Final regular season standings (10): Vancouver Island (18-0); Langara (13-5); UBC-Okanagan (13-5); University of Northern British Columbia (12-6); Kwantlen Polytechnic (8-10); Douglas (8-10); Capilano (7-11); Columbia Bible (6-12); Camosun (5-13); Quest University (0-18)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Camosun Chargers: Jay King, Jordan Weisner, Jeff Krawetz, Dylan Borgerson, Shahn James, Tyler Olsen, Nick Adair, Lee Henwood, Scott Meredith, Scott Metcalfe, Josh Reddy, Bobby Elias, Casey Parsons, coach Craig Price, assistant Nathan Ruff, assistant Shohei Kizu, assistant Jordan Mottl
Capilano Blues: Demitri Harris, Dan Evans, Lukas Wera, Connor Lewis, Ashton Levy, Mike Zayonc, Edward Fan,
Columbia Bible Bearcats: Kyle Boon, Elijah Nakagawa, Justin Toutenhoofd, Nick Alderliesten, Matt Wirch,
Quest Kermodes: Sam Jeans, Joel Wollenberg, Bryce Froberg,
In the men’s quarterfinals, 3rd-seeded UBC-Okanagan Heat dumped the 6th-seeded Douglas Royals 74-63 after leading 24-16, 43-34 and 53-43 at the quarters. Ryan Fahandeg was chosen player of the game for the Heat, while Juwuan States earned the laurel for Douglas. Ryan Fahandeg led the Heat with 26. Dean Kmyta added 15, Alex Roth 12, along with 10 boards, Jeff Van Dolah 9, Jonathan Zaleski, Steve Morrison 3, David Mackay 2, Taylen Busch 2 and Johnathan Christian 1, while Chris Spencer, Brock Raddatz, Rene-Lee Sylvain, Aron Balakrishnan, Simon Pelland and David Mackay were scoreless. UBC-Okanagan hit 26-62 (.420) from the floor, 4-14 (.290) from the arc and 10-16 (.620) from the line, while garnering 54 boards, including 22 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 10 assists, 15 turnovers, 1 block and 21 steals. Philbert States led Douglas with 24 points and 11 boards. Matthew Sacks added 11, Lonzell Webster 11, Drew Slaght 10, Kevin Jackel 5 and Taylor Collins 2, while Clayton Crellis, Justin Tongol, Steven Adusel, Seamus O’Brien, Ryan Chan and Sunday Chuang were scoreless. The Royals hit 15-41 (.370) from the floor, 9-22 (.410) from the arc, and 6-9 (.670) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 11 assists, 22 turnovers, 1 block and 15 steals. Ryan Fanhandeg was chosen player of the game for the Heat, while Philbert States earned the laurels for the Royals.
In the other quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves edged the 5th-seeded Kwantlen Eagles 78-72 after leading 17-13, 42-26 and 69-55 at the quarters. Matt Mills led UNBC with 22. Paul Burkholder added 13, Dennis Stark 11, Jarrett Borsoi 10, along with 11 boards, Francis Rowe 8, Joel Rybachuk 6, Inderbir Gill 6 and Paul Schmitke 2, while Swaroop Clair and Jesse Smith were scoreless. The Timberwolves hit 17-44 (.390) from the floor, 10-25 (.400) from the arc and 14-22 (.640) from the line, while garnering 55 boards, including 25 from the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 19 assists, 17 turnovers, 2 blocks and 7 steals. Omid Davani paced Kwantlen with 19. Nick Lafleur added 14, Kenny Ryan 11, Justin Cabatuando 7, Varinder Singh 7, Kevin Kokoska 7, Mike Davis 5 and Brighton Gbarazia 2, while Alex Courville and Devon Carney were scoreless. The Eagles hit 22-44 from the floor, 6-19 (.320) from the arc and 10-19 (.530) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 14 assists, 14 turnovers, 5 blocks and 11 steals. Omid Davani was chosen player of the game for the Timberwolves, while Jarrett Borsoi earned the laurels for the Eagles.
In the semis, the 3rd-seeded UBC-Okanagan Heat nipped the 2nd-seeded Langara Falcons 69-67 after leading 17-9, 32-21 and 44-41 at the quarters. Jonathan Zaleski led UBC-Okanagan with 20 points and 11 boards. Alex Roth added 13, Ryan Fahandeg 13, Taylen Busch 8, Dean Kmyta 6, Steve Morrison 4, along with 10 boards, Jeff Van Dolah 3, David Mackay 2, along with 10 boards, while Brock Raddatz, Jonathan Christian, Rene-lee Sylvain and Aron Balakrishnan wee scoreless. The Heat hit 20-70 (.290) from the floor, 6-18 (.330) from the arc and 11-11 from the line, while garnering 59 boards, including 33 on the offensive glass, 24 fouls, 9 assists, 12 turnovers, 3 blocks and 12 steals. Clint Wickham led Langara with 16. Karol Cybula added 16, Sean Burke 13, Brad Quevillon 8, Hardeep Braich 7 and Jari Deutsch 7, while Lambert Punsalan, Brian Fougner, Griffin Bullock, Yacob Issayas, Jake Moodie and Cody Cormack were scoreless. The Falcons hit 21-42 from the line, 4-19 (.210) from the arc and 13-22 (.590) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 22 fouls, 10 assists, 18 turnovers, 1 block and 8 steals. Steve Morrison was chosen player of the game for the Heat, while Sean Burke earned the laurels for the Falcons.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Vancouver Island Mariners whipped the 4th-seeded University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves 78-57 after leading 24-13, 42-24 and 60-36 at the quarters. “Vancouver Island is a very tough, talented team and an experienced team, and their defensive intensity gave us some problems,” UNBC coach Mike Raimbault said. Andrew Kaban paced Vancouver Island with 22. Jacob Thorn added 16, Henry Bui 11, Fraser Thompson 10, Banimb Mbappe 9, Edgar Carlson 6, Blake Mansbridge 2 and Patrick McCarthy 2, while Jason Nenzel, Joel Bron, Carson Williams and Jason McKinnon were scoreless. The Mariners hit 27-56 (.480) from the floor, 4-11 (.360) from the arc and 12-17 (.710) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 24 fouls, 7 assists, 23 turnovers, 1 block and 25 steals. Dennis Stark paced Northern British Columbia with 14. Swaroop Clair added 14, Matt Mills 7, Paul Burkholder 7, Joel Rybachuk 5, Inderbir Gill 4, Francis Rowe 2, Jarett Borsoi 2 and Jesse Smith 2, while Paul Schmitke was scoreless. The Wolves hit 16-32 from the floor, 1-14 (.070) from the arc and 22-30 (.730) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 21 fouls, 7 assists, 28 turnovers, 3 blocks and 20 steals. Andrew Kaban was chosen player of the game for the Mariners, while Dennis Stark earned the laurels for the Timberwolves.
In the bronze medal match, the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves defeated the Langara Falcons 74-65. Langara led 19-17 after one quarter. UNBC led 31-28 at the half and 57-40 after three quarters. “I guess, in the end we were happy with third,” UNBC coach Mike Raimbault said. “Obviously we went down there with hopes of playing in the gold medal game, but things didn’t quite work out so we were able to rebound and played a good game against Langara to finish third.” Inderbir Gill paced UNBC with 15 on 4-11 from the floor, 7-10 from the line, 7 boards and 5 assists. Dennis Stark added 14 on 5-11 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Francis Rowe notched 11 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Jarett Borsoi scored 11 on 4-10 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 4 boards. Matt Mills added 9 on 3-6 from the arc. Jesse Smith added 5 on 1-4 from the arc and 5 boards. Swaroop Clair added 4, Paul Burkholder 4 and Paul Schmitke 1, while Joel Rybachuk was scoreless. The Timberwolves hit 20-49 (.410) from the floor, 5-15 (.330) from the arc and 19-29 (.660) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass. Yacob Issayas paced Langara with 11 on 4-5 from the floor. Jari Deutsch added 10 on 3-7 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 5 boards. Cody Cormack scored 9 on 4-8 from the floor and 1-1 from the line. Brad Quevillon scored 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 6 boards and 2 steals. Hardeep Braich scored 7 on 2-4 from the floor and 6 boards. Clint Wickham notched 6 on 4-11 from the floor and 10 boards. Griffin Bullock scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 6 boards. Sean Burke added 4, Karol Cybula 2 and Lambert Punsalan 2, while Brian Fougner and Jake Moodie were scoreless. The Falcons hit 27-58 (.470) from the floor, 2-9 (.220) from the arc and 5-11 (.450) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 28 fouls, 17 assists, 16 turnovers, 2 blocks and 6 steals. Dennis Stark was chosen player of the game for the Timberwolves, while Jari Deutsch earned the laurels for the Falcons.
In the final, the UBC-Okanagan Heat defeated the Vancouver Island Mariners 66-60. The Heat led 16-14 after one quarter. The Mariners led 33-32 at the half and 50-42 after three quarters. “We went in there having to play three games in three days, and even if we did make the final, would we have the energy left to beat a tough team like VIU?” said Heat coach Darren Semeniuk. “Somehow the guys found a way to do it. It was an amazing effort. I think we’re still a little in shock.” Just weeks earlier, Vancouver Island had easily handled UNBC on its own court, winning a pair by a combined 37 points. “They came into our gym, handled us easily and showed us a defensive intensity we hadn’t seen,” said Semeniuk. “From then on we realized we weren’t practicing at the level we needed to and we had nearly two months to prepare for them. We managed to keep the game close and the (Mariners) hadn’t been in a tight game all year. We took away their inside game. They kind of froze up and we just took advantage of that.” Semeniuk said the team’s desire and work ethic won out. “I think the guys saw what it takes to win, it doesn’t take spectacular plays or super talented athletes…what it takes is a willingness to do what’s necessary to win,” said Semeniuk. It was guys like Steve Morrison, a player who I had to make a decision on to keep him in the top 14 back at the start of the season. He comes out and makes the all-star team and could have easily even been MVP. The guys all figured out it wasn’t just talent or the best athletes that win.” The Mariners played “tentative and scared to lose,” said coach Tony Bryce. “They’re still 20-year-old kids and it’s a lot of pressure to be put under. You’re playing against a team that has absolutely nothing to lose. It just wasn’t meant to be. Balls falling through our hands, passing to guys that aren’t looking at you, things that haven’t happened all year happened in the biggest game of the year. It’s heartbreaking. It definitely didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but we still had a phenomenal season – 19-1 is nothing to hang your head over.” Ryan Rahandeg paced UBC-Okanagan with 21 on 10-17 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6 boards and 4 steals. Dean Kmyta added 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Jonathan Zaleski added 10 on 5-13 from the floor and 9 boards. Jeff Van Dolah notched 10 on 5-9 from the floor and 4 steals. Alex Roth added 7 on 1-3 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 2 steals. Steve Morrison scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 3 steals. Aron Balakrishnan added 1, while Brock Raddatz, Taylen Busch, Jonathan Christian, David Mackay and Rene-Lee Sylvain were scoreless. The Heat hit 27-64 (.422) from the floor, 3-15 (.200) from the arc and 9-15 (.600) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 9 assists, 14 turnovers and 21 steals. Andrew Kaban paced Vancouver Island with 15 on 7-11 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 6 boards. Fraser Thompson added 10 on 4-11 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 11 boards. Banimb Mbappe notched 9 on 3-13 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 5 boards. Patrick McCarthy scored 8 on 4-9 from the floor and 5 boards. Henry Bui added 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 4 boards. Carson Williams added 5, Edgar Carlson 4 and Jacob Thorn 2, while Blake Mansbridge, Jason Nenzel, Joel Bron and Jason McKinnon were scoreless. The Mariners hit 25-61 (.410) from the floor, 2-13 (.154) from the arc and 8-11 (.727) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 22 turnovers, 3 blocks and 12 steals. Ryan Fahandeg was chosen player of the game for the Heat, while Banimb Mbappe earned the laurels for the Mariners.
The bronze medalist University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves: Francis Rowe; Paul Schmitke; Joel Rybachuk; Dennis Stark; Paul Burkholder; Swaroop Singh Clair; Jarett Borsoi; Inderbir Singh Gill; Matt Mills; Jesse Smith; Scott McCormick; Sam Raphael; Henrilo Londole; coach Mike Raimbault; assistant Mike Woollard; assistant Todd Jordan; assistant Dale Dergousoff; assistant Luke Lundall
The silver medalist Vancouver Island Mariners: Andrew Kaban, Jacob Thom; Henry Bui; Banimb Mbappe; Fraser Thompson; Carson Williams; Edgar Carlson; Patrick McCarthy; Blake Mansbridge; Jason Nenzel; Joel Bron; Jason McKinnon; coach Tony Bryce; assistant Graham Giske; assistant Jeff Anderson
The champion University of British Columbia–Okanagan Heat: Jeff Van Dolah; Chris Spencer; Ryan Fahandeg; Brock Raddatz; Dean Kmyta; Taylen Busch; Jon Christian; Jon Zaleski; Aron Balakrishnan; Steve Morrison; Simon Pelland; Alex Roth; Dave Mackay; coach Darren Semeniuk; assistant Cary Mellon; assistant Kyle Graves; assistant Adrian Neale; athletic director Rob Johnson