Zion Tordoff had a season-high 14 points on 6-for-13 shooting and seven rebounds, but Lancashire dropped the second game of the double-header weekend 96-73 at Reading on Sunday.
Jack Hudson added 13 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for a depleted Lancashire team, who was without its leading rebounder David Ulph and veteran Mike Bernard.
Connor Murtagh and David Walsh combined for 21 points and nine boards but the Spinners were under 40 percent shooting for a second-straight contest.
Lancashire (4-10, 3-6 National League 1) trailed 52-35 at halftime, but sliced a double-digit deficit to six points with six minutes remaining.
The Rockets (6-5, 4-3), led by American Chris Hooper’s 29 points and 18 rebounds, responded and outscored their visitors 20-4 to close out the fourth quarter.
Craig Ponder had 20 points for Reading, who shot 60 percent from the floor and scored more than half of its points inside the paint.
Lancashire had 19 points off 17 Reading turnovers and 16 second chance points, but never led.
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