M-Basketball Wednesday Roundup
Waterloo, 86 @ Brock, 75 Box Score
The Warriors were given a big boost on Wednesday evening with the return of Cam McIntyre from injury as Waterloo defeated the Brock Badgers 86-75 in St. Catharines.
With the win, the Warriors move one game closer to the .500 mark (6-7) while the Badgers fell to the identical record. Waterloo and Brock sit tied for fifth in the OUA west, with the Warriors holding the tie-breaker, sweeping the season series 2-0.
The game was tied 44-44 at the half. In the third quarter, with the score tied 54-54, the Warriors went on a 14-1 run over a five minute span leading by as many as 13 points, 68-55, their largest lead of the game. The black and gold would not look back en route to their sixth win of the season and second win of 2011.
McIntyre led all scorers with a game high 23 points which included going 4-for-7 from beyond the arc. He also recorded a season high seven assists. Alan Goodhoofd was one rebound shy of a double-double adding 21 points and nine boards. Brendan Smith chipped in with 14 points going 7-for-9 from the floor. Luke Kieswetter added seven points while tying his season high with eight assists and seven rebounds in the victory
For the Badgers, Mike Cruickshank (Toronto, Ont.) recorded 20 points and five assists. Freshman Cedric Kasongo (Welland, Ont.) was the other Brock player in double figures adding 14 points in the loss.
For the game, Waterloo shot 50.0% going 31-for-62. The Badgers were held to just 33.3% (25-for-75) from the field, their second lowest total of the season. The Warriors also outrebounded Brock by a 44-35 margin.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
Western, 72 @ Windsor, 77 Box Score
The Windsor Lancers Men's Basketball team earned their eleventh victory of the season with a 77-72 win over the Western Mustangs on Wednesday night.
The Lancers got 28 points from Isaac Kuon and 14 points from Lien Phillip in front of a capacity crowd of 1,878 at the St. Denis Centre.
With the victory, Windsor moves to 11-2 in regular season play and remain in first place in the OUA West Division standings.
On Wednesday, it was the visiting Mustangs that got off to the hot start as they built an earl 10-point lead and led 21-13 after one quarter of play.
The Lancers kicked it into gear in the second quarter as they started to use their size inside to cut into the lead. The home team outscored Western 17-10 in the frame to trail only 31-30 at the break.
The second half began with a flurry as Isaac Kuon established his presence at the offensive end. The fifth year senior scored 14 straight points for the Lancers as they took a 50-46 lead.
Windsor continued to hold onto their lead throughout the fourth quarter and extended it to ten points, 66-56 with three minutes remaining.
The Mustangs tried to mount a late charge but it was not enough as the Lancers earned the 77-72 victory.
In the win, Isaac Kuon led all scorers with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals. Lien Phillip finished with 14 points and 9 rebounds. Josh Collins chipped in with 7 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Guelph, 75 @ Laurier, 87 Box Score
Coming off a heartbreaking loss that saw Laurier concede two points to their OUA West rivals, the Lakehead Thunderwolves, Laurier kept pace in the standings thanks to a huge night from Kale Harrison (Stratford, Ont.) who with 38 points, was just one point shy of his career high in an 87-75 victory over the Guelph Gryphons. With the playoffs in the not-too-distant future, Laurier pulled even with Lakehead with 18 points, with Lakehead holding a game in hand on the Golden Hawks.
The first quarter saw Laurier dominate the Gyrphons, only allowing Guelph to score five points, while tallying 22 themselves. Harrison actually outscored the entire Guelph team in the first quarter, scoring 11 of his points in the frame. However, the second quarter saw Guelph pull themselves back into the game thanks to a 21-11 advantage that allowed Guelph to pull back within seven points going into the locker room. The third was a closely fought quarter, which ended with Laurier padding its lead with four points in 14 seconds courtesy of Maxwell Allin (Chatham, Ont.). Harrison led the Golden Hawks in the final quarter, scoring 15 of Laurier's 27 points to carry the Golden Hawks to the victory.
Laurier held an advantage over Guelph in almost every important statistical category: Laurier shot 45% to Guelph's 37%, they out-rebounded the Gryphons 47-30, and also tallied six blocks to Guelph's 0.
In addition to scoring a game-high 38 points, Kale Harrison also had nine rebounds and was 11 for 12 from the free throw line. Matthew Buckley (Waterloo, Ont.) was a force down low for the Golden Hawks, scoring 12 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Maxwell Allin had a solid overall game for Laurier scoring 10 points with nine rebounds and five assists.
Guelph was led by Dan McCarthy (Guelph, Ont.) who scored 24 points and also had eight rebounds.
Source: Laurier Sports Info
