The No. 10 Lancer men's basketball team won their eigth straight game on Wednesday night at the Toldo Lancer Centre, following an 89-70 win over the Laurier Golden Hawks. 
 
The win moves the blue and gold to 16-5 on the season, as they continue to remain in first place in the OUA west division heading into their final game of the regular season.
 
STATS
Thomas Kennedy led the Lancers with a game high 31 points and 16 rebounds. Daniel Cummings had 18 points in the victory, Najee Brown-Henderson had 12, and Xavier Ochu continued 10 points.
 
The Golden Hawks were led by Ethan Passley with 15 points, Majok Deng had 13 points, and Jahmaya Brown Jeffer and Justin Melnerich each had 12 points.
 
GAME FLOW
Some sharp shooting from the Hawks in the first quarter led to the visitors taking an early lead over the blue and gold. The Hawks shot an impressive 52.6% from the field, compared to the Lancers 33.3% to lead 26-19 after the first ten minutes.
 
The Lancers came alive in the second quarter and got themselves back in the game. The blue and gold went on a 9-0 run midway through the frame to tie the game 33-33, before both teams simmered down and no one scored for a full three minutes. The two squads then traded baskets for the remainder of the quarter, with the Hawks holding a narrow 42-40 lead at the half.
 
Windsor started the second half with eight straight points and went on to build a 15-piont lead before the Golden Hawks knew what was happening. In the final two minutes of the quarter, Laurier managed to work their way back and reduce the Lancer lead to just ten heading into the final ten minutes, 66-56.
 
The Golden Hawks made it interesting in the fourth, but the blue and gold were firing on all cylinders, building a nineteen-point lead with less than two minutes to go. A few Laurier timeouts were not effective in slowing down the blue and gold as they went on to win the game, ENTER SCORE.
 
UP NEXT
The Laners will host their final game of the regular season on Saturday, February 18th at 6:00pm at the Toldo Lancer Centre. Prior to the game, the blue and gold will recognize their graduating senior athletes Josis Mikia-Thomas and Thomas Kennedy.
 
Tickets for the game are available online at goLancers.ca/tickets and at the Lancer box office starting at 3:00pm that day. The game will also be broadcast LIVE on oua.tv.