The Scranton Wilkes Barre Steamers suffered their second straight loss Sunday afternoon at the Lackawanna Center to the Dayton Air Strikers 132-127.
The Steamers took a 64-60 lead into intermission led by Kyle Robbins 8 for 8 performance in the first half. Robbins finished 8 out of 9 from the floor and 16 points overall.
The Air Strikers came out firing in the second half with the hot hand of Bo Harris who connected for 3 of 4 three pointers and Avery Smith’s break away lay ups early in the second half. Harris finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds for the game and Smith a game high 31 points and a team high 7 assists. Dayton outscored Scranton Wilkes Barre 40-27 in the 3rd period.
The Steamers made a late effort on when Vinny Simpson connected with a Tyler Bullock alley hoop dunk mid-way thru the 4th. Simpson finished with 20 points and a game high 14 assists and Bullock with 17 points. Rob Robinson continued his double double streak finishing with a team high 23 points and 11 rebounds and Darrion Griffon contributed with 17 points and 7 rebounds respectively.
The Scranton Wilkes Barre Steamers will now travel to Dayton Wednesday to take on the Air Strikers at 7:05