Box Score The Varsity Blues men’s basketball team came away with an 86-81 victory over the No. 10 Windsor Lancers on Saturday night (Nov. 26) at the Athletic Centre Sports Gym.

With the win, the Blues improve to 3-3 and sit tied with Ottawa for second place in the East, while the Lancers drop to 3-3 and are tied for sixth in the West.

Drazen Glisic of Sarajevo, BIH, tallied a team-high 16 points and six boards and earned Varsity Blues player of the game honours. Alex Hill (Toronto) ended the night with 14 points, while Holland Landing, Ont., native Ben Garvin had 13 points. Both Andrew Wasik and Arun Kumar notched 11 points in the win.

Toronto withheld a fourth-quarter rally by the Lancers, which saw the visiting squad almost overcome a 20-point third-quarter deficit.  Windsor outscored U of T 29-14 in the final frame, but the Blues held on for the five-point victory.

The Blues dominated from the get-go as Hill opened the game with back-to-back threes.  Toronto consistently maintained at least a 15-point lead throughout the first three quarters.

With just under four minutes remaining, Windsor’s Enrico Diloreto took the game into his control with eight consecutive points to bring the Lancers within three.  With a pair of free throws from Wasik, Toronto held on to record their second-straight win.

Diloreto led all players with an amazing 31 points, while Josh Collins had 17.  Both Jahmal McQueen (12 points, 10 boards) and Lien Phillip (11 points, 12 boards) recorded double-doubles in the loss.

The Varsity Blues return to the court next Friday, December 2 as they travel to Hamilton, Ont., to take on the McMaster Marauders. Game time is set for 8 p.m.