Royals Prevail on the Road

Royal's Cortez Johnson making a layup in the Douglas Home Court.

Douglas Royals 97
Langara Falcons 92

It was the highest scoring game of Week 1 with the Royals outscoring the hometown Falcons 26-18 in the final quarter to pick up the road win. They shot 45% from the field as Corez Johnson exploded for 33 points and had seven rebounds. Jeevan Sidhu in his Royals debut dropped 20 points and snagged nine rebounds. As a team the Royals had balanced scoring with seven players hitting the score sheet.

The Falcons let one slip away as they had trouble containing the Royals in the final frame. All-in-all they shot 37% from the field with nine players contributing. Moeiz Athaya in his PACWEST return scored a team high 27 points and Nicholas LaFontaine came off the bench to add 15 to give them a spark.