An intense night in Burridge Gymnasium as the Brock Badgers and McMaster Marauders faced off. The Badgers' first-half rush overtook the Marauders and paved the way for their win, 81-66.
 
With OUA playoffs looming, every team is fighting to rack up the points, including the Badgers, who went into the contest with a 9-11 record and upset the Marauders who held an 11-8 record.
 
Moody Qasim led both teams in points scored with 23, 15 of which came from 3-pointers. Right behind came Mike Demagus with 22 points, six rebounds and three steals.
 
In the opening quarter, the Marauders had shooting trouble and watched the Badgers pull away. Despite outshooting their opponents the Marauders faced lower success rates. 6 of the home team's first-quarter points came from second attempts. Going into the next quarter with a chase to make, the Marauders boosted their shooting percentages by 5, from both the field and the 3-point round.
 
The second quarter came with more heat from the Marauders squad. With a scuffle late in the second, the third was guaranteed to bring smoke. Heading into the half, the match was going Brock's way as they led 46-31.
 
Coming out of the locker room, McMaster was playing in a different mindset, as the squad played a defence heavy quarter. Despite the Badgers pulling their largest lead of the night with 21 points with 3:28 to go, the Marauders shrunk that down to 13, after an 8-point run to round the score to 63-50.
 
The fourth quarter continued bouncing in the Badgers' favour. In the final minute of play, Moody Qasim started a run with a layup, which was kept alive by Demagus making a jumper and running it back with a 3. While exciting, the run ran out of time to make the game turn. The Badgers closed out the night 81-66.
 
What's Next?
 
The Marauders will host the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Friday, February 16th at 8 pm in Burridge Gymnasium.