Box Score Typical of McMaster-Guelph men's basketball  games, it was a physical contest when the teams collided in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon with the Marauders defeating the Gryphons 99-77.
 
The Marauders got off to a quick start and jumped out to a 12-4 lead, before the Gryphons recovered and fought back to tie the game 24-24 at the end of the first quarter.
 
Giving up 24 points in a single quarter is something the Marauders never like to see, and they started the second stanza like men on a mission.  Scoring the first eight points of the quarter, McMaster put itself back in front. But after giving up a basket to the Gryphons, the Marauders then went on an 11-0 run to take a commanding lead.  The 19 to 2 run to start the quarter put McMaster in front 43-26.  Guelph did show some fight though and closed the half with a rush to cut the deficit to 49-35.
 
 
The Marauders started the third quarter like they started the game, but with the difference of not allowing the Gryphons to respond, so that after 30 minutes the McMaster lead was up to 73-52.
 
Playing with confidence McMaster kept up the pressure in the final quarter and got the lead up to 30 before the Gryphons made a late surge to bring the score to the final 22-point margin of victory.
 
Leon Alexander dropped 20 to lead the McMaster scoring parade.  Rohan Boney scored 18 huge points off the bench, while Troy Joseph with 16, Connor Gilmore with 14 and Aaron Redpath with 10 also hit for double figures.   Guelph's Jonathan Wallace scored a game-high 21 to lead the Gryphons.
 
McMaster shot a very solid 52% from the floor for the day, while Guelph struggled offensively and made just 38% of its field-goal attempts.   The Marauders won the battle of the boards 38 to 29.
 
The Marauders now enter the exam/holiday break with a 5 and 2 record and resume OUA competition on January 13, 2016 at the University of Waterloo.