The Windsor Lancers perimeter shooting proved to be too much for the Laurentian Voyageurs as they took home a 77-65 win on Saturday night.

 

The Lancers started out strong taking the first possession of the game using it to propel them to an early 14-5 lead. The Lancers continued to press the Voyageur defense and were able to extend their lead to 14, ending the first quarter with a score of 24-10.

 

Laurentian raised their level of play to start the second quarter. On an early Lancer possession, Laurentian stole the ball and moved it down the court, leading to kick off a 14-6 run for the Voyageurs. Laurentian continued their strong play with good defense and rebounding to end the half down 37-35.

 

In the first half, Laurentian shot 13-31 (41.9%) from the field with the Lancers shooting 15-36 (41.7%) and 7-13 (53.8%) from beyond the arc.

 

Windsor opened the second half with back to back threes and an 11-0 run. After a Laurentian timeout the teams battled back and forth with Windsor outscoring the Voyageurs 22-14 in the quarter to take a 59-49 lead into the fourth quarter.

 

Windsor continued to hit three pointers and was able to extend their lead to 13 with five minutes remaining. A slam dunk by Monty Hardware with just over two minutes to play put an exclamation point on the Lancer victory over the Voyageurs by a score of 77-65.

 

Isaac Kuon had another game high 22 points, while Lien Phillip chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds for the double-double in the Lancer victory. Tychon Carter-Newman had a good game for the Voyageurs, scoring 15 points and grabbing seven rebounds. Mike Hull added 12 points and 6 rebounds.

 

The Lancers hit 13-25 (52%) from three point land while the Voyageurs shot 4-16 (25%).  

 

Windsor will open at home this coming Friday night against the Toronto Varsity Blues at 8:00pm. Prior to tip-off, the Lancers will present an athlete with a scholarship honouring former Lancer Mark Landry, who passed away earlier this year.