The Savannah Storm(9-3) have lost three games this year all defeats by the Jacksonville Giants. The Giants defeated the Storm Saturday 164-128 at Savannah High School.
The first quarter was nip and tuck with the Giants holding a one point edge(34-33) at the close of the quarter. The second quarter saw Jacksonville score 26 points before Savannah scored a point-the Storm played hard but could not recover from the defecit.
Leading scorer for the Storm was Josh Walker with 31 points. Leon Fraiser Jr. added 28 points. Xavier Blain-Cruz scored 17 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and had a game high 7 assists.
Seven foot center, Jermaine Bell, led Jacksonville with 34 points, had 7 blocked shots, and collected 15 rebounds. Nick Wallery scored 27 points and tied Bell with game high rebounds with 15. Antonio Lawrence scored 22 points and Anthony Lumpkins scored 21 points.
Savannah Head Coach, Patricia Huisinga, stated, "We knew we were in for a battle against the undefeated Giants and we were excited to face them at home. Unfortunately, we lost our big guy, Sherard Reddick to injury and were without another post player, Bernard Dixon, but we never backed down. Lacking matching size, we threw a small, fast line up against them and outrun them. We did a good job fighting back in the third quarter, but couldn't quite close in on them in the end. The final score definitely does not depict the effort and the heart that the Storm displayed. I'm proud of how my team faced adversity tonight and I'm happy with their unrelenting effort. We'll take the knowledge of what we learned and use it to improve each and every game, starting tomorrow".
Before leaving the gym, I met with Jacksonville Giants Head Coach, Kevin Waters. Coach Waters praised the Storm, stating "the Storm is a great team, they showed lots of energy, and they provided good competition."
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