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Mustangs Season Ends With Loss To Windsor
Story by Mustangs Athletics
WINDSOR, Ont. – With a 79-64 win Saturday, the Windsor Lancers dashed the playoff hopes of the Western Mustangs men’s basketball team, who were eliminated from postseason contention with the loss.
BOX SCORE
The Lancers built up an 11-point lead at halftime and never looked back en route to the win, which improved their record to 15-7 on the season – good for fourth place in the OUA West.
Lien Phillip led the Windsor men with a double-double – 18 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Enrico Di Loreto had 16 points and four rebounds, while Rotimi Osuntola Jr. had 13 points, six rebounds and four steals.
Peter Scholtes led the Mustangs with 20 points on 9-of-19 shooting, while Ryan Barbeau had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Quinn Henderson also finished in double figures, scoring 10 points to go along with six rebounds.
The Lancers shot 45.6% overall on Saturday compared to a 43.3% mark by the Mustangs, who struggled once again from three-point range (6-for-22). Windsor outrebounded Western 41-33 on the day, and the Lancer capitalized on 12 steals (and 22 total Mustang turnovers).
BOX SCORE
The Lancers built up an 11-point lead at halftime and never looked back en route to the win, which improved their record to 15-7 on the season – good for fourth place in the OUA West.
Lien Phillip led the Windsor men with a double-double – 18 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Enrico Di Loreto had 16 points and four rebounds, while Rotimi Osuntola Jr. had 13 points, six rebounds and four steals.
Peter Scholtes led the Mustangs with 20 points on 9-of-19 shooting, while Ryan Barbeau had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Quinn Henderson also finished in double figures, scoring 10 points to go along with six rebounds.
The Lancers shot 45.6% overall on Saturday compared to a 43.3% mark by the Mustangs, who struggled once again from three-point range (6-for-22). Windsor outrebounded Western 41-33 on the day, and the Lancer capitalized on 12 steals (and 22 total Mustang turnovers).
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Pictures From Senior Night (Wed Feb. 15th)
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| Mike Olexiuk, Garrett Olexiuk, Brad Campbell |
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| Jim Barbeau, Elaine Deluzio Ryan Barbeau, Brad Campbell |
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| Seniors Garrett Olexiuk & Ryan Barbeau |
Article in Today's London Free Press
Path to playoffs an unlikely one
UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Western Mustangs men's basketball team is hanging on by its fingernails.
It couldn't be any clearer what they need to survive.
The Mustangs need to beat the Lancers in Windsor on Saturday. At the same time, they have to hope the Brock Badgers lose their final game and the Guelph Gryphons lose their final two.
It's the only way they'll make the Ontario university playoffs after a 90-79 loss to the McMaster Marauders on Wednesday night at Alumni Hall.
As Mustangs coach Brad Campbell was walking to talk to his team, he kicked out the plug that ran the air compressor keeping the giant inflatable M pumped up. It started to deflate quickly.
It's how the Mustangs felt.
"We have no more options. We have to win Saturday and hope for a lot of help," Campbell said.
It was a night when the Mustang youth really showed. They made a lot of mental mistakes and the Marauders took advantage of them.
"We didn't shoot well from outside and gave them too many easy baskets," Campbell said.
The Mustangs are 8-13 after the loss and play the 13-7 Lancers. Guelph could well lose both games heading to Thunder Bay to play the first-place Lakehead Thunderwolves. But 9-12 Brock plays 5-15 Waterloo.
A lot of cards are going to have to come up right for the Mustangs to extend their season.
The Mustangs scratched and clawed to the end against the Marauders. But their defence failed them, especially in the second half, when they gave up too many easy shots and layups against a much better team. The Marauders are 16-5.
The Mustangs only hit on 4-of-18 from three-point range and were outrebounded 53-40 by the Marauders.
Cam Michaud led the Marauders with 23, while Aaron Redpath had 18.
Ryan Barbeau, playing his last game at home as a Mustang, had a game-high 34 points. Peter Scholtes added 13.
Barbeau was his usual competitive self, playing virtually 40 minutes. Usually a senior is pulled so that he can leave to the applause of the crowd, but Barbeau played to the end. No doubt the Mustangs hope he could throw up a trio of lightning bolts to make the game a little closer.
"For four years, I've seen guys leave. Now it's me," Barbeau said. "It feels really weird."
It's been a tough season for the Mustangs. Youth and injuries have made it tough to find any consistency.
Aside from a win against Windsor, the one thing Campbell would like to see Saturday is continual growth.
"Our last game, I want to see a little more progression," he said. "I want to see a little more of the details of the game plan getting executed. To take us in the right direction for next season.
"Just do those little detail things we talk about day in and day out to make us better."
The Mustangs only graduated Barbeau as a regular player.
They had eight first-year players on the roster.
Despite Barbeau's 34 points, Western drops 90-79 decision
By Mustangs Athletics
The Western Mustangs nearly pulled off an upset that would have sent ripple effects through the OUA playoff outlook, but could not quite get over the hump in a 90-79 loss to the visiting Marauders of McMaster University. On Senior Night, Ryan Barbeau led all scorers with 34 points.
After playing to a 19-19 tie to end the first period, the Mustangs slow began to build a lead early in the second period until a late-period run put the Marauders up by seven. With 17 ticks remaining on the clock, McMaster’s Adam Presutti nailed a 3-pointer but Barbeau answered right back seconds before the buzzer with a trey of his own. At the half, the Mustangs faced only a 44-40 deficit.
After trailing by as many as 12 points in the third period, the Mustangs fought back to within four points thanks to a Charlie Drouin layup and a subsequent 3-pointer from Barbeau pulled them to within points of the lead. However, a string of Western missed foul shots and turnovers through the remainder of the game saw McMaster’s lead swell to as much as 15 in the waning minutes of the game.
Western’s Quinn Henderson provided 10 points and eight rebounds, while teammate Peter Scholtes dropped in 13 points of his own. Despite shooting nearly 50-percent in both halves, the Mustangs were cold from beyond the arc, hitting only four of 18 attempts.
The University of Western Ontario will be in action again on February 18th when it travels to Windsor for a 4:00pm tipoff.
The Western Mustangs nearly pulled off an upset that would have sent ripple effects through the OUA playoff outlook, but could not quite get over the hump in a 90-79 loss to the visiting Marauders of McMaster University. On Senior Night, Ryan Barbeau led all scorers with 34 points.
After playing to a 19-19 tie to end the first period, the Mustangs slow began to build a lead early in the second period until a late-period run put the Marauders up by seven. With 17 ticks remaining on the clock, McMaster’s Adam Presutti nailed a 3-pointer but Barbeau answered right back seconds before the buzzer with a trey of his own. At the half, the Mustangs faced only a 44-40 deficit.
After trailing by as many as 12 points in the third period, the Mustangs fought back to within four points thanks to a Charlie Drouin layup and a subsequent 3-pointer from Barbeau pulled them to within points of the lead. However, a string of Western missed foul shots and turnovers through the remainder of the game saw McMaster’s lead swell to as much as 15 in the waning minutes of the game.
Western’s Quinn Henderson provided 10 points and eight rebounds, while teammate Peter Scholtes dropped in 13 points of his own. Despite shooting nearly 50-percent in both halves, the Mustangs were cold from beyond the arc, hitting only four of 18 attempts.
The University of Western Ontario will be in action again on February 18th when it travels to Windsor for a 4:00pm tipoff.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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