The Vancouver Bandits put an finish to the Edmonton Stingers’ good file on Tuesday, outscoring the hosts 26-19 within the last quarter to publish a 93-90 Canadian Elite Basketball League victory.
Nick Ward and Koby McEwen every scored 21 factors for the Bandits, who moved right into a first-place tie with the Stingers within the five-team Western Convention, each sporting 4-1 data. Ward additionally had 10 rebounds.
James Kamik had 16 factors and 13 rebounds for the Bandits, who trailed 51-48 at halftime and 71-67 heading into the ultimate quarter.
Davion Warren led the Stingers with 23 factors, whereas Ben Krikke had 15 and Elijah Miller netted 13.
“Anyone can get beat anyone on a given day,” Ward stated when requested about dealing with undefeated Edmonton. “Tonight we fought again.”
Vancouver acquired loads of stable contributions on the night time, nevertheless, as Tazé Moore chipped in with 14 factors and eight assists.
The Stingers, winners of the 2020 and 2021 CEBL championship, misplaced two of three regular-season matchups to the Bandits final 12 months.
“We keep even keel in a win or a loss,” stated Stingers head coach Jordan Baker. “We’re nonetheless the identical group of fellows … we’re sticking collectively and ensuring we play the correct method subsequent time.”
The Bandits, who play their dwelling video games at Langley Occasions Centre — positioned 50 kilometres east of Vancouver — are 3-0 at dwelling and 1-1 on the highway this season.
THROW-INS: There are three video games CEBL video games scheduled for Wednesday. The Brampton Honey Badgers (2-2) host the Winnipeg Sea Bears (2-1), the Ottawa BlackJacks (0-3) go to the Montreal Alliance (1-3), and the Calgary Surge (0-3) host the Saskatchewan Rattlers (3-1). … The Stingers began the 2021 season with a 7-0 file. Heading into Tuesday night time’s recreation they’d the league’s fourth-best offence (91.3 factors per recreation) and second-best defence (79.3 factors in opposition to). … Introduced attendance on the EXPO Centre in Edmonton on Tuesday was 2,147.