In what can only be called yet another dramatic victory, the Lancer men's basketball team held off the visiting McMaster Marauders, winning 81-78 Wednesday night at the St. Denis Centre.
 
The victory was Windsor's third straight win as they improve to 7-8 and take sole possession of third place in the west division standings. The Marauders, in the meantime, drop to 2-13 on the year.
 
STATS
Five Lancers hit double digits Wednesday night with Marcus Jones leading the way with 18 points. Fifth year senior Mike Rocca put up 16 points and 8 rebounds, while Lucas Orlita had 13 points and a team high nine rebounds. Anthony Zrvnar had 12 and Damian Persaud came off the bench to put up 11 points.
 
Kareen Collins and Miles Seward led the visiting Marauders with 18 points, while David McCulloch had 13 points. Matt Quiring had a game high 10 rebounds.
 
The Lancers shot 41.4% from the field, including 43.2% from behind the three-point line, compared to McMaster's 37%.
 
GAME FLOW
Neither team was able to break away from the other for the entire game, as both squads continued to trade baskets for the entire 40 minutes.
 
After a low scoring opening quarter that saw the Marauders leading 13-11, the Lancers rebounded in the second to score 29 points and lead 40-37 at the break.
 
The most dramatic play of the night happened in the dying seconds of the third quarter when Lucas Orlita nailed a three-point shot at the buzzer from centre court to give the Lancers a 61-56 lead heading into the final frame.
 
Despite the lead changing hands seven times in the final quarter, the Lancers stepped up their defensive game over the final ten minutes. With the Lancers leading by two with 11 seconds to play, the Marauders missed two straight shots that was followed up with a strong rebound from Rocca to seal the victory.
 
UP NEXT
Windsor travels to St. Catharine's Saturday to take on the No. 2 ranked Brock Badgers at 8:00pm. The game can be seen live at www.oua.tv.