeated the Saskatchewan Rattlers 81-74 holding off a valiant comeback effort, because it prolonged its win streak to 5 video games on Tuesday evening in Saskatoon.
Coming into the sport sitting comfortably atop the CEBL standings, Hamilton (12-3) has discovered its approach to victory in some ways this season.
However with Saskatchewan (7-8), now on a four-game shedding streak, having all of its high scorers within the lineup, confirmed why it was among the many harder groups within the league not way back.
That made for fairly the duty for the Honey Badgers.
Down 12-6 early within the opening body, Saskatchewan rattled off a 7-0 run that was capped off by a Scottie Lindsey three-pointer. Hamilton answered later outscoring the Rattlers 7-3 to finish the quarter and go up 23-19.
The second quarter was tightly contested till the Honey Badgers turned it up a notch halfway by way of.
Tied 29-29 popping out of a Saskatchewan timeout, Hamilton went on an 11-3 run to take the most important lead of the sport to take a 40-32 edge.
A Lindsey three with 45 seconds remaining within the body, left the Honey Badgers up 5 going into the break.
Within the third, Hamilton held off the Rattlers from getting any nearer than 5 factors and taking a 11-point lead with below two minutes left. A 7-3 run to finish the body lower the Honey Badgers’ result in seven heading to the fourth.
After falling to a different double-digit deficit at 59-49, the Rattlers took their flip in shifting the momentum.
A 13-3 run in simply over two minutes put Saskatchewan up one for its first lead because the 2:21 mark of the primary quarter.
Up 71-69 to begin the Elam Ending, McEwen prolonged Hamilton’s result in 4 with a three-pointer. Tony Carr answered proper again with a 3 of his personal on the next possession however that was shut as it might get for the Rattlers, as Isaiah Reese and Caleb Agada mixed for a 6-0 run to finish the sport.
McEwen led the best way for Hamilton with 21 factors. Michael Okafor added 12, and Agada scored 11 within the win.
Saskatchewan was led by Carr’s 26 and Lindsey’s 16.
The Honey Badgers will look to increase their win streak after they subsequent play the Scarborough Taking pictures Stars on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. In the meantime, the Rattlers play the Ottawa BlackJacks on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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Stingers put finish to skid, greatest red-hot BlackJacks
Demarco Dickerson scored a game-high 29 factors, together with 5 of his group’s final 9, as the Edmonton Stingers beat the Ottawa BlackJacks 96-88 on Tuesday in Edmonton.
Edmonton (8-7) snapped a two-game skid, pulling away within the fourth in opposition to the very Ottawa (5-9) group that it had defeated to win the CEBL title in 2021.
The BlackJacks entered the sport having gained 4 of its final 5 and back-to-back 100-point outings in a pair of blowout victories.
Nonetheless, that every one got here to a halt in opposition to the Stingers.
The opening half was very a lot a forwards and backwards between each side, with Ottawa popping out of the primary quarter with only a five-point lead. Within the second, a late 7-2 run by Edmonton set the muse, going into halftime up 47-45.
Edmonton then opened issues up within the third.
The Stingers went up by as a lot as eight, and outscored the BlackJacks 15-8 by the 5:24 mark. Ottawa instantly answered again with a 7-0 run of its personal, led by Walt Lemon Jr. and Kadre Grey, to even the rating.
Neither facet was capable of take a lead of greater than three factors after that, because the BlackJacks went into the fourth up 75-73.
Within the ultimate body, it was a battle for each squads as they exchanged leads, with neither group capable of go up by greater than 4.
With an 87-86 lead in its grasp although, Edmonton took over within the Elam Ending.
A Dickerson jumper, adopted by a Jordan Baker layup allowed the Stingers to creep their approach to a 91-86 lead, needing 94 to win.
On the following possession, Dickerson shut down any glimmer of hope for the BlackJacks with a contested three from the left wing to place his facet up eight. Following a Grey layup to deliver the deficit to 5, Mathieu Kamba sealed the win with a layup.
Dickerson added seven rebounds and 5 assists within the win. Kamba contributed 20 with Marlon Johnson including 11 factors and 10 rebounds for Edmonton.
Grey and Lemon Jr. led the best way for Ottawa with 22 and 18 factors, respectively.
Edmonton will subsequent play the league-leading Hamilton Honey Badgers on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
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