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Charge Blow Past Mad Ants

February 10, 2012 - NBA G League (G League)
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The Canton Charge used a huge fourth quarter to propel them to a 106-85 victory over the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in front of 2,575 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center on Friday night. The win improved Canton to 14-16 this season while Fort Wayne dropped to 10-20.

After a closely contested game for the first 36 minutes, the Charge caught fire in the fourth period by outscoring the Mad Ants 35-18. Canton was 11-of-17 from the field for 65%, including 6-of-9 from three-point line after going 28-of-62 for 45% and 2-of-10 respectively through the initial three quarters. Antoine Agudio tied a season-high for points in a quarter with 14 on 4-of-5 from beyond the arc in the final quarter. Antonio Graves was a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor for 13 points down the stretch to help Canton run away with the win.

The Charge cleaned the glass all game long by outrebounding the Mad Ants, 51-25, a season-low for an opponent. Frank Hassell led the effort with 16 boards of his own along with 12 points in 31 minutes for his seventh double-double of the season. The 21-point win for Canton tied a season-high for their largest margin of victory after they topped Fort Wayne by the same amount on January 2nd.

Graves finished with a season-high 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting in 33 minutes to pace Canton. Agudio scored 15 points and improved his season average to 53% on 52-of-99 shooting from beyond the three-point line, good for the best percentage in the entire D-League.

Fort Wayne's Darnell Lazare had 19 points, five rebounds and four assists in 39 minutes. Lazare had 18 through three quarters before he was clamped down on by the Canton defense. He was named to the All-Star squad this week and came into the game ninth in the D-League in scoring. Ron Howard led the Mad Ants in scoring with 21 points in 39 minutes.

Manny Harris poured in 16 with seven rebounds in 28 minutes for his 11th straight game with double-digit scoring. Tyrell Biggs supplied 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting and nine rebounds in 33 minutes. Canton was 20-of-23 from the foul line for 87% on the night. The season series is now in favor of the Charge at 3-2, with the home team winning all five matchups. Fort Wayne will come to the Civic Center twice in March to wrap up the season series.

Canton will hit the road tomorrow to finish their weekend back-to-back set when they travel to Sioux Falls to take on the Skyforce at 8:00 p.m.

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