It was a staggering result for a Laval team that was only 6-10 in conference and bounced in the first-round of the Quebec playoffs.
The eighth-seed Laval Rouge et Or, which only qualified for the tournament as host, recorded one of the greatest upsets in U Sports men’s national basketball championship history by beating the top-ranked University of Victoria Vikes 75-69 in the quarter-finals Friday in Quebec City.
The Rouge et Or were also extremely intense defensively in holding UVic to a season-low 32.7 per cent shooting from the field.Laval led by double digits for much of the game before the Vikes cut the lead to three points in the final minute but the desperate rally fell short. But it will be a UVic team that will certainly be humbled by Friday’s result and, possibly, better for it.
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