M-Basketball Saturday Roundup
Windsor, 92 @ Guelph, 85 Box Score
The No. 9 Lancer men’s basketball team ended the regular season with their fifth straight win as they defeated the Guelph Gryphons 92-85 on Saturday afternoon in Guelph.
The Lancers finished the regular season second overall in the OUA West with a 16-6 record, and a bye to the OUA semi-finals next Saturday night at the St. Denis Centre.
Isaac Kuon led all scorers with 23 points, while Josh Collins contributed 21 points on impressive 60% shooting.
The Gryphon’s stormed out to a 10-0 lead early, but the Lancers were able to chip away to trail 23-22 after the first. The Gryphons saw balanced scoring from their starters, while the Lancers relied heavily on Kuon and Collins.
The second was equally close, with Guelph using an 8-1 run to take an 11 point lead halfway through the quarter. Again, Windsor chipped away, cutting the deficit to five heading into halftime.
The third quarter was all Windsor as they did most of their damage inside and at the charity stripe. With the Gryphons utilizing a guard heavy lineup, the Lancers were able to get to the line and get a number of easy looks inside. The Lancers outscored the Gryphon’s 27-18 in the quarter to take a 71-67 lead.
Windsor kept the pressure on in the fourth, extending their lead to as many as 10 points before the Gryphon’s answered with back to narrow the margin to 87-83 with four minutes remaining. The Lancers were able to keep the Gryphons at bay and secure the win.
The Lancers will now have a bye in the quarter-finals, and will await Wednesday’s results to learn their semi-final opponent. The OUA semi-finals will take place next Saturday, February 26th at 7:00pm at the St. Denis Centre.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
Waterloo, 95 @ McMaster, 94 Box Score
The Warriors men’s basketball team earned a buzzer beater victory on Saturday afternoon as they edged the McMaster Marauders 95-94 in their final game of the 2010-11 season.
With the win the Warriors moved into a three-way tie with Guelph and Brock for the sixth and final playoff spot with Guelph winning the tie-breaker with a 3-1 record in the games played between the three teams.
The first quarter was evenly matched as the lead changed hands several times before the Warriors would take a slight lead of five points, 21-16, going into the second quarter. Scott Laws (Gormley, Ont.) would continue to draw fouls for the Marauders and the home team would take a lead of just one point at halftime.
In the third, the Marauders came out flying as they scored 30 points and at one point had a twelve point lead. Matthew Wilusz (Hamilton, Ont.) was big on the boards for McMaster with 12 and Victor Raso (Hamilton, Ont.) contributed 15 points off the bench.
The Marauders built a ten point lead to start the fourth quarter and looked like they might pull away, but the Warriors stayed in it. Waterloo's Jordan Hannah (Kitchener, Ont.) had a game-high 24 points for the Warriors and would lead the charge in the final minutes of the game.
After Waterloo tied it up at 77, the Marauders would go on a 11-0 run to move ahead 88-77 with a little over three minutes to play.
With McMaster up by nine, 91-82, with two and a half minutes to go the Warriors kept cutting into the Marauder lead and would get to within four. After McMaster made a free throw to make it 94-88, Alan Goodhoofd (Oakville, Ont.) would hit a jumper, and Luke Kieswetter (Waterloo, Ont.) would grab the steal on the ensuing possession setting up a Hannah three pointer that cut the McMaster lead to just one, 94-93.
Waterloo would then foul Jordan Tew (Greensville, Ont.) who would miss both free throws with 11 seconds to go. Waterloo would grab the rebound and scramble to the other end to get a shot off. Wayne Bridge (North York, Ont.) would pick up the ball and hit a jumper with less than two seconds left on the clock to give Waterloo the 95-94 victory.
Laws scored double digits in the loss with 15 points as well as Nathan Pelech (Mississauga, Ont.) with ten.
Goodhoofd was a big factor in Waterloo's win a 22 points and 17 rebounds double-double performance.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
Laurier, 73 @ Brock, 78 Box Score
The Brock University men's basketball team (9-13 OUA West) ended the 2010-11 season with a 78-73 victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks at the Bob Davis Gymnasium.
Despite the victory, the Badgers miss the OUA playoffs for the third consecutive season since winning the CIS National Championship in 2007-08.
Brock had four players in double figures led by junior Mark Gibson (Toronto, Ont.) who recorded a season high 32 points going 9-for-19 from the field and 14-for-16 from the charity stripe. He also pulled down seven boards. Senior Mike Cruickshank (Toronto, Ont.) contributed with 14 points and six assists with senior Andrew Kraus (Markham, Ont.) and freshman Cedric Kasongo (Welland, Ont.) chipping in with 11 and 10 points respectively in the victory.
The Golden Hawks also had four players reach double digits led by Kale Harrison who registered 19 points, six rebounds and five assists. Sharif Wanas collected 18 points and seven rebounds while Jamar Forde and Maxwell Allin added 17 and 13 points respectively.
Prior to the game, the Badgers honoured graduating seniors Mike Cruickshank and Jordan Johnson (Greensville, Ont.).
Cruickshank, who joined the Badgers in 2009, finished his Brock regular season career with 475 points, 149 rebounds, 134 assists, 69 steals in 35 OUA games. At Brock, he had a career 36.3 FG% (153-for-421), 33.5 3PT% (65-for-194) and 77.0 FT% (104-for-135).
Johnson, who was part of the CIS National Championship team as rookie in 2007-08, played in 82 career OUA regular season contests adding 230 points, 200 rebounds, 67 steals and 41 assists. He finished with a career 39.2 FG% (89-for-227) and 62.0 FT% (44-for-71).
Source: Brock Sports Info
Lakehead, 59 @ Western, 73 Box Score
The Mustangs honoured their seniors with a 73-59 win over the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Saturday night at Alumni Hall.
Andy Wedemire, Brett Lawrence and Marcus Barnett were honoured as the graduating seniors for the Mustangs. Wedemire had a monster game for Western with 24 points and 15 rebounds, Lawrence had four points and one steal and Barnett had 13 points and eight rebounds.
The Mustangs finish the regular season with a 11-11 record tied for fourth place in the OUA West with McMaster. McMaster holds the tiebreaker and the Mustangs will have to head on the road for their quarter-final playoff game.
Source: Western Sports Info
