NORTH BAY, Ont. (January 5, 2019) - The Queen's Gaels (8-4) used a strong second half of offence to down the Nipissing Lakers (2-10) 84-63 and complete a sweep of their Northern Ontario weekend road trip.

NORTHERN SWEEP
The Gaels started 2019 with a Northern sweep taking down both Laurentian and Nipissing on the road.

GAME FLOW
After being down 5-2 in the opening minutes, the Gaels went on a 20-2 run from there with Quinton Gray picking up nine of the 20 Gaels points. After the first quarter, Queen's held a 22-14 lead over Nipissing.

The Lakers chipped away at the Gaels lead outscoring Queen's 15-10 in a low scoring second, and the Gaels lead was just 32-29 at halftime.

The second half saw the Gaels explode offensively. The Tricolour posted 29 points in the third quarter and another 23 in the fourth to bring their total to 84 on the night in a comfortable 84-63 win.

Jaz Bains finished with a double-double scoring a game-high 22 points while adding 10 assists. Tanner Graham had 21 points with six rebounds and five assists while Gray had 19 points.

BY THE NUMBERS
10 - Assists for Bains ties his career best which he has hit on two other occasions
17 - PPG over his last four for Gray, Queen's is 3-1 over that stretch
3 - Straight wins for the Gaels

UP NEXT
The Gaels will return home next Friday night at 8 pm as they Ryerson Rams visit the Queen's ARC. Tickets are available at gogaelsgo.com/tickets or catch the action live on OUA.tv.