Men's Basketball falls to Dalhousie 79-68

WATERLOO, Ont. - The Brock University men's basketball team (0-0 OUA, 0-2 overall) dropped a 79-68 decision against the Dalhousie Tigers in the opening game of the Laurier Invitational.

Brock trailed 46-30 at the half which they could not recover from. They would go on a late 12-2 run to close it within 11 points in the final three minutes.

Freshman Clinton Springer-Williams (London, Ont.) led the Badgers with 15 points and seven rebounds despite going just 3-for-10 from the field. Sophomore Didi Mukendi (St. Catharines, Ont.) was the other Brock player in double digits adding 10 points in the loss.

Dalhousie's Mari Peoples-Wong led all scorers finishing with 21 points and six rebounds. Joseph Schow registered the double-double collecting 15 points and 14 rebounds while Simon Farine rounded out the Tigers scoring contributing with 14 points.

Brock shot just 34.4% (21-for-61) from the field while Dalhousie shot 46.6% (27-for-58) which included 50.0% (6-for-12) from beyond the arc.

The Badgers next acton is Saturday afternoon when they take on the Winnipeg Wesmen at the Laurier Invitational Tournament.