MONTREAL -- Hugo Adin scored 24 points and teammate Alix Lochard posted a "double-double" as the visiting the Université du Québec à Montréal outlasted division-leading McGill 81-75 in a men's college hoops slugfest at G. Donald Love Competition Hall, Saturday.

The result halted a seven-game win streak for McGill, which hadn't tasted defeat since Nov. 14, a 94-71 setback at UQAM.

Pacing the offence for McGill was Jamal Mayali with 20, followed by Quarry Whyne (18), JJ Hamel-Carey (16) and Levi Londole (10).

The game featured a battle between the leading Quebec conference scoring leaders with top gun Mayali (18.9 ppg) going up against Lochard (18.8 ppg).

McGill led 66-63 with 5:40 remaining in the contest but the Citadins rallied for an 18-9 run down the stretch.

Overall, nne players reached double-digits in scoring, including five members of the Citadins, who won the opening quarter 17-16 but found themselves trailing 36-32 at halftime. UQAM had the stronger second half, winning the third quarter 27-20 and then taking the final stanza 22-19.

Other leading snipers for UQAM were Karim Sabban (12), Misi-Boye Jeanneau-Mubiala (12) and Schneiders Suffrand (11).

"We gave up way too many points against this team but to their credit, they had a couple of guys step up and make some big shots today," said McGill bench boss David DeAveiro. "I thought we competed. In every game that you play in, there's always lessons to be learned. When we watch this game, we're going to learn from it.

"It's a tough league. If everyone thought that we were going to win the way (we've done so far), they don't really understand how the RSEQ conference works. That team came here with a purpose. Right from the beginning they asserted themselves and we didn't quite match their intensity. We talked about that but when your dealing with a young team (like ours), you're going to have nights like this... I thought we grinded hard until the very end."

UQAM's long-range game worked as they drained 12 of 29 attempts from three-point range, while McGill was a feeble 6-for-31 from downtown. That's only a 19.4 per cent success rate in trey-shooting for McGill, compared to their season average of 36.6.

"We're a three-point shooting team because we're a smaller team." admitted DeAveiro. "So when we were shooting under 20 per cent tonight (from long distance) I was surprised that we were this close to them...  We just didn't make shots today that we would normally make."

The Citadins, who held a 35-30 edge in rebounds, shot 44.1 per cent from the field  (30/68), compared to McGill's 46.8 (29/62). Both teams were effective from the free-throw line, with UQAM making nine of 10 and McGill draining 11 of 14.

McGill (8-2) has six games remaining before post-season play, three with Concordia (4-3) and two against Bishop's (2-5) before the season finale against UQAM (5-4). McGill has had the upper-hand in head-to-head competition with UQAM, owning a 44-29 in 73 lifetime record. The rivals, who met in the post-season last spring with UQAM prevailing, have one more rendezvous on the schedule, a Feb. 20 matchup in the season finale.

The McGillians will travel across town next week for a home-and-home with the Stingers, on Thursday (Jan. 23) for an 8 p.m. tip-off at the Loyal campus, followed by a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday (Jan. 25) at Love Competition Hall.

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