Box Score LONDON, Ont. – The Mustangs hit a snag in their season-long goal to climb the ranks of the OUA with a 69-89 bruising at the hands of the Windsor Lancers.

The tone was set early: this game was going to pack a lot of drama into forty minutes of play.

While the drama started as a Hollywood blockbuster, the narrative would take a sharp and ugly turn into the territory of Greek tragedy.

The Mustangs sputtered out of the gate, giving the Lancers the type of small edge that they are accustomed to building into formidable leads. However, a Caroline Wolynski three-pointer, followed by a Jenny Vaughan steal and transition lay-up gave the purple and white their first lead of the game.

The Lancers seemed to be heading into the second quarter with a two-point lead before Vaughan nailed the deep buzzer-beater three to put the Mustangs up by one. Vaughan went shot for shot with her 2013 CIS Second-Team All-Canadian counterpart, forward Jessica Clemencon, with the former finishing the quarter with 11 points and the latter finishing with 10 of her own.

Vaughan would go on to lead her team with 28 points, including going 10-for-11 from the free-throw line. Clemencon would leave London with 29 points and 15 rebounds, both game-highs.

Despite Vaughan's steady presence on the offensive-end, the tides shifted decidedly in favour of the visitors after a very rough second quarter for the Mustangs. Windsor poured in 30 points in the second frame, drilling a barrage of threes and mid-range jump shots while using their quick hands and arm-length to take away passing lanes from the Mustangs' offence. With Western only totalling nine points of their own in the quarter, the outlook for the second half looked grim.

"They pressed us and we didn't respond to it very well," said head coach Brian Cheng following the loss. "We didn't get the looks we wanted and Windsor made us pay. Windsor is very good; they're number one in the country and deservedly so. I would say that they're number one and with no disrespect to anyone, they're a level above everyone else in the country. We lost our heads for five or ten minutes and they made us pay."

The Mustangs entered the second half down 20 points, a margin that would stand until the final buzzer.

Where Western had the most trouble was on the glass: Windsor dominated both ends of the court when it came to rebounds, totalling more offensive rebounds – 26 – than Western grabbed on the defensive end – 18. With Western's frontline allowing too many second-chance opportunities to an already potent Lancers' offense, the final outcome was sealed in that definitive second quarter, barring divine intervention or a miraculous comeback.

With the result in the books, coach Cheng is keeping his finger on the pulse of recent history, rather than falling back on the team's 10-1 start to the season.

"Whether we win or lose, we're as good as our last game," said Coach Cheng when asked about the team's game-plan moving forward. "We're going to come back with resolve; that's been our motto and that's what we are going to do."

The Mustangs look to get back on track when they head to Hamilton, Ontario for a matinee bout with the McMaster Marauders. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.