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Adrian Hynes-Guery scored a game-high 18 points for McGill University but it was insufficient as the UNLV men's basketball team won its fourth straight game in Canada, 74-59, against the Redmen before more than 300 at Love Competition Hall, Tuesday.

Reggie Spencer of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, scored 14 points as the NCAA's Northeastern University Huskies defeated McGill 80-66 in men's basketball at Love Competition Hall, Sunday. Two other Huskies reached double figures in scoring, with Joel Smith notching 11 points and Quincy Ford collecting 10. Nicolas Langley, a senior from Golden, B.C., tallied 14 for the Redmen, who opened their 112th seaso

The college basketball season gets an early start this weekend, when McGill plays host to a number of NCAA teams. In women's hoops, the Martlets will open their 91st season by hosting Youngstown State on Friday. In men's action, the Redmen open their 112th campaign by hosting Northeastern on Sunday and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) Runnin' Rebels on Tuesday.

Canada defeated Argentina 84-79 on Sunday, to finish fifth of 12 men's teams at the FIBA Under-17 world basketball championship in Lithuania. The Canadian cadets, coached by McGill bench boss David DeAveiro, posted an overall record of 5-3 at the event.

HAMPDEN, Maine — Maine’s Mr. Basketball is crossing the border to continue his basketball career at the collegiate level. But he’s not headed south. Christian McCue, who led Hampden Academy to this year’s Eastern Maine Class A championship, will attend McGill University in Montreal this fall.

McGill took home 18 of 84 bursaries handed out at the 26th annual Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence gala, Wednesday, as a combined total of $189,750 was doled out to worthy student-athletes from nine Quebec universities. McGillians won five of the 11 major categories, sweeping both academic excellence prizes and both athletic excellence awards.