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Twenty-four hours after the Lakehead women’s basketball won in blowout fashion, the Laurier Golden Hawks returned the favour in the second half of their two game series, winning 75-51, Friday night at Waterloo.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team cleaned up the glass and took care of business, beating the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 79-65, Saturday night at Waterloo to earn a split of their two-game series.

Dan Speer hasn’t scored often this season. In fact, prior to his goal in Saturday night’s 8-2 win over the Windsor Lancers, the Lakehead Thunderwolves forward hadn’t lit the lamp since Oct. 30, a second-period marker in a 3-2 loss to Waterloo.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves met a defensive brick wall, Friday night, and were stymied by the Western Mustangs in a 3-0 loss at the C. J. Sanders Fieldhouse. Scores in the sets were 25-21, 25-21 and 25-14.

On a night when their leading scorer netted just two points, head coach Jon Kreiner’s Thunderwolves women’s basketball team rallied for a balanced team win, 84-61 over the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, Friday night at Waterloo.

The No. 6 Thunderwolves men’s basketball team found out what it’s like to be the hunted, Friday night, as the Laurier Golden Hawks sunk their talons into Lakehead, winning 69-59 at Waterloo, Ontario.

It wasn’t pretty, and it sure didn’t look that way, but Joel Scherben will take the two points nonetheless.

Gavin Hoy’s 23-point effort wasn’t quite enough on Thursday as his Hammarskjold Vikings fell two points short in senior boys basketball action. Cody Gibson-Wilke had a dozen points and D.J. Quaresima had 11, pacing the top-ranked St.

Lakehead took two wins from the McMaster Marauders last weekend and on Tuesday the CIS announced that the Thunderwolves also took what was once Mac’s No. 6 spot in the CIS men’s basketball top ten rankings.

Duncan Keith definitely considers himself a product of Northwestern Ontario. The Chicago Blackhawks defenceman and rising star, named to the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team on Dec.