Windsor, ON – The Lancer men's basketball team earned an 85-71 victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues in the first round of the OUA playoffs on Wednesday night at the St. Denis Centre.
 
With the win, the No.5 ranked Lancers advance to the OUA quarter-finals on Saturday against the No.4 ranked McMaster Marauders in Hamilton. Game time is scheduled for 3:00pm and can be seen live on oua.tv.
 
The Lancers were led once again by Rotimi Osuntola Jr. who came off the bench with a game high 22 points and 18 rebounds. Fifth year guard Evan Matthews contributed 15 points and 7 rebounds in the victory, while Khalid Abdel-Gabar had 12 points and 6 rebounds.
 
Toronto had four players in double digits including Devin Johnson who had a team high 18 points. Julian Clarke contributed 16 points in the effort, while Manny Sahota had 15 and Denis Ankrah had 10 points.
 
The Varsity Blues opened the game strong and led the Blue & Gold 17-15 after the first quarter of play. Windsor rebounded in the second but the twelfth seeded Blues held tight and the Lancers only led by four, 35-31, at the half.
 
In the second half Windsor extended their lead to ten heading into the fourth quarter en route to the victory.