\nGREENSBORO, N.C. \u2013 The Greensboro Swarm (19-10), the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, fell to the Motor City Cruise (17-12), 133-118, on Saturday at Novant Health Fieldhouse.\n<\/p>\n
\nPJ Hall recorded a career-high 32 points and 13 rebounds on 12-of-18 shooting, including a 3-of-5 mark from beyond the arc, to lead Greensboro. Jaylen Sims added 22 points and seven rebounds off the bench, while Tosan Evboumwan finished with 21 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-11 shooting. The Swarm also went 18-of-20 from the free throw line.\n<\/p>\n
\nIsaac Jones led Motor City with a career-high 34 points on 15-of-22 shooting to go along with 15 rebounds and five assists. Wendell Moore Jr. and Brice Williams added 27 and 23 points, respectively, with Williams shooting 7-of-10 from the field, all from 3-point range, and Moore Jr. finishing 10-of-17.\n<\/p>\n
\nReturning to Greensboro, Drew Peterson posted 20 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists across 40 minutes.\n<\/p>\n
\nMotor City opened the game with early offense from Moore Jr., who scored seven of the team\u2019s first 15 points during a 15-9 Cruise run. The visitors pushed their lead to double digits midway through the period and carried a 32-27 advantage into the second quarter. Moore Jr. and Jones each scored 10 points in the frame, while Hall paced Greensboro with eight points on 4-of-5 shooting and three rebounds.\n<\/p>\n
\nGreensboro opened the second quarter with a 9-4 run to tie the game at 36, as Hall connected on a top-of-the-key 3-pointer and a post layup before Sims banked in a transition finish for the equalizer. The stretch sparked a back-and-forth battle, with neither team leading by more than six points the rest of the half. The Swarm closed the period on a 9-4 run to take a 63-61 lead into halftime.\n<\/p>\n
\nHall\u2019s 17 first-half points on 7-of-9 shooting and Greensboro\u2019s perfect 9-of-9 mark from the free throw line helped the Swarm hold the edge at the break, while Jones and Moore Jr. led the Cruise with 20 and 16 points, respectively.\n<\/p>\n
\nMotor City opened the second half on an 18-7 run, capped by a John Ukomadu and-one dunk, to take a nine-point lead at the first timeout. The Cruise extended the margin throughout the quarter and entered the fourth with a 103-89 advantage.\n<\/p>\n
\nGreensboro made multiple pushes in the final frame but was unable to close the gap.\n<\/p>\n
\nNext up, the Swarm host a back-to-back set against the Delaware Blue Coats on Tuesday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 11. Tickets for its opening matchup are available here<\/a>, with Wednesday\u2019s game available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREENSBORO, N.C. \u2013 The Greensboro Swarm (19-10), the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, fell to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-522474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}