Box Score Five players hit double digits as the No. 9 Varsity Blues men’s basketball team came away with a 77-73 road victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Friday, January 7 at Montpetit Hall.

With the win, the Blues are 7-2 and remain in second place in the OUA East, four points behind the No. 1 Carleton Ravens.

Veteran forward Andrew Wasik of Burnaby, B.C., led the Blues with 18 points and 13 boards, while fellow forward and Sarajevo, BIH native Drazen Glisic recorded a double-double of his own with 16 points and 10 rebounds on the night. Toronto natives Anthony DeGiorgio and Justin Holmes each had 10 points in the win.

Despite Ottawa building a game-high eight-point lead midway through the third quarter, second-year forward and Blues leading scorer Alex Hill of Toronto scored 11 of his 17 points and ended the third with a fade-away jumper to ignite a 9-0 run into the fourth.

Toronto held off a late Gee-Gees surge that brought the game back within one to record their seventh win of the season.

Ottawa was led by a game-high 27-point performance from third-year forward Warren Ward. The London, Ont., native was 6-for-8 from beyond the arc and added 14 rebounds in a losing cause. Christopher Anderson had 12 points, while Jacob Gibson-Bascombe and Louis Gauthier chipped in with 11 each.

The Varsity Blues return to the floor tomorrow night when they take on the No. 1 Carleton Ravens at 8 p.m. The game will be streamed live through SSN Canada and can be found at www.varsityblues.ca.

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