Winless weekend
Storm loses to Halifax, KitchenerWaterloo
The Halifax Hurricanes broke open a close game with a big third quarter to defeat the Island Storm 117-94 Saturday in National Basketball League of Canada action.
The Hurricanes led 28-25 after the first quarter and 55-49 at the half, but outscored the host squad 37-21 to take a commanding 92-70 lead to the fourth at the Eastlink Centre.
Mike Poole scored a teamhigh 19 points off the bench as seven Hurricanes scored double digits.
Antoine Mason had 18 points, Billy White 17 C.J. Washington 13 and point guard Clifford Clinkscales 12 and 10 assists.
Franklin Session had 21 points to pace the Storm while Chris Anderson and Chris Johnson each scored 13.
The Storm dropped its third straight game Sunday with a 111-98 loss to the KitchenerWaterloo Titans, who occupy the league basement.
The Titans held quarter leads of 27-21, 52-50 and 81-74.
Kevin Rogers and Tramar Sutherland led the visitors, scoring 24 and 23 points, respectively. Darren Duncan had 11 points and 16 assists while Derek Hall had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Session led the Storm with 25 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block. Anderson had 21 points and 10 rebounds while Maxwell had 11 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, two steals and two blocks. Johnson scored 14 to go with eight dimes and six boards.
The Titans improved to 4-17 while the Storm is 10-14, including 2-8 in its past 10 games.
The Storm hits the road for Ontario this week with games at London on Thursday and Windsor on Friday.