Laurier tops TMU 79-73
Laurier defeated TMU 79-73 on Friday, October 23 in Waterloo, ON. It was an OUA conference game in men's basketball. TMU lost by 6 in a game that produced 152 total points.
Maxwell Voorpool paced Laurier with 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting, along with 6 rebounds. Liban Abdalla finished with 21 and Joshua Loblaw had 11. Three Laurier players scored in double figures. TMU's leading scorer was Javier Gilgeous-Glasgow, with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Fernando De Los Santos scored 13 and Gabriel Gutsmore added 11.
Four TMU players reached double figures. Laurier shot 45.2% from the field (28-62) and made 11 of 27 three-pointers; TMU shot 36.7% (29-79) and went 11-for-45 from beyond the arc. At the line, Laurier made 12 of 17 free throws and TMU made 4 of 10.
Laurier recorded 9 assists to 12 for TMU. Laurier controlled the glass, outrebounding TMU 44-33. Matei Vucenovic of Laurier was the game's top rebounder with 11.
Laurier committed 17 turnovers and TMU committed 10. Laurier finished with 5 steals to 12 for TMU. Laurier next plays McMaster on Friday, Nov. 6; TMU next plays Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
