Box Score
Guelph, ON – The Gryphons men's basketball team won 82-68 over the Brock Badgers Saturday afternoon at the W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre.  Daniel Dooley (Burlington, ON) led the Gryphons with 21 points.  With the win, Guelph improves to 7-6 while the Badgers fall to 5-9.  With the result, the Gryphons won both the women's and the men's games in Saturday's "Shoot for the Cure" doubleheader. 
 
The Gryphons got off to a quick start against Brock, jumping out to an early first quarter lead. Jonathan Wallace (Toronto, ON) would drive the lane and score while getting fouled for an "and one" play that he would convert to cap a 7-0 run to start the game. Moments later Brock's Head Coach Charles Kissi would be assessed the first technical foul of the game as the Gryphons held an early a 10-1 lead.  Guelph would continue their torrent pace, with Trevor Thompson (Burlington, ON) fouled on a three-point attempt. The third year forward would hit all three free throws. At the end of the quarter the Gryphons led the Badgers 21-9.  Things would tighten up in the second quarter as the Badgers outscored the Gryphons 18-17 making the score at half time 38-27 in favour of Guelph. 
 
Head Coach Chris O'Rourke must have had the team fired up in the locker room at half time. The Gryphons came out firing to start the third quarter. Adam Kemp (Toronto, ON) would throw down a huge put back slam-dunk to increase Guelph's lead to 15 at 43-28. Guelph would continue to keep a steady lead as the third quarter ended by a score of 55-48. 
 
In the fourth quarter, the Gryphons were able to consistently get into the paint and as a result, to the free throw line.  Daniel Dooley (Burlington, ON) would hit a three in the corner to extend their lead to 10 with four minutes left in the game. With two minutes left the Gryphons would be able to grab three offensive rebounds in a row to run the clock down to a minute and a half, ending the possession with a three pointer by Jonathan Wallace. The game would end 82-68 in favour of the Gryphons. Daniel Dooley led the Gryphons with 21 points while Adam Kemp had a double double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
 
The Gryphons are now tied for second in the OUA Central Division as both Guelph and Lakehead boast identical 7-6 records.  The Gryphons have six games remaining on their regular season schedule.  Their next four games all come on the road (Ryerson, Toronto, Brock and McMaster).