LONDON, Ont. – For the second time in eight days, the Western Mustangs’ men’s basketball team was beaten 89-73 by the Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday – this time on the road at the Wilfrid Laurier Athletic Complex.
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The No. 6 CIS-ranked Hawks were too much for the Mustangs once again on Saturday, and the home side jumped out to an early 27-12 lead after one quarter of play. Leading 42-26 coming out of the half, Laurier then pushed its lead to 25 points, 71-46, after three quarters to put the game out of reach.
To its credit, Western fought hard in the fourth and outscored the home side 27-18 in the final period, closing the gap to as few as 11 with 2:29 remaining. But it was too late for the Mustangs, who fell to 5-12 with the loss. Laurier, meanwhile, improved to 14-2 on the year, which puts them in top spot in the OUA West.
Patrick Donnelly and Kale Harrison dominated the beginning of the game, scoring 14 and 10 points, respectively, in the first quarter to give the Hawks an early 15-point advantage.
Maxwell Allin finished as the top scorer for the Hawks, netting 23 on 8-of-16 shooting (including a game-high five three-pointers). The third-year guard nearly had a triple-double, adding nine rebounds and nine assists on the afternoon. Donnelly ended up with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting while posting a game-high 14 rebounds for a double-double.
The Mustangs were once again led by the one-two scoring punch of Ryan Barbeau and Peter Scholtes, who tallied 28 and 22 points, respectively, during Saturday’s loss.
The Mustangs (5-12) will return to action this Wednesday night, Feb. 1, when they will travel to Guelph to take on the Gryphons (8-7) at 8:00 p.m. That game will be available via Live Stream at: http://www.ssncanada.ca/game/2789/
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