TORONTO – The No. 6 nationally ranked Ryerson Rams men's basketball team opened the offensive floodgates on Saturday night with a dominant 91-65 victory over the Western Mustangs at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
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Four players reached double-digits for the Rams including Jahmal Jones (Mississauga, Ont.) and Adika Peter-McNeilly (Scarborough, Ont.) with 15 points each and Jordon Gauthier (Windsor, Ont.) and JV Mukama (Hamilton, Ont.) with 12.
The Rams started hot from the floor, connecting for 10-of-15 field goals in the first quarter, including 5-of-8 from three point range, to open up a commanding 29-13 lead after ten minutes.
The offence continued to click in the second and the Rams' defence limited the Mustangs to just nine quarter points to extend their lead to 52-22 at the halftime break.
With a comfortable lead the Rams were able to rest some of their key players and give the bench quality minutes.
“We didn't want to play down to any other team's level and coach Rana is always on us to be the best that we can be so we...wanted to play our game,” said Derrick Allahyarian, who came off the bench tonight, following the game.
Things got heated late in the third quarter as Ryerson's Adam Voll (Kitchener, Ont.) was assessed an unsporting foul while Western's Andrew Van Camp (Port Perry, Ont.) was whistled for two unsporting fouls on the same play, resulting in an ejection.
Peter Scholtes (London, Ont.) finished with a team-high 14 points while Greg Morrow (London, Ont.) had 12 in the Mustangs' loss.
Ryerson (5-1) sits alone in fourth place in the OUA east standings and will next play on the road next weekend with trips to Lakehead and Guelph.
