Men's Basketball drops 85-66 decision to Ryerson

TORONTO, Ont. - The Brock University men's basketball team (4-4 OUA West) ended the first half of the regular season with an 85-66 loss to the Ryerson Rams Saturday afternoon on the road. This was Brock's fourth consecutive loss.

Midway through the first quarter with the Badgers trailing by four (12-8), Ryerson would connect on five of their next six shots, including 3-for-4 from beyond the arc, to take a 25-11 lead.

In the fourth quarter, Brock trailed by eight points (65-57) with just under nine minutes left. Ryerson then went on a 20-4 run over the next seven minutes, leading by as many as 24 points 85-61.

Freshman Didi Mukendi (St. Catharines, Ont.) led all scorers with a game high 26 points. Senior Owen White (Port Hope, Ont.) added 12 points and eight rebounds in the loss.

Leading Ryerson was Boris Bakovic with 19 points. Joseph Imbrogno, Josh Budd and Ryan McNeilly all contributed with 14 points each in the victory.

Brock shot just 32.1% (17-for-53) for the game, while Ryerson was 49.2% (30-for-61) from the field including 9-for-20 (45.0%) from three point land.