BayHawks Can't Overcome Slow First Half, Fall to 87ers
January 16, 2016 - NBA G League (G League)
Erie BayHawks News Release
Erie, Pennsylvania - A late push from the BayHawks came up short this evening as Erie fell 107-113 to the Delaware 87ers.
Delaware jumped out to an early lead and didn't trail again from there. In the early going, Ty Greene knocked down two threes in the first ten minutes and set the pace for the rest of the game. Delaware had an efficient quarter on the offensive end, hitting 56% of their shots. Jordan McRae had nine points in the quarter for the Sevens.
After falling behind by 20 in the opening minutes of the second, Erie closed the gap to eight midway through the quarter. Delaware answered with a 6-0 run to close the half capped by a Russ Smith jumper as time expired. Erie shot only 39% with 12 turnovers in the half compared to Delaware's 55% and six turnovers.
The third quarter held even play with both teams scoring 24 points. Delaware's hot shooting fell to 36% while Erie improved to 52%. Devyn Marble started to heat up at the end of third, hitting two three-pointers.
The BayHawks made a late push in the final minutes behind 15 points from Keith Appling in the quarter but it came too little, too late. Appling had an And-1 31 seconds to pull the score to 103-108 but Jordan McRae answered with an And-1 of his own to seal the game.
McRae had a team-high 25 points to go with five assists, and six rebounds. Christian Wood tallied a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. In his second game with the 87ers, Smith had 24 points on eight of 17 shooting.
Appling had a game-high 30 points with nine assists. Marble posted 23 points and four assists. Melvin Ejim nearly posted a double-double with 10 points and nine assists.
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