Final regular season standings: Vancouver Island (15-1); Northern British Columbia (13-3; Camosun (10-6); Langara (10-6); Capilano (9-7); Douglas (7-9); Kwantlen Polytechnic (6-10); Quest (1-16); Columbia Bible (1-16)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Columbia Bible Bearcats: Michael Hunter, Kevin Ford, Tim Vaandrager, Chris Mader,
Kwantlen Polytechnic Eagles: Aaron Ram, Ali Bosir, Varinder Singh, Chris Arcangel,
Quest Kermodes: Jose Colorado, Gurminder Kang, John Pankratz, Brodan Robertson, Connor Heinrichs,
In the quarterfinals, the 3rd-seeded Camosun Chargers edged the 6th-seeded Douglas Royals 68-62. James Blandford paced the Chargers with 15 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 4-5 from line, and 13 boards, Blake Mansbridge added 14 on 2-5 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Drake Downer notched 14 on 4-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Trevor Scheurmann scored 10 on 409 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Prab Parmar notched 7 on 3-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Jordan Elvedahl scored 5 on 1-7 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 4 boards and 6 assists. Rulon Schmidt scored 3, while James Lundy, Paulius Makulavicius, Josh Addo-Stewart and Brandon Chan were scoreless. The Chargers hi5 15-40 (.397) from the floor, 8-18 (.444) from the arc and 14-20 (.700) from the line, while garnering 53 boards, 14 assists, 4 steals, 24 turnovers and 26 fouls. Harpreet Randhawa paced the Royals with 18 on 5-11 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 8-12 from the line, 7 boards and 3 steals. Rupinder Athwal added 12 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 5 boards and 4 steals. Harmeet Mahal notched 12 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Mike Zanidean added 10 on 2-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals. Aranpal Hare added 5, Devan Haynes 2, Lucas DeCoste 2 and Andrew Baron 1, while Jason David, Gerald Gbardy, Karan Bains, Malcolm Mensah and Joseph Knowles were scoreless. The Royals hit 15-44 (.288) from the floor, 4-22 (.182) from the arc and 20-33 (.606) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, 7 assists, 16 steals, 12 turnovers and 18 fouls. The Royals were coached by Denis Beausoleil, assisted by Jay Gladish and Mike McKay. James Blandford was chosen player of the game for the Chargers, while Harpreet Randawha earned the laurels for the Royals.
In the other quarterfinal, the 5th-seeded Capilano Blues clipped the 4th-seeded Langara Falcons 85-77.
James Lum paced with 25 on 5-11 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 3 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals. Michael Steele added 20 on 4-8 from the floor, 4-11 from the arc, 3 boards and 4 assists. Tyler Lutton notched 13 on 6-9 from the floor, 1-4 from the line, 6 boards, 8 assists and 3 steals. Mike Zyonic added 12 on 4-5 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 9 boards. Wes Dekleer scored 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 3-3 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists, Cameron yates added 6 on 2-4 from the arc and Lukas Wera 2, while Keith Nath, Daniel Zayonc, John Leong, Kanwarpreet Gandhi and Mike Chen were scoreless. The Blues hit 21-44 (.419) from the floor, 10-30 from the arc and 13-22 (.591) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, 23 assists, 9 steals, 12 turnovers and 17 fouls. Brody Greig paced the Falcons with 17 on 6-13 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 3 boards, 11 assists and 4 steals. Jitinder Lohcham notched 14 on 6-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3assists. Gurjote Jhaj added 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-9 from the arc, 2-6 from the line, 4 boards and 5 assists. Devin McMurtry scored 12 on 6-9 from the floor, 8 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Jeff Chu added 9 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 steals. Glenn Ruby added 5, Noor Mann 3, Matt Madewan 2 and Ranjodh Hare 2, while Daniel Hobden, Vince Tolentino, Manpreet Parmar and Garrett Ling-Lee were scoreless. The Falcons hit 27-50 (.456) from the floor, 4-18 (.222) from the arc and 11-16 (.688) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, 27 assists, 11 steals, 11 turnovers and 20 fouls. The Falcons were coached by Jake McCallum, assisted by Paul Naka, Tim Whitehead and Nick Toews. James Lum was chosen player of the game for the Blues, while Brody Greig earned the laurels for the Falcons.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves defeated the 3rd-seeded Camosun Chargers 83-84 despite trailing 35-31 at the half. The Timberwolves ran a well-executed lob pass for Charles Barton who scored just as time expired at the half. The Timberwolves used good ball movement that started creating open shots; their shooting percentage went from 40% in the first half to 64% in the second half. The Chargers used their fast break to get layups, but when the Timberwolves turned up the defence, they had to work for every basket. The Timberwolves outscored Camosun 23-17 in the third quarter, and 39-32 in the fourth quarter. Charles Barton paced the Timberwolves with 20 on 8-11 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 8 boards. Sam Raphael added 19 on 3-7 from the floor, 13-15 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Dennis Stark notched 15 on 5-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 5 boards. Francis Rowe scored 14 on 3-4 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 assists. Joel Rybachuk notched 13 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 2 boards, 9 assists and 2 steals. Kevan Madsen added 8 on 2-6 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 3 boards. Billy Cheng added 2, along with 3 assists, while Lucas Groot, Dan Stark, Mile Conlin, Jose Araujo and Gabe Aubertin were scoreless. The Timberwolves hit 24-43 (.524) from the floor, 5-12 (.417) from the arc and 30-38 (.789) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, 21 assists, 4 steals, 12 turnovers and 18 fouls. Jordan Elvedahl paced the Chargers with 19 on 4-5 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 2 boards and 9 assists. James Blandford added 19 on 9-14 from the floor, 1-3 from the line, 8 boards and 4 assists. Blake Mansbridge added 14 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Trevor Scheurmann added 11 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Paulius Makulavicius added 6 on 1-4 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 2 boards. Drake Downer added 6 on 3-4 from the line, Prab Parmar 5 and Rulon Schmidt 4, while James Lundy, Josh Addo-Stewart and Brandon Chan were scoreless. The Chargers hit 28-52 (.457) from the floor, 4-18 (.222) from the arc and 16-20 (.800) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, 19 assists, 4 steals, 12 turnovers and 27 fouls. Francis Rowe was chosen player of the game for the Timberwolves, while Jordan Elvedahl earned the laurels for the Chargers.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Vancouver Island Mariners dumped the 5th-seeded Capilano Blues 67-57. The Blues led the Mariners 13-11 after the first quarter as James Lum got free for a couple breakaways. But in the second quarter, the Blues offence grind to a halt as they missed several open looks and had to work hard for every basket. The Mariners outscored them 16-7 in the quarter, and led 27-20 at halftime. Both teams struggled to hit from long range as the Blues went 2/16 and the Mariners went 1/10 from behind the arc. In the third quarter, the Mariners balanced scoring took over the game as they won the quarter 25-15. Jacob Thom hit a couple three-pointers and then a breakaway slam dunk emphasized a 9-0 run and the biggest lead of the game at 50-33. The Mariners led 61-44 when the Blues used some full-court pressure to make a late run. The Mariners called a timeout with a 63-52 lead before the teams traded some late baskets. Patrick McCarthy paced the Mariners with 20 on 9-13 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 12 boards. Jacob Thom added 18 on 5-5 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 9 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals. Richard Townsend Gant added 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 5 boards. Greg Gillies scored 8 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Brandon Jones added 6 on 1-5 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Trevor Davidson added 2, Clayton Billett 2 and Tyler Olsen 2, along with 4 boards, while Harrison Stupich, Evan Verdel, Jason Mckee and Dakota Russell were scoreless. The Mariners hit 21-43 (.431) from the floor, 4-15 (.267) from the arc and 13-20 (.650) from the line, while garnering 59 boards, 16 assists, 7 steals, 18 turnovers and 14 fouls. James Lum paced the Blues with 20 on 7-16 from the floor, 2-11 from the arc, 3 assists and 2 steals. Michael Steele added 14 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 assists and 2 steals. Mike Zayonc notched 13 on 6-15 from the floor, 1-8 from the line and 8 boards. Tyler Lutton added 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 9 boards and 4 assists. Wes Dekleer added 2 and Lukas Wera 2, while Keith Nath, Cameron Yates, Daniel Zayonc, John Leong, Kanwarpreet Gandhi and Mike Chen were scoreless. The Blues hit 22-52 (.312) from the floor, 3-28 (.107) from the arc and 4-14 (.286) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, 10 assists, 10 steals, 15 turnovers and 21 fouls. Jacob Thom was chosen player of the game for the Mariners, while James Lum earned the laurels for the Blues.
In the bronze medal match, the 3rd-seeded Camosun Chargers rallied to defeat the 5th-seeded Capilano Blues 84-78. The Chargers Trevor Scheurmann was chosen player of the game for the Chargers while Tyler Lutton earned the laurels for the Blues. The Chargers trailed 23-17 after the first quarter and 45-39 at halftime as the Blues continued to pressure them and force difficult shots. In the second half, the Chargers continued to chip away at the Capilano lead, going to their bench and keeping their players fresh. The Camosun bench outscored the Blues’ bench 12-5. Their defence allowed just 13 Blues points in the third quarter, while Blake Mansbridge scored 8 of his points in the third. His three-pointer tied the game at 54, and Camosun led 63-58 going into the final quarter. Camosun’s momentum staked them to a 71-61 lead before the Blues roared back, Lum and Steele burying three-pointers, from deep in the corners to tie the game at 71. When Tyler Lutton stole the ball and converted, the Blues led 75-72 with three minutes to play. A Blandford basket and a travelling call on Steele gave the ball back to the Chargers. When Scheurmann scored a go-ahead basket, the Chargers led 78-77 and wouldn’t give up the lead again. After hitting free throws, the Chargers led 80-77 and Lum was unable to hit a long three-pointer to tie the game.
Trevor Scheurmann paced the Chargers with 24 on 10-18 from the floor, 4-8 from the line and 6 boards. James Blandford added 19 on 8-13 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 1 assists. Blake Mansbridge notched 18 on 2-3 from the floor, 4-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Drake Downer added 9 on 0-3 from the floor, 2-10 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 assists. Jordan Elvedahl scored 7 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 11 assists. Prab Parmar added 4, Brandon Chan 2 and James Lundy 2, while Paulius Makulavicius, Josh Addo-Stewart and Rulon Schmidt were scoreless. The Chargers hit 24-53 (.437) from the floor, 7-1 (.389) from the arc, and 15-21 (.714) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, 25 assists, 6 steals, 11 turnovers and 21 fouls. James Lum paced the Blues with 27 on 5-13 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 8-9 from the line, 4 boards and 6 assists. Mike Zayonc added 13 on 6-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 10 boards. Michael Steele notched 13 on 2-6 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Lukas Wera added 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Tyler Lutton scored 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 9 boards and 9 assists. John Leong added 5 and Wes Dekleer 4, along with 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Keith Nath, Cameron Yates, Daniel Zayonc, Ghandi Kanwarpreet and Mike Chen were scoreless. The Blues hit 19-49 (.394) from the floor, 7-17 (.412) from the arc and 19-26 (.731) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, 24 assists, 6 steals, 6 turnovers and 21 fouls. The Blues were coached by Jordan Yu, assisted by Karlos Villanueva, Bijan Jiany and Chris Ford. Trevor Scheurmann was chosen player of the game for Chargers, while Tyler Lutton earned the laurels for the Blues.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves dumped the top-seeded Vancouver Island Mariners 69-61. Joel Rybachuk was chosen player of the game for the Timberwolves, while Greg Gillies earned the laurels for the Islanders. The Timberwolves came out on fire to start the game, quickly building a 13-2 lead before Joel Rybachuk’s trey from far outside the line made it 16-2. They hit four three-pointers in the opening quarter and shot 9-15. The Mariners struggled to get good looks and shot 4-14 to start the game. When they weren’t hitting from outside, Billy Cheng and Rowe were getting inside the paint and dishing off to teammates, and Wolves led 23-10 after one. The Timberwolves defence was smothering the Mariners ball-handlers forcing turnovers. But as quickly as they scored, the Timberwolves offence went cold. Richard Townsend Gant’s three gave the Mariners some momentum in the second quarter, and when the Mariners Brandon Jones stole the ball and scored uncontested, the lead was cut to 29-21 to end the first half. The Mariners kept up the momentum, opening the third with a 6-0 run and cutting the lead to 29-27. UNBC answered with a 7-0 run of their own before Thom and Jones scored for the Mariners and converted UNBC turnovers to make it 39-35. Barton’s basket and free throw when McCarthy picked up his third foul ended the quarter 44-35 for the Timberwolves. The Mariners twice cut the lead to five points at 50-45 and 56-51, before Thom hit a tough fadeaway in the lane to make it 56-53. When Billett scored off a nice feed from Jones to make it 58-57 for UNBC it looked like the Mariners might finally take the lead. But Sam Raphael stepped up and nailed a trey from the top of the arc to make it 61-57 and seal the win. A Charles Barton basket and Rowe’s free throw made it 64-57 before the teams traded free throws to end the game. UNBC became the first school to win both men’s and women’s basketball gold in the same season since UCFV in 2003-04. “They just had a couple guys step up and make some plays and we didn’t make an open shot,” said Mariners coach Tony Bryce men. “We really struggled to get into any sort of a flow offensively, as did they … Neither team, in all honesty, was able to execute. Both teams were so good defensively.” Francis Rowe paced the Timberwolves with 16 on 5-8 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 4-6 from the line and 3 boards. Sam Raphael added 16 on 4-12 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 11 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Joel Rybachuk notched 12 on 5-8 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4 boards and 4 assists. Charles Barton added 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 2 assists. Kevan Madsen scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor and 5 boards. Jose Araujo notched 7 on 1-9 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 3 boards. Dennis Stark added 2, along with 4 boards, while Lucas Groot, Dan Stark, Billy Cheng, Miles Conlin and Gabe Aubertin were scoreless. The Timberwolves hit 23-53 (.434) from the floor, 7-25 (.280) from the arc and 16-26 (.615) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 16 assists, 16 turnovers and 5 steals. Jacob Thom led the Mariners with 15 on 5-14 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 4 boards, 7 assists and 4 steals. Richard Townsend Gant added 15 on 6-17 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 8 boards. Brandon Jones notched 15 on 6-13 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Patrick McCarthy added 10 on 4-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 2 boards. Greg Gilles added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, Trevor Davidson 2, while Clayton Billett, Harrison Stupich, Evan Verdel, Jason McKee, Tyler Olsen and Dakota Russell were scoreless. The Mariners hit 24-57 (.421) from the floor, 0-13 from the arc, and 13-20 (.650) from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 23 fouls, 16 assists, 17 turnovers, 1 block and 11 steals. Joel Rybachuk was chosen player of the game for the Timberwolves, while Greg Gillies earned the laurels for the Mariners.
The bronze medalist Camosun Chargers: Trevor Scheurmann; James Blandford; Blake Mansbridge; Drake Downer; Jordan Elvedahl; Prab Parmar; Brandon Chan; James Lundy; Paulius Makulavicius; Josh Addo-Stewart; Rulon Schmidt; Igor Jesovnik; Demeko Simons; coach Craig Price; assistant Scott Cuachon; trainer Matt Fisher; athletic therapist Matt Fitzsimmons; athletic therapist Chris DeMedeiros
The silver medalist Vancouver Island Mariners: Jacob Thom; Richard Townsend Gant; Brandon Jones; Patrick McCarthy; Greg Gilles; Trevor Davidson; Clayton Billett; Harrison Stupich; Evan Verdel; Jason McKee; Tyler Olsen; Dakota Russell; Jesse Black; coach Tony Bryce; assistant Mike Seredick; assistant Henry Bui; trainer Scott Noa
The gold medalist Northern British Columbia Timberwolves: Francis Rowe; Sam Raphael; Joel Rybachuk; Charles Barton; Kevan Madsen; Jose Araujo; Dennis Stark; Lucas Groot; Dan Stark; Billy Cheng; Miles Conlin; Gabe Aubertin; Josh Raphael; Jai Kaushal; Andre Whittaker; Ethan Bhangu; coach Todd Jordan; assistant John Tramble; assistant Dale Dergousoff; trainer Davis Rodrigues; athletic director Jason Kerswill