| POOL A | SAIT | VAN | BRI | Record | ||
| S.A.I.T. | —– | 97-80 | 97-86 | (2-0) | ||
| Vanier | 80-97 | —– | 83-76 | (1-1) | ||
| Briercrest Bible | 86-97 | 76-83 | —– | (0-2) | ||
| POOL B | SHER | CB | LANG | Record | ||
| Sheridan | —– | 88-78 | 87-85 | (2-0) | ||
| Cape Breton | 78-88 | —– | 87-85 | (1-1) | ||
| Langara | 85-87 | 85-87 | —– | (0-2) |
| Bronze | Vanier 89 Cape Breton 85 | |
| Final | Sheridan 97 S.A.I.T. 94 | |
Teams are pooled and play round robin in the first part of the draw, held at Ste. Anne De Bellevue’s John Abbott College. Seedings based on 1989 results S.A.I.T. is the top seed. Vancouver CC is the second seed, Vanier third.
In pool A play: …………………………………………………… In their opener, the SAIT Trojans defeated the Briercrest Bible Clippers 97-86 as James Clark and John Fry each scored 22. Peter Martens paced Briercrest with 26. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded SAIT Trojans defeated the Vanier Cheetahs 97-80 as Peter Wright scored 22, James Clarke 20, including four from beyond the arc, John Fry 19, Donald Johns 18 and Deshawn Holloman 10. The score was knotted at 33 at the half. Trojans assistant Donald Sims told the Montreal Gazette the game plan was to “extend Vanier physically as much as we could and it worked in our favour. We wanted to keep the game wide open and wear them down.” Vanier coach Henry Wong said his Cheetahs ran out of gas. “But you’ve got to give them credit. They’re a heck of a team. I thought we played well but we were tired in the second half.” Emerson Thomas paced Vanier with 18. Peter Walcott added 18, Deon George 17, Fritz Mascary 10 and Pelle Varrichio 10. …………………………………………………… The Vanier Cheetahs dumped Briercrest Bible 83-76. First-team Quebec all-star Dean George scored 31, including 19 in the second half. All-Canadian Emerson Thomas added 18, Pelle Varrichio 13 and Peter Walcott 11. Carl Olson led Briercrest with 18. Carlton Haak added 16 and Rob Adrian 11. Coach Henry Wong said it was good for the Cheetahs to get a game under their belts. “We’ve got to come back tomorrow against SAIT. I think we’re done with our nervousness.”
In pool B play: …………………………………………………… The Cape Breton Capers defeated the Langara Falcons 87-85 on a dispute bucket. The referee ruled Marc Poirier’s winning bucket was launched before the buzzer. Vancouver coach Duncan McCallum insisted “the ball was still in his hands when the buzzer went. There’s nothing you can do about it, especially when the referee didn’t ask the scorekeeper for help. The problem is we should never have blown a 17-point lead early in the second half. It’s our fault we didn’t put them away.” …………………………………………………… The Sheridan Bruins defeated the 2nd-seed Langara Falcons 87-85. …………………………………………………… The Sheridan Bruins defeated the Cape Breton Capers 88-78.
In the bronze medal match, the Vanier Cheetahs defeated the Cape Breton Capers 89-85 in overtime. Cape Breton led 39-24 at the half. Vanier coach Henry Wong told the Montreal Gazette that he lit into his troops at the half. “I reminded them that they had worked so hard all year and told them I thought they had more character than they showed in the first half. And then I left the room. I knew they were going to be teed off and they showed me a total team effort in the second half. We showed enough in the last 20 minutes to show everybody what we’re made of.” Emerson Thomas, who’d scored 2 in the first half, notched 24 in the second half and overtime, while Deon George, scoreless in the first half, notched 17. Peter Walcott also scored 26 for Vanier. The Cheetahs knotted the score at 76 in regulation as Deon George hit a layup at the buzzer. Cape Breton moved ahead 85-82 in the extra session, but George hit a pair of free throws and then a putback rebound to give Vanier an 86-85 lead. Thomas added three free throws to ice it. “We’re a young team and we’ll be back next year,” Wong said. “I can’t complain. We came back to win the bronze and that’s something, particularly the way they did it.”
In the final, the Sheridan Bruins nipped the SAIT Trojans 97-94 in double overtime. SAIT led 51-38 at the half in a shootout between James Clarke and Sheridan’s Donald John. The Trojans led 64-50 but Marc Wysocki and Humphrey Hill rallied the Bruins. They finally knotted the score at 78 and then at 80 in regulation. In the first overtime, both teams scored eight points apiece. But in the second overtime, Hill drilled his fourth trey of the game to give Sheridan a 93-90 lead and the Bruins held on for the win. Wysocki led the Bruins with 28. Hill added 26 and Rob Drasdo 19. John led SAIT with 24. Peter Wright added 21. Donald John was named player of the game for SAIT. Trojans coach Phil Allen was forced to watch from the hallway after the ACAC had suspended him late in the regular season for a confrontation with referee Dale King in a game against Grande Prairie. Assistant Donald Sims ran the squad. Allen said he’d reconsider his retirement plans. “I don’t want to end my career the way I did. I’m disappointed that I wasn’t there when they needed me. My presence just might have done something, I don’t know. … If I had to make up my mind today, it would be yes, one more year, my final year. That’s the way I’m leaning now but there’s a lot of emotion in that. I’m trying to let the emotions subside and make the decision on a rational basis for the good of the program, and for me.” Sheridan coach Wayne Allison noted that we always seem to decide the big games in overtime, or in the last few seconds. I knew this team could handle the pressure and they came up with a great effort. Not many people were giving us much of a chance in the final. But I knew we had a good shot at it if we played our game.” Sheridan trailed 51-38 at the half but was able to tighten up the defence the rest of the way. We also made a number of key shots early in the second half and that put us right back into it,” Allison said. “This win was so sweet because it was unexpected. SAIT was such the overwhelming favorite.”
The all-tourney team featured: MVP Marc Wysocki (Sheridan); Pete Wright (S.A.I.T.); Peter Walcott (Vanier); Humphrey Hill (Sheridan); Perry Martens (Briercrest Bible); and Jim Charters (Cape Breton)
The bronze medalist Vanier Cheetahs: Emerson Thomas; Deon George; Jomo Williams; Peter Walcott; Johan Deleon; Pelle Varrichio; David Rosenburg; David Abacasis; Fritz Mascary; Peter Walcott; coach Henry Wong
The silver medalist Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans: Peter Wright; James Clarke; John Fry; Donald Johns; Deshawn Holliman; Dean Williams; Stan Krawiec; coach Phil Allen; assistant Donald Sims; assistant Rick Pease
The gold medalist Sheridan Bruins: Humphrey Hill; Frank Parris; Mark Wysocki; Rob Drasdo; Peter Mahoney; Rudy Donick; Ed Craig; John Dixon; Bill Carson; Jeff Foster; Sean Henry; Garnet Richards; Mark Stoddart; Phil Johnson; Greg Cummings; coach Wayne Allison