Box Score
 
 
CIS No. 2 Lakehead Thunderwolves defeated the Guelph Gryphon men's basketball team Friday night 100-78 in Thunder Bay.  The Gryphons will try and avenge the loss tomorrow night in their second game of the weekend doubleheader.
 
The Gryphons fall to 8-13 on the season while the Thunderwolves move to 19-2.
 
A poor first quarter hindered the Gryphons tonight as Lakehead took a 26-9 first quarter lead.  Guelph battled back and outscored the Thunderwolves in the second and final quarter, Lakehead led 49-36 at the half and 79-50 after three quarters.
 
Kareem Malcolm (Brampton, Ont.) led the Gryphons with 21 points while Zach Angus (Burlington, Ont.) and Dan McCarthy (Guelph, Ont.) scored 10 and 11 points respectively. 
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Ryan Thompson paced the T-Wolves with 24 points, 9 rebounds, a block and a steal. Venzal Russell was next with 22 points, and Matt Schmidt and Ben Johnson rounded out the scoring with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Schmidt also had 7 rebounds in his 3rd game starting in place of the injured Salhia.

With one game left in the regular season, the Gryphs and Western are tied for the sixth and final playoff spot in the West Division at 8-13. The Gryphons play at Lakehead and Western at Windsor.

The second game of the weekend double header gets under way tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. You can watch the game live on www.ssncanada.ca