In the 1^st quarter Maine started the game on an 10-0 run fueled by a pair of three pointers by Jalen Jones and Coron Williams, before Swarm head coach Noel Gillespie called a full time out. With 6:52 left in the quarter the Swarm climbed back into the game going on their own 9-0 run making the score 10-9 in favor of Maine. At 2:53 left to play in the 1^st, Maine led the Swarm by a score of 24-20. Maine closed the quarter strong, going on their second 10-point run of the game to lead 34-22.

In the 2^nd Greensboro jumped out early on an 8-0 run to close the lead down to 34-30. 6:50 left in the 2^nd quarter and the Swarm cut the lead to 38-37 after a bucket under the hoop from Perry Ellis. The Swarm were on a 15-4 run mid-way through the 2^nd meanwhile Maine hadn’t scored since the 9:06 mark. With 2:43 left in the half, Maine jumped back out to a 49-43 lead after falling behind Greensboro 40-38 after a slow offensive start. Maine finished the quarter strong offensively, and clung to a 56-53 halftime lead. Abdel Nader paved the way for the Red Claws scoring 15 first half points. Perry Ellis scored 14 points for the Swarm.

In the 3^rd quarter both teams started well shooting the three ball, and at 9:00 Maine held a 63-58 lead over the Swarm. With 7:45 left in the 3^rd, Archie Goodwin made a layup to tie the game at 64-64. With 3:00 left in the 3^rd, the Red Claws who fell behind 70-68, tied the game at 70-70 up with a layup from Arthur Edwards. Maine closed the quarter out taking a 1 point lead into the 4^th, 75-74. Through 3 quarters Nader led the Red Claws with 16 points. Archie Goodwin led the Swarm with 19 points after 3.

To start the 4^th quarter Ryan Kelly converted an and one for Maine, which pushed the lead to 78-74. At the 7:03 mark, Ryan Kelly went to the line again for the Red Claws, this time converting 2-2 and pushing Maine’s lead out to 83-80. With 3:44 left in the game, on assignment from the Boston Celtics, Demetrius Jackson went to the line for 2, connecting on only the second, leaving Maine behind Greensboro 92-91. At 1:30 the Swarm were up by 2, 96-94 before a costly traveling violation by Xavier Munford. This one came right down to the wire, but Greensboro would hold on to win 98-97.

Maine finished the game 33/79 (41.8%) from the floor and 21/28 (75.0%) from the line. Leading the way for Maine was new comer Ryan Kelly who had 20 points on 5/14 shooting, and 9/12 from the charity stripe. Abdel Nader who had 15 of his 19 points in the first half, finished 7/15 from the floor and 2/3 from the line.

Greensboro was 38/95 (40%) from the field and 17/26 (65.4%) from the line. Rasheed Sulaimon was the Swarm’s high scorer, pouring in 20 points on 8?16 shooting and 2/2 from the line. Perry Ellis came off the bench and added 19 of his own on 6/16 shooting and 6/6 from the line.

Maine will finish a back to back double header with Greensboro on Saturday, January 27, 2017 at the Portland Expo at 7:00pm. For tickets regarding this game or future games, please call 207-210-6655 or go online to www.maineredclaws.com.