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Sea Bears bounce back on the road
After dropping Friday's game to the winless Brampton Honey Badgers, the Winnipeg Sea Bears bounced back on the road against the Scarborough Shooting Stars, taking Saturday's game 87-86.
Scarborough came hot out of the gates, taking an eight-point lead into halftime and never trailing to the visitors into Target Score Time. But Winnipeg made a push in the fourth quarter, chipping away at the deficit play by play.
Trailing by 12 at the start of the final frame, the Sea Bears whittled the Shooting Stars' lead down to five at Target Time.
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Winnipeg Sea Bears guard Tevian Jones led the team in points on Saturday with 24 against the Scarborough Shooting Stars. Jones also drained all five of his Target Score Time free throws, cutting the deficit to one to set up Jalen Harris' game-winning jump shot.
Newly minted Sea Bear, two-time All-CEBL and former Toronto Raptor Jalen Harris hit a fade away and driving layup, and Winnipeg-born Emmanuel Akot drained a three to cut the lead down to two.
The Shooting Stars continued to punch back, but Tevian Jones drew two fouls — one on a three-point shot — and hit all five free throws, chipping the lead down to one. Harris played hero, hitting the two-point pull-up jump shot to win the game for the visitors.
Jones led the team with 24 points, eight rebounds and four assists, while Harris impressed with 22 points, four rebounds and three assists in his debut game with the team.
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With the win, the Winnipeg improves to 2-5 on the season, splitting their games on the road.
The Bears are back in action Wednesday night as they host the Montreal Alliance at Canada Life Centre.
