Final regular season standings:
North (8): Grant MacEwan (16-5); NAIT (15-6); Keyano (13-8); Concordia (11-10); Grande Prairie (10-11); U of A-Augustana (6-15); King’s (4-17)
South (7): Red Deer (17-3); Lethbridge (15-5); Briercrest (13-7); Medicine Hat (10-10); SAIT (7-13); St. Mary’s (2-18); Olds (2-18)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
University of Alberta-Augustana Vikings: Cole Aikens, Lee Danderfer, Taylor Foreman, Talon Fowler, Keith Davis, Jamin Lockert, Mike Malin, Tony Nguyen, Josh Nicol, Anton Paszek, Nathan Schakel, Joey Schwartz, Sebastien Turcotte, Landon Vaneck, Cam Vilcsak, coach Dave Drabiuk
The King’s University College Eagles: Jason Aiken, Cameron Bush, Ty Gaertner, Joey Galan, Joel Holmes, Dillon Knoll, Sander Lekas, Dan Libert, Keith Marshall, Lary MacEwan, Jagger Ponto, Mack Stobbart, Matthew Vriend, Aaron Yaremchuk, Mackenzie Andrew, Lucas Grove, Connor Gritter, coach Jesse McLean, assistant Jason Leslie, assistant Jason Autio-Aiken
Olds Broncos: Reeon Allamby-McNabb, Cody Bouchard, Matt Deng, Alex Flores, Matt Fransisco, Kyle Huffman, Josh Jobose, Justin King, Sam Kirkness, Derek Leentvaar, Cordell Minifee, Mandela Moses, Patrick Nagnaka, Julius Rara, Colton Short, Brian Tolentino, Connor Williams, Matt Zukowski, coach Ben Julius
SAIT Trojans: Alex Auer, Jared Bartlett, Mitchell Dass, Paolo De Soto, Malik Drummond, Curtis Elaschuk, Emmanuel Enabu, Cooper Hamaliuk, Kat Magak, Mohamed Mbailelem, Jared McLellan, Terrel Murdaugh, Colten Murray, Ryan Nummi, Gabriel Rainford, Jared Scott, Shayne Stumpf, Lukas Wilgosh, coach Michael Stevens, assistant Ted Harrison, assistant Dane Morris, assistant Nathan Ruff
St. Mary’s University College Lightning: Connor McCleary, Sean Persaud, Josh Daniel, Blake Seebach, Oskar Golebioswki, Scott Wedemire, Keith Burdylo, Randal Mosca, Josh Stewart, Matt Patrician, Brayden Daniel, Brandon Baun, Mark Fernandes, coach Sean Foote, assistant Shane Pereira, assistant Peter Rogers
In the opening round, the 9th-seeded Medicine Hat Rattlers edged the Lakeland Rustlers 82-80 after leading 24-21, 44-40 and 66-58 at the quarters. Antonio Holmes paced the Rattlers with 28 on 11-24 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Ryan Cunningham added 17 on 8-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 5 boards. Tim Ireland notched 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Michael Farion added 11 on 4-16 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Brandon Karl notched 8 on 3-15 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Myles MacDougall added 2, along with 3 boards, Stephen Claassen 2 and Colin Ralko 1, along with 3 boards, while Chace Nielson, Quinton Slack, Charlies Hoffman and Jordan Trisevic were scoreless. The Rattlers hit 32-87 (.367) from the floor, 9-27 (.333) from the arc and 9-13 (.692) from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 10 steals, 15 turnovers, 2 blocks and 21 fouls. Emmanual Jones paced the Rustlers with 25 on 6-18 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 11-12 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists. Stephen Jones added 24 on 9-20 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6-8 from the line and 13 boards. Kelvin McGrew notched 19 on 8-16 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Jacob Hawboldt added 5 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the line and 6 boards. Travis Blacker added 3 on 1-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Lucas Derksen scored 2, along with 3 boards and 2 assists, and Brennan Moore 2, along with 2 boards, while Jesse Rogalski, Kein Caines, Tyrel Kobsar, Caleb Wilkins and Simon Butros were scoreless. The Rustlers (coached by Tom Groat) also included Matthew Hagborg, Mitchell Cook and Christian Bera. The Rustlers hit 28-76 (.368) from the floor, 6-22 (.272) from the arc and 18-26 (.692) from the line, while garnering 58 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 5 steals, 23 turnovers, 4 blocks and 16 fouls. …………………………………………………… The 7th-seeded Concordia Thunder clipped the 10th-seeded Grande Prairie Regional Wolves 93-81. The Thunder led 25-11 after one quarter and 49-37 at the half. The Wolves led 63-57 after three quarters. David Shantz paced the Thunder with 22 on 9-18 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 15 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Rob Haack added 22 on 6-16 from the floor, 6-12 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 4 boards. Dallas Wright notched 17 on 8-14 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2 boards and 7 assists. Jamaal Bucknor notched 13 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 13 boards and 4 assists. Ben Grimsrud added 10 on 3-9 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 2 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Liban Abdi-Aziz scored 9 on 4-7 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc, while Brett Carey was scoreless. The Thunder hit 34-73 (.466) from the floor, 10-22 (.455) from the arc and 15-17 (.882) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 20 assists, 13 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals. Nicholas Maniatis paced the Wolves with 23 on 11-11 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Jordan Brown added 18 on 8-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 13 boards and 2 steals. Michael Clemons added 13 on 5-15 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 5 boards and 3 assists. Andrew Burston scored 10 on 4-11 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Stanley Bateman added 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Jordan Teo added 5 on 0-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 5-6 from the line. Riley Wallace added 2 and Josh Raphael 2, while Jamison Plett, Jason Irwin and Austin Mueller were scoreless. The Wolves (coached by Chris Nicol, assisted by Chris Bishop, Cecil Nichol, Dan Skepple and Clinton Pollen) also included Nathaniel Boulding, Cole Crick, Lucas Gorgichuk, Matt Keddy and Travis Smith. The Wolves hit 33-69 (.478) from the floor, 4-12 from the arc and 11-17 (.647) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 9 assists, 20 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals. …………………………………………………… In the seeding game, the 7th-seeded Concordia Thunder dumped the 9th-seeded Medicine Hat Rattlers 91-83 after leading 22-20, 42-35 and 62-59 at the quarters. David Shantz paced the Thunder with 31 on 13-19 from the floor, 5-9 from the line and 12 boards. Dallas Wright added 31 on 14-23 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 3 boards, 4 assists and 5 steals. Jamaal Bucknor notched 9 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Ben Grimsrud added 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 5 boards. Brett Jakubec scored 7 on 3-3 from the floor and 1-1 from the arc. Rob Haack added 2, along with 2 boards and 2 assists, and Liban Abdi-Aziz 2, along with 5 boards, while Euriah Pemberton and Brett Carey were scoreless. Carey nabbed 2 boards. The Thunder hit 38-71 (.535) from the floor, 5-16 (.313) from the arc and 10-18 (.556) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 11 assists, 19 turnovers, 3 blocks and 8 steals. Antonio Holmes paced the Rattlers with 34 on 14-25 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 13 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Brandon Karl added 14 on 6-14 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc and 2 boards. Michael Farion notched 12 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Ryan Cunningham added 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Tim Ireland added 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Charlie Hoffman added 4, along with 4 boards, Colin Ralko 2, along with 3 boards and 2 steals, Chase Nielson 2 and Myles MacDougall 2, while Stephen Claassen was scoreless. The Rattlers hit 31-73 (.425) from the floor, 6-30 (.200) from the arc and 15-15 from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 6 assists, 15 turnovers and 11 steals.
In the quarterfinals, the 7th-seeded Concordia Thunder stunned the 2nd-seeded Grant MacEwan Griffins 72-71 on a desperation trey by Dallas Wright at the buzzer. The Thunder led 27-23 after one quarter. The Griffins led 44-40 at the half and 59-54 after three quarters. Dallas Wright paced the Thunder with 28 on 12-24 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 8 boards and 3 steals. David Shantz added 24 on 8-17 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8-9 from the line, 18 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Ben Grimsrud added 11 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 steals. Jamaal Bucknor added 7 on 1-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 5-12 from the line. Rob Haack added 2, while Liban Abdi-Aziz, Brett Carey and Euriah Pemberton were scoreless. The Thunder hit 27-68 (.397) from the floor, 5-12 (.517) from the arc and 13-21 (.619) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 5 assists, 11 turnovers, 2 blocks, 9 steals and 16 fouls. Denzel Williamson-James paced the Griffins with 24 on 9-17 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 3 boards. Thomas Jereniuk added 16 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8-11 from the line and 2 boards. Tyler Wise notched 9 on 4-13 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 5 boards. Ryan May scored 6 on 3-4 from the floor and 4 boards. Stewart Moffatt added 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 3 steals. Keith Gerdes notched 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 5 boards. Adam Boyd added 2, Giovanni Shettler 2, along with 2 boards, and Seaid Deria 1, while Tyson Denhamer was scoreless. The Griffins hit 26-65 (.400) from the floor, 2-11 (.182) from the arc and 17-22 (.773) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 5 assists, 10 turnovers, 1 block, 10 steals and 17 fouls. The Griffins (coached by Eric Magdanz, assisted by Andrew Paker, Sheldon McKinney, Ethan Sir, Joe McLeod, Scotty Mergaert, Jennifer Dunn and Brendan Hill) also included Jordan Baulkham, Navin Ramharak, Landry Kapongo, David Grange and Harrison Lane.
The 3rd-seeded Lethbridge Kodiaks dusted the 6th-seeded Briercrest Clippers 82-62. The Clippers led 22-13 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 40 at the half. The Kodiaks led 57-55 after three quarters. Chris Maughan paced the Kodiaks with 23 on 9-18 from the floor, 5-5 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Travis Butt notched 14 on 6-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 2 steals. Morgan Gunderson added 13 on 6-9 from the floor, 1-1 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. William Hickey added 12 on 3-13 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 3 boards. Tysen Pushor notched 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Dario Pasquotti scored 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards and 6 assists. Anthony Crouts added 2, along with 3 boards, Brendan Blood 2 and Peter Danielson 2, while Dominyc Coward, Ryan Koshney and Pierce Van Gaalen were scoreless. The Kodiaks hit 31-73 (.425) from the floor, 6-18 from the arc and 14-17 (.824) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 20 turnovers, 2 blocks, 14 steals and 21 fouls. James Wohlgeschaffen paced the Clippers with 17 on 6-17 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 4 boards and 4 steals. Ryan Fox added 14 on 5-13 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 5 steals. Brandon Friesen added 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 7 boards. Josiah Cockrill scored 7 on 3-15 from the floor, 0-10 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 8 boards. Ryan Penner notched 6 on 2-9 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 8 boards. Justin Wolverton added 5 on 2-10 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 steals. The Clippers hit 22-75 (.293) from the floor, 3-30 (.100) from the arc and 15-18 (.833) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 17 turnovers, 2 blocks, 17 steals and 19 fouls. The Clippers (coached by Rod Adrian) also included Brendan Adrian, Francisco Armenqual, Dan Briscoe, Jesse Clark, Joshua Dalzell, Ethan DeCock, Taran Garchinski, Caleb Klassen, Lucas Mannes, Tim Quiring, Christian Sacoman, Josh Tippe, Jason Wegner and Jared Wicks.
The top-seeded Red Deer Kings clocked the 9th-seeded Medicine Hat Rattlers 100-80 after leading 26-18, 47-41 and 75-55 at the quarters. Robert Pierce paced the Kings with 22 on 9-15 from the floor, 4-7 from the line, 8 boards and 4 assists. Sam Lolik added 20 on 6-8 from the floor, 8-12 from the line and 7 boards. Mari Peoples added 16 on 6-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-6 from the line and 3 steals. Lloyd Strickland notched 16 on 6-18 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Matt Johnson scored 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Jacob Cusumano added 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 4 boards and 4 assists. Ashaunti Hogan added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 steals. Brian Prenoslo added 3 on 1-1 from the arc and 6 boards. Tanner Parrington added 3 and Dallas Hancox 2, while J.P. Leblanc was scoreless. The Kings hit 37-70 (.529) from the floor, 6-13 (.462) from the arc and 20-32 (.625) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 15 turnovers, 2 blocks, 9 steals and 23 fouls. Antonio Holmes paced the Rattlers with 25 on 8-18 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 6-6 from the line and 2 boards. Brandon Karl added 16 on 5-12 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 assists and 2 steals. Ryan Cunningham notched 14 on 6-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. Michael Farion scored 8 on 2-9 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 2-3 from the line. Tim Ireland added 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Stephen Claassen added 2, Myles MacDougall 2, along with 3 boards, Colin Ralko 2, Quinton Slack 2, Jordan Trisevic 2, along with 3 boards and 2 blocks, and Charlie Hoffman 1, while Chace Nielson was scoreless. The Rattlers hit 27-68 (.397) from the floor, 11-26 (.423) from the arc and 15-19 (.789) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 19 turnovers, 5 blocks, 5 steals and 28 fouls. The Rattlers (coached by Craig Price, assisted by Rich Humphries and Pat Sharp) also included Henry Bankazo, Anthony Merkel and Michael Cutright.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded NAIT Ooks dusted the 5th-seeded Keyano Huskies 85-63. The score was knotted at 15 after one quarter. The Ooks led 38-24 at the half and 56-48 after three quarters. Yonas Berhe paced the Ooks with 21 on 8-14 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 6 boards and 8 assists. Adrian Curtis added 18 on 7-17 from the floor, 4-11 from the arc, 4 boards, 3 assists and 5 steals. Sebastian Cava notched 16 on 7-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 13 boards and 2 steals. Chris Neptune added 11 on 3-9 from the floor, 5-8 from the line, 10 boards and 2 steals. Damian Yaboah added 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Steven Adusei notched 5 on 2-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Daniel Edwards added 3, Jonathan MacDonald 3, along with 3 boards, and Sunday Chuang 2, while Cam Smith was scoreless. The Ooks hit 32-80 (.400) from the floor, 7-32 (.219) from the arc and 14-21 from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 12 turnovers, 2 blocks, 14 steals and 16 fouls. Tyler Edwards paced the Huskies with 14 on 6-13 from the floor, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards and 4 assists. Devon Burke added 13 on 6-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Blake Gallatly notched 12 on 5-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. James Jedralski scored 8 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Lance Wesolowski added 6 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Orlando Mein added 3, along with 3 boards and 2 assists, Serge Khayipangi 3, Christian Sene 2, along with 3 boards and 2 assists, and Steven Bomolo 2, while Carl Batanya and Nathan Obrigewitsch were scoreless. The Huskies hit 24-62 (.387) from the floor, 2-7 (.286) from the arc and 13-21 (.619) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 17 turnovers, 1 block, 5 steals and 19 fouls. The Huskies (coached by David Petroziello) also included Connor Dolson, Brady MacKay, Josh Alley, Wesley Job-Joazard and Salim Aden.
In the semis, the 7th-seeded Concordia Thunder nipped the 3rd-seeded Lethbridge Kodiaks 63-61 after leading 19-18, 41-28 and 47-46 at the quarters. David Shantz paced the Thunder with 21 on 9-13 from the floor, 3-6 from the line, 4 boards and 3 steals. Ben Grimsrud added 14 on 6-13 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 6 boards, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Jamaal Bucknor notched 13 on 5-12 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 8 boards. Dallas Wright scored 11 on 5-13 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 steals. Rob Haack added 2 on 1-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Liban Abdi-Aziz added 2, along with 2 boards, while Brett Carey and Euriah Pemberton were scoreless. The Thunder hit 27-64 (.422) from the floor, 1-5 (.200) from the arc and 8-16 from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 19 turnovers, 4 blocks, 11 steals and 17 fouls. Chris Maughan paced the Kodiaks with 17 on 7-14 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 8 boards. Travis Butt added 12 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. William Hickey notched 9 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 2 steals. Morgan Gunderson scored 6 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 10 boards. Tysen Pushor scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Brendan Blood added 5 on 2-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 5 boards. Peter Danielson added 4 and Anthony Crouts 2, while Ryan Koshney, Dario Pasquotti and Pierce Van Gaalen were scoreless. Pasquotti nabbed 5 boards, dished 6 assists and pilfered 4 balls. The Kodiaks hit 23-63 (.365) from the floor, 5-11 (.455) from the arc and 10-18 (.556) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 18 turnovers, 1 block, 10 steals and 18 fouls.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Red Deer Kings clocked the 4th-seeded NAIT Ooks 90-72 after leading 20-14, 48-31 and 73-55 at the quarters. Clay Crellin paced the Kings with 17 on 5-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 14 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Mari Peoples-Wong added 16 on 7-11 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Lloyd Strickland added 13 on 6-13 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Robert Pierce notched 12 on 4-14 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Jacob Cusumano added 9 on 4-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 3 boards. Ashaunti Hogan scored 8 on 2-10 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Sam Lolik notched 8 on 2-9 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 8 boards. Matt Johnson scored 7 on 2-6 from the floor and 3-5 from the line. Tanner Parrington and Brian Prenoslo were scoreless. Parrinton nabbed 2 boards and Prenoslo 4. The Kings hit 32-75 (.427) from the floor, 7-14 from the arc and 19-28 (.679) from the line, while garnering 56 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 12 turnovers, 9 steals and 16 fouls. Yonas Berhe paced the Ooks with 25 on 10-20 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 6 assists. Chris Neptune added 13 on 5-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 12 boards and 3 steals. Sebastian Cava notched 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Adrian Curtis added 8 on 3-13 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Cam Smith added 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Steven Adusei scored 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 2 boards. Sunday Chuang added 3, Jonathan MacDonald 2 and Daniel Edwards 1, along with 4 boards, while Damian Yaboah was scoreless. The Ooks hit 28-78 (.359) from the floor, 9-31 (.290) from the arc and 7-11 (.636) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 15 turnovers, 8 steals and 21 fouls.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Lethbridge Kodiaks clubbed the 4th-seeded NAIT Ooks 81-53 after leading 21-6, 39-23 and 57-46 at the quarters. Travis Butt paced the Kodiaks with 15 on 6-10 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Chris Maughan added 12 on 6-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 10 boards. Dario Pasquotti notched 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Ryan Koshney added 8 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Tysen Pushor added 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Brendan Blood notched 7 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Anthony Crouts scored 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Morgan Gunderson added 6 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Peter Danielson scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. William Hickey added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Pierce Van Gaalen added 2. The Kodiaks hit 32-66 (.485) from the floor, 5-15 from the arc and 12-16 from the line, while garnering 56 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 17 turnovers, 13 steals and 20 fouls. Yonas Berhe paced the Ooks with 21 on 6-14 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 4 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals. Adrian Curtis added 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc and 2 boards. Daniel Edwards notched 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Cam Smith scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 2 steals. Sebastian Cava added 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 0-4 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Chris Neptune notched 5 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Jonathan MacDonald added 3, along with 2 boards, and Steven Adusei 2, along with 2 boards, while Damian Yaboah and Sunday Chuang were scoreless. Yaboah nabbed 3 boards. The Ooks hit 20-70 (.286) from the floor, 8-24 (.333) from the arc and 5-17 (.294) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 19 turnovers, 10 steals and 19 fouls. The Ooks (coached by Mike Connolly, assisted by Tyler Orcott and Chris Delano) also included A.J. Adousie, Cyril Ashworth, Chase Campbell, Brayden Torresan and Muraso Yergo.
In the final, the top-seeded host Red Deer Kings edged the 7th-seeded Concordia Thunder 67-62. “It was electric at the final buzzer,” Kings coach Clayton Pottinger told the Red Deer Advocate. ““With the crowd chanting ‘R-D-C, R-D-C’, I had chills. It was awesome to do this at home, in front of our fans.” Thunder coach Reagan Wood said “we feel lucky and fortunate to get to the finals and it is all the product of the guy’s hard work. The fifth-year players (Jamaal Bucknor, David Shantz, Dallas Wright), the veterans, was the No. 1 factor to getting where we needed to get. They were all close games and it’s not that they are more talented it’s just that they wanted it more knowing that the season would end if they did not get the win.” Without Bucknor for the last five regular season games due to injury, the Thunder had a “wakeup call,” said Wood. “It gave some other guys some opportunity to gain some more experience.” Combined the three veterans contributed 77% of the points scored in the three-game series. “That’s the way our offence works…get the ball to the veterans and trust them to make the right decisions and for the most part they do.” The Thunder led 12-8 after one quarter. The Kings led 32-29 at the half and 49-41 after three quarters. Clay Crellin led the Kings with 19 on 5-22 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 7-8 from the line, 7 boards and 4 assists. Robert Pierce notched 13 on 6-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Lloyd Strickland added 12 on 4-16 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Sam Lolik notched 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 7 boards. Ashaunti Hogan added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Matt Johnson scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 2 boards and 2 steals. Mari Peoples-Wong added 4 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8 boards and 2 assists. Brian Prenoslo added 2, along with 3 boards and 2 steals, while Jacob Cusumano and Tanner Parrington were scoreless. The Kings hit 23-81 (.284) from the floor, 3-14 (.214) from the arc and 18-24 from the line, while garnering 52 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 10 turnovers, 1 block, 11 steals and 23 fouls. David Shantz paced the Thunder with 25 on 9-19 from the floor, 7-10 from the line, 11 boards and 2 steals. Jamaal Bucknor added 12 on 4-12 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4-9 from the line and 9 boards. Dallas Wright added 11 on 3-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Ben Grimsrud notched 10 on 5-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Rob Haack scored 3 on 0-12 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 5 boards. Liban Abdi-Aziz added 1, along with 2 boards, while Brett Carey was scoreless. The Thunder hit 21-67 (.313) from the floor, 0-11 from the arc and 20-32 (.625) from the line, while garnering 58 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 3 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks, 7 steals and 19 fouls.
The bronze medalist Lethbridge Kodiaks: Brendan Blood; Travis Butt; Spencer Campbell; Dominic Coward; Anthony Crouts; Peter Danielson; Morgan Gunderson; William Hickey; Chaz Johnson; Ryan Koshney; Chris Maughan; Dario Pasquotti; Tysen Pushor; Grady Taylor; Pierce Van Gaalen; coach Ryan Heggie; assistant Brady Adamson; assistant Donahue Lawrence
The silver medalist Concordia University College Thunder: Liban Abdi-Aziz; Jamaal Bucknor; Brett Carey; Omar Dirie; Gregory Gonnet; Ben Grimsrud; Nikko Guce; Rob Haack; Brett Jakubec; Jordan Johnson; Josh Murphy; Euriah Pemberton; Kerel Pryce; David Shantz; Chris Stoltz; Nathaniel Wojcicki; Dallas Wright; coach Reagan Wood; assistant Rick Henderson; assistant Reid Fralick
The gold medalist Red Deer Kings: Daniel Berndt; Jordan Britton; Jason Burke; Clay Crellin; Jacob Cusumano; Reece Gavin; Dallas Hancox; Ashaunti Hogan; Craig Johnson; Matt Johnson; J.P. Leblanc; Sam Lolik; Tanner Parrington; Mari Peoples-Wong; Robert Pierce; Brian Prenoslo; Lloyd Strickland; coach Clayton Pottinger; assistant Joel Carroll; assistant Luc Stevenson; staff Melissa Kolesar; staff Dave Kolesnik