A six-game winning streak saw the Marauders race into the OUA playoffs, but the magic wore off Wednesday as McMaster faced their first postseason hurdle in Waterloo.

Lethal from behind the arc, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks out-paced the Marauders down the stretch to run away with a 102-76 victory in the opening round of the Wilson Cup playoffs and end McMaster's 2017-18 season.

The two teams split their season series with the Marauders taking the previous matchup on the road at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium by a score of 75-71.

David McCulloch (Hamilton, ON) was McMaster's leading light in a losing effort, finishing the night with 23 points while shooting 35 per cent from the field.

Laurier's Tevaun Kokko led the charge for the Golden Hawks, putting up a 26-point performance in his team's victory over the Marauders.

A frontrunner for the OUA's Rookie of the Year award, Ali Sow pieced together a 19-point performance for the Golden Hawks after coming alive in the second half and shooting 58 per cent from the field on 7 of 12 shooting.

Much of the hosts' damage was done from three-point range Wednesday, as Laurier tallied eight three-pointers in the opening 20 minutes of play, shooting an impressive 60 per cent from beyond the arc.

In a first half of basketball that saw both squads shooting similar field-goal percentages, it ended up being the Golden Hawks ability to knock down the deep ball that pushed their lead to double-digits for the majority of the half.

Tempers started to flare on both sides as a scuffle erupted with both teams fighting for the ball, and Laurier's Ali Sow and McMaster's Miles Seward (Toronto, ON) were both served with technical fouls as a result.

Mac wouldn't cut into the hosts' lead and bring the game within single digits until the final minute of the second quarter, which saw a series of threes coming from both sides.

In the third quarter, the Golden Hawks hit a road bump in their offensive production with their three-point production making a drop to 36 per cent from their halftime mark.

Despite the slump in the longe-range game, Laurier still managed to maintain a 10-point advantage over the Marauders.

Laurier put things out of reach for the Marauders in the final quarter, with an Ali Sow three-pointer sending the Marauders into a timeout trailing by 19 points. The Golden Hawks would only further extend their lead from that point.

With less than two minutes to play, Laurier surged past the century mark, achieving their highest score in a postseason contest in program history.