Durham earns two big points in Barrie

OCAA Men's Basketball: Durham defeated Georgian 87-74

BARRIE, Ont. – The Durham College men's basketball team took another step in the right direction in turning around their season as they earned an 87-74 road victory over the Georgian Grizzlies Wednesday night.

Heading into the match Georgian looked to be the heavy favourtie as they sported a 5-3 record while Durham sat at 2-6. However, the Lords would send the hometown crowd disappointed as they posted their second straight victory.

Durham's 87 point performance tied the most allowed by the Grizzlies defence this season.

Ajahmo Clarke (Ajax, Ont.), who entered the game second in OCAA scoring averaging 27.1 points per game, paced the Lords offence scoring 34 points. Clarke recorded his sixth straight double-double as he added 10 rebounds to his totals.

Also having a big night for Durham on the glass was freshman Aron Naim (Paris, Ont.) who had a team-high of 12.

Teq Zwarych led the Grizzlies with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the loss.

The Lords are tied with three other teams in the OCAA east region with three wins apiece, one game behind St. Lawrence and Centennial for the final two playoff positions.

Durham will close out 2013 next Wednesday night on the road against George Brown College (6-2). If the Lords hope to beat the Huskies, they will have to find a way to stop Vadim Halimov who leads the OCAA in scoring averaging 28.4 points per game.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE LORDS
Overall Record: 7-9
Conference Record: 3-6

Next Game: Wed. Dec. 4 @ George Brown (8 p.m.)


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