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Posted: Jan 27, 2024

Lightning strike in fourth quarter to defeat RDP

Lightning strike in fourth quarter to defeat RDP
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Game Leaders
STMU
Pts: Caleb Jipp - 35
Reb: Johnpaul Okodua - 12
Ast: Pelumi Ajayi - 4
RDP
Pts: Deandre Rowe - 16
Reb: Kyle Hussein Abdi - 10
Ast: Jose Mauro Barrozo Junior - 2
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Red Deer, January 27, 2024 - The St. Mary's University Lightning storm back in the fourth quarter to complete the weekend sweep of the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings.

For the majority of the first quarter, the Kings found themselves chasing the Lightning but in the dying minutes of the quarter, the Polytechnic made it a very close game. Guard Mac Manyluk (Bachelor of Business Administration) hit a three-point jumper to give his team their first lead of the game. But in the last 10 seconds, guard Caleb Jipp (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology) made a wide-open layup to put his team on top 24-23 at the end of the quarter.

In the early goings of the second, the Kings found themselves making stops on one end which generated offence on the other end of the court. This gave them a small lead which they held for the remainder of the quarter. RDP outscored the Lightning 29-23 to take a 52-47 lead into the third quarter. Jipp was once again impressive as he put up 16 points in the first half which led the Lightning while the Kings' offence was led by guard Deandre Rowe (Open Studies) who had 12 in the first two quarters.  

The Kings continued their offensive ways in the second half as they outscored the Lightning 22-18 which led to the Polytechnic taking a 74-65 lead into the final 10 minutes of the game.

In what was an intense and wild fourth quarter that saw multiple dunks and big plays, the Lightning came back and took their first lead since the early stages of the third quarter after being down by nine going into the fourth. St. Mary's held on to their late lead and walked away with a 94-94 victory.

The players of the game were awarded to Lightnings Caleb Jipp and Kings' Efe Iyamu (Open Studies). Jipp finished with a game-high 35 points while Iyamu had 15 in the loss.

The Kings will hit the road next week as they head out to Saskatchewan for two games against the Briercrest College Clippers while the Lightning will head to Olds College next Friday for a battle against the Broncos.

Players of the game: Caleb Jipp (Lightning) and Efe Iyamu (Kings)