REGULAR SEASON
| Calgary | 20-0 | Dan Vanhooren | ||||||
| U.B.C. | 17-3 | Kevin Hanson | ||||||
| Alberta | 15-5 | Barnaby Craddock | ||||||
| Regina | 14-6 | Steve Burrows | ||||||
| Winnipeg | 13-7 | Mike Raimbault | ||||||
| Fraser Valley | 13-7 | Adam Friesen | ||||||
| Lethbridge | 12-8 | Mike Hansen | ||||||
| Saskatchewan | 11-9 | Barry Rawlyk | ||||||
| Victoria | 10-10 | Craig Beaucamp | ||||||
| Manitoba | 10-10 | Kirby Schepp | ||||||
| U.N.B.C. | 9-11 | Todd Jordan | ||||||
| Mount Royal | 8-12 | Marc Dobell | ||||||
| UBC Okanagan | 7-13 | Ken Olynyk | ||||||
| Thompson Rivers | 6-14 | Scott Clark | ||||||
| Brandon | 4-16 | Gil Cheung | ||||||
| MacEwan | 1-19 | Magdanz/Schildroth | ||||||
| Trinity Western | 0-20 | Aaron Muhic |
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Brandon Bobcats: Trayvond Massenburg, Tyvon Cooper, Tarik Scott, Aaron Fernandes, Pookie Saunders, Jaleel Webb, Troy Grant, Kevone Philip, Braden Cancade, Josh Bell, Steven Chieng, Omot Ojulu, Kobyn Jopp, coach Gil Cheung, assistant Brent Nohr, assistant Kevin Phillip, assistant O’Neil Gordon, assistant Keith van Walleghem
UBC-Okanagan Heat: Philip Okanlawon, Triston Matthews, Patrick Dujmovic, Jacob Stokker, Hafith Moallin, Tyler Jardin, Aldrich Berrios, Jarrett Larsen, Navdeep Brar, David Okoroafor, Navdeep Bajwa, Darius Hossein-pour, Owen Keyes, Garrett Riley, redshirt Mahamed Omar, coach Ken Olynyk, assistant Thom Gillespie, strength & conditioning Kevin Phillips, therapist Jeff Thorburn, athletic director Tom Huisman
MacEwan Griffins: Ben Niles, Abdullah Shittu, Deonte Doslove-Doctor, Jesse Trussler, Griffin Lorenz, Luke Harold, Jake Notice, Atlas St. Paul-Butler, Dustin Gatzki, Harrison Lane, Liban Yousef, Abeil Tabufor, Alex Jap, redshirt McWesley Jibrin, McKenzie Jibrin, redshirt Dawson Smadis, coach Eric Magdanz, assistant Jesse McLean, assistant Graeme Ryder, assistant Jackson Parker, assistant Lee Danderfer, graduate assistant Ryan Bhalla, student therapist Marwa Ali, assistant manager Scottie Mergaert
Thompson Rivers Wolfpack: Enrico Nuno, Mike Rouault, Yonathan Michael, Tyus De Vries, Madhu McConnell, Brendan Sullivan, Derek Rhodes, Joe Davis, Nathan Pasloske, Devin Halcrow, Richard Mageto, Anton Bilous, Dean Lemphers, coach Scott Clark, assistant Volodymyr Iegorov, assistant Ted Murray, assistant Quinn Groenheyde, assistant Andrew Kaban, strength & conditioning Ciaran McDonnell
Trinity Western Spartans: Josiah Allison, Ben Reddy, Ethan DaSilva, Levin Leyenhorst, Tee Maberry, Vartan Tanielian, Eric Rogers, Isaiah Reimer, Daniel Stead, Aaron Paetkau, Borja Soriano, Josiah Meppelink, Andrew Goertzen, Enoch Kyeyune, Kyle Helsloot, Jack Nadelhoffer, coach Aaron Muhic, assistant Matt Guynup, assistant Dave Klassen, assistant Matt Boulton, therapist Natalie Ghobrial, strength & conditioning Andrew Evans, nutritionist Adrienne Friesen, student therapist Ted Zhu, student therapist Eric Rogers, student therapist Royal Richardson, student therapist Craig Halliwell, SID Scott Stewart, media manager Mark Janzen
In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The 8th-seeded Winnipeg Wesmen clipped the 9th-seeded Manitoba Bisons 92-77 as Narcisse Ambanza lit the gym for 36. Winnipeg opened with an 18-3 run and led 33-14 after a quarter. They stretched that lead to as many as 25 with a 6-0 to start the second quarter. A 6-0 to close the second for the Bisons brought them to within 49-35 but they were never able to trim the margin to single digits. The Wesmen led 49-35 at the half and 65-51 after three quarters. “I was struggling the last few games against U of M and I just took it upon myself to prepare myself better for this game and just come out, have a lot of energy and help my team,” Ambanza said. ”Last Saturday (during a regular season game) we went out big against them and they came back and they trimmed the lead and eventually won at the end of the game. We made it a priority to keep the lead and keep fighting throughout the entire game.” Wesmen coach Mike Raimbault said “we came out and were getting defensive stops, which is a big key for us especially against a talented team like Manitoba. I was happy that defensively we were really engaged from the get-go and I think when we do that our offence flows much more freely for us.” Bisons coach Kirby Schepp said “I thought our energy level was low, but mainly they just made shots and we didn’t. That took away our fight and our energy a little bit. Credit to them, they came out energized and our guys didn’t to some extent.” Narcisse Ambanza paced the Wesmen with 36 on 14-20 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards and 6 assists. Billy Yaworsky added 16 on 8-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Don Dayrit added 11 on 4-13 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Sean Tarver scored 9 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards, 5 assists and 5 steals. Spas Nikolov notched 8 on 3-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 2 blocks. Adam Benrabah added 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 6 boards. Joseph Medrano scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor and 2 assists. William Sesay notched 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 5 boards, while Joshua Gandier, Riley Paul, Denzel Soliven and Terence Ross were scoreless. The Wesmen hit 37-72 (.514) from the floor, 6-23 (.261) from the arc and 12-18 from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 19 assists, 13 turnovers, 4 blocks and 10 steals. Rashawn Browne paced the Bisons with 23 on 8-17 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. James Wagner added 16 on 5-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 10 boards and 2 steals. Andre Arruda scored 15 on 6-19 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Malik Irwin added 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Zach Giesbrecht notched 9 on 3-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Joel Adu-Queye scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc and 0-2 from the line. Keiran Zziwa added 1 on 0-3 from the floor and 1-2 from the line, while Isaac Miller-Jose and Cameron O’Hara were scoreless. The Bisons hit 26-68 (.382) from the floor, 10-28 (.357) from the arc and 15-19 (.789) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 13 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks and 8 steals. The Bisons (coach Kirby Schepp, assistant Joey Nitychoruk, assistant Srdjan Komlenovic, strength & conditioning Adam Stevenson, director of operations Tyler Penner, manager Patrick Nhmaburo, therapist Mandy Los, student therapist Caitlin Williams, student therapist Christian Madrid) also included Risto Zimbakov, D.J. Jordan Jr., Wyatt Tait, James Wagner, Mark Tachie, Favour Ugbah and Gregoire Diouf. …………………………………………………… The 6th-seeded Fraser Valley Cascades clipped the 11th-seeded University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves 67-59. “We are prone to offensive struggles, but I think there were some nerves with the group to begin with,” said Cascades coach Adam Friesen. “I think that natural (halftime) break gave a chance to reset, mentally calm down and regroup. Some challenges were issued, and the guys bonded together and decided they weren’t going to give up and were going to win the game on the defensive end.” The Timberwolves broke to an 8-0 lead and led 17-10 after one quarter. They added a 13-2 run in the second quarter and led 38-26 heading to the lockers. But the Cascades began using their superior height and wingspan on defence in the second half, while post Sukhman Sandhu lit their offence on fire. They opened with an 18-5 run, capped by an and-one layup from Vick Toor, to take a 44-43 lead with 1:28 left in the third quarter. The Timberwolves led 49-48 afer three quarters but a 6-0 fourth-quarter run, featuring another Sandhu triple, gave the Cascades a 60-53 lead. They iced it with a Sukhjot Bains bucket in the blocks and another Sandhu trey. Friesen said half-time speech by senior Nav Bains ignited the comeback. “Although everyone played a big part in it, I think we can single out Nav as being the leader who really sets a high standard for everyone on the court. It started at the half. In the third quarter, with his energy on ball-screen defence, he had to contain some pretty quick guards. In the first half, we let them get by us all the way to the rim. In the second half, Nav just moved his feet and made life so much more challenging for them at the rim.” Timberwolves coach Todd Jordan said the Cascades’ size advantage was a “huge factor. … Their length at the rim definitely causes us trouble. We would get guys on our hips, but they would stay on us until their bigs could contest inside. We didn’t finish much inside. They came out with a lot of energy, and beat us to a lot of the fifty-fifty stuff. We got into some stretches where the ball stuck in our hands and didn’t move, and we lost our momentum. We were fighting uphill the rest of the way.” Sukhman Sandhu paced the Cascades with 18 on 7-14 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc and 4 boards. Parmvir Bains added 16 on 6-15 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Andrew Morris notched 10 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 7 boards. Sukhjot Bains scored 8 on 3-15 from the floor, 0-7 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Navjot Bains added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 9 boards. Vick Toor scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists. Mark Johnson added 4 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 4 steals, while Daniel Adediran and Matt Cooley were scoreless. The Cascades hit 25-71 (.352) from the floor, 8-29 (.276) from the arc and 9-13 (.692) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 9 assists, 8 turnovers, 1 block and 7 steals. Jovan Leamy paced the Timberwolves with 15 on 4-19 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 8 boards and 4 steals. Tyrell Laing added 13 on 4-5 from the floor, 4-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Volodymyr Pluzhnikov added 12 on 5-11 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. James Agyeman notched 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Austin Chandler scored 7 on 0-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 7-10 from the line, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Vaggelis Loukas added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 12 boards, while Anthony Hokanson and Spencer Ledoux were scoreless. The Timberwolves (coach Todd Jordan, assistant Aaron Brouwer, assistant Dale Dergousoff, assistant Nav Parmar) also included Kyler Eckess, Saje Gosal, Kaelen Mcneight, Colburn Pearce, Chris Ross and Saymon Loki. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded host Lethbridge Pronghorns torched the 10th-seeded Victoria Vikes 98-65. “I just thought we were really locked in defensively,” said Pronghorns coach Mike Hansen. “Our rotations were very good, and we did a great job on the glass. It was a true team effort tonight, I thought everyone made a contribution to the game and did a great job. Not just on the score sheet but all the little things you need to do to win at this time of year.” The Pronghorns led 19-10, 47-24 and 73-43 at the quarters. They broke open a 7-6 contest with an 8-0 run and were never threatened, after dominating the boards and pushing the tempo well beyond the Vikes’ comfort zone. Vikings coach Craig Beaucamp said “the guys were trying and it was not always very effective but we have a great group of guys and I am proud of what they have done as a group. Tonight was a bit of an apparition but hats off to Lethbridge. They came out strong and we were not ready. We played a good team in their home gym and they were just better than us tonight. Defensively, we just could not get stops.” Zac Overwater paced the Pronghorns with 20 on 7-12 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 9 boards. Keanu Funa added 14 on 6-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Chad Oviatt notched 10 on 5-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 6 boards. Michael Pierzchala added 10 on 4-11 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 10 boards. Colton Gibb scored 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Kyle Peterson scored 9 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 2 boards and 5 assists. Eric Pierce added 8 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 8 boards, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Brett Warren notched 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 7 boards and 7 assists. Zachary Coleman-Bock added 6 on 3-5 from the floor. Joshua Sparkes scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 boards, while Marko Vekic was scoreless. The Pronghorns hit 41-78 (.526) from the floor, 4-23 (.174) from the arc and 12-13 (.923) from the line, while garnering 57 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 22 assists, 15 turnovers, 2 blocks and 8 steals. Jordan Charles led the Vikes with 16 on 2-14 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc, 11-12 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Jake Newman added 16 on 7-18 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Scott Kellum notched 14 on 5-11 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Mason Loewen scored 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 6 boards. Jason Scully added 7 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Taylor Montgomery-Stinson notched 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Carlos Costa added 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 2 boards, while Graeme Hyde-Lay and Aaron Tesfaiorgis were scoreless. Tesfagiorgis nabbed 4 boards. The Vikes hit 21-75 (.280) from the floor, 7-34 (.206) from the arc and 16-21 (.762) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 9 assists, 15 turnovers, 5 blocks and 7 steals. The Vikes (coach Craig Beaucamp, assistant Ian Hyde-Lay, assistant Josh Mullen, assistant Tara Beaucamp, strength & conditioning Gary Peden, director of operations Ken Shields, consultant Phil Ohl, student trainer Samantha Dacey) also included Jesse Barnes, Jaden Touchie, Trent Monkman, Jordan Charles, Hayden Lejeune, Rohtash Mattu, Justin McChesney and Greg Wint. …………………………………………………… In the last opening round match, the 5th-seeded Regina Cougars clubbed the 12th-seed Mount Royal Cougars 106-83. “At playoff time you need your leaders to step up and do exactly that, and tonight Myles (Hamilton) had great energy on both ends of the floor and we were able to feed off that a bit,” said Regina coach Steve Burrows. Mount Royal led 27-20 after one quarter but Regina hit five treys during a 22-5 run to take the lead for good. They were ahead 56-43 at the half and 76-58 after three quarters, and then buried any erstwhile hopes of a Mount Royal comeback with a 7-0 run early in the final frame. “I thought we did a pretty good job defensively in the last three quarters which allowed us to get some chances in transition,” said Burrows. “They’re a tough team and we’re happy to be moving on.” Myles Hamilton paced Regina with 29 on 12-17 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 12 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Carter Millar added 21 on 7-9 from the floor, 5-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Nick Barnard notched 14 on 4-8 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 4 boards. Greishe Clerjuste scored 12 on 2-12 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Matt Barnard added 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Samuel Hillis scored 9 on 3-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Benjamin Hillis added 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 0-4 from the line, 5 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Brayden Kuski notched 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Kameron Vales scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 4 assists. Nigel Warden added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, while Gregory Rene and Kornel Tokolyi were scoreless. Regina hit 37-76 (.487) from the floor, 15-32 (.469) from the arc and 17-21 (.810) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 21 assists, 15 turnovers, 4 blocks and 10 steals. Patrick Vandervelden led Mount Royal with 16 on 7-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Glen Yang added 13 on 5-16 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Nicholas Tancon notched 11 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-6 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. John ‘L.J.’ Hegwood scored 10 on 5-11 from the floor, 6 boards and 2 steals. Charnjot Gill added 7 on 2-10 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Quinn Taylor scored 7 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 5 boards. Samuel Willis scored 7 on 1-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 2 assists. Wiande Kher scored 6 on 2-2 from the arc and 2 assists. Kristian Zjak notched 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 6 boards. Sidney Platt added 1 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-2 from the line, while Matt Fullerton was scoreless. Mount Royal hit 29-70 (.414) from the floor, 5-19 (.263) from the arc and 20-29 (.690) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 12 assists, 14 turnovers, 3 blocks and 7 steals. Mount Royal (coach Marc Dobell, assistant Dane Morris, assistant Hidesh Bhardwaj, assistant Ivan Frade, student therapist Nathan Hart, student therapist Eric Richard) also included Sean Petrone, Tavis Lee, Moreau Amadou, Pelumi Ajayi, Matthew Guinto and redshirt Adam Pahl.
In the quarterfinals, the 3rd-seeded University of British Columbia Thunderbirds defeated the 6th-seeded Fraser Valley Cascades 79-92; 85-58; 85-73 (2g-1). …………………………………………………… In game one, Fraser Valley stunned host U.B.C. 92-79 by torching the Thunderbirds from the perimeter, hitting 17 treys. “We came in with the belief that winning was possible,” said Cascades coach Adam Friesen. “That’s where it started. In the first quarter, we did what we tried to do every single game this season, and that’s play defence and rebound. We don’t expect to score in the nineties, and we don’t have the expectation of scoring in the nineties tomorrow. If it happens, it happens. But we know we’ve got to play defence, board, and take care of the basketball. We’ll look to improve in those areas, and take care of the offensive end as it goes.” Grant Shepard scored 7 as U.B.C. broke to a 7-2 lead but the Cascades responded with a 9-0 run and took a 19-13 lead after one quarter. Parm Bains nailed a trey to extend the margin to 33-22 before U.B.C. rallied to within 38-32 at the half. The Cascades moved ahead by 65-49 after three quarters but U.B.C. opened the final frame with a 14-5 run to draw within 70-67 with five minutes to play. But the Cascades broke it open with a pair of treys by Sukhman Sandhu and another by Mark Johnson. “Parm (Bains) was the catalyst,” Friesen said. “His aggression and his belief in himself got other people open, and Sukhman capitalized on his opportunities in the fourth quarter, no doubt.” Parmvir Bains led the Cascades with 26 on 7-16 from the floor, 5-10 from the arc, 7-8 from the line and 5 boards. Sukhman Sandhu added 21 on 6-11 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 5-7 from the line and 6 boards. Sukhjot Bains notched 20 on 6-18 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 5-8 from the line, 9 boards and 2 steals. Mark Johnson scored 17 on 5-9 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 18 boards, 8 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Daniel Adediran added 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 6 boards. Vick Toor scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor and 3 assists, while Navjot Bains and Andrew Morris were scoreless. The Cascades hit 28-68 (.412) from the floor, 17-38 (.447) from the arc and 19-25 (.760) from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 19 assists, 14 turnovers, 7 blocks and 5 steals. Grant Shephard paced U.B.C. with 29 on 12-23 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-7 from the line and 12 boards. Grant Audu added 17 on 6-15 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Manroop Clair notched 17 on 5-15 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 6 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals. Mason Bourcier scored 8 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 4 boards and 6 assists. Jadon Cohee added 6 on 2-12 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Patrick Simon scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 7 boards, while Isaiah Familia and Jonah Morrison were scoreless. Familia nabbed 4 boards. The Thunderbirds hit 27-79 (.342) from the floor, 9-29 (.310) from the arc and 16-21 (.762) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 19 assists, 13 turnovers and 7 steals. …………………………………………………… In game two, U.B.C. evened the series by dusting Fraser Valley 85-58. “I thought our guys played with an awful lot more emotion tonight,” Thunderbirds coach Kevin Hanson said.”I think they did a really good job of sticking to our game plan and on the offensive end sticking to where we wanted to get guys the ball and who we wanted to get shots for. I thought we were the aggressors tonight and defensively I mean that’s a very good offensive team and them only hitting the 22 points in the second half was the difference, we were able to establish ourselves. They didn’t get much in transition and the better our defence was the better our offence got.” The Thunderbirds rode an 8-0 run to a 23-18 lead after three quarters. They led 41-36 at the half and extended the margin to 12 in the third quarter, after which they led 60-48. The Cascades never threatened. Jaden Cohee said “it was all or nothing, we gave everything we had. Yesterday their defensive game plan was to put four guys in the key every time I drove so for me today I had to get my jumper early and get going from outside and once I did that it opened up the lane and (Grant) Shephard and (Manroop) Clair also got going.” Cascades coach Adam Friesen said “they came out with a little more energy and made some good adjustments, and we didn’t capitalize as much as we’d like to. We have to find ways to make them chase us more. That’s what allowed us to have success in our first game. We got a little stagnant tonight, and they got to stay in their preferred match-ups for entire possessions too often.” Grant Shephard led the Thunderbirds with 21 on 8-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 10 boards. Jadon Cohee added 20 on 8-16 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 6 assists. Manroop Clair notched 16 on 6-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Mason Bourcier scored 12 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 5-8 from the line, 4 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Patrick Simon added 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Isaiah Familia notched 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Brian Wallack scored 4 on 1-2 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Grant Audu was scoreless on 0-7 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 8 boards. Cameron Morris, Jonah Morrison and Lincoln Rosebush were also scoreless. Morrison nabbed 2 boards. The Thunderbirds hit 30-67 (.448) from the floor, 7-29 (.241) from the arc and 18-26 (.692) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 20 assists, 8 turnovers, 2 blocks and 6 steals. Mark Johnson paced the Cascades with 19 on 5-11 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 6-7 from the line and 6 boards. Andrew Morris added 11 on 4-13 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Sukhjot Bains notched 9 on 3-12 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Sukhman Sandhu scored 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 5 boards. Vick Toor scored 4 on 1-1 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 assists. Daniel Adediran notched 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 2 boards. Navjot Bains scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 3 boards. Parmvir Bains added 2 on 1-7 from the floor and 0-4 from the arc. Kenan Hadzovic scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc, while Matt Cooley and Jordyn Sekhon were scoreless. Sekhon nabbed 3 boards. The Cascades hit 20-59 (.339) from the floor, 8-31 (.258) from the arc and 10-13 (.769) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 25 fouls, 10 assists, 19 turnovers, 1 block and 3 steals. …………………………………………………… In game three, U.B.C. took the series with an 85-73 win over Fraser Valley after leading 26-10, 46-30 and 66-57 at the quarters. Manroop Clair lit up the Cascades in the first half, while Jaden Cohee blistered them down the stretch. The Cascades trailed by as many as 18 in the first half but were unable to rally closer than 5 in the second. “That was a real tough series, it was physical with an awful lot of talent on both sides,” said UBC coach Kevin Hanson. Both teams left their hearts out there it was a great battle with a lot of bumps and bruises so now it’s about enjoying this one and regrouping for next week. We said before the game that the number one stat line would be rebounding, you know the losses we’ve had this year we’ve been out rebounded. I thought we did a really good job of that, still gave up more than we wanted to at the offensive end but I’m proud of how our guys came back and showed resilience after the tough loss in game one.” Clair said “I’m very happy with the team’s effort today, but especially throughout the week. We came out Thursday very flat and we answered back on Friday very strong and desperate to win and today the same thing. We showed a lot of heart.” Cascades coach Adam Friesen said “we’ve been showing character all season. It’s become who this group is, and who we want to continue to be moving forward. Things looked tough in the first quarter. But we were determined to keep going and believed we could make things interesting. And that’s what we did. … Our three seniors (Johnson, Morris and Nav Baines) provided so much leadership throughout the year, both on and off the court, and gave every ounce of energy, spirit, and hard work they could muster up. We wouldn’t have had the season we ended up having without them leading this group.” Morris said “we looked each other in the eyes, held each other accountable and said we’re not going out like this. We gave it everything we had, and it’s just a little short tonight.” Manroop Clair paced U.B.C. with 29 on 8-16 from the floor, 5-9 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Jadon Cohee added 20 on 7-15 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards and 5 assists. Grant Shephard notched 15 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 6 boards. Patrick Simon scored 9 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 14 boards and 2 blocks. Mason Bourcier added 8 on 3-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 7 assists. Grant Audu added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Isaiah Familia scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 10 boards, while Jonah Morrison and Brian Wallack were scoreless. Wallack nabbed 2 boards. The Thunderbirds hit 29-66 (.439) from the floor, 8-24 (.333) from the arc and 19-21 (.905) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 15 assists, 17 turnovers, 4 blocks and 5 steals. Andrew Morris paced the Cascades with 23 on 10-18 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Parmvir Bains added 16 on 6-14 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 5 assists. Mark Johnson notched 13 on 4-12 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Sukhjot Bains scored 9 on 3-10 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Daniel Adediran added 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Sukhman Sandhu notched 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Vick Toor scored 3 on 1-2 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Navjot Bains added 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 3 boards. The Cascades hit 28-67 (.418) from the floor, 8-26 (.308) from the arc and 9-16 (.562) from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 11 assists, 12 turnovers, 3 blocks and 7 steals. The Cascades (coach Adam Friesen, assistant Trevor Pridie) also included Matt Cooley, Jordyn Sekhon, Kenan Hadzovic, Mike VanderWerff, Joban Pandher, Sukhraj Bains, Dhivaan Bhogal and Vlad Mihaila.
The 4th-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the 5th-seeded Regina Cougars 99-68; 97-77 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game one, Saskatchewan clubbed Regina 99-68. “We are obviously pleased with the way we played in a number of ways but the reality is that the spread of the score is not indicative of how close the game actually was, it was pretty well contested for three quarters,” said Huskies coach Barry Rawlyk. “At the end of the day we got some stops defensively when we needed to and that decided the outcome of the game. … We’ve got a lot of guys that are capable on any night and Alex (Dewar) was solid tonight. He was very decisive in attacking the basket, hit some shots and was really level tonight.” The Huskies led 21-13, 37-27 64-50 at the quarters after a late 12-3 run. A 14-0 run in the final frame buried erstwhile Cougar hopes of a comeback. “We just wanted to play 40 minutes of good basketball, we’ve run into problems at times this season where we’ve had lapses for 5 or 10 minutes and if you do that in this conference you are setting yourself up for failure,” said Rawlyk. Cougars coach Steve Burrows said “full credit to them – they were better in every aspect of the game. The good news for us is that this game didn’t happen last Friday, so I think we get to play again tomorrow and try to improve our rebounding, shooting, passing, scoring, defending, and coaching. We got exactly what we deserved against a real good basketball team tonight.” Alexander Dewar paced Saskatchewan with 25 on 10-16 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Lawrence Moore added 25 on 8-16 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 7-7 from the line, 9 boards and 5 assists. J.T. Robison notched 12 on 5-12 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists. Chan De Ciman scored 11 on 5-13 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 7 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Maxwell Amoafo added 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 15 boards. Emmanuel Akintunde notched 6 on 2-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards, 4 assists and 5 steals. Addison Dewar scored 5 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 blocks. Joseph Barker added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 5 boards. Noah Nickel added 2 on 0-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 assists. Cole Anderson added 1 on 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards, while Levi Timmermans was scoreless. Saskatchewan hit 37-82 (.451) from the floor, 7-26 (.269) from the arc and 18-26 (.692) from the line, while garnering 55 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 26 assists, 14 turnovers, 3 blocks and 11 steals. Carter Millar led Regina with 16 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 9 boards. Samuel Hillis added 14 on 6-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Myles Hamilton notched 8 on 4-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists. Greishe Clerjuste scored 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Nick Barnard added 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 5 boards. Brayden Kuski scored 6 on 2-5 from the arc. Benjamin Hillis notched 5 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 assists. Kameron Vales scored 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Matt Barnard added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 blocks. Nigel Warden scored 2 on 0-2 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. The Cougars hit 26-73 (.356) from the floor, 9-32 (.281) from the arc and 7-12 (.583) from the line, while garnering 34 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 13 assists, 18 turnovers, 5 blocks and 4 steals. …………………………………………………… In game two, Saskatchewan completed the series sweep by dusting Regina 97-77 after leading 28-24, 46-34 and 75-57 at the quarters. A 14-2 second quarter run gave the Huskies a lead the Cougars could never surmount. A 13-1 run in the final frame iced it. “Much like last night I thought we managed to maintain some consistency for four quarters and that was pretty important for us,” said Huskies coach Barry Rawlyk. “We were a little loose defensively in the first quarter but we certainly tightened things up going forward.” Rawlyk added that fifth-year guard Lawrence Moore was outstanding. “He’s like your teenage son, he drives you crazy sometimes but other times you have to love him, you wonder what he’s doing and then all of a sudden you see it, he’s just one of those players where he’s a special talent and sometimes he needs to have a long leash in order to be able to do his thing.” Lawrence Moore paced Saskatchewan with 24 on 8-13 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 6 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Alexander Dewar added 19 on 7-13 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 2 boards. J.T. Robinson notched 16 on 6-12 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Emmanuel Akintunde scored 13 on 5-8 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-6 from the line and 3 boards. Chan De Ciman added 12 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 6 assists. Maxwell Amoafo notched 9 on 3-5 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 10 boards. Addison Dewar added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Noah Nickel scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Cole Anderson, Joseph Barker, Kessler Bishop and Levi Timmermans were scoreless. Barker nabbed 7 boards. The Huskies hit 35-64 (.547) from the floor, 9-26 (.346) from the arc and 18-28 (.643) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 17 assists, 23 turnovers, 4 blocks and 8 steals. Myles Hamilton led Regina with 19 on 6-16 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 5 steals. Greishe Clerjuste added 17 on 5-11 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 7-7 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Samuel Hillis notched 9 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 4 steals. Benjamin Hillis scored 8 on 3-10 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 2 boards. Zakkery Tamlin added 6 on 2-3 from the arc. Matt Barnard scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Nick Barnard notched 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Carter Millar scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 9 boards. Brayden Kuski scored 2 on 1-8 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Gregory Rene notched 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Kameron Vales and Nigel Warden were scoreless. Regina hit 25-75 (.333) from the floor, 7-34 (.206) from the arc and 20-23 (.870) from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 11 assists, 15 turnovers, 3 blocks and 14 steals. The Cougars (coach Steve Burrows, assistant Wade Hackl, assistant Joel Hunter, player development Alex Igual, strength & conditioning John Odgers) also included Kornel Tokolyi, Frank Agyemang and redshirt Shaquille Harris.
The 2nd-seeded Alberta Golden Bears defeated the 7th-seeded Lethbridge Pronghorns 75-76; 86-70; 86-68 (2g-1). …………………………………………………… In game one, Lethbridge stunned host Alberta 76-75. The Golden Bears led 23-21 after one quarter of the tight, defensive affair. The Pronghorns led 41-40 at the half and 65-59 after three quarters. Zac Overwater paced the Pronghorns with 22 on 9-16 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Colton Gibb added 14 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 3 boards and 4 steals. Chad Oviatt notched 10 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 7 boards, 2 assists and 5 steals. Brett Warren scored 8 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Michael Pierzchala added 7 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 10 boards. Kyle Peterson notched 6 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards and 5 assists. Eric Pierce scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Joshua Sparkes added 3 on 1-2 from the arc, and Keanu Funa 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 2 boards. The Pronghorns hit 29-67 (.433) from the floor, 6-25 (.240) from the arc and 12-18 (.667) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 14 assists, 20 turnovers, 1 block and 14 steals. Andre Kelly paced Alberta with 19 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. D’Wan Williams added 12 on 6-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 assists. Tyus Jefferson notched 10 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 3 steals. Ivan Ikomey scored 9 on 3-12 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 4 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Brandon Meiklejohn added 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Brody Clarke notched 8 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 12 boards and 2 blocks. Cole Knudsen added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 6 boards. Lars Ishimwe added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 2 boards, while Shol Ayach and Adam Paige were scoreless. The Golden Bears hit 30-73 (.411) from the floor, 4-28 (.143) from the arc and 11-17 (.647) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 15 assists, 22 turnovers, 3 blocks and 9 steals. …………………………………………………… In game two, Alberta evened the series by clipping Lethbridge 86-70 after leading 18-10; 40-33 and 65-46 at the quarters. The Bears stifling defence took command in the third quarter and Alberta kept attacking off the dribble to break down the Pronghorns. Ivan Ikomey led Alberta with 18 on 6-8 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 6 boards. Brody Clarke added 17 on 7-13 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Andre Kelly added 14 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 2 boards. D’Wan Williams scored 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 6 boards. Adam Paige added 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 3 boards. Shol Ayach notched 6 on 2-5 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Brandon Meiklejohn scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Tyus Anderson added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 5 boards, 7 assists and 4 steals. Hugo Cluysen notched 3 on 1-1 from the arc. Lars Ishimwe scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 assists. Cole Knudsen scored 2o n 1-5 from the floor and 9 boards. The Golden Bears hit 31-67 (.463) from the floor, 13-23 (.565) from the arc and 11-23 (.478) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 18 assists, 13 turnovers, 1 block and 9 steals. Michael Pierzchala led Lethbridge with 21 on 7-14 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 4-6 from the line and 13 boards. Kyle Peterson added 14 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 4 boards and 8 assists. Marko Velic notched 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3-3 from the line. Colton Gibb scored 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-5 from the line and 2 boards. Zac Overwater added 6 on 1-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-6 from the line and 12 boards. Eric Pierce notched 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Chad Oviatt added 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Joshua Sparkes scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Zachary Coleman-Bock added 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 2 boards, while Keanu Funa and Brett Warren were scoreless. Warren dished 2 assists and pilfered 2 balls. The Pronghorns hit 21-69 (.304) from the floor, 5-26 (.192) from the arc and 23-30 (.767) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 11 assists, 16 turnovers, 3 blocks and 5 steals. …………………………………………………… In game three, Alberta took the series with an 86-68 win after leading 31-18; 46-36 and 57-47 at the quarters. The Pronghorns rallied to within four down the stretch but timely treys from Adam Paige and Ivan Ikomey gave Alberta the win. Brody Clarke paced Alberta with 24 on 9-14 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 11 boards. Adam Paige added 17 on 6-9 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 7 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Ivan Ikomey notched 15 on 3-7 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Tyus Jefferson scored 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals. Andre Kelly added 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 7 boards and 4 assists. D’Wan Williams notched 7 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Cole Knudsen scored 4 n 2-2 from the floor and 4 boards. Lars Ishimwe added 3 on 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Shol Ayach notched 1 on 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 assists, while Brandon Meiklejohn was scoreless. The Golden Bears hit 27-57 (.474) from the floor 14-32 (.438) from the arc and 18-28 (.643) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 22 assists, 23 turnovers, 5 blocks and 11 steals. Colton Gibb led the Pronghorns with 19 on 7-13 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Eric Pierce added 14 on 5-12 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 steals. Michael Pierzchala notched 12 on 4-8 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 5 boards. Joshua Sparkes scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals. Zac Overwater scored 6 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Chad Oviatt added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Brett Warren notched 3 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Keanu Funa added 1 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards, while Zachary Coleman-Bock, Kyle Peterson and Marko Vekic were scoreless. Peterson nabbed 2 boards and dished 2 assists. The Pronghorns hit 22-59 (.373) from the floor, 11-29 (.379) from the arc and 13-21 (.619) from the line, while garnering 32 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 27 fouls, 13 assists, 22 turnovers, 2 blocks and 12 steals. The Pronghorns (coach Mike Hansen, assistant Keegan Crawford, assistant James McKinnon, assistant Rick Pawlak) also included Awak Piom and Favour Adekojo.
In the last quarterfinal series, the top-seeded Calgary Dinosaurs defeated the 8th-seeded Winnipeg Wesmen 98-57; 88-75 (2g-0). ………………………………………………… In game one, Calgary clocked Winnipeg 98-57 after leading 22-12, 55-22 and 74-44 at the quarters. The Dinosaurs took total command with a 19-0 run over a six-minute span in the second quarter. Dinosaurs coach Dan Vanhooren said “if I’m being critical, we had way too many turnovers in the first half with 15. Overall, though, we did a good job defensively and a good job rebounding the ball, which was one of our keys to the game. They’ll push back harder tomorrow, and we need to be prepared for that. They can really shoot the ball and get themselves back in a game – if you’re up 10 on them, you’re really not away from them. We have to concentrate all the time, follow our scout and make sure we know where the guys are that can knock it in.” Mambi Diawara led Calgary with 15 on 7-14 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 8-9 from the line, 11 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Lucas Mannes added 16 on 4-8 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Brett Layton notched 15 on 6-12 from the floor, 3-5 from the line, 12 boards and 2 blocks. David Kapinga scored 14 on 6-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 5 steals. Lars Schlueter added 11 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Mason Foreman notched 6 on 2-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 8 boards. Sasha Pojuzina added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Maximilian Eisele scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 3 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Carter Kuchina added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Andrew Milner scored 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals, while Tobi Adelodum was scoreless. The Dinosaurs hit 33-72 (.458) from the floor, 11-25 (.440) from the arc and 21-26 (.808) from the line, while garnering 61 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 13 assists, 19 turnovers, 3 blocks and 13 steals. Narcisse Ambanza paced Winnipeg with 11 on 4-15 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Joseph Medrano added 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc and 2 steals. Billy Yaworsky notched 9 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4 boards. Adam Benrabah scored 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. William Sesay added 7 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 assists. Don Dayrit scored 5 on 2-8 from the floor and 1-7 from the arc. Joshua Gandier notched 3 on 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Denzel Soliven added 3 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Sean Tarver scored 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc and 2 blocks, while Spas Nikolov, Riley Paul and Terence Ross were scoreless. Nikolov and Ross each nabbed 2 boards. The Wesmen hit 21-68 (.309) from the floor, 9-34 (.265) from the arc and 6-8 from the line, while garnering 27 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 8 assists, 19 turnovers, 4 blocks and 9 steals. …………………………………………………… In game two, Calgary completed the series sweep by clipping Winnipeg 88-75 after leading 15-12, 37-29 and 66-54 at the quarters. Three Dinosaurs registered double-doubles. “I think we lost ourselves in the pick and pop with (Billy) Yaworsky,” said Dinos coach Dan Vanhooren. “He played very well, and we let him get going. I thought we did a great job on the glass again but we turned the ball over too much in the first half and we have to improve on that if we are going to beat good basketball teams.” Mambi Diawara paced Clagary with 25 on 8-18 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc, 5-8 from the line, 14 boards and 6 assists. David Kapinga added 17 on 6-15 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 10 boards, 6 assists and 3 steals. Lucas Mannes notched 16 on 6-10 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Brett Layton scored 12 on 6-14 from the floor, 0-3 from the line and 12 boards. Lars Schlueter added 10 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 6 boards. Mason Foreman notched 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Maximilian Eisele scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 steals. Andrew Milner added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 steals. The Dinosaurs hit 33-76 (.434) from the floor, 12-32 (.375) from the arc and 10-17 (.588) from the line, while garnering 55 boards, including 22 on the offensive glass, 10 fouls, 16 assists, 17 turnovers, 4 blocks and 10 steals. Billy Yaworsky paced the Wesmen with 24 on 10-17 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 3 boards. Joseph Medrano added 19 on 7-13 from the floor, 5-10 from the arc and 4 boards. Narcisse Ambanza notched 11 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 6 assists. Sean Tarver scored 11 on 5-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 11 boards and 6 steals. Don Dayrit added 9 on 3-11 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 4 boards and 5 assists. William Sesay scored 1 on 0-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards, while Adam Benrabah and Spas Nikolov were scoreless. Benrabah nabbed 3 boards. The Wesmen hit 30-74 (.405) from the floor, 14-37 (.378) from the arc and 1-4 from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 13 assists, 17 turnovers, 4 blocks and 11 steals. The Wesmen (coach Mike Raimbault, assistant John Giesbrecht, assistant Ben Dethoit, assistant Kyle Vince, assistant Jeff Billeck) also included Terence Ross, Riley Paul, Denzel Soliven, Joshua Gandier, Obaida Ishak and Emmanuel Thomas.
In the semis, top-seeded Calgary
defeated 4th-seeded Saskatchewan 97-63; 117-77 (2g-0). ……………………………………………………
In game one, Calgary clubbed Saskatchewan 97-63 after leading 21-20, 45-34 and
76-46 at the quarters. “I thought we took care of the ball all game and our
defense turning them over 26 times all game really makes a difference for us,”
said Calgary coach Dan Vanhooren. Noting that his team was badly outrebounded,
he added “we have to do a better job on the glass. They’re one of the best rebounding
teams in our conference and we can’t give up those kind of rebounding margins.
… I really like what we’re getting from Mason Foreman, Carter Kuchinka is
showing some signs of becoming a very good basketball player. I’m very pleased
with what I saw from those guys. … I think [Max Eisele] was terrific, he got a
lot of deflections, and was very active tonight. It sparks our team on the
other end of the floor.” Mambi Diawara paced Calgary with 26 on 10-20 from the
floor, 2-8 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 5 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals.
Lucas Mannes added 13 on 4-6 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the
line, 2 boards and 2 assists. David Kapinga notched 12 on 5-8 from the floor
and 2-3 from the arc. Brett Layton scored 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 1-2 from
the line, 5 boards, 3 assists and 5 blocks. Maximilian Eisele added 8 on 4-5
from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Andrew
Milner notched 8 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Mason
Foreman added 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 5 boards. Lars
Schlueter scored 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3 boards and 2
blocks. Carter Kuchinka added 5 on 2-4 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc, while
Tobi Adelodum and Sasha Pojuzina were scoreless. Adelodum nabbed 2 boards. The
Dinosaurs hit 39-74 (.527) from the floor, 12-32 (.375) from the arc and 7-10
from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass,
23 fouls, 19 assists, 10 turnovers, 9 blocks and 10 steals. Chan De Ciman paced
Saskatchewan with 19 on 4-13 from the floor, 4-11 from the arc, 7-10 from the
line and 4 boards. Lawrence Moore added 14 on 5-19 from the floor, 2-10 from
the arc, 2-3 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Emmanuel Akintunde notched
8 on 4-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 6 boards. Joseph Barker scored 7
on 3-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 14 boards. J.T. Robinson added 6
on 3-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Noah Nickel notched 5 on
1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Addison
Dewar scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the line,
while Maxwell Amoafo, Cole Anderson, Kessler Bishop, Alexander Dewar and Levin
Timmermans were scoreless. Amoafo nabbed 5 boards, Timmermans 3 and Alexander
Dewar 2. The Huskies hit 21-67 (.313) from the floor, 7-29 (.241) from the arc
and 14-21 from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 22 on the
offensive glass, 13 fouls, 6 assists, 26 turnovers, 1 block and 3 steals. ……………………………………………………
In game two, Calgary completed the series sweep by stomping Saskatchewan 117-77
as Lars Schlueter torched the Huskies for 37. The Huskies led 23-21 after one
quarter. The Dinosaurs led 55-40 at the half and 81-58 after three quarters. “It
was a lot of fun to watch that one to be honest,” said Dinos coach Dan
Vanhooren. “It was nice to see the guys clean up our rebounding after the first
quarter; I was starting to get frustrated with them. … (Schlueter) can shoot
the ball, if you give him that kind of space. Once he gets going he is 6-8,
it’s hard to get up that high to contest and once he gets going it’s tough to
manage him.” Lars Schlueter paced Calgary with 37 on 13-19 from the floor, 8-12
from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 5 boards. Mambi Diawara added 19 on 7-15
from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards, 9 assists and 2
steals. David Kapinga notched 15 on 6-12 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 1-2 from
the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Lucas Mannes scored 13 on 6-9 from the floor,
1-2 from the arc, 2 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Andrew Milner added 11 on
4-4 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc and 2 steals. Maximilian Eisele notched 7
on 3-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2
steals. Brett Layton scored 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the line, 9
boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Mason Foreman added 3 on 0-4 from the floor,
0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 6 boards. Sasha Pojuzina added 3 on 1-2
from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 assists. Tobi Adelodum added 2 on 1-1
from the floor, while Carter Kuchinka was scoreless. The Dinosaurs hit 44-77
(.571) from the floor, 19-33 (.576) from the arc and 10-16 (.625) from the line,
while garnering 40 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 26
assists, 11 turnovers, 4 blocks and 12 steals. J.T. Robinson led Saskatchewan
with 16 on 6-15 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards
and 2 assists. Emmanuel Akintunde added 14 on 6-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the
arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Lawrence Moore notched 14 on 5-13 from the
floor, 3-10 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Alexander
Dewar scored 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 3-3 from the line and 2 boards. Chan De
Ciman added 8 on 3-13 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc and 5 boards. Maxwell
Amoafo scored 7 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 9 boards and 2
blocks. Joseph Barker notched 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 5
boards. Addison Dewar scored 2on 1-1 from the floor. Noah Nickel added 2 on 1-1
from the floor, while Cole Anderson and Kessler Bishop were scoreless. The
Huskies hit 29-68 (.426) from the floor, 8-29 (.276) from the arc and 11-16
(.688) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 13 on the offensive
glass, 18 fouls, 5 assists, 22 turnovers, 3 blocks and 5 steals.
The 3rd-seeded
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds defeated the 2nd-seeded
host Alberta Golden Bears 74-62; 86-92; 84-78 (2g-1). ……………………………………………………
In game one, U.B.C. clipped Alberta 74-62 after leading 18-11, 31-25 and 48-42
at the quarters. Thunderbirds coach Kevin Hanson was elated with the
performance of Patrick Simon and Mason Bourcier. “Pat’s a senior guy and he
played like a senior guy should. Not only did he hit some big shots, but he
also played great defence on Brody (Clarke) as well. Brody took it to us last
time. He was hitting everything and he made us pay, but you have to defend him
as a team. You can’t defend him one-on-one, because he’s such a load.” Simon
took a pasds from Bourcier at the top of the three-point line and nailed his
second trey of the game to make it 68-58 with just 2:28 remaining. “We played
well, and I’m proud of the guys,” said Hanson. “Out of all the teams I’ve
coached, I think is the most trust I’ve had in a team that can get it done on
the floor in crunch time and weathering storms and I thought our guys really
weathered the storms.” Golden Bears coach Barnaby Craddock said “tonight, they
come out ready to go and put us in a hole early.” The Thunderbirds broke to a
10-0 lead but the Bears remained vaguely within reach with an 11-0 run to close
out the first quarter. “I’m proud of our guys for fighting their way back and
giving us a chance in the second and third quarters, but we weren’t great in
the fourth quarter down the stretch,” said Craddock, adding that the Bears
missed injured defensive stopper Dwan Williams. Alberta rallied to within two
down the stretch and point guard Tyus Jefferson caught fire but U.B.C. had the
answers down the stretch. The penetration from Cohee and Bourcier made their
offence flow and we struggled to defend the ball off the bounce,” said
Craddock. “Credit to them for being aggressive and attacking us as well as they
did.” Jadon Cohee paced U.B.C. with 20 on 8-17 from the floor, 2-10 from the
arc, 2-3 from the line and 7 boards. Patrick Simon added 18 on 5-11 from the
floor, 3-8 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 11 boards. Mason Bourcier
notched 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards
and 5 assists. Grant Shephard scored 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc,
4-4 from the line and 7 boards. Isaiah Familia added 8 on 3-5 from the floor,
1-3 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Manroop Clair
notched 5 on 2-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 5 boards. Jonah Morrison
scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Grant Audu added 2 on 1-5
from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 assists, while Brian Wallack was
scoreless. The Thunderbirds hit 25-59 (.424) from the floor, 9-31 (.290) from
the arc and 15-20 from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 7 on the
offensive glass, 21 fouls, 14 assists, 13 turnovers, 1 block and 6 steals.
Brody Clarke paced Alberta with 14 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 7-8
from the line, 10 boards, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Adam Paige added 12 on 3-7
from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Tyus
Jefferson notched 11 on 5-14 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the
line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Ivan Ikomey scored 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-7
from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. Brandon Meiklejohn added 6 on 2-8
from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Shol Ayach notched 4 on 2-3 from
the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Andre Kelly added 4 on 2-13 from the
floor, 0-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 assists. Cole Knudsen scored 3 on 1-3
from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards, while Hugo Cluysen and Lars
Ishimwe were scoreless. The Golden Bears hit 21-69 (.304) from the floor, 8-29
(.276) from the arc and 12-17 (.706) from the line, while garnering 41 boards,
including 12 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 9 assists, 9 turnovers, 2 blocks
and 8 steals. …………………………………………………… In game two, Alberta evened the series with
a 92-86 win after leading 20-12, 46-26 and 75-51 at the quarters. Golden Bears
coach Barnaby Craddock said “the guys stepped up tonight in a do-or-die
situation and we got contributions all across the board. Everyone who got
subbed in found ways to make plays. Defensively, we did a fantastic job in the
first half and I was really happy with our effort in that regard.” Thunderbirds
coach Kevin Hanson said “we didn’t come out with enough energy today. We won game
one and we looked complacent. We went one-on-one a lot offensively and got away
from our team game and that’s not what you want and we got behind. We finally
got aggressive at the end of the game, and I’m proud of the way we fought back,
but we have to get aggressive early on.” Dwan Williams, who returned the Bears
line-up, “is a difference-maker for us,” said Craddock. “We have a lot of
first-year players and he’s a veteran guy that is a leader for us defensively
and he can knock down timely shots. … Our first year guys (Adam Paige and Lars
Ishimwe) have to go out and give us minutes and they’ve been doing it all year
long and in the playoffs it’s no different,” said Craddock. “They’re a big part
of our rotation and credit to those guys for making a key shot or a big
defensive rebound.” Brody Clarke paced Alberta with 22 on 6-9 from the floor,
1-1 from the arc, 9-13 from the line, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Tyus
Jefferson added 15 on 6-14 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-6 from the line,
6 boards and 4 assists. D’Wan Williams notched 12 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-4
from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Andre Kelly scored 11
on 3-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 3
assists. Cole Knudsen added 10 on 5-8 from the floor and 6 boards. Adam Paige
notched 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 6 boards. Lars Ishimwe
scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Brandon
Meiklejohn added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 1-2 from the
line. Ivan Ikomey scored 3 on 1-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists, while
Shol Ayach and Hugo Cluysen were scoreless. The Golden Bears hit 32-67 (.478)
from the floor, 10-24 (.417) from the arc and 18-29 (.621) from the line, while
garnering 43 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 32 fouls, 20 assists,
8 turnovers, 5 blocks and 6 steals. Jadon Cohee paced U.B.C. with 22 on 7-16
from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 6 boards and 7 assists.
Grant Shephard added 18 on 8-10 from the floor, 2-7 from the line, 9 boards and
2 assists. Manroop Clair notched 16 on 5-19 from the floor, 4-15 from the arc,
2-2 from the line and 10 boards. Mason Bourcier added 13 on 3-8 from the floor,
2-4 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Patrick Simon
scored 10 on 2-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 5 boards
and 2 steals. Grant Audu notched 3 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and
1-2 from the line. Isaiah Familia added 2 on 0-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the
arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Jonah Morrison scored 2 on 1-3 from the
floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-4 from the line and 6 boards. The Thunderbirds hit
27-72 (.375) from the floor, 10-38 (.263) from the arc and 22-37 (.595) from
the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 25
fouls, 14 assists, 10 turnovers, 1 block and 4 steals. …………………………………………………… In
game three, U.B.C. took the series with an 84-78 win. The Thunderbirds led
22-19 after one quarter and 36-35 at the half. The Golden Bears led 57-55 after
three quarters. Golden Bear Brody Clarke hit a pair of free throws to knot the
score at 78. But Jadon Cohee hit a floater with 35 seconds to play to give
U.B.C. the lead and the Thunderbirds hung on for the win after D’Wan Williams
was called for a flagrant foul, giving U.B.C. free throws and possession of the
ball. U.B.C. coach Kevin Hanson said “we talked about it before the game began.
We wrote ‘Team’ on the board and circled it. That was our game plan to play as
a team on both sides of the court. I thought we did a really good job of being
a team and, in the end, your best players have to be your best players and I
thought they were. … I love the opportunity to coach against (Craddock). I
think he’s a great outstanding coach. I love the game within the game of the
coaches making adjustments and the players doing it. He did a really
outstanding job with his team. … We said from the get-go that one guy can’t
guard Brody Clarke. He’s that tough of a player. He can shoot the ball, he’s
got post moves and he’s so strong and it took a team effort to do it. We had to
double-team him and often triple-team him every time he got the ball. He’s a
physical presence and so are our post guys and we had some veteran guys playing
hard. It was a really high-calibre series.” Golden Bears coach Barnaby Craddock
said “they were a few notches better on the evening and they earned the win. It
was obviously a close game right down to the wire. A couple bounces differently
in the final minute and a half and it’s a different outcome. Trying to beat a
solid team like UBC four out of five times in two weeks is a tall task. They’re
obviously no slouches and credit to them, they earned it down the stretch.”
Manroop Clair paced U.B.C. with 21 on 5-14 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc,
7-7 from the line, 10 boards and 4 assists. Jadon Cohee added 21 on 10-14 from
the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2
steals. Grant Shephard notched 18 on 7-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-6
from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Patrick Simon scored 9 on 4-5 from the
floor, 1-2 from the arc, 10 boards and 3 assists. Mason Bourcier added 5 on 2-9
from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3 boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Jonah
Morrison notched 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Isaiah
Familia added 3 on 1-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Cameron Morris scored 3 on
1-1 from the arc, while Grant Audu was scoreless. The Thunderbirds hit 32-60
(.533) from the floor, 9-22 (.409) from the arc and 11-14 (.786) from the line,
while garnering 39 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 16
assists, 13 turnovers, 2 blocks and 4 steals. Adam Paige paced Alberta with 18
on 8-14 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Tyus
Jefferson added 14 on 6-13 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line,
4 boards and 2 assists. D’Wan Williams notched 14 on 5-9 from the floor, 3-4
from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists. Brody Clarke scored 10
on 4-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 4
assists. Andre Kelly added 9 on 4-12 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from
the line, 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Ivan Ikomey notched 7 on 3-11 from
the floor and 1-7 from the arc. Cole Knudsen scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 7
boards and 2 assists, while Lars Ishimwe and Brandon Meiklejohn were scoreless.
Meiklejohn nabbed 2 boards. The Golden Bears hit 33-76 (.434) from the floor,
6-21 (.286) from the arc and 6-9 (.667) from the line, while garnering 33 boards,
including 11 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 20 assists, 6 turnovers and 5
steals.
In the final, the top-seeded Calgary Dinosaurs captured their second consecutive title by dispatching the 3rd-seeded University of British Columbia Thunderbirds 90-75 after leading 23-11, 48-34 and 73-55 at the quarters. Dinosaurs coach Dan Vanhooren said “they’re a great bunch and they definitely deserve what they’ve achieved. “They’ve worked so hard. They’re easy to coach now before I had a lot more coaching to do and right now I just enjoying watching them play. … David (Kapinga) is David, he is going to come out and give you everything. He always plays hard, he’s our leader, and hopefully he’ll be able to do that going forward.” Brett Layton paced the Dinosaurs with 20 on 9-10 from the floor, 2-5 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. David Kapina added 19 on 7-17 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Mason Foreman notched 12 on 5-14 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 9 boards. Mambi Diawara scored 11 on 2-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 10 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Lars Schlueter added 11 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Lucas Mannes notched 9 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 steals. Max Eisele added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Andrew Milner scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals, while Carter Kuchinka was scoreless. The Dinosaurs hit 33-76 (.434) from the floor, 7-20 (.350) from the arc and 17-25 (.680) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 14 assists, 16 turnovers, 2 blocks and 14 steals. Manroop Clair paced U.B.C. with 25 on 9-19 from the floor, 7-14 from the arc and 3 boards. Jadon Cohee added 21 on 9-16 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 4 boards and 4 assists. Grant Sherhard notched 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 11 boards. Grant Audu scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Isiah Familia added 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Mason Bourcier notched 4 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Jonah Morrison added 3 on 1-1 from the arc. Cam Morris scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc, while Patrick Simon and Lincoln Rosebush were scoreless. Simon nabbed 5 boards and Rosebush 2. The Thunderbirds hit 28-64 (.438) from the floor, 10-24 (.417) from the arc and 9-11 (.818) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 26 fouls, 10 assists, 27 turnovers, 3 blocks and 5 steals.
Midway through the season (i.e. Jan 8, 2019) MacEwan athletic director announces that he has fired Eric Magdanz and would assume the helm of the men’s team for the remainder of the season. “Any time a change is required, it’s never an easy decision for the student athletes, coaching staff, the Athletics department or the university,” said Schildroth. “As we move forward, the focus is on supporting the student athletes through the transition to a new coach.” At the time, the Griffins were 0-12 in league play. After the season, Schildroth replaced Magdanz with Mike Connolly, then coach of the NAIT Ooks. “I have observed Mike as a student athlete, assistant coach and head coach and watched his development into a high-performance program leader,” said Schildroth. “He respects the academic mission of the university, brings a wealth of experience, personal integrity, work ethic and a proven success record to our program.” Connolly was coach of University of Lethbridge men from 2002-09. In 2009, he moved to Fort McMurray for a position with Keyano College as men’s basketball head coach and Athletics Services Manager. He was promoted to Associate Athletic Director from 2010-13, while leading the Huskies men’s basketball team to an ACAC silver medal and seventh place finish at Canadian Colleges Athletic Association nationals in 2013. He then assumed the helm at NAIT, leading them to an ACAC and CCAA national title in 2016. He has been named ACAC coach of the year three times (2001, 2002, 2014). “I’m excited about the opportunity to get back into U SPORTS and compete with high-achieving student athletes,” said Connolly. “I think we have a great base of talent at MacEwan to build and develop into a successful program academically, athletically and in the community.” Connolly also previous coached at Medicine Hat College (2000-02), with Basketball Canada (2003) and Team Alberta (2002). He was an assistant coach at the University of Toronto (1992-96 and 1999-2000). He was also an assistant at the University of Victoria (1996-99). He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lakehead and played for the Thunderwolves from 1985-89.
After the season, Trinity Western turfed coach Aaron Muhic. Director of athletics Jeff Gamache said in a release that “we are moving in a new direction beginning next year. Trinity Western is committed to bringing the men’s basketball program back to being a contender in Canada West and U Sports.” Trinity Western hired Raptors 905 assistant and head video coordinator Trevor Pridie as Muhic’s replacement. “Trevor embodies what we were looking for in terms of basketball IQ, an authentic Christian faith and an ability to connect with players, coaching staff, the local community and alums,” said Gamache. “When you talk to people who know Trevor well, you hear about a young man who treats people well, who loves basketball, who loves to learn and who has a deep commitment to mentoring young men through basketball. Pridie said “I’m excited and I’m looking forward to the opportunity. There is a rich tradition here. You look at the athletic department here and it’s exciting to be part of such a unique school and department. The Complete Champion Approach™ is something that excites me and I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to come into a program and build something here at Trinity Western.” Prior to joining the Raptors, Pridie was coach and program director for the grassroots program BC Bounce from 2011 to 2018. He was an assistant coach at Fraser Valley from 2015 to 2017, head coach for the senior boys basketball team at W.J. Mouat Secondary from 2014 to 2016 and was a Basketball BC Provincial Team coach from 2011 to 2014, helping lead the U14 and U15 boys teams. He has an Associate of Arts Degree in Criminology from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of the Fraser Valley.
UBC-Okanagan names Red Deer College coach Clayton Pottinger as the replacement for interim coach Ken Olynyk (who’d been at the helm for one season after the firing of Pete Guarasci in June, 2018). UBC-Okanagan athletic director Tom Huisman said “we now have in Clay a coach educator and leader whose mindset, passion and experience with the game is not just about coaching a team, but about building a program and engaging the community in what we do on and off campus. Yes, we aim to become a successful and Championship-contending program, but we also intend on doing so while contributing to the growth and development of the game throughout Kelowna and the Okanagan.” Pottinger said “lots of places have basketball teams, I want to build a basketball program. A comprehensive program that focuses on recruitment, local development, and retention. I see a great opportunity here to do just that. I believe these principles will lead to our enduring success.” Pottinger had been at the Red Deer helm for 8 years, where he compiled a 137-41 record and led his team to two ACAC conference titles and three national championship berths, coming home with a national silver medal in 2014, the same year he was named the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association coach of the year. A graduate of the University of Alberta, captained the 1993-94 Golden Bears team that won Alberta’s first men’s basketball national championship. He previously served as an assistant coach with the U o fA, assistant coach and director of player development for the Edmonton Chill professional basketball club, statistical analyst of Canada Basketball’s Cadet National Team, was head coach of King’s University and Douglas College, and guided Team Alberta to its best finish at the Canada Games in 2017 with a silver medal.
Lethbridge coach Mike Hansen resigns after six years at the Pronghorn helm, in which he amassed a 71-51 record. “It was a very difficult decision to resign from coaching men’s basketball, as I truly love my players, but ultimately spending more time with my family is just too important,” Hansen said. Hansen is replaced on an interim basis by assistant James McKinnon. “James will have some big shoes to fill with Mike’s departure. This is a veteran squad and James has the passion and basketball experience to help us achieve the high expectations we have of our Men’s Basketball team, said Ken McInnes, Executive Director, Sport and Recreation. McKinnon played three years for Dominican University of California and one year for Aurora University. Following his college basketball career, McKinnon played professionally in Australia with the Sandringham Sabres in the SEABL and Western Port Steelers in the BigV Division 1. As a coach, MacKinnon coached U12 and U 18 teams with the Sandringham Sabres and most recently worked with the Elite Edge Basketball
The co-bronze medalist Alberta Golden Bears: Geoffrey James; Tyus Jefferson; Andre Kelly; Lars Ishimwe; Ivan Ikomey; D’Wan Williams; Brandon Meiklejohn; Hugo Cluysen; Avery Hutcheson; Cole Knudson; Shol Ayach; Adam Paige; Brody Clarke; coach Barnaby Craddock; assistant Kent Johnson; assistant Jordan Baker; assistant Slav Kornik; assistant Nick Maglisceau; manager Zale Smordin; therapist Mark Breitkrueutz; kinesiologist Joseph Lee; student therapist Shelby Shapka; student therapist Taya Wong
The co-bronze medalist Saskatchewan Huskies: Noah Nickel; Chan De Ciman; J.T. Robinson; Kessler Bishop; Emmanuel Akintunde; Lawrence Moore; Alexander Dewar; Addison Dewar; Cole Anderson; Jean Carol Ishemezwe; Fisayo Moibi; Joseph Barker; Levi Timmermans; Jesse Ralph; Cameron Wright; Maxwell Amoafo; coach Barry Rawlyk; assistant Chad Jacobson; assistant Dan Dewar; assistant Brian Carduner; strength & conditioning Jordan Harbidge; student manager Chayce Vanthuyne
The silver medalist British Columbia Thunderbirds: Grant Shephard; Jadon Cohee; Charles Dai; Isaiah Familia; Jack Cruz-Dumont; Manroop Clair; Taylor Browne; Anthony McNish; Brian Wallack; Jonah Morrison; Cameron Morris; Patrick Simon; Mason Bourcier; Lincoln Rosebush; Grant Audu; coach Kevin Hanson; assistant Sean Shook; assistant Vern Knopp; assistant Dahman Boudraa; trainer Rachel Cherniwchan; trainer Andy Hung; trainer Jackson Liu; therapist Kevin Valcke; psychologist Derek Swain
The gold medalist Calgary Dinos: David Kapinga; Mambi Diawara; Jackson Bayles; Andrew Milner; Jake Nielson; Max Eisele; Lars Schlueter; Lucas Mannes; Sasha Pojuzina; Tobi Adelodun; Brett Layton; Mason Foreman; Carter Kuchinka; coach Dan Vanhooren; assistant Dan Pearson; assistant Phil Barndt; scout Blaine Miciak; strength & conditioning Rich Hesketh