Box Score VICTORIA, B.C. - The University of Victoria Vikes men's basketball team was defeated 99-69 by the Brock Badgers in front of a capacity crowd of 1,000 at the Bob Davis Gymnasium in Niagara, Ont. on Oct. 22 in pre-season play. The loss came in the Vikes' first of three pre-season games against OUA opponents from Oct. 22-24.

BOX SCORE
 
Fourth-year Vikes forward Grant Sitton lead the way for the Vikes playing 23 minutes and shooting 6-for-17 from the field finishing with 14 points and seven rebounds. Third-year Vikes guard Jordan Charles shot 3-for-5 from beyond the three-point line and netted 11 points in 23 minutes of action for the Vikes.

Brock forward Dani Elgadi shot an impressive 15-for-20 from the field, tallying 32 points in the win for the Badgers. Four different Badger players scored in the double digits and above a 50 per cent field-goal percentage in a game where they shot 51.2 per cent as a team. 

The Vikes struggled from the field, shooting just 42.4 per cent. In addition, the Vikes posted 25 turnovers, while the Badgers capitalized for 31 points off Vikes miscues.
 
"We really struggled with turnovers again," said Vikes head coach Craig Beaucamp. "Giving up that many points off turnovers was really our undoing."
 
As a young team with plenty of room to improve, Beaucamp emphasizes the Vikes' need to take away learning experiences from every game, especially in games when everything may not go according to plan.
 
"This is another chance to grow," commented Beaucamp, who enters his 13^th season at the helm. "We need to keep a growth mindset right now. We have a very young team and we need to stay focused on getting better and learning from these experiences."
 
The Vikes now travel to Hamilton, Ont. to face McMaster University on Oct. 23 at Burridge Gymnasium before wrapping up their eastern road trip against the Guelph Gryphons on Oct. 24. The regular season for the Vikes begins Nov. 6 in Langley, B.C. against Trinity Western.

SCORING BY QUARTER
BROCK: 23-26-24-26 : 99
UVIC: 15-13-19-22 : 69

SCORING LEADERS
BROCK: Dani Elgadi (32), Johneil Simpson (18), Matt Marshall (14)
UVIC: Grant Sitton (14), Jordan Charles (11)