ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Twenty-five points from Peter Scholtes and 23 from Greg Morrow helped the Western Mustangs to a 72-61 victory over the CIS No. 3 Brock Badgers at the Bob Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
 
The victory snaps the Mustangs four game losing streak, and improves their record to 4-6, good for third in the OUA West. The loss is Brock's second of the season, and leaves them tied for first in the OUA Central with the McMaster Marauders.
 
Schotles and Morrow led the Mustangs scoresheet with Anthony Spiridis following his teammates closely with 16 points of his own. The Morrow-Scholtes duo not only led the Mustangs offence but played a key role on the defensive side as well, grabbing seven rebounds apiece. Guard Tom Filgiano also had a successful game on the glass with six rebounds of his own.
 
The Badgers recorded three players with double digits in Wednesday's contest with Johneil Simpson leading with 19 points, followed by Ryan Bennett and Zachary Angelini with 14 and 12 respectively. Their defence was led by Dani Elgadi who grabbed eight and Matt Marshall who recorded seven rebounds.
 
Scholtes appeared on the Mustang scoresheet early, making aggressive plays to the basket to keep Western in front on the scoreboard. Scholtes fierce play allowed the Mustangs to make plays in the key and close out the first quarter up 19-15.  
 
The Badgers started to catch up to the Mustangs speed in the second frame, trailing the Mustangs by no more than one possession for the majority of the frame. Spiridis led the purple and white offence in the second, tallying 10 of his 16 points in the quarter to help send Western into the half tied 28-28.
 
The purple and white momentum only increased in the next frame with the veteran Mustangs making aggressive plays to record points. Morrow, Spiridis, and Scholtes combined to score 20 of Western's 21 points in the frame and give the visitors a 49-41 lead heading into the final 10 minutes of play.
 
Brock began to slowly close the gap in the fourth, pulling to within three points midway through the final quarter. Leading 58-53, the Mustangs closed out the game with 14 points all coming off of free throws, including seven from Scholtes alone, to give the Mustangs a 72-61 win.
 
The Mustangs will look to continue their success this Saturday, January 23, when they take on the McMaster Marauder at the Burridge Gymnasium. Tip-off is at 3 p.m. and can be watched live on OUA.tv.