Hamilton, Ont. - In front of a packed house of 1,083 fans, the McMaster men's basketball team defeated the Brock Badgers by a score of 104-60 and improved their record to 12-5 with just five regular season games left to go.

The Marauders came out flying in the first quarter, scoring an abundance of points early on while shutting down the Badgers offence from the get-go. Up 9-2 at the seven minute mark, the Marauders increased that lead to 14-2 around 5:30. Not letting up whatsoever, McMaster would allow the Badgers to score just 11 points in the first and would score a whopping 32 of their own. 

A number of Marauders contributed in the first quarter including Taylor Black to get the scoring started, captain Victor Raso, Satar Wahidi with some three-pointers and Cam Michaud scoring in the paint. 

In the second quarter, the Marauders started the scoring again around the 7:30 mark with a three from Raso. Brock would call a timeout at 39-13 but it wouldn't help as McMaster continued to push on the offensive. With three minutes to go in the second quarter, the Marauder hit the 50 points mark while the Badgers were left with just 15 points of their own. 

Raso in particular was a major factor in the third, although with a number of rookies including Aaron Redpath, Joe Rocca and Adam Presutti. The half-time score would be 56-23 in favour of the Marauders, who were on pace to score over 100 points in the game.

Brock got the scoring started in the third quarter, but by the five minute mark, McMaster had almost extended their lead to 40 points at 69-30. Making a big impact in the third quarter for the Marauders was rookie Rocca who was scoring all over the court. Despite the Badgers scoring three's, McMaster would continue to respond. By the end of the third, McMaster lead would by 38 points.

In the fourth quarter, both teams would ease up on the scoring and the Marauders would go on to win it. Redpath would score McMaster 99th and 100th points in the game with a lay-up through the Brock defence and the final score would be 104-60 in favour of the home team.

A total of six Marauders hit double digit points on the night. Raso scored 18 points for the Marauders, Rocca added 15 and Presutti and Michaud both scored another 14 for McMaster. Nathan McCarthy scored 11 for the Marauders in the win and Redpath added another 10. 

For the Badgers, Andrew Kraus was the only one to hit double-digits with 15 points. Didi Mukendi, Tshing Kasamba and Michael Williams all had eight more.

The Marauder head to Waterloo to face the Laurier Golden Hawks for the first time this season. The game starts at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.