NBL Canada Windsor Express

Windsor Extends Central Conference Lead over London

Published on February 4, 2015 under National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
Windsor Express News Release


(WINDSOR, ON) The Express have recorded the most consecutive home wins in NBL history.

Windsor outscored London 31-17 in the second quarter and were in cruise control from there, as they scored a 114-100 victory on Wednesday night at the WFCU Centre.

Quinnel Brown led the attack with 22 points for Windsor (18-7), with Kirk Williams Jr. (21) and Ryan Anderson (20) following up.

Anderson also ripped down 11 rebounds and dished out six assists and Tony Bennett added 12 assists.

Williams Jr. has now scored 20+ points in his last two games.

London (13-10) suffocated Windsor early in the contest and took a 31-29 lead into the second, but the Express took control late in the second to hold a 60-48 advantage going into halftime.

With five minutes left in the second, London owned a 41-40 lead, before Windsor's 20-8 run to close out the half.

The Express extended their lead to 86-70 after the third to put themselves in position to set an NBL record for consecutive wins at home, at 13.

Windsor also held the previous record, set last year, at 12.

Windsor now has a four game lead in the NBL Central Conference with seven games left in the regular season.

The Lightning have nine games remaining.

It won't be long before these two teams see each other again as Windsor heads up the 401 to Budweiser Gardens tomorrow night to face the Lightning at 7:00pm.

Windsor's next home game is also against the Lightning, on Friday, February 13th at 7:00pm.

Individual, season and flex pack tickets are available at www.windsorexpress.ca.



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