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The London Lightning stumbled in the second quarter but managed to grind out their seventh straight win, beating the Hurricanes 112-101 Tuesday night in National Basketball League of Canada action at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Mareik Isom led the charge with 24 points and nine rebounds as the Bolts rode a strong defensive effort in the second half to improve to 8-1 in the first stop in their two-game East Coast road swing.

Xavier Moon and AJ Gaines Jr. had 21 and 18 points with eight and nine rebounds, mostly in the second half.

The Lightning outscored the Hurricanes 23-16 in the third quarter for a 78-72 lead and the Bolts pulled away to a 10-point advantage midway through the fourth quarter.

“I challenged the guys to turn up the intensity and the pressure defensively,” Lightning coach Doug Plumb said. “Our goal was to wear them down in the third quarter and not leave it to be a tight game going into the fourth, because you never know what can happen on the road.