SANTA CRUZ >> Damian Jones dazzled with a half dozen dunks, but the Santa Cruz Warriors’ bid to make the G League playoffs took a hit in their 111-101 loss to Oklahoma City in front of the 50th straight sellout crowd of 2,476 fans at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.

Jones, a 7-foot center on assignment from Golden State, scored a team-high 27 points, two shy of the career-high total he posted Nov. 19 against Iowa. The league leader in shooting percent, Jones finished 12 of 14 from the field. In addition to his slams, he also had several putbacks. For good measure, he added 12 rebounds and three assists.

It was Jones’ 12th double-double of the season.

“We had a good first half,” he said, “We didn’t come out with the same exact energy in the second half.”

The Warriors’ successful interior game was no match for guard Bryce Alford and the Blue’s sharpshooting perimeter attack. Alford, a former standout at UCLA, made 7 of 13 shots from beyond the arc and finished with a team-high 21 points.

“He can do that,” first-year Warriors coach Aaron Miles said. “And they did a good job finding him.”

The teams were tied 94-all with 5:45 left in the fourth quarter, but Alford made two 3s to help give the Blue the push they needed.

The Blue shot 50 percent from the field (41 of 82) and 46 percent on 3-pointers, draining 15 of 32 attempts. Such success helped them rally from an eight-point deficit in the third quarter and turn it into a 10-point lead in the fourth.

All five Blue starters finished with double digits in scoring. Two-way guard Daniel Hamilton scored 17 for the Blue (22-20), who remain in second place in the Midwest Conference. Center Mike Cobbins added 16 points, forward Justin Leon added 14 points and 10 rebounds and forward Rashawn Thomas added 12 points.

The Blue won two of their three meetings against Santa Cruz this season.

Santa Cruz (20-21) has eight games remaining in the regular season, including Sunday against visiting Memphis at 6 p.m. Golden State will assign 6-foot-9 forward Jordan Bell to Santa Cruz for the game as well as two-way guard Quinn Cook. It’ll be Bell’s debut at KP Arena.

The Warriors remain in third place in the Pacific Division, 5.5 games behind leading South Bay, They entered with the eighth-best record in the Western Conference. They’re trying to crack the top six by season’s end to qualify for postseason play.

Guard Jeremy Pargo, a 31-yeard-old playing in his third game with Santa Cruz since being acquired off waivers, notched a double-double. He posted 17 points with three 3-points and a team season-high 15 assists.

Two-way forward Chris Boucher, coming off his finest outing of the season Wednesday, when the Warriors scored a season-high 141 points in their win over visiting Northern Arizona, finished with nine points and 11 rebounds.

Damion Lee scored 14 points in 25 minute off the bench and reserve CJ Wilcox added 10 points in 18 minutes.

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