Box Score
MONTREAL -- Four McGill players reached double figures in scoring as the No.8-ranked McGill University men's basketball team came back from a nine-point deficit to lick Laval 72-64 at Love Competition Hall, Saturday.
Combined with the Martlets 71-62 win in the women's game earlier, it marked the second doubleheader sweep this season over Laval, an institution which had owned McGill for much of the last decade.

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Laval led from the opening tip-off until McGill took a 42-41 edge with 3:08 remaining in the third quarter. From then on, it was all McGill, with the Redmen never losing the lead.
 
“I thought we came out more aggressively (in the second half) especially defensively… controlled the boards much better … and limited their second opportunities,” said McGill head coach David DeAveiro, who has led the team to a 24-14 regular season record in his three seasons at the helm. “We just played with a higher level of intensity in the second half.”
 
Thibaud Dezutter netted a game-high 20 points and collected seven rebounds in a losing cause for the Rouge et Or, who led 18-13 at the first intermission and 33-27 at the half before McGill mounted their stellar comeback in the third quarter by outscoring their guests 22-12.
 
Montrealer Adrian Hynes-Guery, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound point-guard, paced the Redmen attack with 17 points, while teammates Simon Bibeau (14) of St. Bruno, Que., Rodrigo Imperador (13)of Brazil and Aleksandar Mitrovic (12) of Serbia, added offensive support. 

Hynes-Guery, a first-year transfer from the NCAA's American International College, shot 6-for-14 from the floor, including 3-for-9 from three-point range, and went 2-for-2 from the line.
 
“This was a good game for Adrian,” noted DeAveiro. “He's realizing that he's still going to score 17-20 points a game, so he's got to trust his teammates some more and they'll get him open shots instead of him having to work by himself to get a shot. His teammates can help him get shots and today you saw a good example of that.”
 
Mitrovic, a second-year transfer from the NCAA's Mount Olive College, grabbed seven balls off the glass, shot 5-for-7 from the field and went 2-for-4 from the line.

“Aleks's stats may not show it but he did a good job defensively,” offered DeAveiro. “He set the tone… played a lot of minutes and left it all on the floor tonight. “
 
McGill culled 31 points from their bench, compared to Laval, which had only 16 from their reserve troops. Point-guard Simon Bibeau, who is slowly being worked into the lineup after missing all of last season recovering knee injury, led the Redmen bench corps with 14 points in 23 minutes, including a 6-for-6 performance from the free-throw line.
 
“Simon played probably his best game overall,” DeAveiro said. “When Simon plays like that, we have a chance to win,” offered the coach. “He's a key guy for us and it's good to see him successful.”
 
Starting forward Vincent Dufort was held to just three points but grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and led all players with 35 minutes of court time.
 
McGill held a 35-32 edge in rebounds, a 7-3 advantage in steals, a 4-2 difference in blocked shots and won the turnover battle with 11, compared to a dozen by Laval. The Redmen only shot 39.4 per cent from the field and 17.9 from the arc but connected on 83.3 from the foul-line, making 15 of 18. Laval replied on 32.8, 25.0 and 84.2, respectively.
 
McGill, which improved to 12-4 against CIS opponents and 4-2 in the RSEQ standings, now sits tied with Concordia (4-3) for second place. The Redmen will play a mid-week game at division-leading Bishop's (5-1) on Jan. 16 before hosting cellar-dwelling UQAM (2-5) in a rare Saturday afternoon 4 p.m. start on Jan. 19.
 
 

Newspaper Box Score

REDMEN 72, Laval 64

01/12/13 19h00 at Love Competition Hall

ROUGE ET OR
Thibaud Dezutter 5-17 7-8 20; Antoine Beaumier 3-8 6-7 12; Rene-Pier Mathieu
4-12 0-0 8; Karl Demers-Belanger 4-15 0-0 8; Hugues Ryan 2-5 1-2 6; Boris
Hadzimuratovic 2-6 0-0 4; Simon Mercier 1-2 0-0 2; Olivier Lefebvre 0-0 2-2
2; Laurier Beaulac-Duf. 1-2 0-0 2; Khaled Amrani 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-67
16-19 64.

REDMEN
Adrian Hynes-Guery 6-14 2-2 17; Simon Bibeau 3-8 6-6 14; Rodrigo Imperador
6-8 1-1 13; Aleksandar Mitrovic 5-7 2-4 12; Winn Clark 1-3 2-2 4; Christian McCue 1-8 2-3 4; Te'Jour Riley 2-4 0-0 4; Vincent Dufort 2-10 0-0 4; Nathan Joyal 0-2 0-0 0; Ave Bross 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-66 15-18 72.

Rouge et or...................   18   15   12   19  -   64
Redmen........................   13   14   22   23  -   72

3-point goals--Rouge et or 4-16 (Thibaud Dezutter 3-5; Hugues Ryan 1-4;
Rene-Pier Mathieu 0-5; Karl Demers-Belanger 0-2), Redmen 5-28 (Adrian Hynes-Guery 3-9; Simon Bibeau 2-6; Christian McCue 0-6; Vincent Dufort 0-4;
Nathan Joyal 0-2; Ave Bross 0-1). Fouled out--Rouge et or-None, Redmen-None.
Rebounds--Rouge et or 32 (Thibaud Dezutter 7), Redmen 35 (Vincent Dufort
11). Assists--Rouge et or 5 (Karl Demers-Belanger 5), Redmen 15 (Adrian Hynes-Guery 5). Total fouls--Rouge et or 20, Redmen 18. Technical
fouls--Rouge et or-None, Redmen-None.

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
E-MAIL: earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca