The No. 6 Varsity Blues men’s basketball team suffered their second one-point loss of the season, falling to the No. 9 Windsor Lancers, 61-60, on Friday, November 27 in front of a hometown crowd at U of T Athletic Centre Sports Gym.

In a barn-burner between nationally-ranked opponents, senior forward Nigel Johnson-Tyghter (Brampton, Ont.) grabbed one of his four offensive rebounds and dunked it with under two minutes left to give the Lancers a slight two-point lead. He then hit two critical free throws moments later, restoring the visitors’ lead once again, 59-57.

After Mississauga, Ont. native Isaac Kuon hit another two free throws to extend Windsor’s margin to 61-57, Toronto guard Rob Paris (St. Catharines, Ont.) - who missed a three-pointer moments earlier that would have put the Blues up one - knocked down three of his 14 points with 0.79 seconds on the clock to pull his team to within one.

On the ensuing play, Toronto fouled guard Enrico Diloreto (London, Ont.) who missed the first attempt, then intentionally missed the second with only 0.7 remaining in the game and time would expire as Paris heaved one last attempt from underneath his own basket.

Due in large part to the 16 rebounds from 6-foot-6 forward Drazen Glisic (Sarajevo, BIH), the Varsity Blues controlled the advantage on the glass (51-47), however that wasn’t enough to overcome the team’s 26.7% performance from the floor.

The Lancers didn’t fare much better, shooting 34.9% on 22-63 over the course of the game, yet they managed to knock down the shots that mattered during the key fourth-quarter run.

This Varsity Blues have a lost a total of three conference games this season by a combined total of five points.

Toronto’s Nick Magalas (Burlington, Ont.) led all players with 19 points. The Blues player of the game also hauled in five rebounds and had four assists. Glisic added eight points to his game-high 16 rebounds – 10 of which came at the offensive end.

Johnson-Tyghter had a team-high 15 points as well as six rebounds. Windsor’s fourth-year players Kuon and Monty Hardware contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively.

The Varsity Blues are back in action tomorrow night as they host the Western Mustangs. Tip off is scheduled for 8 p.m.

For more information, scores and highlights on your favourite Toronto teams, please visit the home of the Varsity Blues at http://www.varsityblues.ca.