Brock men net 12th victory a row
Badgers sweep season series with Western to stay undefeated on road
Brock defeated Western 92-51 Wednesday night in London, Ont., to remain undefeated on the road in men’s university basketball league play.
Johneil Simpson led the Badgers in scoring with a game-high 27 points as Brock improved to 11-0 away from Bob Davis Gymnasium with one road game remaining in the regular season.
The fourth-year guard shot 11-for-16 from the floor and 5-for10 from beyond the 3-point arc.
The Badgers, second to 21-0 Carleton in the national rankings, won their 12th in a row to improve to a West Division-leading 21-2.
Brock closes out the season with a 6 p.m. tipoff Saturday against Windsor. The Lancers are 11-11 heading into a home game Friday night versus 8-15 Waterloo.
For the second time this season it was the Badgers, not the Mustangs, who had all the horses, and horsepower to spare. Brock responded with a 29-2 run after Western drained a 3-pointer to open the scoring in the game.
The Badgers, who beat the Mustangs 83-58 in the season opener Oct. 25 in St. Catharines, led their hosts 50-25 heading into the third quarter in Wednesday night’s rematch.
Dani Elgadi, Kascius Small-Martin and Cassidy Ryan scored 13, nine and eight points, respectively, for Brock.
Tyler Brown was the team’s top rebounder with a game-high eight boards. The Badgers outrebounded the Mustangs 41-27.
Brock made 53.8 per cent of its field goal attempts, 33-for-65; 45.8 per cent of its 3-point attempts, 11-for-24; and 91.7 of its free-throw attempts, 11-for-12.
In comparison, Western finished the game 18-for-63 from the floor, 28.6 per cent; 9-for-25 from long range, 36 per cent; and 6-for-10 from the free-throw line, 60 per cent.
The Badgers prevailed 83-54 In the opening game of the homeand-home with Windsor Jan. 20 at Bob Davis Gymnasium.
Mustangs 71, Badgers 45
At London, Ont., visiting Brock lost its fifth in a row and fell to 6-17 with one game remaining in the women’s basketball regular season.
The Badgers tipped off the season series in the West Division rivalry with a 62-53 victory Oct. 25 in St. Catharines, but they were no match for the Mustangs this time out.
Cold shooting plagued Brock from everywhere on the floor in the rematch: 31.7 per cent from the field, 19-for-60; 13 per cent, long range, 3-for-23; 36.4 per cent, freethrow line, 4-for-11.
Only Badger to score in double digits was Courtney McPherson, with 11 points. Ana Caldeira Rua and Miranda Smith each had eight points.
Brooke-Lyn Murdoch and Lauren Zonneveld each had seven rebounds for Brock.
The Badgers wrap up the regular season 6 p.m. Saturday in Windsor hoping to even the season series versus the Lancers. Windsor took the opener 68-52 Jan. 20 at Brock.