New Brunswick is an international, award-winning bottled water producer. Jano Spring Water is considered some of the best in the world.
The Atlantic province of roughly 750,000 people came up all-wet again for the London Lightning.
After losing in Moncton on Sunday, London fell 109-102 to the Saint John Riptide on Monday.
A 19-point third quarter hole proved too deep for the Lightning to climb out of, although they did erase the double-digit deficit with a good push in the fourth.
The loss sets the stage for a massive back-to-back matchup on Saturday and Sunday in St. John’s against the Edge. London leads St. John’s by a half-game for first place in the NBL Canada Central Division.
The Edge have a week that resembles a stroll through a Hurricane. They actually meet the Halifax Hurricanes on their home court on Tuesday and Wednesday before the Lightning arrive.
With the latest London loss, Halifax now owns the best record in the league at 21-10. The Lightning sit at 21-11 and the Edge are at 21-12.
London shooters were pretty cold from long-range for the second straight game, going 8-of-29 in three-point attempts. Saint John was actually worse, shooting just over 20 per cent from behind the arc, but the Riptide did win the rebound battle, 48-39.
Royce White led London with 29 points, while Garrett Williamson had 19 and Ryan Anderson sank half of London’s three-point shots on his way to a 17-point night.
The bench wasn’t able to contribute much in the way of offence for the Lightning, scoring just 18 combined points of the hands of two players, Joel Friesen-Latty and Marcus Capers.
London played the game without Mo Bolden and Julian Boyd who both sat out with minor injuries.
The Riptide were led offensively by Jeremiah Mordi and Horace Wormley and won for the second time in three games.
Saint John sits third in the Atlantic Division behind Halifax and Moncton.
The Lightning now have just two games remaining on their eight-game road trip. They will return home to Budweiser Gardens on Thursday, March 15 for a 7 p.m. game against the Cape Breton Highlanders.
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