Charge Drop Season Opener to Red Claws
Published on November 23, 2012 under NBA G League (G League)
Cleveland Charge News Release
The Canton Charge dropped their season opening contest to the Maine Red Claws, 123-115, in front of 3,205 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center on Friday night. Canton will begin the season 0-1 with another home game tomorrow night, while Maine begins the year 1-0.
Canton enjoyed as much as a 17-point lead early on in the contest, but Maine kept pressing throughout the second and third quarters to climb back in the game. The Red Claws outscored the Charge 73-58 over that span, taking the lead with 18.2 seconds left in the third and never falling behind again the rest of the game.
Kevin Jones paced Canton with 26 points on 11-of-19 shooting with 14 rebounds, four steals and one block in 39 minutes. Arinze Onuaku also put up a double-double for Canton with 11 points, 11 rebounds and one block in 17 minutes. The Charge outrebounded Maine 49-42 in the game, including a team record 20 offensive boards.
Kris Joseph, fresh of his assignment from the Boston Celtics, poured in a game-high 28 points with eight rebounds, two blocks and two steals in 40 minutes. Also on assignment from Boston, Fab Melo had two points and four blocks in 20 minutes. Chris Wright put up 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting with six rebounds and a block in 31 minutes before fouling out.
After being assigned to the team just this afternoon, Antoine Agudio scored 20 points with five rebounds and one steal in 34 minutes. Kyle Gibson had 18 points and one steal in 27 minutes. Canton surpassed franchise records in free throws made in a game with 35.
The Charge are back in action again tomorrow night, November, 24th at 7:30 p.m. against the Springfield Armor at the Canton Memorial Civic Center. The matchup will be a rematch between the two teams after Canton eliminated Springfield in an opening-round series of the NBA Development League playoffs last season. Maine heads to Fort Wayne for a meeting with the Mad Ants on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
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