GUELPH, Ont. – Friday night at the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre, the Gryphons men's basketball team suffered an 88-86 loss to the visiting Queen's Gaels. Queen's fourth year guard Jaz Bains knocked down the game-winning shot at the buzzer with a mid-range jumper that completed the Gaels' 4th quarter comeback. The Gryphons had the lead after each of the first three quarters, but the Gaels were able to end the game on a 19-4 run over the final 6:51 to steal the win. With the result, the Gryphons fall to 2-8 on the season while Queen's improves to 7-3.
 
"We got to deal with this. As I said to the guys, it's just a scar. It's gotta make us stronger, hungrier and it will," said Gryphons head coach Chris O'Rourke. "We got a lot of home games coming in the New Year, we're looking forward to it."
 
The Gryphons had a total of six players score in double figures on the night, with senior guard Taylor Boers leading the way with 18 points off the bench, including 6-11 from beyond the arc.
 

The Gryphons got off to a great start, shooting 52.5% from the field in the first half, which was capped off by a buzzer beating three pointer by Daniel Dooley from just inside half court to send the Gryphons into the locker room with a 51-39 lead. Dooley was a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond in the opening half, and the Gryphons as a team were on fire from the perimeter in the opening half, shooting 9-13 from long range.
 
However, the Gaels would turn things around in the second half, outscoring the Gryphons 26-14 in the final quarter, capped off by Jaz Bains' game-winning shot at the buzzer.
 
Friday night's game officially wrapped up the 2017 portion of the Gryphons' schedule. Their OUA regular season schedule will resume in early January when the team heads to Thunder Bay to face the Lakehead Thunderwolves for back-to-back games on January 5 & 6.