The Marauders denied all but one of the Thunderwolves offensive options Saturday, and when that star faded late, Lakehead's fate was sealed.

Leashja Grant accounted for 40 per cent of the Thunderwolves offence, but fouled out in the fourth quarter and saw the Marauders pounce to sweep the two teams' weekend series with a 67-57 win.

Improving to 16-4 in OUA play, the U SPORTS sixth-ranked Marauders kept pace with Windsor atop the OUA West divisional standings with the result, winning their 10th consecutive game and maintaining their perfect record in 2018.

Grant had a game high 23 points for the Thunderwolves, but played sparingly in the fourth quarter before fouling out entirely.

Four Marauders hit double digits in points, including co-leading scorers Olivia Wilson (Lion's Head, ON) and Hilary Hanaka (Hamilton, ON), who scored 12, and Lexie Spadafora (Hannon, ON) and Linnaea Harper (Newmarket, ON) with 10 apiece.

Shooting just 30 per cent from the floor, the Marauders held the Thunderwolves to 31 per cent and forced 18 turnovers, creating 22 points from those opportunities.

With the two teams closely-matched from the opening whistle, it was McMaster's ability to pry the ball free from their hosts that proved the difference in the first quarter.

Forcing five turnovers while only committing two themselves, the Marauders held a 16-14 lead through 10 minutes despite struggling to find their rhythm offensively.

It was the emergence of Spadafora as an offensive threat that kept McMaster in front by the narrowest of margins in the second, as the veteran guard scored 10 points in the quarter on four of eight shooting, including two three-pointers, to vault into the team lead in scoring at the halftime break.

The teams were in a statistical dead heat through the first half, both shooting 32 per cent from the field and with Lakehead edging Mac by a single rebound, but McMaster retained a two-point lead at 33-31.

Often pressuring the Thunderwolves in the full court, the Marauders were consistently causing turnovers in the third quarter, and Lakehead's total grew to 12 through 30 minutes of play.

One particular sequence with 6:30 to play in the quarter saw Mac pull in steals on successive Lakehead possessions and yielded consecutive comfortable layups for Hanaka.

By quarter's end, McMaster's lead grew to eight points at 53-45, with Wilson leading the Marauders with 12 points and six rebounds.

Two quick fouls for Lakehead's Grant, forced her to the bench with 7:30 to play and four fouls to her name, and McMaster made the most of that absence.

The Marauders added five points to their lead with Grant on the bench, stretching their advantage to 11 points at 61-50 before her short-lived return. Re-inserted into the lineup, Grant helped Lakehead pull within six points before fouling out with 3:45 to play.

Without her, the Thunderwolves sputtered on the offensive end, and created only one bucket in the remainder of the quarter, as the Marauders comfortably saw out their 10th straight victory.

NEXT UP: McMaster returns to Burridge Gym, where they will complete the regular season with a four-game home stand. The first game in that swing falls on Wednesday, February 7, when the Marauders play host to the Waterloo Warriors.

That game tips off at 6:00 p.m. and can be seen live on OUA.tv.