By: Martin Timmerman

The Waterloo Warriors could not find a way to stop either Mike Petrella or Guelph's outside shooting and ended up on the short side of a 98-83 score on Wednesday night in Guelph.

The first half had all the makings of a tight game with two different quarters of play ending in a 46-40 lead for Waterloo at half time. The first quarter saw 12 lead changes as neither team was able to exert control and each team had a scoring answer when down.

Contrast that with the second quarter where Waterloo had 10-0 and 11-2 runs sandwiched around a 7-0 run by Guelph. At the half it was pretty even in scoring, shooting and rebounding. Mike Petrella had 19 points at half time and Cam McIntyre (Kitchener, Ont.) was on the bench after just six minutes of play, with his shoe off showing a taped foot.

Guelph opened the second half with a 13-0 run and held Waterloo without a field goal for 6:28 of play. Waterloo had no stops as Guelph poured in 35 points in the quarter and take a 13 point lead into the final quarter. In the final quarter, Waterloo was unable to narrow the gap and went home on the short end of the scoreboard.

For Guelph, Mike Petrella led all scorers with 37 points while dishing 11 assists. His find was often George Mason who hit 7 of 12 from the three point line for 21 points. Waterloo was led by Alan Goodhoofd (Oakville, Ont.) with 20 points and 9 rebounds. Wayne Bridge (North York, Ont.) added 15 points.

With the loss, Waterloo drops to 5-6 in the OUA West, tied for sixth with Western. Guelph improves to 4-7 and are in eighth spot. Next game for Waterloo is Saturday afternoon as the Warriors return to the PAC to host the OUA West leading Windsor Lancers. Game time is 4:00pm.