Brock ‘sticks’ it to McMaster in 62-58 victory
Chris Weber
Issue date: 11/27/01 Section: Sports
Even Barbara Streisand would have shed a tear or two on Saturday as the Brock Badgers played for memories against the McMaster Marauders in the Jason Pearson Memorial game.
In a highly emotional match-up, the Badgers used a little help from above to erase a nine point McMaster lead en route to a 62-58 victory. The win over the rival Marauders extends Brock’s winning streak to three and improves their record to 3-3 in Ontario University Athletic (OUA) play.
The Badgers jumped out to an early lead thanks to Ryan Dudley’s three-ball from in front of the McMaster bench. Dudley’s three seemed to set the stage for a game that featured emotions that may have never been witnessed in a Brock gymnasium. Shortly after his stage-setting three, Dudley picked up two quick fouls and was taken out of the game for precautionary measures. Brock didn’t let up though as their intensity was one of the main reasons why McMaster was unable to build a sizable lead.
McMaster turned to a 2-3 zone defense for most of the first half and the Badgers seemed to have difficulty scoring on it. Although Brock shot an impressive 46 per cent from the field in the opening half there were periods of time when they just appeared to be unorganized and unsure of what they should do within their offensive sets. That didn’t seem to matter much, as the crowd went nuts on every basket and referee call while the two teams exchanged the lead and jockeyed for position for the remainder of the first half.
McMaster showed the same tenacious defense that was so successful in the first half for the opening minutes of the second half but then switched to man-to-man coverage. A decision that would later prove to be devastating.
The Marauders were quick to re-establish an inside presence and did so with Graham Hewitt who finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds. Establishing some sort of inside play was crucial for McMaster but they did not do so without Brock putting up a fight. The Badgers had six blocked shots in the match paced by Branko Miskovic who had three and Eli Carlone who had two.
In a highly emotional match-up, the Badgers used a little help from above to erase a nine point McMaster lead en route to a 62-58 victory. The win over the rival Marauders extends Brock’s winning streak to three and improves their record to 3-3 in Ontario University Athletic (OUA) play.
The Badgers jumped out to an early lead thanks to Ryan Dudley’s three-ball from in front of the McMaster bench. Dudley’s three seemed to set the stage for a game that featured emotions that may have never been witnessed in a Brock gymnasium. Shortly after his stage-setting three, Dudley picked up two quick fouls and was taken out of the game for precautionary measures. Brock didn’t let up though as their intensity was one of the main reasons why McMaster was unable to build a sizable lead.
McMaster turned to a 2-3 zone defense for most of the first half and the Badgers seemed to have difficulty scoring on it. Although Brock shot an impressive 46 per cent from the field in the opening half there were periods of time when they just appeared to be unorganized and unsure of what they should do within their offensive sets. That didn’t seem to matter much, as the crowd went nuts on every basket and referee call while the two teams exchanged the lead and jockeyed for position for the remainder of the first half.
McMaster showed the same tenacious defense that was so successful in the first half for the opening minutes of the second half but then switched to man-to-man coverage. A decision that would later prove to be devastating.
The Marauders were quick to re-establish an inside presence and did so with Graham Hewitt who finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds. Establishing some sort of inside play was crucial for McMaster but they did not do so without Brock putting up a fight. The Badgers had six blocked shots in the match paced by Branko Miskovic who had three and Eli Carlone who had two.
