The Lancers men's basketball team dropped its Saturday evening contest to the Waterloo Warriors 84-76 at home.
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They enter November with a 0-3 conference record in the regular season.
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Stats
Fourth-year point guard Stefan Prica was the best player on the court, scoring 26 points, four rebounds, and two assists for the black and gold. He also made all six free throws and shot four-for-seven (57.1%) behind the three-point line.
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Beyond him, Waterloo received double-digit point totals from Cristian Craciun (15), Moses Anvari (14), Isaiah Mcrae (13), and Marcus Wilson (12). Craciun (7) and Mcrae (8) contributed 15 rebounds at the rim, too.
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Luke Grace did his best to counter the visitors, however, scoring 23 points and eight rebounds for Windsor. On top of making both free-throw attempts, he was a perfect seven-for-seven from the field and beyond the arc.
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Game FlowÂ
The Warriors got to their game the quickest Saturday night, taking an eight-point lead into halftime with a 48-40 score.
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The visitors were especially dominant as halftime approached, though, scoring a game-high 28 points in the second quarter. While
Luke Grace countered with ten points on the home side, guard Marcus Wilson recorded all 12 of his points off the bench to continuously maintain Waterloo's lead.
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During the second half, however, the Lancer offence built on their 25-point second quarter by scoring 36 combined points in the third and fourth frames. Faculty of Human Kinetics senior
Bronson Chambers went three-for-three beyond the arc en route to 11 points in the third and 21 overall, while hometown guard
Austin Brown added seven of his 16 points in the fourth.
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For Windsor, though, their valiant comeback efforts fell short in crushing fashion. On top of Prica recording 19 of his game-high 26 points in the second half, Mcrae added three steals in the final frame to secure the visitors' second win of the season. Waterloo won the quarter-by-quarter battle 3-1, too.
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Up Next
The Lancers begin a four-game road trip Friday, November 6 with a 6:00 p.m. clash at TMU before completing the weekend at the Univ. of Toronto on Saturday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m.
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Next weekend's games will be available on
oua.tv, but tickets for any upcoming home games can be purchased at
golancers.ca/tickets.Â
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