Cape Breton 53            
  Fanshawe 61 Fanshawe 63        
  Mount Royal 72 Mount Royal 58 Fanshawe 66    
  St. Clair 58            
              —–FANSHAWE  
  Maisonneuve 80            
  Briercrest Bible 76 Maisonneuve 68 Langara 59    
  Langara 74 Langara 71        
  N.S.A.C. 70            

In Four-West round robin play, held in Edmonton, the draw was essentially an also-ran tournament for teams that did not make the national tournament. It featured a round-robin, followed by playoffs for the bronze and gold medals. …………………………………………………… In preliminary play: …………………………………………………… The Grant MacEwan Griffins pounded the SAIT Trojans 99-76 as Randy Gusikoski scored 17. Tom Brown led the Trojans with 16. …………………………………………………… The wildcard NAIT Ooks defeated the Canadian Bible Crusaders 78-65 as Doug Zutz scored 17 on 6-9 from the floor. Dave Dent led the Crusaders with 16. …………………………………………………… SAIT pummeled Red River 94-76 as Nigel Gainor scored 18, Wade Brillon 14, Frank Lilley 12, Blair Gates 12 and Bob Moore 12. The Trojans led 46-40 at the half. Bob Allinson led Red River with 23. Ed Leung added 12. Rebels women’s coach Joe Di Curzio (stepping in for Larry Sawchuk, who was unable to make the trip to Edmonton) told the Projector that “the team played super in the first half but they didn’t have the depth through the game. The main reason we lost is we decided to speed up the game for five minutes and SAIT had too much bench power.” Allinson said “we played well but the lack of a bench hurt us. … You can’t play defence if you’re scared of being fouled out.” …………………………………………………… BCIT nipped NAIT 88-86 as Greg Turkington scored 20. Gene Gerwing led the Ooks with 33. …………………………………………………… NAIT clipped Red River 81-70 as Gene Gerwing scored 22, Wayne Squires 16 and Doug Zuta 12. Gord Paul led the Rebels with 21. Gord Muir added 16 and Bob Allinson 13. The Rebels led 38-33 at the half. Rebel guard Glen Ward told The Projector “we played well but didn’t have enough players. We ran out of gas at the end of the game.” Interim coach Joe Di Curzio said “Gord Muir almost won the game for us in the last two minutes. He was really shooting hot and scored 10 points in the last 5 minutes.” …………………………………………………… SAIT clipped the Canadian Bible Crusaders 81-74 as Tom Brown scored 24. Dave Dent led the Crusaders with 18. …………………………………………………… In the bronze medal match, the wildcard SAIT Trojans clipped the NAIT Ookpiks 89-79. The Ookpiks led 44-41 at the half. Gene Gerwing paced the Ookpiks with 21. Len Parsons added 16. …………………………………………………… In the final, BCIT v. Grant MacEwan thrashed BCIT by 30. …………………………………………………… The all-tournament team featured: Gene Gerwing (NAIT)

In the national quarterfinals, held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro, the Mount Royal Cougars defeated the wildcard St. Clair Saints 72-58 as Dave Kakoschke, subbing for the injured Dan Janzen, who tore ligaments in his ankle in the first quarter, scored 18, Tim Herr 17, Dan Janzen 10 and Jeff Gall 10. St. Clair was led by Duane Matthews 16 points and 13 rebounds, D’Arcy Colbreath 8 points and 10 rebounds and Jim Wilson 4 points. Mount Royal shot 32-67 from the floor, while St. Clair shot 25-70. St. Clair coach Al Huffman noted that “if we had played up to our potential, we would have beaten Mount Royal. I think we outplayed in the second half but we lost the game before that.” The Saints had been selected as a wildcard, the first time a wild card is selected by a committee rather than automatically awarded on the basis on fixed criteria. The selection drew the inevitable controversy. The Saints drew suspicion because the president of the CCAA at the time was St. Clair’s coach. He also served as the chair of the wild card selection committee, as did the coach of the women’s invitee Vanier College, who also served as the men’s basketball convener.

        The Fanshawe Falcons clipped the Cape Breton Capers 61-53. The Falcons zone press completely befuddled the Capers, while Bob Horvath and Mike Dejaeger got hot down the stretch.

        The Maisonneuve Vikings nipped the Briercrest Bible Clippers 80-76. Mark Redekop scored 20 for the Clippers.

        In the last quarterfinal, the Langara (then Vancouver CC Cheetahs) Falcons edged the host Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams 74-70. The Falcons led 40-29 at the half. But Gerry Vermeulen rallied the Rans to within down the stretch before the Falcons held on for the win. Vermeulen finished with 30 points.

        In the bronze quarterfinals, the Briercrest Bible Clippers defeated the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams 79-73.

        In the other bronze quarterfinal, the St. Clair Saints defeated the Cape Breton Capers 77-69 as Jim Wilson scored 17, D’Arcy Culbreath 14, Bruce Grand 14, Mark Kuni 12, Dale Laliberte 12 and Duane Matthew 4. The Capers led 67-59 with eight minutes to play but Jim Wilson twice pilfered the ball for runouts, Dale Laliberte hit an 18-foot jumper, Wilson a long bomb and Mark Kuni a putback to knot the score at 69 with three minutes to play. Duane Matthews hit the winner in the final minute. Saints coach Al Hoffman told the Windsor Star that “this was truly a team victory, five players in double figures and Matthews …playing the foil and scoring the winning basket.” The Capers included Rob MacNeil.

        In semis, the Fanshawe Falcons defeated the Mount Royal Cougars 63-58. The Cougars played without Dan Janzen, who was injured in the quarterfinals. Four Falcons finished in double figures, led by Vito Frijia’s 16 points. Tim Herr scored 19 and nabbed 14 boards for Mount Royal. Dave Kakoschke added 12 and Jeff Gall 11. The score was knotted at 28 at the half. The Falcons zone press and perimeter shooting again proved the difference.

        In the other semi, Kim O’Leary scored 15 in the second half to lead the Langara Falcons to a 61-58 win over the Maisonneuve Vikings. Viking guards Benoit Plante and Francois Dion shut down Langara star Kim O’Leary in the first half, while Daniel Brodeur and Claude Levac battled in the paint with Don Schmidt. The Falcons led 39-34 at the half. Maisonneuve got in foul trouble in the second half.

        In the bronze semis, the Maisonneuve Vikings edged St. Clair 66-64 as Claude Levac hit the winner off an errant Saints pass with eight seconds to play. Levac led the Vikings with 28. Francois Dion added 10. Bruce Grand led the Saints with 27. Duane Matthews added 16, along with 15 boards, and Jim Wilson 10.

        In the other bronze semi, the Briercrest Bible Clippers defeated the Mount Royal Cougars 79-78.

        In the bronze medal match, the Maisonneuve Vikings dumped the Briercrest Bible Clippers 91-70.

        In final, the methodical Fanshawe Falcons beat the flashy Langara Falcons 66-59. Fanshawe led 1-14 after one quarter. The game was close until the final minutes when Kim O’Leary went cold and Fanshawe built up 39-28 lead. In the second half, Langara started going inside to Don Schmidt and cut the lead to 49-44 but Fanshawe took control of tempo and Vito Frijia hit several big shots down the stretch. O’Leary got hot and staged a one-man comeback cutting the lead to 60-57 but baskets by John Hayden and Bob Horvath put the game away. It marked the fourth time and the third consecutive time that Langara had lost the championship game. Vito Frijia scored 19, Al Ratcliffe 13 and John Hayden 10 for Fanshawe, while Langara was paced by Steve Glover 18, Don Schmidt 16 and Kim O’Leary 15.

        Hereafter, 3rd-8th is determined thru a cross-over format among losers of the quarterfinals.

        The all-tourney team featured MVP Vito Frijia (Fanshawe); Mark Redekop (Briercrest Bible); Tim Herr (Mount Royal); Claude Levac (Maisonneuve); Kim O’Leary (Vancouver CC); and Don Schmidt (Vancouver CC)

        The bronze medalist Maisonneuve Vikings: Benoit Plante; Francois Dion; Daniel Brodeur; Claude Levac; Claude Levesque; coach Jean Guy Morin

        The silver medalist Langara Falcons: Kim O’Leary; Don Schmidt; Steve Glover; coach Duncan McCallum

        The gold medalist Fanshawe Falcons: Bob Horvath; Mike DeJaeger; Vito Frijia; John Hayden; Bill Sewell; David Fries; Rick Mutuchky; Ed Alaskiewicz; Dave Webber; Al Ratcliffe; Grant Taylor; Wayne Duncan; Mike Foubert; Rick Fines; coach Glenn Johnston; manager Jim Carty