G League Grand Rapids Drive

Grand Rapids Drive Falls to Maine, 132-107

March 11, 2016 - NBA G League (G League)
Grand Rapids Drive News Release


PORTLAND, Maine - The road woes continue for the Grand Rapids Drive.

Lorenzo Brown scored a team-high 31 points but Grand Rapids lost 132-107 to the Maine Red Claws on Friday night in front of 2,717 at the Portland Expo Building.

Grand Rapids (18-23), the affiliate of the Detroit Pistons, has lost four in a row and seven of its last eight games. Maine (27-15), whose parent team is the Boston Celtics, wins its sixth-straight game.

The Drive have lost the first four games on a five-game road trip.

Henry Sims had his 16th double-double of the season for Grand Rapids. The 6-foot-10 center out of Georgetown had 18 points and 10 rebounds. He has had a double-double in five-straight games and is fourth in the league in that category.

Brown, was 13-of-22 from the field and tied his season high for points in a game with 31. He also had nine rebounds and five assists. Devin Ebanks had 18 and was followed by Ralston Turner (12) and Gary Talton (10).

Grand Rapids led by as many as nine points in the first half, but trailed 66-54 at halftime. Sims had 10 points at the break.

Maine drained 24 3-pointers and was led by Levi Randolph with 25 points.

Tim Frazier is the newest player on the Maine roster. The former Penn State standout returns to Maine, the team he played with last year when he was the D-League's Rookie of the Year and MVP. The guard played 35 games with the Portland Trail Blazers this season. He's averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds in six games with Maine. Frazier had 10 points before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter.

Grand Rapids next game is Sunday at 1 p.m. when it again plays at Maine to complete a five-game road trip. The next home game is Wednesday against Westchester for a 7 p.m. contest.

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