The Windsor Lancers men's basketball team welcomed the No. 7 Ryerson Rams to the St. Denis Centre Friday night. The game started with a sluggish pace and defensive feel and Windsor was never able to string together good possessions and eventually found themselves on the wrong end of an 81-68 final score.
 
The Lancers are now 1-1 heading into tomorrow afternoon's contest against the Toronto Varsity Blues, while the Rams improve to 2-0.
 
GAME STATS
Windsor was led by third year guard Lucas Orlita with 13 points, which included three triples. Marcus Jones also hit double digits with 11 points and Chris Poloniato put up ten. Fifth eyar senior Mike Rocca led the game defensively with 14 rebounds, including 4 offensive rebounds, and 10 defensive.
 
Ryerson's Myles Charvis led all scorers with 24 points, and had five players hit double digits in scoring, including Jen-Voctor Mukama with 13 and Filip Vujadinovic with 12.
 
GAME FLOW
Both the Rams and the Lancers both came out of the gates a little sloppy, with missed shots and missed opportunities being a common occurrence.  As the first half progressed, Ryerson was slowly able to establish some command on the floor.  The Rams defence held the Lancers to 31 per cent shooting and turned the ball over 10 times. The Lancers' lack of consistent offence led to a 10-point deficit at halftime, 42-32.
 
In the second half it would be a lot the same. The Lancers did a little better to hold on to the ball with only five second half turnovers, however their inability to find consistent offence was still rearing its ugly head. The Lancers despite their struggle did play their way back into the game late. With under five minutes remaining, the Lancers battled back to within five points, however, the comeback would never get much closer than that as Ryerson was able to pull away late to win 81-68.
 
UP NEXT
Up next the Lancers will have a chance to bounce back when they host the Toronto Varsity Blues tomorrow at 4:00pm at the St. Denis Centre.