GUELPH, Ont. – The Gryphons men's basketball team used an 11-2 run to open the second half to pull away from the Laurier Golden Hawks on route to at 89-79 win on Wednesday night (Feb. 5) at the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre. The Gryphons playing in their final home game in the regular season, scored on the first basket of the game on a Jack Tunstill open three as they would take the lead and never relinquish it from that point forward. The fast start from Guelph allowed them to settle into the game, outscoring Laurier 26-16 in the opening quarter as they would carry that momentum in their win. The Gryphs with an impressive shooting display, shooting 46.3% from the field tonight, led by third-year forward Eric Armstrong (New Hamburg, ON) with a team high 21 points and game high 9 rebounds. Third-year guard Raef Wykes (Portland, ON) was exceptional coming off the bench for the Gryphons as he scored 19 points on 7-11 shooting on the field. Amare Hamilton finished the game 15 points and Shaathon Walker pitched in with 10 points in the team's 6th win of the season.
 
The Gryphons improve to 6-13 on the season as they remain in the hunt for a postseason spot with three games remaining on the OUA schedule, while the Golden Hawks drops to 8-11 on the season. Guelph and Laurier will wrap up their home-and-home on Saturday afternoon with tip from Waterloo scheduled for 3pm.