In front of a sellout and loud Amphitheatre-Desjardins on the campus of the University of Laval in Quebec City, the host Rouge et Or captured their first-ever U Sports men's basketball national championship by defeating the Queen's Gales 77-71.Laval University Rouge et Or's Ismael Diouf raises the championship trophy following their 77-71 victory over the Queen's University Gaels in the U Sports men's championship basketball final in Quebec City on Sunday.
Queen's fought back in the second quarter and took the ball to the offensive boards, as they became more physical under the net, especially with the play of Adeforlaren Adetogun, who got under the skin of many Laval players. The Gaels managed to slow down the rapid Laval players and took a 43-39 lead to the dressing room at halftime.
Diouf then picked up an important offensive rebound and put Laval ahead 70-69 as the loud crowd responded as they could smell the victory with 51 seconds to play.
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