Charge Top Warriors

CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Charge (2-2) defeated the Santa Cruz Warriors (1-4), 116-104, in front of 3,312 at the Wolstein Center on Saturday night for Retro Cavs Night presented by Bertman Original Mustard.

Cavaliers two-way player Emoni Bates poured in a career-high 38 points on 13-of-24 from the field and 8-of-15 from three-point range with six rebounds, four assists and two steals.  Pete Nance posted a double-double of 21 points and 10 boards with three blocks and four assists.  Malik Fitts scored a personal Charge-best 15 points with five rebounds, while Zhaire Smith & Aleem Ford each added 12 points.  Cleveland led for the entire second half en route to the win over the Warriors in Santa Cruz’s first-ever visit to The Buckeye State.

The Warriors were paced by Jackson Rowe’s 23 points and two blocks off the bench.  Donovan Williams scored 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting.  Usman Garuba scored 18 points, grabbed nine rebounds and swatted two steals

The Charge hit the road for a contest at the Indiana Mad Ants on Wednesday, January 10 at 12:30 p.m. Cleveland is back home at the Wolstein Center for Braille Literacy Awareness Night while hosting the Texas Legends on Saturday, January 13 at 7:30 p.m.   CHECK OUT CHARGE TICKET DEALS & PROMOTIONS HERE!

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Rock Entertainment Group is the umbrella entity of the teams and venues that are part of Dan Gilbert’s Rock Family of Companies.  It includes the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers, the AHL Cleveland Monsters, the NBA G League Charge and Cavs Legion of the NBA 2K League; the operation of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Legion Lair Lit by TCP home of Cavs Legion in Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic Courts - the Cavaliers’ training and development center in Independence, Ohio. As the unified brand platform, Rock Entertainment Group formally links multiple sports, venues, music, and content properties together to better position them collectively for collaboration, growth and new opportunities, while relentlessly creating amazing experiences for fans, teams, partners, stakeholders and thousands of staff members across the full spectrum of properties.