PORTLAND — The Maine Red Claws, presented by Unum, defeated the Windy City Bulls Saturday night at the Portland Expo, 115-108.

Abdel Nader led Maine and all scorers with 25 points on 9/16 shooting. Jalen Jones added a double-double, 22 points and 11 rebounds for Maine on 9/17 from the floor. Leading Windy City was Alec Brown who finished with 21 points on 9/12 shooting. Alfonzo McKinnie added 17 points of his own on 6/11 shooting.

In the 1^st Quarter Marcus Georges-Hunt scored his first two buckets to help Maine jump out to a 6-4 lead with 9:35 left in the quarter. Georges-Hunt stayed hot early after hitting a three-pointer pushing Maine to a 19-10 lead at the 7:15 mark. At the 3:22 mark Windy City tied the game at 24-24 after a three pointer from Thomas Walkup. Windy City closed the quarter on a 9-7 run to take a 33-31 lead after the 1^st quarter. Marcus Georges-Hunt led Maine with 10 points while Alec Brown led the Bulls with 9 points.

In the 2^nd quarter Maine jumped out ahead after three free throws from Abdel Nader, and a two-point layup from Jalen Jones to lead 38-34 with 10:15 left in the half. Maine continued to shoot well and so did Windy city at the 7:15 mark with the score 48-46 in favor of the Red Claws. Maine opened up its largest lead 61-50 of the night at the 4:40 mark after a three pointer from Coron Williams. Maine closed the half out leading Windy City 71-62. Jalen Jones led Maine in the first half with 17 points, while Windy City had Alec Brown and Alfonzo McKinnie score 14 points each.

In the 3^rd quarter Maine led 76-67 with 9:30 left to play after a three pointer from Marcus Georges-Hunt, followed by another three from Coron Williams pushing the score to 79-67. With 6:24 left in the quarter Windy City cut the lead down 79-76 after a three from Alec Brown. 3:00 to play in the quarter when Arthur Edwards hit a three pointer to put Maine up 87-82. Maine closed the quarter leading 93-90 heading to the 4^th.

In the 4^th quarter Windy City tied the game up quickly at 93-93 with a three pointer from Andre Dawkins. At the 9:00 mark the score was in favor of Maine 98-95 after a pair of free throws from Dallas Lauderdale. 6:00 to play and Maine led 107-101 before a timeout on the floor from Maine. With 1:31 to play in the game Windy City connected on a pair of free throws from Tim Quarterman cutting the lead down to 110-105 in Maine’s favor. Maine hung on to win 115-108 over Windy City improving to 16-9 on the season, while Windy City fell to 8-13.

Maine finished the game 42/82 (51.2%) from the floor and 17/29 (58.6%) from the line. Windy City shot 44/95 (46.3%) from the floor and 13/18 (72.2%) from the free throw line.

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