Box Score The No. 9 Lancer men's basketball team edged the No. 6 Toronto Varsity Blues 61-60 for their fifth win of the season, Friday night at the U of T Athletic Centre in Toronto.
In a barn-burner between nationally-ranked opponents, senior forward Nigel Johnson-Tyghter grabbed one of his four offensive rebounds and emphatically dunked it with under two minutes left to give the Lancers a slight two-point lead. He then hit two critical free throws moments later, restoring the visitors' lead once again, 59-57.
After Windsor hit another two free throws to extend their margin to 61-57, Toronto guard Rob Paris who missed a three-pointer moments earlier that would have put the Blues up one , knocked down three of his 14 points with 0.79 seconds on the clock to pull his team to within one.
On the ensuing play, Toronto fouled guard Enrico Diloreto who missed the first attempt, then intentionally missed the second with only 0.7 remaining in the game and time would expire as Paris heaved one last attempt from underneath his own basket.
Both teams struggled from the floor as the Varsity Blues shot a poor 26.7%. The Lancers didn't fare much better, shooting 34.9% on 22-63 over the course of the game, yet knocked down the shots that mattered during the key fourth-quarter run.
Johnson-Tyghter had a team-high 15 points as well as six rebounds. Windsor's fourth-year players Isaac Kuon and Monty Hardware knocked down 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Toronto's Nick Magalas led all players with 19 points.
Windsor hits the court again today as they take on the Ryerson Rams on Saturday night at 8:00pm.
