Nipissing beat Laurier 92-71 on Friday, October 30 in North Bay, ON, an OUA conference game in men's basketball. Nipissing won by 21 points, and the teams combined for 163.

Isaac Krueger set the pace for Nipissing with 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting, along with 6 rebounds. Ben Fofana chipped in 18 and Christian Hager had 11. Three Nipissing players scored in double figures. Laurier's leading scorer was Liban Abdalla, with 18 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Maxwell Voorpool scored 14 and Isaiah Fisher added 12.

Three Laurier players reached double figures. Nipissing shot 51.4% from the field (37-72) and made 11 of 35 three-pointers; Laurier shot 42.9% (27-63) and went 11-for-35 from beyond the arc. At the line, Nipissing made 7 of 9 free throws and Laurier made 6 of 12.

Nipissing recorded 19 assists to 14 for Laurier. Laurier won the rebounding battle 34-30, but it was not enough. Maxwell Voorpool of Laurier was the game's top rebounder with 10.

Ben Fofana of Nipissing dished out a game-high 6 assists. Nipissing committed 2 turnovers and Laurier committed 15. Nipissing finished with 9 steals to 0 for Laurier.

Nipissing led 27-15 after the first quarter and 44-39 at halftime. Nipissing won the second half 48-32. Nipissing next plays Laurentian on Saturday, Nov. 7; Laurier next plays McMaster on Friday, Nov. 6.