Lions Battle The Bears 91-76

Nationally Ranked Harcum College came into Dundalk and won 91-76 extendeding the Lions losing streak to six. Despite going down early the Lions fought until the end.

The Bears started out with an emphatic dunk trying to gain momentum early but the Lions defense had other plans. 5 minutes in and the Lions were up 9-8. The Bears jumped out to a quick 18-13 lead after two made threes with 12 minutes left in the half. The Lions tied the game at 18 after Naasir Johnson grabbed an offensive rebound and made the layup. The following possession the Lions' good defense forced a shot clock violation and called a timeout with 8 minutes to go in the half. After that timeout the wheels fell off. The Lions made a single free throw to give us a score of 27-19 with five and a half minutes left. With a minute and a half to go Antonio Jenkins made both shots from the line, Lions down 38-21. With 30 seconds left Balenga Kabbassu made a layup to give us the score we would head to halftime with 44-23. The Lions were outscored 26-5 in the last 8 minutes of the half. The Bears were also 8-8 from the line in the first half. 

In the early second half two 8-0 runs would extend the Bears lead to a game high 33, 69-36 with 12:51 left in the game. The Lions were not done fighting, cutting the lead down to 22, 76-54 with 7 minutes left to play. The last 5 minutes were all Lions and hope was in the air. The Lions went on a 12-0 run and were making play after play but unfortunately it was not enough as the Lions lost 91-76. The Lions closed out the game outsourcing the Bears 21-6 and 53-47 for the entire second half but the hole they found themselves in was too big to get out of.

Naasir Johnson was the games leading scorer with 26. Balenga Kabassu had 15 points off the bench. Antonio Jenkins led the Lions with 9 rebounds.

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Our next game will be at Lackawanna on Thursday, February 2nd at 7:00PM