St. John's Edge lose a wild one to the Halifax Hurricanes

St. John's couldn't hold their ground on home court as the Halifax Hurricanes squeezed out a winatMile One Centre winning the first of a two-game series.

The Edge's Alex Johnsonmade a clutch steal with 22 second left in the game to give St. John's possessionand thendropped a three pointer to tie the game in the dying seconds, but it wasn't enough.

Rhamel Brown made a layup with just over four seconds remainingbut was fouled on the play and went to the line scoring a free throw to extend the Halifax lead to three points.

The home teamfought hard and battled back after being down by 19 points after the third quarter but couldn't catch up as they werebested 116 - 114 by the best team in the NBL Canada's Atlantic Division.

Alex Johnson put up 30points and the Edgegot 17points fromRyan Reid whileHalifax was lead by 31points from Billy White.

Carl English didn't step on the courtas he was given the night off after putting up 58 points in Saturday night's game.

The loss drops St. John's record to 20-12, keeping them in second place in the Central Division behind the London Lightning.

The two teams play again Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. NST at Mile One Centre in St. John's.