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Mad Ants record largest comeback victory in NBA G League history against Canton<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(February 1, 2020) – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants defeated the Canton Charge, 124-118, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Saturday night. The Mad Ants erased a 35-point second-half lead, which set a new NBA G League record for the largest deficit overcome by a team in a victory. <\/p>\n

Canton (20-11) led Fort Wayne, 79-44, with 10:53 remaining in the third quarter before Fort Wayne began the comeback effort to rewrite the G League history books.
\nThe Mad Ants (14-15) used a 42-point third quarter to cut the Charge lead to 17 heading into the final quarter. <\/p>\n

Heading into the final 12-minute frame, Daxter Miles Jr. scored only eight points on 2-of-7 shooting. To complete the comeback, Miles Jr. ended the night with a game-high 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting and a 3-of-5 clip from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne outscored Canton 82-46 in the second half, good for the third most points scored in a half in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Walt Lemon Jr. ended the historic night with 28 points, moving him into third all-time in scoring in franchise history behind Stephan Hicks and Ron Howard.<\/p>\n

Alize Johnson, who was assigned by Indiana Pacers to Fort Wayne this morning, tallied his eighth double-double performance with the Mad Ants this season. Johnson ended with 19 points and 19 rebounds in 35 minutes of action.<\/p>\n

For Canton, Tyler Cook led all Charge scorers with 28 points. Sheldon Mac came off the bench to finish with 27 points on 13-of-16 shooting.<\/p>\n

The Mad Ants raised $1,530 on Saturday night in a jersey auction with proceeds benefitting Special Olympics of Northeast Indiana.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne returns to action for a Money Monday, presented by 3Rivers Federal Credit Union, to host Raptors 905 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Canton will head to Maine on Thursday night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Download: Scorer’s book for this game<\/a><\/p>\n

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