Waterloo beat Lakehead 79-75 on Saturday, October 24 in Thunder Bay, ON, an OUA conference game in men's basketball. Waterloo won by 4 points, and the teams combined for 154.

Isaiah McRae set the pace for Waterloo with 37 points on 12-of-18 shooting, plus 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Stefan Prica added 18 and Ross Pockar had 9. Chidube Ekwommadu was Lakehead's top scorer with 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting, plus 5 rebounds. Nishaan Singh scored 13 and Keylian Coulibaly added 12. Four Lakehead players reached double figures.

Waterloo shot 44.6% from the field (29-65) and made 9 of 21 three-pointers; Lakehead shot 38.6% (27-70) and went 11-for-36 from beyond the arc. At the line, Waterloo made 12 of 14 free throws and Lakehead made 10 of 20. Waterloo recorded 18 assists to 23 for Lakehead.

Lakehead won the rebounding battle 42-32, but it was not enough. Keylian Coulibaly of Lakehead was the game's top rebounder with 12. Marcos Alonso Hernandez of Lakehead dished out a game-high 5 assists.

Waterloo committed 11 turnovers and Lakehead committed 11. Waterloo finished with 7 steals to 5 for Lakehead. Waterloo led 16-14 after the first quarter and 40-32 at halftime.

Lakehead won the second half 43-39. Waterloo next plays Carleton on Friday, Nov. 6; Lakehead next plays Ontario Tech on Friday, Nov. 6.