Final regular season standings (3): Canadian Mennonite (10-2); Providence (5-6); Saint-Boniface (2-9).
In the semi-final, the 2nd-seeded Providence University College Pilots clipped the 3rd-seeded Universite de Saint-Boniface Les Rouges 64-54 after leading 14-12, 27-26 and 49-38 at the quarters. Pilot player of the game Joshua Armstrong drained a trey with under a minute to play to ice the win. “We have faced adversary all season and we found a way to win in the end,” Armstrong said. Pilots coach Pierre Durbreuil said “we were a bit rusty with not the best practices and knew this was going to be a tough team to play. Our team showed up and played some great D to get the win.” Rouges coach Christian Mouné called it “frustrating. I feel we were right there but as a first-year team, we got a feel of the competition needed to compete but I am proud of the whole team’s effort.” Michael Lawal was chosen player of the game for the Rouges. Joshua Armstrong paced the Pilots with 19 on 7-20 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 10 boards and 2 steals. Riley Paul added 17 on 5-8 from the floor, 7-8 from the line, 15 boards, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals. Waedon Dueck notched 8 on 4-5 from the floor. Seth Salamandyk scored 8 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Blake Garing added 6 on 1-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Shaeman Pauls scored 6 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3-5 from the line. While Joshua Lamoureux, William Tyler, Nathan Ens, Nathan Kayembe and David William were scoreless. Lamoureux nabbed 3 boards. Tyler dished 2 assists. Kevin Martinez, Bryant Smith, Zealea Kolubah and Bryden Alexander did not play. The Pilots hit 21-56 (.375) from the floor, 4-13 (.308) from the arc and 18-23 (.783) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 23 fouls, 11 assists, 28 turnovers, 6 blocks and 11 steals. Michael Lawal paced Les Rouges with 21 on 8-17 from the floor, 5-8 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Ade Orogun added 7 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Joshua Nwachukwu notched 6 on 1-6 from the floor, 4-8 from the line and 2 assists. Randy Gborie scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 2 steals. T.J. Paguirigan added 5 on 2-6 from the floor and 1-4 from the arc. Remi Carruthers scored 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 1-2 form the line. Caleb Carruthers added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 9 boards. Daniel Conway scored 2 on 1-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-4 from the line, 3 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Miguel Leitao added 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc, while Nicolas Stevenson was scoreless and Evan James, Fadhil Karl Njoya and Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye did not play. Les Rouges hit 20-70 (.286) from the floor, 9-22 (.409) from the arc and 5-18 (.278) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 11 assists, 28 turnovers and 12 steals.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Providence University College Pilots stunned the top-seeded Canadian Mennonite University Blazers 84-60 after leading 17-10, 47-31 and 66-47 at the quarters. The Blazers rallied no closer than 15. Pilots player of the game (championship MVP) Riley Paul said “it was so good to bring this title back to the program. This was a great group of guys. We battled adversary all season long and everything clicked in the end.” Pilots coach Pierre Dubreuil said “it was who wanted it more and we stayed composed and PUC basketball for the full 40 minutes. All credit to the players!” Blazers coach Scott Martin said “we didn’t start well. All credit to Providence as they played well tonight. We took a break from COVID in the second half and it seemed we peaked early and never played our best since.” Riley Paul paced the Pilots with 28 on 12-21 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 15 boards, 8 assists and 2 blocks. Joshua Armstrong added 15 on 6-21 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 304 from the line, 9 boards and 9 assists. Blake Garing notched 13 on 5-13 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 3 assists. Sethan Salamandyk scored 10 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Nathan Ens added 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 12 boards and 3 assists. Shaeman Pauls scored 5 on 2-3 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Waedon Dueck added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 6 boards. David William added 1 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-2 from the line, while Kevin Martinez, Joshua Lamoureux, Bryden Alexander, William Tyler and Nathan Kayembe were scoreless. Lamoureux nabbed 4 boards. Bryant Smith and Zealea Koluba did not play. The Pilots hit 34-82 (.415) from the floor, 9-26 (.346) from the arc and 7-10 from the line, while garnering 64 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 13 fouls, 25 assists, 12 turnovers, 3 blocks and 6 steals. Seth McKenzie paced the Blazers with 17 on 6-18 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Isaiah Cole added 15 on 6-22 from the floor, 2-12 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 12 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. David Froese notched 15 on 7-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 10 boards. Kieran Baydock scored 6 on 3-14 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Ezra Leano added 4 on 1-10 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Matthew Brenton scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor. Ethan Iwanusiw added 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards, while Elliott Russenholt, Binh Nguyen, Pacifique Jubilate and Graham Rasmussen were scoreless. Jubilate nabbed 3 boards. Zach Van Walleghem, Jesse Fedak and Bukola Odeleye did not play. The Blazers hit 24-89 (.270) from the floor, 4-27 (.148) from the arc and 8-12 from the line, while garnering 54 boards, including 23 on the offensive glass, 13 fouls, 12 assists, 12 turnovers, 2 blocks and 2 steals.
The bronze medalist Universite de Saint-Boniface Les Rouges: Ade Orogun; Daniel Conway; Caleb Carruthers; Remi Carruthers; T.J. Paguirigan; Miguel Leitao; Randy Gborie; Nicolas Stevenson; Michael Lawal; Joshua Nwachukwu; Evan James; Radhil Karl Njoya; Cheih Tidiane Ndiaye; coach Christian Mouné
The silver medalist Canadian Mennonite University Blazers: Ezra Leano; Isaiah Cole; Seth McKenzie; Pacifique Jubilate; Kieran Baydock; Matthew Brenton; Ethan Iwanusiw; Elliot Russenholt; Binh Nguyen; Graham Rasmussen; David Froese; Zach Van Walleghem; Jesse Fedak; Bukola Odeleye; coach Scott Martin
The gold medalist Providence University College Pilots: Blake Garing; Joshua Lamoureux; Joshua Armstrong; Waedon Dueck; Riley Paul; Shaeman Pauls; Seth Salamandyk; William Tyler; Nathan Ens; Nathan Kayembe; David William; Kevin Martinez; Bryant Smith; Zealea Kolubah; Bryden Alexander; coach Pierre Dubreuil