Box Score The Windsor Lancers Men's Basketball team suffered another heartbreaking loss on Friday night as they were defeated 89-87 in overtime by the Lakehead Thunderwolves at the St. Denis Centre.

With the loss, the Lancers move to 10-5 in conference play and remain in second place in the OUA West Division. They now sit a game ahead of McMaster and two games ahead of Waterloo and Western in the standings.

On Friday night, Lakehead jumped out to the early lead thanks to some solid outside shooting from their perimeter players. The Thunderwolves outscored the Lancers 24-18 in the quarter.

Windsor would bounce back in the second as Lien Phillip and Isaac Kuon combined to help their team outscore Lakehead 24-14 in the quarter for a 42-38 halftime lead.  

The Thunderwolves responded in the second half with some inspired play as senior guard Jamie Searle was dialed in from long range, helping his team re-take the lead at 60-58.

The visitors extended their lead to 79-71 late in the fourth quarter before a furious Lancer comeback brought the crowd to their feet.

The Lancers got five points from Isaac Kuon and a then a late three pointer from Andre Smyth with only seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.

In the extra frame, Lakehead's Searle reeled off a trio of three-pointers from long range to help his team hold on for the 89-87 overtime victory.

In the loss, Isaac Kuon finished with 25 points and 5 rebounds while Nigel Johnson-Tygther added 13 points and 8 rebounds.

Lakehead's Jamie Searle led all scorers with 29 points.

The Lancers and Thunderwolves will be back in action on Saturday night for game two of their weekend doublehead. Tip-off is set for 8pm.

Saturday night's game will also be part of Breast Cancer Awareness weekend as the Department of Athletics will be selling special pink Lancer t-shirts with proceeds going to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.