A second-half surge wasn’t enough for the Brampton Honey Badgers as they dropped a 99-93 decision to Real Esteli in Basketball Champions League Americas play on Tuesday.
The loss dropped the Canadian Elite Basketball League champions to 0-5 in group play. The squad has already been eliminated from quarterfinal contention.
<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCLAmericas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#BCLAmericas</a> <br><br>⚡🎩 Jahvon Henry-Blair 🤝 <a href=”https://twitter.com/RugzyMontvna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@RugzyMontvna</a> ✈️🚀😱<a href=”https://twitter.com/HoneyBadgersCAN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@HoneyBadgersCAN</a> <a href=”https://t.co/qWDj9QgYWD”>pic.twitter.com/qWDj9QgYWD</a>
—@BCLAmericas
Jahvon Henry-Blair led the Honey Badgers with 24 points and Elijah Lufile chipped in 15 points and 10 rebounds.
The Honey Baders came into the third quarter trailing the visitors 58-42 and whittled the deficit to four points with 10 seconds left in the fourth.
Brampton will continue the third window of group play on Thursday, hosting Mexico’s Libertadores de Queretaro.
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