St. Francis Xavier17-329-5Tyrell Vernon
U.P.E.I.15-521-11Darrell Glenn
Dalhousie12-820-15Rick Plato
Cape Breton 9-1113-20Matt Skinn
Saint Mary’s 8-1211-18Jonah Taussig
Memorial 8-1210-16Ian Coultas
New Brunswick 7-13 8-19Joe Salerno
Acadia 4-16 6-20Michael Leslie

Playoff non-qualifiers:

Acadia Axemen: Gabe Davignon, Erik Hayden, Demeric Mercer, Kyle Munro, Alex Muise, Seth Blundell, Ryan Munro, Mirza Todorovac, Owen Parson, Aiden Clarke, Dylan Landry, Adam Barney, Jackson Mackinnon-Metcalf, Benjamin Manns, Thomas MacDonald, Nick Macdougall, Finn Larkin, Adam Rosenberger, Jonah Eruera, Miguel Perez Boskovic, coach Michael Leslie, assistant Randy Sheen, assistant Patrick Sewell

        Saint Mary’s Huskies: Ethan Vey, Jonah Crowther, Jayrell Diggs, Jonas Maerz, Philip Bou Khalil, Shae Linton-Brown, Jackson Enyinna, Dontae Mithcell, Aidan MacDonald, Sam Gillett, Conrad Scotchburn, Kenny Ngassoue, Topaz Nnani, coach Jonah Taussig, associate Naofall Folahan, assistant Mat MacDonald, assistant Jeff Paris, manager John Landry, manager Al Brooks

        In the quarterfinals, the 4th-seeded Cape Breton Capers defeated the 5th-seeded New Brunswick Varsity Reds 95-89 in overtime. The Varsity Reds led 32-23 after one quarter as Marcus Barnes lit up the Capers with a trio from beyond the arc, and 50-38 at the half. The score was knotted at 62 after three quarters on a late jumper by Justus Pueser, and at 81 after regulation as Chris Ruta notched a bucket with four seconds to play. Player of the game Osman Omar notched the go-ahead jumper in overtime as momentum shifted toward the Capers. Varsity Reds coach Joe Salerno said “I told our guys I was proud of their effort today. It was a good basketball game. It was unfortunate to cough up a lead like we did, I thought turnovers killed us in the second half, but we have a lot of young guys who stepped up today and played in their first big post-season game, so I was proud of their effort.” Red rookie Marcus Barnes said “we played great but it was a tough loss, we just ran out of gas in the end. At the end of the day though, I’m proud of all my guys.” Osman Omar paced the Capers with 21 on 6-23 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 9-10 from the line, 3 boards and 5 assists. Chris Ruta added 18 on 7-15 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 9 boards, 4 blocks and 3 steals. Justus Peurser notched 16 on 7-14 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Tyson Cato scored 15 on 6-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 12 boards. Jahnian Simmonds added 13 on 5-9 from the floor, 3-3 from the line, 13 boards and 2 steals. Paul Watson notched 7 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 10 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Jason Callaghan added 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 assists. Live Kivuvu scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, while Mitchell Mersereau was scoreless. The Capers hit 35-87 (.402) from the floor, 7-27 (.259) from the arc and 18-24 (.750) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 15 assists, 11 turnovers, 5 blocks and 11 steals. Marcus Barnes paced the Varsity Reds with 3 1on 11-25 from the floor, 7-13 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Vegas Evans added 14 on 10-15 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 16 boards and 2 steals. Eden Otshudi notched 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 3 assists. Brett Speedy scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 steals. Malik Grant added 5 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 7 assists. Norm Burry scored 5 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Jeven Eddy added 3 on 1-2 from the floor and 3 boards, while Brandon Laryea and Mark Tobin were scoreless. Laryea nabbed 3 boards. The Varsity Reds hit 31-76 (.408) from the floor, 17-38 (.447) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 17 assists, 22 turnovers, 3 blocks and 5 steals. The Varsity Reds (coach Joe Salerno, assistant Jeff Morrison, assistant Kyle Arseneault, manager Will Vidito, manager Connor O’Neill, student therapist Alana Lapointe) also included Reese Zorogole, Rees Hasson, Anthony Sears, Haany Ahmed, Lucas Tompkins, Jack Fury-Miller, Corey Nzigamasabo and Antoney Bell.

        In the other quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Dalhousie Tigers torched the 6th-seeded Memorial Sea-Hawks 87-48 after leading 24-9, 44-18 and 62-36 at the quarters. The Tigers closed out the first frame with a 10-0 run and then opened the second frame with a 12-0 run to take total command. Malcolm Christie paced the Tigers with 21 on 7-14 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 4 boards and 3 steals. Joshua Koulamallah added 17 on 7-13 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 8 boards. Nginyu Ngala notched 13 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists. Matthew Smith scored 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 blocks. Jermaine Husbands-Browne added 7 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Shamar Burrows scored 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 7 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals. Samuel Maillet notched 4 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 assists. Alex Ruiz added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 6 boards. Jayden Parker scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 2 assists. Peter Moses addd 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 2 boards, while Samuel Wade and Dolu Johnson were scoreless. The Tigers hit 34-74 (.459) from the floor, 7-20 (.350) from the arc and 12-18 from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 17 assists, 9 turnovers, 4 blocks and 11 steals. Boris Ristanovic paced the Sea-Hawks with 14 on 6-12 from the floor, 2-5 from the line and 4 boards. Nicholas Tuff added 10 on 3-12 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Emanuel Ring notched 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 7 boards and 2 assists. River Drefers scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 2 assists. Jodick Moudiandambu added 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-4 from the line and 2 assists. Flynn Boardman-Raffe scored 2 on 1-11 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc and 0-3 from the line. Cameron Stanford added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 4 boards, while Matt Torraville, Caleb D’Entremont, Marc McShane and Miles Fryett were scoreless. The Sea-Hawks hit 20-64 (.313) from the floor, 3-17 (.176) from the arc and 5-16 (.313) from the line, while garnering 23 boards, including 2 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 9 assists, 19 turnovers, 3 blocks and 3 steals. The Sea-Hawks (coach Ian Coultas, assistant Matthew Bruce, manager Cassie Colbert, therapist Krista Mullaly-Dobbin) also included Akec Tong, Nathan Childs, Asa Hood, Merreck Mintz, Liai Tong, Emanuel Ring and Nicholas Tuff.

        In the semis, the top-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men dusted the 4th-seeded Cape Breton Capers 94-68 after leading 30-17, 60-47 and 81-57 at the quarters. Player of the game Dondre Reddick said “I think it was a statement win, we played great defensively and that’s our culture, defense, once we play defense like that then the points are going to start to come.” X-Men coach Tyrell Vernon said “we did a great job with our energy, it was our first game and I knew our nerves were going to get the best of us for the first five minutes. I just didn’t know there was going to be that many fouls in the first five minutes, but we weathered the storm in the first half and stayed out of foul trouble in the second half. We did a good job settling in as the game went on.” Dondre Reddick paced the X-Men with 25 on 11-14 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. David Muenkat added 21 on 7-13 from the floor, 7-10 from the arc and 14 boards. Avan Nava notched 11 on 4-10 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Bennett Grumbach scored 11 on 3-10 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Michael utsalo added 8 on 4-4 from the floor and 5 boards. Gatluak James scored 7 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Antoine Vernon notched 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Deon Ejim added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4 boards and 3 assists. Steven Levnaic scored 2 on 0-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards, while Matt Pennell, Keyonte Beals and Ky Kotapski-Tinga were scoreless, with each nabbing 2 boards. The X-Men hit 35-78 (.449) from the floor, 9-27 (.333) from the arc and 15-22 (.682) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 25 fouls, 15 assists, 16 turnovers, 4 blocks and 13 steals. Osman Omar paced the Capers with 20 on 6-19 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 8-8 from the line and 6 boards. Tyson Cato added 10 on 4-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 steals. Chris Ruta notched 9 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Live Kivuvu scored 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 2 boards. Paul Watson added 7 on 1-9 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 5-10 from the line, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Jason Callaghan scored 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Justus Peuser added 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 3 assists and 2 steals. Mitchell Mersereau scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Jahnian Simmonds, Coby Tunnicliff, Ceejay Hanson and Malik-Jamal Cadore were scoreless. Simmonds nabbed 3 boards. The Capers hit 20-65 (.308) from the floor, 2-22 (.091) from the arc and 26-32 (.813) from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 23 fouls, 9 assists, 17 turnovers, 3 blocks and 12 steals.

        In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded U.P.E.I. Panthers clipped the 3rd-seeded Dalhousie Tigers 80-65 after leading 15-14, 36-35 and 66-48 at the quarters. The Tigers had no answer for AUS player of the year Elijah Miller. “I’m just being patient and letting the game come to me,” Miller said. “Last year, I kind of forced it a little bit, but having my teammates score early helped open things up for myself.” Panthers coach Darrell Glenn said “they’re a championship program and no lead is secure against them. It was a tough first half. I know we had the lead, but we weren’t playing as well as we wanted to. But we stuck it out and I’m proud of our perseverance.” Miller hit back-to-back treys to give the Panthers a 36-25 lead but the Tigers stormed back with a 10-0 run to draw within one at the half. But Miller scored 10 straight points on an array of long range shots and attacks at the rim before Dakelle Brooks drilled a trey to cap a 13-0 run that gave the Panthers a 54-40 lead. The Tigers never again seriously threatened. Elijah Miller paced the Panthers with 29 on 10-18 from the floor, 5-10 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 4 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Dakelle Brooks added 15 on 6-13 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 2 assists. Kamari Scott notched 14 on 6-10 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 12 boards. Cameron Brown scored 6 on 3-3 from the floor and 2 boards. Sam Chisholm added 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Abilash Surendran scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 9 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Isaiah Ankra added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. John Alex Vos scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, while Daren Clarke, Olivier St-Pierre and Logan Cheyne were scoreless. The Panthers hit 32-62 (.516) from the floor, 8-24 (.333) from the arc and 8-13 (.615) from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 9 assists, 12 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals. Shamar Burrows paced the Tigers with 14 on 4-13 from the floor, 6-8 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Joshua Koulamallah added 14 on 3-14 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 7-10 from the line and 3 boards. Nginyu Ngala notched 11 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Malcolm Christie scored 10 on 4-12 from the floor and 2-7 from the arc. Jermaine Husbands-Browne added 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Samuel Maillet scored 5 on 2-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Alex Ruiz added 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 7 boards, while Matthew Smith, Samuel Wade, Jayden Parker, Peter Moses and Dolu Johnson were scoreless. Wade and Smith each nabbed 2 boards. The Tigers hit 22-70 (.314) from the floor, 6-26 (.231) from the arc and 15-21 (.714) from the line, while garnering 32 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 12 fouls, 9 assists, 12 turnovers, 1 block and 7 steals.

In the final, the top-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men torched the 2nd-seeded U.P.E.I. Panthers 104-54 after leading 26-13, 55-22 and 83-38 at the quarters. The X-men opened with a 7-0 run featuring an Avan Nava trey, and were never threatened. They thoroughly dominated the paint, ripped off a 12-0 run and then another 7-0 run to start the second half and coasted to the easy win. X-Men coach Tyrell Vernon said his troops did a “great job of buying into the scout. Everything that we wrote on that paper those guys tried their best to do. They really bought into the ‘KYP’ – knowing your personnel, and how we were going to defend, who we were going to make shoot, who’s going to beat us, who’s not going to beat us, and we stuck to the game plan.” Avan Nava paced the X-Men with 16 on 6-7 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 assists. Player of the game David Muenkat added 15 on 5-10 from the floor, 5-10 from the line, 10 boards and 2 assists. Dondre Reddick notched 14 on 5-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Deon Ejim scored 14 on 6-11 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Gatluak James added 11 on 5-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 12 boards and 3 assists. Michael Utsalo scored 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 6 boards and 3 steals. Steven Levnaic notched 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Bennett Grumbach added 6 on 2-6 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Antoine Vernon scored 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 4 assists. Kye Kotapski-Tinga added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 2 boards. Keyonte Beals scored 3 on 1-3 from the arc, while Matt Pennell was scoreless, nabbed 3 boards and dished 3 assists. The X-Men hit 38-72 (.528) from the floor, 11-26 (.423) from the arc and 17-25 (.680) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 24 assists, 8 turnovers and 9 steals. Panthers player of the game Daren Clarke led UPEI with 12 on 5-9 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 3 assists. Kamari Scott added 8 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 3 boards. Abilash Surendran notched 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Isaiah Ankra scored 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Olivier St-Pierre added 6 on 2-5 from the arc. Cameron Brown notched 5 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Emmanuel Ndatuje added 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Elijah Miller scored 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Sam Chisholm added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5 boards and 3 assists, while Dakelle Brooks, John Alex Vos and Adeboye Akinode were scoreless. Brooks nabbed 2 boards. The Panthers hit 19-66 (.288) from the floor, 10-27 (.370) from the arc and 6-9 from the line, while garnering 26 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 14 assists, 19 turnovers, 3 blocks and 4 steals.

The co-bronze medalist Dalhousie Tigers: Babacar Cisse, Samuel Wade, Matthew Smith, Malcolm Christie, Nginyu Ngala, Jermaine Husbands-Browne, Ifesinachi Chiekwe, Samuel Maillet, Jayden Parker, Caleb Sooley, Joshua Koulamallah, Peter Moses, Alex Ruiz, Benjamin Gory, Ben Shoveller, Dolu Johnson, Shamar Burrows, Jacob Adams, Danny Daly, Gabriel Marcotulio, Alejandro Ruiz?, coach Rick Plato, assistant Michael Barrie, assistant Kevin Veinot, assistant Kevin Bezanson, assistant Murphy Burnatowski, manager Andrea Plato, student assistant Alex Petropolis, strength & conditioning Brett Armstrong

        The co-bronze medalist Cape Breton Capers: Osman Omar; Jason Callaghan; Tyson Cato; Jahnian Simmonds; Harouna Diop; Justus Peuser; Chris Ruta; Coby Tunnicliff; Ceejay Hanson; Mitchell Mersereau; Paul Watson; Live Kivivu; Malik-Jamal Cadore; Ronaldo Messam?; coach Matt Skinn; assistant Ben Miller; assistant David Ogbuah; assistant Liam Shaw

The silver medalist Prince Edward Island Panthers: Elijah Miller; Kamari Scott; Sam Chisholm; Devonteh Reid; Daren Clarke; Dakelle Brooks; Benjamin Nelson; Luca Cameron; Isaiah Ankra; Nestor Herrera; Alex Ward; John Alex Vos; Abilash Surendran; Cameron Brown; Olivier St-Pierre; Logan Cheyne; coach Darrell Gleen; assistant Josh Whitty; assistant Jared Cheverie; assistant Johnathan Lane; director operations Koren Glenn; strength & conditioning Jay Melhado; strength & conditioning Noah Murphy; manager Sophie Duguay; statistics & video Pierre Aucoin; academic advisor Jack Headley

        The champion St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Gatluak James; Matt Pennell; Keyonte Beals; Antoine Vernon; Marcus Upshw; Dondre Reddick; Jeremy Coria; Deon Ejim; Kye Kotapski-Tinga; Zion James; Steven Levniac; Bennett Grumbach; Roger O’Callaghan; Michael Utsalo; Avan Nava; David Muenkat; coach Tyrell Vernon; assistant Tyrone Watson; assistant Doc Ryan; assistant Denton Anthony; assistant J.J. Sedore; player development Jeremiah Usiosefe; director operations Lennox MacGillivray; scouting Michael Parsons; manager Ethan Collins; student therapist Abigail Levy; student therapist Michael Vanghan