The Lakehead Thunderwolves fell a bucket short of the CIS men’s basketball upset of the season.
Henry Tan shocked the Brock Badgers fan base, sending Friday’s OUA game to overtime with a deep bomb from 32 feet out, but their No. 4-ranked opponent pulled it out in the extra period, hanging on for an 82-80 win.
Tan scored 24 points, including the equalizer with 1.8 seconds to go in the fourth.
The Wolves had chances to send it to a second OT or even win it, but fell short. Bacarius Dinkins missed a pair of free throws in the final minute and guard Nick Burke, who finished with 16 points, fell short on a potential game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer.
“Our guys prepared well all week and when you do that it gives us a chance against anybody,” said Lakehead coach Manny Furtado in a release.
“We gave up too many second-chance points, which is really the difference in the game. We’ll regroup and get ready for Round 2 tomorrow.”
The loss drops the Thunderwolves below .500 at 3-4. Division rival Brock improved to 4-1.