Box Score

HAMILTON, ON - The No. 6 ranked Brock University men's basketball team knocked off the No. 3 ranked McMaster Marauders by the score of 72-71 Wednesday night at the Burridge Gymnasium.

This game was what it was built up to be as Brock head coach Charles Kissi took on his alma mater. It was thrilling from start to finish seeing seven ties and 10 different lead changes.

The Badgers trailed 35-31 at the half and put together a run in the third quarter to go up 51-48 after 30 minutes.

With just over two minutes left in regulation, McMaster held a 63-62 lead, before Brock's Johneil Simpson (Toronto, ON) scored and got the and one to go up 65-63 with 1:26 remaining.

The Marauders answered with two free throws from David McCulloch to even the game 65-65 with 40 seconds on the clock.

The final 30 seconds was an exciting one. After a Brock timeout, Dani Elgadi (Waterloo, ON) scored to make it 67-65 and then after a McMaster timeout, Elgadi stripped the ball from McCulloch which led to two free throws from Simpson to put Brock up 69-65 with 22 seconds left.

After a Marauders miss, Elgadi would knock down just one of two free throws to make it 70-65 with 14 seconds left in the contest, which would be answered by a three-pointer from McMaster's Connor Gilmore to cut the Brock lead to two 70-68 with eight seconds remaining.

With McMaster having to foul, Brock's Tyler Brown (Hamilton, ON) would drain both free throws to put Brock up by four 72-68. In the final seconds, Gilmore would drain another three to make it a 72-71 final in favour of Brock.

The Badgers had three players in double figures led by Elgadi who added 20 points and 12 rebounds for the double-double. Ryan Bennett (Toronto, ON) and Cassidy Ryan contributed with 13 and 10 points respectively.

Gilmore led the Marauders offense with a game-high 25 points and 10 boards. McCulloch and Rohan Boney chipped in with 11 and 10 points respectively in the loss.

For the game, Brock shot 41.3% (26-for-63) from the field, 26.7% (4-for-15) from three-point land and 84.2% (16-for-19) from the free throw McMaster went 25-for-72 (34.7%) from the floor, 7-for-26 (26.9%) from beyond the arc and 14-for-23 (60.9%) from the charity stripe.

The Badgers next action is Saturday, November 19 at 3pm when they host the Guelph Gryphons at the Bob Davis Gymnasium.