Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers 120 – Lake Michigan Admirals 106

Benton Harbor, MI – The Scranton Wilkes-Barre Steamers(1-2) took advantage
of multiple Lake Michigan Admirals (0-1) turnovers to gain their PBL victory
with a final score of 120-106 at Farnum Gymnasium at Benton Harbor.

Lake Michigan led most of the first half, up by eight late in the second
quarter before the Steamers started a run, cutting the score to 56-55 going
into halftime.

The Admirals’ Rodney Alexander kept Scranton’s leading scorer Chris Commons,
to just eight points in the first half with strong defense.

Soon after the start of the third quarter Scranton went on a 20-5 run,
taking advantage of six Admirals turnovers. Commons broke loose with 23
points in the second half and Tyler Bullock hit 3 three-pointers that put
the Steamers up for good.

Alexander led the Admirals with 26 points followed by Florentino Valencia with 21
and Romain Martin with 19 points. Lake Michigan out-rebounded Scranton
40-36 but the Steamers had just 10 turnovers to the Admirals 24.

Lake Michigan travels to Rochester on January 22nd to face last year’s PBL
Champions, the Rochester RazorSharks.

For more information visit www.LakeMichiganAdmirals.com