‘Extremely frustrating’: Commons

“They (Orangeville) played a great fourth quarter.”

The A’s outscored the Lions 3022 over the final 12 minutes.

Chris Commons led the River Lions and the floor with 23 points and 11 rebounds.

Commons summed up the Lions latest loss in two words: “Extremely frustrating.”

“I give hats off to KitchenerWaterloo and Orangeville. They fought through bad traffic (tonight) Kitchener fought through lack of bench (Tuesday) and they came on our home court and they came away with victories. They stole wins.

“This is the first time in my professional career that I really don’t know what to say,” Commons added.

Things don’t get any easier for the (7-15) River Lions as they visit first place London on Saturday, then travel to Kitchener-Waterloo on Sunday before hosting Orangeville again next Tuesday night. Tip-off at Meridian Centre is 7 p.m. again from beyond the arc shooing 4-of-20 from three-point land … River Lions starting pointguard Sammy Zeglinski left the game just over five minutes into the first quarter with an ankle injury … Reigning NBL Canada MVP Logan Stutz is making progress from his shoulder injury and could return the Lions lineup shortly … The River Lions wore purple jerseys in support of Women’s Place of South Niagara, on International Women’s Day. The jerseys were raffled off during the game.