Sudbury defeats Windsor 108-99, takes 1-0 series lead
The Sudbury Five took to the court on Friday night in Game 1 of the National Basketball League of Canada finals against the Windsor Express.
While Sudbury came away with a 108-99 win to take a 1-0 lead in the Best-of-5 National Basketball League of Canada Semi-Finals, both teams came to play on this night. Both teams traded baskets in the next couple of minutes, with Braylon Rayson draining a jump shot off of a pass from Curtis Hollis to end the first quarter with a score of 20-18 for the Windsor Express.
With just over eight minutes remaining in the first half, Mosby connected on a tough layup to extend Sudbury’s lead to five, 30-25. Throughout the rest of the quarter Sudbury took firm control of the game, taking a 44-36 lead with just over one minute left to play when Mark Vital blocked a shot from Windsor’s Claiborne. After the first 48 minutes of play, the Sudbury Five held a 10 point lead, 46-36.
Shortly after Rayson drained a three ball from almost halfcourt to give Sudbury an eight-point lead, 73-65. Windsor made it closer, however, and was trailing Sudbury by a score of 76-72 heading into the fourth quarter. In two minutes the Express managed to come back and pull themselves to within 1, 90-89 when Rayson hit another three point shot to give Sudbury a 93-89 lead with just over five minutes left to play.
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