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Source: Bill Malley, McMaster Communications |\u00a0<\/span>February 17, 2013<\/abbr><\/span><\/a>\u00a0[Hamilton Scores]<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t hold the same stakes as the previous night, but the McMaster men\u2019s basketball team showed some pride with a 92-82 victory over visiting Lakehead Saturday night (Feb. 15) in Hamilton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to the game, the McMaster staff honoured the graduating seniors from this year\u2019s team: Kyle Chevalier, Nathan Pelech and Scott Laws.<\/span><\/p>\n

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McMaster’s Scott Laws plays a well balanced defence against Lakehead University<\/span><\/p>\n

With both teams locked into their respective spots in the Ontario University Athletics West standings, McMaster could only try to end its seven-game losing streak against Lakehead in conference play going back to 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

On this night, it was Lakehead which scored two quick hoops to get an early lead, but Mac evened things up and the teams played even, until a late surge by the Marauders saw the quarter end with Mac on top 28-18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both coaches went deeper into their bench players than they might normally, preferring to save wear and tear on the starters with the post-season looming. McMaster carried the momentum to start the second quarter and built the lead up to 16 (41-25) on a trey from Adam Presutti. Following a timeout by Lakehead, the Wolves began to claw back, and at the half they had shaved the Maroon advantage down to 45-38.<\/span><\/p>\n

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McMaster Joe Rocca takes a charge from Lakehead’s Dwayne Harvey<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the previous night, Lakehead looked to assume control to start the second half and went on a 10-2 run to grab the lead at 48-47. McMaster responded though and came up with a run of its own so that by the end of the third quarter, the lead was 62-53 with 10 minutes left in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fourth quarter became a battle of attrition as both teams were whistled for numerous fouls. The Wolves closed to within six, but Presutti hit a timely three-pointer to bump the margin back to nine. With time running out, Lakehead looked to its defense to force some turnovers but some over-aggressive play put McMaster at the charity stripe and the Marauders made their free throws to close out the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

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McMaster\u2019s Aaron Redpath was player of the game, scoring 20 points<\/i><\/span>
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\nMcMaster was led by BIG MAC player of the game Aaron Redpath, who scored 20 points on 5 of 6 shooting from the floor and 9 of 10 from the stripe. Adam Presutti scored 15 points, while Taylor Black with 11 and Nate Pelech with 10 also hit double figures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Lakehead shooter was Joey Nitychoruk, who finished with 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

McMaster finishes OUA play with a 13-8 record and enters the playoffs as the third-seed in the West division. The Marauders will host the Waterloo Warriors on Wednesday (Feb. 20) in a division quarter-final. Tip-off will be at 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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McMaster Adam Presutti goes up for a jumpshot in the last quarter against Lakehead<\/span><\/p>\n

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