In the opening round: …………………………………………………… The Delta Seaquam Seahawks dusted the Terrace Caledonia Kermodes 73-51 after leading 18-13, 40-28 and 65-37 at the quarters. Dustin Egelstad paced Seaquam with 34. Graham Cox added 12, James Bradshaw 8, Sean O’Neill 6, Bodi Massicotte 5, along with 10 boards, Rupinder Dahia 3, Clayton Scott 3 and Connor Seebach 2, while Kelvin Tse, Dan Cojocaru, Yushen Zhu, Cina Moaleff, Aaron Ram and Cody Hawkins were scoreless. Malcolm Mensah paced Caledonia with 18. Scott Filion added 13, Cody Essay 6, Ashton Kondola 5, Joshua Dennis 4, Joshua MacKay 3 and Jordan Tran 2, while Grant Dusdal, Taylor Baker, Marcus Harris, Mathew Eakin, Mandeep Parmar and Justin Dosanjh were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver St. George’s Saints clipped the Surrey Fleetwood Park Dragons 71-47 after leading 20-10, 33-18 and 53-37 at the quarters. Joshua Robertson was chosen player of the game for the Saints, who were ranked the top team early in the season but began to slide in the polls when forward Luke Braund was lost for the season with a knee injury. “Luke was a huge part of the team. We just had to bring out the heart, Luke is still with us in spirit on the court.” Robertson said he felt the team was learning to regroup with the absence of Braund. “We really had to battle and come up with a new chemistry for the team,” he added. Brand’s absence “has really brought new character to our team. We had to bring some toughness and really use our advantages.” When Braund was on the team, “we had enough scores so I didn’t have to score so much but I had to set my game up to a new level, which I think was good for me because I needed a kick in the butt.” Dillon Hamilton paced St. Georges with 16. Frank Liu added 13, Emerson Murray 13, along with 10 boards, Joshua Robertson 13, Jared Schacter 6, Matt MacFayden 3, Leland Chung 2, Sanjeeva Rajapakse 2, William Takyi-Prah 2 and Ashton Chang 1, while Mark Webster, David MacFayden, Luke Braund and Sajen Gill were scoreless. Noor Mann paced Fleetwood Park with 15. Nick Del Bianco added 11 and 10 boards, Jordan Taylor 5, David Park 4, Ben Chow 2, Tsavo Neal 2, Gavin Dhanoi 2, Ahmed Mohamoud 2, Ashtin Singh 2 and Derek Stebbe 2, while Harp Grewal, Peter Randhawa, Eldred Gomez, Greg Rodgers and Bryce Levin were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Prince George Kelly Road Roadrunners edged the Surrey Tamanawis Wildcats 65-58 after leading 16-13, 36-19 and 49-35 at the quarters. Tamanawis coach Drew Gallacher said his troops performed admirably in the school’s first provincial appearance. “To be honest, just to be here and get the school behind us, it’s the highlight for me and the kids’ high school careers.” A nervous Wildcats team struggled offensively in the first 20 minutes. “We were very tight, nothing was dropping. The kids weren’t moving on offence, we were very stagnant, we made it very easy for them to defend us,” said Gallacher. “And we didn’t have the energy we had hoped to in the first half with our full-court press.” The Wildcats chipped away at the lead in the third quarter, and pulled to within four in the fourth, with still five minutes to play. But it was as close as they would come. Daniel Stark hit a three-point shot for the Roadrunners with less than three minutes to play, increasing the lead to eight points, putting the contest out of reach. “You could see in the second half, we played with lots of energy with our press, and I thought it would be a turning point. But it wasn’t enough,” said Gallacher. “They were running out of gas at the end, but they still had enough in the tank to hold on.” Daniel Stark paced Kelly Road with 20. Blake Travers added 17, Kevin Madsen 14, along with 22 boards, Kyle Van Mulligen 9, Brett Warkentin 4 and Cory Rollings 1, while Lincoln Pilcik, Ian Williams, Brett Reimer, Dillon Lechkobit, James Matosevic and Scott Warkentin were scoreless. David Aurel paced Tamanawis with 18. Damian Naidu added 17, Arun Cheema 10, Didar Grewal 9, Gagan Sahota 2, Jag Dahia 1 and Matt Zinn 1, while Paul Bains, Rajan Bains, Shivesh Midha, Gurjit Lalli, Sammy Purewal, Ben Kirlik and Aminder Grewal were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Clearbrook Mennonite Educational Institute Eagles whipped the Cranbrook Mount Baker Wild 91-55 after leading 26-10, 47-17 and 72-34 at the quarters. MEI didn’t shoot particularly well – they missed a boatload of layups in the early going and shot just 37 per cent for the game but still won. “If we would have made our layups, we would have been in triple digits easily,” Eagles coach Dave Martens said. “I think our boys were more nervous about where they were playing than who they were playing. It was nice just to have our first game in a big, empty, quiet space and get our legs under us and hit some shots. By no means was it a perfect game, but I thought we did some good things.” Marcus Krahn paced MEI with 20. J.R. Schmidt added 18, Luke Nickel 11, Brayden Koslowsky 11, Mitch Konrad 7, Colten Konrad 5, along with 11 boards, Matthew Krueger 5, David Wiebe 5, Mike Gill 5, Jeff Choi 2 and Matthew Cloutier 2, while James Sutter, Liam Neufeld and Ajay Klassen were scoreless. Connor Hall paced Mount Baker with 19. Brady Atwood added 11, Shaun Penner 10, along with 10 boards, Clayton Thibeault 5, Cole Wilson 4, Matt Larsen 4 and Neil Dobbie 2, while Dan Darula, Rory Priorie and Nico Bonnano were scoreless.
In the second round: …………………………………………………… The Vancouver Kitsilano Blue Demons dumped the Abbotsford W.J. Mouat Hawks 93-80 after leading 28-13, 46-40 and 64-53 at the quarters. Kitsilano built a 15-point lead in the first quarter. The Hawks trimmed the Demons’ lead to four points in the third quarter but got no closer. Hawks coach Rich Ralston called it a missed opportunity. “I think those guys are beatable if we play well and play hard, but we didn’t. Some of our guys just got out-worked. It wasn’t like we were horrible, but we were not good in the first quarter. We were garbage in the first quarter.” Tommy Nixon paced Kitsilano with 20 points and 11 boards. Laslo Schuetz added 19, along with 15 boards, Alex Michalowski 17, Matt Visser 12, Daniel Dubois 10, Brandon Chan 8, Brock Staller 4 and Luka Giljanovic 3, while Paulius Makulavicius, Peter Foy, David Burton, Stewan Anna, Tim Chiang, Edvin Malushaga, Bryan Lopez, Alex Vidic and Dawson Perron were scoreless. Bo Lokombo paced Mouat (coached by Rich Ralston) with 22 points and 15 boards. Blair Penner added 16, Karambir Banwait 16, Harfi Bhullar 10, Dylan Kular 9, Adrian Borsoi 3, Keerat Gill 2 and Kevin Spann 2, while Harjit Dubb, Josh Bresky, Steve Manku, Martin Muermann, Sunny Johal, Matt Geswein and Jason Chhina were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The top-seeded South Kamloops Titans defeated the North Delta Seaquam Seahawks 63-52 after leading 16-10, 35-29 and 46-42 at the quarters. Titans coach Del Komarniski said “I thought we might be a little nervous and we were. They (Seaquam) played yesterday and were more relaxed. Every team is going to play their best against us, we are the top seed.” Kelly Olynyk paced South Kamloops with 30 points and 14 boards. David Wagner added 16, John Bantock 13, Gerry Brown 2 and Josh Wolfram 2, while Taylor Scott, Adam Ballingall, Jordan Ellis, Kenner Sigalet, Lemuel Law, Quinn Campbell, Tom O’Riordan and Tyler Jaroszuk were scoreless. Dustin Egelstad paced Seaquam with 19 points and 19 boards. Graham Cox added 9, Sean O’Neill 9, Connor Seebach 5, James Bradshaw 4, Bodi Massicotte 4 and Dan Cojocaru 2, while Clayton Scott, Rupinder Dahia, Kelvin Tse, Yushen Zhu, Cina Moaleff, Aaron Ram and Cody Hawkins were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Abbotsford Yale Lions clocked the Burnaby Byrne Creek Bulldogs 82-55 after leading 14-11, 35-20 and 58-32 at the quarters. The game had the intensity of a back-alley brawl in the early going, as both teams brought a physical edge to their defence. Yale’s offence initially struggled to acclimatize to the press, but their defence was rock-solid, and they led 14-11 after the first quarter. Yale ended the half on a 9-0 run, highlighted by a circus layup by point guard Marek Klassen, to take a 15-point lead into the break. The Lions continued their dominance in the third quarter, outscoring the Bulldogs 23-12 to snuff any hope of a comeback. “I’ve coached for over 30 years, and I get really annoyed if we lose to pressure,” Lions coach Al Friesen said. “If you lose to pressure, then Lord knows, you really don’t belong here. They bring a lot of energy, and they run people at the ball constantly. They’ll run three people at the ball at centre. We just told the kids that the weak side has got to flash, and you’ve got to score against the pressure. You’ve got to hurt them.” Byrne Creek coach Wayne Best said his school, in just its fourth year of operation was delighted to make the provincials. “You can talk about getting here and what it’s going to be like to be here, but there’s nothing like experiencing it. This is a completely different level of intensity, smarts. It’s real basketball. It’s not a small gym. The cream of the crop are here for a reason.” Hamid Aziz said “we know how difficult the level is, but we’ve just never played it. We played with the top teams the whole season, but it was just here with the atmosphere and the environment was different. Four years getting here, I still can’t stop smiling. But as how we played (Wednesday), we are not impressed with ourselves. It’s not even because we were nervous or anything, it was more we weren’t there mentally. That’s where we fell apart.” Yale easily handled Byrne Creek’s full court pressure. Viktor Kuol said “we did okay on the rebounding, we just didn’t box out (the Lions under the basket) very well and defend. They didn’t press us or anything, we just kind of panicked.” Best said the Bulldogs “were trying to get too far into the lanes and these guys are 6-8 and would block our shots, instead of pulling up and taking the 10-, 12-foot shot, they wanted to go all the way and get the layup.” Brad Kufske led Yale with 16 points and 10 boards. Tristan Gruenthaler added 18, Marek Klassen 11, Jordan Brown 10, Matt Letkeman 9, Brandon Konard 4, Dino Sehomerovic 3 and Kody Kishi 1, while Chris Schmitke, Darrell Popken, Jordan Mays, Jordan Soegard, Brenden Schmidt, Ian Perry, Masic Mersad and Arnau Hunter were scoreless. Victor Kuol paced Byrne Creek with 17. Hamid Aziz added 10, Ben George 9, Andrew Amenyogbe 6, Jasmin Demirovic 6, Justin Cortez 4, Aaron Issayas 2 and Andrej Satara 1, while Casey Soriano, Noah Jin, Reinier Martin, Joshua Miranda, Hussein Hodrog, David Majsorovic, Kon George and Paul Muller were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver St. George’s Saints eliminated the Nanaimo Dover Bay Dolphins 69-55 after leading 16-12, 34-27 and 53-35 at the quarters. “I do think there is a bit of momentum for our guys,” said Saints head coach Brian Lee. “There are advantages and disadvantages to every situation and playing that first (Tuesday) game is additional to getting to Saturday that most teams wouldn’t have to. But it let us get into a flow, so if you use it properly and things go your way it can be a good thing. But for us the only game that is in front of us now is winner between Byrne Creek and Yale.” Saints guard Dillon Hamilton said the tempo suited his team. “It’s such a big court and we’re a fastbreak, run-and-gun transition team. And we use it to our advantage.” Hamilton also hit the shot of the day. With .1 seconds left on the third quarter clock, Hamilton saved a ball from going out of bounds an inch inside the baseline three-point corner, but his one-handed follow through was nothing but true, swishing through the rim to give his team a 53-35 lead. “I looked up on the clock and knew it was the last second,” said Hamilton, “and I got it off. I just floated it up so it would be soft on the rim, and it went in. It was definitely the most abstract shot I have ever hit and I would say the toughest and the most luckiest.” Ted Neilson led the Dolphins with 16 points and 15 rebounds, while Clayton Billett added 12 and Luke Bouma 11. Dillon Hamilton paced St. George’s with 18. Joshua Robertson added 17, along with 11 boards, Emerson Murray 14, Frank Liu 10, Matt MacFayden 6, along with 10 boards, Jared Schacter 2 and William Takyi-Prah 2, while Mark Webster, Leland Chung, Sanjeeva Rajapakse, David MacFayden, Luke Braund, Ashton Change and Sajen Gill were scoreless. Ted Neilson led Dover Bay with 16 points and 15 boards. Clayton Billett added 12, Luke Bouma 11, Josh Clouthier 8, Mike Corcoran 5 and Trevor Davidson 3, while Scott Brown, Mischa Kaban, Jordan Church, Kyle Salloum, Jason Mckee, Simon Struthers and Stephen Euler were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Richmond R.C. Palmer Griffins dusted the Victoria Oak Bay Bays 75-41. Oak Bay led 17-10 after one quarter. Palmer led 30-28 at the half and 51-36 after three quarters. Palmer got off to an “ugly start,” said co-coach Paul Eberhardt. “We came out nervous with no aggression.” With Palmer down 7-3 less than three minutes into the game, Eberhardt called a timeout and challenged his team to “figure it out for yourselves.” “They showed good leadership, especially Aran (Hare) and Brandon (Tait). We came out and played way more inspired even though we were only up by two at the half. And we blew the doors open in the third with a ton of turnovers.” Billy Cheng said “I think we were just too pumped by all the excitement, but we talked throughout the year about how we have to pick up the intensity and once we calmed ourselves were got going. … We have to be focused from the first to fourth quarters and we can’t let up.” Eberhardt said “we’ve got to play great defence and not worry about the offence. When our team plays aggressively on defence you see the jump shots and three pointers nobody could make going in.” Matt Madewan led Palmer with 15. Aman Bindra added 13, Vijay Dhillon 12, Billy Cheng 10, Mark Kol 10, Aran Hare 7, Ranjodh Hare 3, Jujhar Bath 3 and Amandeep Bath 2, while Sunny Sandhu, Brandon Tait, Eric Yang, Donjie Quisido, Jas Dhari and Kavan Dhillon were scoreless. Mukiya Post led Oak Bay with 8. Shea Wakefield added 7, Ethan Young 6, Thomas Hoyer-Wood 5, Malcolm Turner 6, Keanu Post 6 and Drake Downer 2, while Matthew McLoughlin, Reese Pribilsky, Lir Rugova, Dan Gudgeon, Peter Noakes, Jeremy Bell, Liam Butler and Luke Campolli were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Surrey White Rock Christian Academy Warriors dumped the Prince George Kelly Road Roadrunners 69-58 after leading 18-15, 42-28 and 56-42 at the quarters. “Oh, that was way, way too close,” WRCA coach John Dykstra said. “There was just no quit in the Kelly Road guys, and we knew there wouldn’t be. That said, I think we were probably guilty of looking ahead to (second-round opponents) R.C. Palmer a little bit.” White Rock outscored Kelly Road 24-13 in the second quarter but had to hold on for the win. “We definitely underperformed in the second half. We’re going to have to get better, and I think this was (a wakeup call),” Dykstra said. “But the most important thing was that we got the win and moved on, and were still able to get all 11 of our guys out on the court, so we got some jitters out.” Joel Schat paced White Rock with 19. Eli Mara added 18, along with 10 assists, Iain Con 9, along with 14 boards, Colin Weeres 7, Connor Lopushinsky 7, Riley Barker 6 and Sam Shury 3, while Alex Dix, Andrew Williams, Christian Weisbrod, Mark Shewfelt and Blair Johnston were scoreless. Kevan Madsen paced Kelly Road with 24 points and 12 boards. Daniel Stark added 13, Kyle Van Milligen 11 and Blake Travers 10, while Brett Warkentin, Cory Rollings, Lincoln Pilcik, Ian Williams, Brett Reimer, Dillon Lechkovit, James Matosevic and Scott Warkentin were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Coquitlam Centennial Centaurs clipped the Vancouver Carson Graham Eagles 74-62 after leading 16-10, 29-28 and 55-48 at the quarters. The Centaurs backcourt tandem of Spencer Leung and Lemar Durant took command in the second half. “We just started taking better shots,” said Centennial head coach Alan Kaselj. “The teams focus so much on Lemar and when they do, he can either get it to a post player. And Leung (0-for-7 from the field at the half) hit a couple big shots for us. The one in the baseline corner (1:38 remaining, 69-60) pretty much put the game away and our kids just stuck with it. All year we wanted to move the ball and keep defences honest with Lemar and other guys needed to step up and Leung got to the spots that we wanted him to get to and he knocked shots down. If teams are going to send three guys at Lemar, we have guys that are big and he’s going to get them the ball.” The Eagles kept within reach in the first half, largely on a late 9-2 run keyed by stifling post defence which triggered their trademark fast break style. Senior forward Kyle Grundy led that charge with six straight points, two buckets coming on tough fadeaway baskets. Mike Nicol finished another break on a two-on-one with Aston May to tie the score 25-25 with 1:50 left, but the Centaurs gained a measure of their confidence back with back-to-back baskets to put their lead at four. But the Eagles got a clutch three with 1.1 seconds left in the opening half from Grundy. He faded to the weak side, and after a high screen-and-roll play drew three Centennial defenders, great ball reversal by Nicol found Grundy wide open for the trey and a tight 29-25 score. Durant hit his first two shots and keyed a 10-2 third-quarter opening run. Zach Freeman’s successful and-one play with 2:22 left in the third put Centennial ahead 51-39, and saw the Centaurs connect on seven of their first 10 shots from the field. Lemar Durant led Centennial with 20 points and 12 boards. Spencer Leung added 14, Jesse Disanjh 11, Ganiyu Tairu 10, Spencer Lang 6, along with 14 boards, Mike Higham 6, Derek Thiessen 4 and Zach Freeman 3, while Sunny Shin, Chase Nelson-Murray, Derrick Coles, Arjun Kainth, Jason Liu and Jordan Ducharme were scoreless. Kyle Grundy led Carson Graham with 14 points and 10 boards. Aston May added 14, Vernon Tate 10, Patrick Deleon 9, McCartni Kackett 7, Greigh McGrennera 4, along with 10 boards and Nike Nicol 4, while Forrest George, Mitchell Sayers, Jeff Oriel, Daniel Hoffman, Hayden Nichol, Omid Kasperast, Justas Saliamanovicius, Logan Siggers and Milan Adamovic were scoreless. …………………………………………………… The Vancouver College Fighting Irish whacked the Clearbrook Mennonite Educational Institute Eagles 86-69 after leading 28-11, 50-33 and 73-47 at the quarters. Phillip Scrubb paced Vancouver College with 27. Thomas Scrubb added 14, Spencer Whitlock 14, Harrison Mair 10, Pardeep Bains 8, Will Campbell 6 and Garrett Ling Lee 6, while Jackson Forsythe, Rodaan Rabang, Chris Armstrong, Miguel Ramirez, Patrick Bull, Sam Williams, Baltej Basra and James Bonner were scoreless. Luke Nickel paced MEI with 20. Brayden Koslowsky added 9, David Wiebe 8, Colten Konrad 7, Mitch Konrad 6, J.R. Schmidt 6, Matthew Krueger 6, Marcus Krahn 5 and Matthew Cloutier 2, while James Sutter, Liam Neufeld, Jeff Choi, Ajay Klassen and Mike Gill were scoreless.
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded South Kamloops Titans burned the Vancouver Kitsilano Blue Demons 80-63 after leading 15-13, 36-31 and 66-41 at the quarters. The Titans 2-3 zone stymied the Blue Demons. Titan forward Kelly Olynyk said “when we think of our basketball games, we almost think of them as baseball games. They’re going to get a trip down the floor, and they so are we. And that’s like an inning. If it’s close at the half (36-31 South Kam) we aren’t going to worry. We just think that they aren’t going to beat us in 100 innings. They might stay close for 50, but in 100 we’re going to pull away.” The Titans blitzed Kits 30-10 in the third quarter to put the game away. Kelly Olynyk paced South Kamloops with 33 points and 19 boards. David Wagner added 25, John Bantock 18 and Gerry Brown 4, while Taylor Scott, Adam Ballingall, Jordan Ellis, Kenner Sigalet, Lemuel Lau, Quinn Campbell, Tom O’Riordan, Tyler Jaroszuk and Josh Wolfram were scoreless. Daniel Dubois led Kitsilano with 17 points and 12 boards. Tommy Nixon added 11, Brock Staller 10, Laslo Schuetz 10, Paulius Makulavicius 5, Brandon Chan 4, Matt Visser 3 and Alex Michalowski 3, while Peter Foy, David Burton, Stewan Annan, Tim Chiang, Luka Giljanovic, Edvin Malushaga, Bryan Lopez, Alex Vidic and Dawson Perron were scoreless.
The Vancouver St. George’s Saints stunned the Abbotsford Yale Lions 67-61. Yale led 21-20 after one quarter. St. Georges led 38-32 at the half and 51-50 after three quarters. Emerson Murray, the son of Canadian sprint coach Mike Murray, was exceptional down the stretch. Yale’s dynamic senior guard Brad Kufske had just drained a three-point bucket to put the Lions ahead 58-56 with 4:55 remaining, but they would score just one more field goal the rest of the night. Meantime, Murray dished back-to-back fast break passes that resulted in Dillon Hamilton layups, sunk a Jordanesque 15-foot fadeaway baseline jumper with Kufske right in his face, hit a free throw, kicked the ball to Hamilton for an 18-foot jumper, then sliced through the defence for a clutch double-pump layup. When the dust had cleared, Murray had played a role in all 11 of his team’s final points. “He was composed right to the end,” said Saints head coach Brian Lee. “The attention that he draws on the court opens up so much more for the rest of our guys. He didn’t let the calls get to him. He just continued to play and we are playing with a little bit of inspiration right now.” When Murray went to the bench with his third foul of the game with 2:43 left in the third quarter, the Saints started settling for jump shots and Yale went on a 10-2 run to the end of the quarter that tied the score at 50 heading into the final frame. Murray came back to start the fourth, but just 27 seconds in, picked up his fourth. “Rookie mistake,” said Murray. “Hopefully next time I will play a little smarter.” Yale coach Al Friesen said “the boys felt we could have done better – we all did. But St. George’s had a great run. They took advantage of every opportunity and every break, and they really played well. … It was just one of those games where the ball doesn’t drop and the kids start doubting themselves. When you’re asked to shoot with all the marbles on the line, and the only memory you have from the last 37 minutes is that you’re not shooting it very well, it’s like, ‘Oh boy, I hope it goes in.’ It’s a tough way to play.” Lions centre Jordan Brown added that “we were a bit afraid to shoot. And we just couldn’t finish.” The Lions rallied from a 10-point deficit and appeared to be taking command when Murray picked up his fourth foul with 9:33 left in the game. Lion forward Matt Letkeman banged home a huge two-handed dunk off a feed from Brad Kufske to give Yale a 55-52 lead. But the Saints outscored the Lions 16-5 down the stretch. “It’s not how I wanted my basketball career to end,” said Brad Kufske. “I feel bad for the other guys, too. It’s tough.” Emerson Murray paced St. Georges with 18 points and 15 boards. Dillon Hamilton added 16, along with 10 boards, Joshua Robertson 15, Frank Liu 9, Matt MacFayden 7 and Leland Chung 2, while Mark Webster, Ashton Chang, Jared Schacer, Sanjeeva Rajapakse, David MacFayden, Luke Braund, William Takyi-Prah and Sajen Gill were scoreless. Brad Kufske led Yale with 21. Matt Letkeman added 20, along with 12 boards, Marek Klassen 12, Tristan Gruenthaler 4, along with 12 boards, and Jordan Brown 4, while Chris Schmitke, Darrel Popken, Brandon Konard, Jordan Mays, Jordan Soegard, Kody Kishi, Brenden Schmidt, Ian Perry, Masic Mersad, Dino Sehomerovic and Amau Hunter were scoreless.
The Surrey White Rock Christian Academy Warriors bumped the Richmond R.D. Palmer Griffins 67-60. Palmer led 20-19 after one quarter. White Rock led 37-24 at the half and 51-41 after three quarters. For the third year in a row the Griffins were eliminated from title contention by the Warriors. Rookie Warriors coach John Dykstra said “tonight it was the defence. We allowed them to score four points (in the second quarter). The boys just gutted up, they worked for each other and we were warriors for each other. I am proud of them.” The Warriors led by as many as 16 points late in the second quarter and looked to be in danger of running away with the game, but the Griffins mounted a furious 31-19 run to pull within one possession at 56-53 with four minutes remaining. “We just tried to hold them off the best we could,” explained WRCA point guard Eli Mara. “I will do anything to win. I don’t care if have two points, or zero points. If the team wins that is all that matters right now.” Post Aran Hare’s turnaround jumper with four minutes remaining had cut the WRCA lead to 56-53. But the Griffins could only shrug their shoulders at their own inefficiency at the free throw line, a miserable 10-23 outing. “Every team is going to play their toughest against us right now,” said Dykstra afterwards. “They want White Rock. This is the year to beat us. I have so much respect for coach Paul Eberhardt. He has his boys ready to battle. It’s a good win against a seasoned team, but it’s not our moment. We want to have our moment on Saturday and we knew we had to go through the best to be the best.” Riley Barker paced White Rock with 22. Joel Schat added 21, Iain Con 11, Mark Shewfelt 6, Eli Mara 4, along with 14 boards, and Colin Weeres 3, while Alex Dix, Andrew Williams, Christian Weisbrod, Sam Shury, Connor Lopushinsky and Blair Johnston were scoreless. Aran Hare paced Palmer with 17 points and 13 boards. Vijay Dhillon added 15, Billy Cheng 11, Matt Madewan 9, Mark Kol 7 and Amandeep Bath 1, while Sunny Sandhu, Jujhar Bath, Brandon Tait, Eric Yang, Ranjodh Hare, Donjie Quisido, Jas Dhari, Kavan Dhillon and Aman Bindra were scoreless.
In the last quarterfinal, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish whipped the Coquitlam Centennial Centaurs 103-59 after leading 20-16, 46-32 and 70-48 at the quarters. The Centaurs lacked a post game and were easily dispatched. Thomas Scrubb paced Vancouver College with 20. Pardeep Bains added 17, along with 11 boards, Harrison Mair 15, Will Campbell 13, Phillip Scrubb 12, Rodaan Rabang 5, Miguel Ramirez 4, Patrick Bull 4, Sam Williams 4, Spencer Whitlock 4, Baltej Basra 3 and Jackson Forsythe 2, while Chris Armstrong, Garrett Ling Lee and James Bonner were scoreless. Lemar Durant paced Centennial with 19. Zach Freeman added 10, Spencer Lang 8, along with 16 boards, Derrick Thiessen 8, Spencer Leung 7, Sunny Shin 5 and Mike Highman 2, while Chase Nelson-Murray, Derrick Coles, Ganiyu Tairu, Arjun Kainth, Jesse Disanjh, Jordan Ducharme and Jason Liu were scoreless.
In the semis, the Vancouver St. George’s Saints defeated the top-seeded South Kamloops Titans 81-74 in overtime. Kelly Olynyk asks for the ball in the post on the Titans’ first possession and makes good on a lay-up. At the other end, forward Matt MacFayden finishes in the paint. Emerson Murray’s first drive into the lane is met by the giants of the Kamloops defence, Olynyk and David Wagner. Joshua Robertson finishes off the glass. A Dillon Hamilton trey and a Matt MacFayden lay-in ups the margin to 16-6. Olynyk posts up for a buck but the Saints respond with a Frank Liu trey. Saint guard Leland Chung nails a jumper from the corner to make it 23-8. At the other end Olynyk is fouled while shooting a three. He steps to the line and makes 2-of-3. The Titans track down the missed free-throw and turn it into a John Bantock trey to cut the margin to 23-13 after one quarter. Emerson Murray follows up a missed Saints three-pointer with an aerial put-back. Olynyk outlets to a teammate for a transition bucket. Murray answers with a trey as the Saints move ahead 32-15. Olynyk takes his man from the top of the key, dices through the 2-3 zone, and finishes with a finger-roll. Next trip down, he finds an open teammate under the hoop for an easy score. Murray answers with yet another three-pointer for St. George’s. At the defensive end, the Saints’ 2-3 zone is limiting the effectiveness of Olynyk, closing down on passing lanes. Frank Liu hits a three-pointer and Robertson a baby hook as the Saints move ahead by 21. Emerson Murray adds a trey and then pilfers the ball for a layup. St. George’s leads 49-25 at the half. Olynyk opens the second half with a lay-in but Dillon Hamilton responds with a trey. The Saints follow it up with a steal and score in transition. Olynyk hits a jumper and then a trey but the Saints continue to push the tempo and the Titans can’t match their speed or quickness. After another tough Olynyk finish pulls the Titans within 20. Out of a timeout, the Titans shift to a halfcourt press. The Saints break the press for a bucket but Olynyk posts up for another bucket. Great ball-pressure by the Titans leads to a shot-clock violation. But a subsequent Titans turnover leads to a Dillon Hamilton breakaway, where the Titans are called for an intentional foul. Hamilton knocks down both free-throws and the Saints get the ball back. Olynyk claws the Titans back within 61-47 after three quarters. Emerson Murray drives for an acrobatic bucket and the Saints lead 63-49. Two John Bantock free-throws narrow the margin to 11. Another Olynyk floater in the lane makes it just a 9-point lead with 3:16 to play. Next trip down, he finishes in the paint and draws a foul. He misses the free throw but the Titans get the rebound and drain a trey to trim the margin to 5. Olynyk again drives from the perimeter, spins to his right hand, and flops in a long finger-roll. An offensive rebound leads to a second-chance opportunity and the Titans make no mistake, closing the gap to one. The Titans steal the ball at midcourt and guard John Bantock goes in with the left-hand and scores on a partial break to give the Titans a one-point lead. Murray misses a jumper trying to draw a foul and Robertson can’t hit a hook from the baseline after collecting the miss. Down by one, the Saints are forced to foul with 14 seconds remaining, but the Titans are not yet in the bonus. Emerson Murray nearly steals the first inbounds pass but knocks it out-of-bounds. The Saints send John Bantock to the line with a foul, where he misses the first of two but makes the second. Murray goes end-to-end for a lay-up. With 1.3 seconds remaining, Olynyk crosses the half-court line and is called for a questionable charge, his fifth foul of the game. “It was the heat of the moment; I can’t even explain that one,” said Emerson Murray. “I tried to get in front of him and take the charge, and I guess God blessed me and made it happen.” The score is knotted at 68 after regulation play. Hamilton and Robertson both foul out within the first minute-and-a-half of overtime. St. George’s takes the lead as Emerson Murray hits two free throws following a technical foul on South Kam coach Del Komarniski. Saints substitute guard Leland Chung picks up an offensive board and puts it back for a 4-point lead with under 2 minutes remaining. Murray again goes coast-to-coast for the bucket as the Saints take a six-point lead. Josh Wolfram answers with a bucket but the Saints again score in the paint. South Kamloops is called for travelling. Murray hits one of 2 from the line to ice the win for the Saints. “What you saw was a game of contrasting styles,” said Saints head coach Brian Lee. “It was a team that was bigger, that wanted to set up a halfcourt game versus a team that is quicker and more athletic. We had to, by committee, do the job on the boards and our game plan was to run on these guys and wear them out through the course of the game. And we knew they’d sit back in a zone, so we just told our guys to be ready to shoot.” St. George’s which came out and dictated the tempo. “They’re a bigger team than us and coming off a win over Yale,” explained Saints guard Dillon Hamilton. “we had to be tough, ruthless and we had to believe.” Said South Kam head coach Del Komarniski: “They had a great first half and built quite a lead, something that was hard to dig into, and we dug back and clawed and got in there.” No one was better in the second half than Olynyk as the Titans kept shaving away at their massive halftime deficit. St. George’s got inspired play from bench player Leland Chung, who scored eight of his 10 points in the overtime. As for the controversial call on Olynyk as regulation expired, Saints coach Brian Lee said “I saw a defensive player who moved his feet and got into position and got the charge.” South Kamloops head coach Del Komarniski offered a polite “No comment,” when asked about the play. Emerson Murray said “I’ve to say one thing: ‘Leland Chung for MVP’.” Added Robertson: “He works the hardest of anyone. Tonight he had guts. He was fearless. I am speechless towards Leland.” Despite his disappointment, Komarniski said of Olynyk: “I think his legacy is strong. I hope that this is the start of something good and he has had a lot to do with that.” Emerson Murray paced St. George’s with 20 on 9-20 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 5-10 from the line, 8 boards and 4 steals. Dillon Hamilton added 20 on 7-10 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 2 steals. Frank Liu notched 11 on 4-18 from the floor, 3-12 from the arc, 6 boards and 3 assists. Leland Cheung scored 10 on 5-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Matt MacFayden added 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 8 boards and 3 steals. Joshua Robertson scored 6 on 3-11 from the floor, 6 boards and 3 steals. Mark Webster, Ashton Chang, Jared Schacter, Sanjeeva Rajapakse, David MacFayden, Luke Braund, William Takyi-Prah and Sajen Gill were scoreless. The Saints hit 32-74 (.432) from the floor, 9-27 (.333) from the arc and 8-14 (.571) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 15 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks and 13 steals. Kelly Olynyk paced South Kamloops with 37 on 16-29 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3-8 from the line, 14 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals. John Bantock added 10 on 3-15 from the floor, 1-11 from the arc, 3-6 from the line and 4 boards. David Wagner scored 10 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 11 boards. Josh Wolfram scored 9 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Gerry Brown notched 8 on 4-10 from the floor and 7 boards. Taylor Scott, Adam Ballingall, Jordan Ellis, Kenner Sigalet, Lemuel Lau, Quinn Campbell, Tom O’Riordan and Tyler Jaroszuk were scoreless. The Titans hit 30-71 (.423) from the floor, 4-21 (.190) from the arc and 10-20 from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 12 fouls, 17 assists, 22 turnovers, 5 blocks and 7 steals.
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semi, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish edged the Surrey White Rock
Christian Academy Warriors 61-58. Thomas Scrubb goes hard down the lane and
hits a floater to open the affair. Riley Barker gets out to the perimeter and
blocks an Irish three-point attempt. A Joel Schat three-pointer is the first
score for White Rock, making it 3-2 early. Barker blocks another shot by Irish
guard Will Campbell. Schat hits another trey. Campbell answers with a trey. Mara
cuts hard into the lane, misses a floater, and then picks up his own rebound
off the glass and lays it in for a 12-10 lead. A pair of buckets by Scrubb
buckets gives Vancouver College a 15-12 lead after one quarter. Phillip Scrubb
hits a trey from the wing and then drives for a layup. Eli Mara draws a foul
and hits 1-of-2. Connor Lopushinsky adds a trey to pull the Warriors within eight.
Schat hits a pair of treys and Mara a driving layup to draw White Rock within
24-22. Will Campbell nails a trey for the Irish. Mara hits a 15-footer and
Riley Barker a bucket on a lob feed as the Warriors cut the margin to 31-30 at
the half. Early in the second half, Mara tracks down Irish guard Spencer
Whitlock on a breakaway and blocks his shot forcefully off the glass. Phillip
Scrubb and Mara exchange jumpers. Schat hits another trey to give White Rock a six-point
lead but soon picks up his third foul. The Irish answer with three quick scores,
the third coming on a massive Thomas Scrubb dunk on a partial break. He is intentionally
fouled on the play, which tied the score at 39. Mara is re-inserted in the White
Rock line-up. White Rock regains a 44-41 lead but Pardeep Bains hits a jumper to
cut the margin to one. A two-fisted dunk from Riley Barker takes it back to
three. But Philip Scrubb nails a one-footed, fall-away jumper over his defender
to cut the margin to 46-45 after three quarters. Thomas Scrubb hits a pair of
free throws. Mara takes a charge and then drives the baseline. He is fouled and
hits a pair to tie the game. Schat hits his sixth trey of the game. Thomas
Scrubb finishes a two-on-one with a soft lay-in off the glass over Mara. The
score is knotted at 52 with four minutes to play. Flying in to grab a rebound
off a Will Campbell miss, Irish forward Harrison Mair draws a foul and hits 1-of-2.
After a Warrior turnover, Philip Scrubb draws a foul and hits a pair. Another
Warrior turnover leads to a transition bucket. A drive-and-dish from Thomas to
Philip Scrubb gives the Irish a 5-point lead. Mara hits a pull-up three-pointer
with 40 seconds to cut the margin to two. Philip Scrubb hits a perimeter jumper
with 8.1 seconds to play and the Irish hang on for the win. Phillip Scrubb was chosen
player of the game. Irish coach Jon Tagulao said “our boys made some tough
shots. We expected it to be a war and it was. … When you’re in the Final Four,
it’s a bounce, it’s a coin flip. …. I told (Phillip) him at the shootaround
that this is the time that Superman usually arrives. And he did, as usual, on
cue. He was on the hot tamale train, and as they say, we rode him all the way. But
we had other people doing stuff that people who know basketball appreciate, all
the stuff we did defensively and on the glass.” Vancouver College jumped out to
a 22-12 lead early, but the rest of the way it was a war with seven ties and 12
lead changes. “Mentally it was extremely taxing,” said Will Campbell. “But we
practiced the entire year for this. (WRCA) they are the most competitive team
in the province as far as effort goes and it was so amazing. It was a lifetime
experience.”
And so is Saturday night promising to be. Phillip
Scrubb paced Vancouver College with 25 on 8-15 from the floor, 1-4 from the
arc, 8-9 from the line and 4 boards. Thomas Scrubb added 12 on 6-16 from the
floor, 12 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Will Campbell added 11 on 4-14 from
the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Pardeep Bains scored 8 on 3-6
from the floor and 2-4 from the line. Sam Williams added 2, Spencer Whitlock 2,
along with 5 boards, and Harrison Mair 1 on 0-10 from the floor, 1-4 from the
line and 7 boards. Jackson Forsythe, Rodaan Rabang, Chris Armstrong, Miguel
Ramirz, Patrick Bull, Baltej Basra, Garrett Ling Lee and James Bonner were
scoreless. The Fighting Irish hit 22-65 (.338) from the floor, 3-17 (.176) from
the arc and 14-24 (.583) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 19
on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 9 assists, 12 turnovers, 4 blocks and 11
steals. Joel Schat paced White Rock with 20 on 7-15 from the floor, 6-13 from
the arc and 5 boards. Riley Barker added 15 on 7-9 from the floor, 1-4 from the
line, 13 boards and 6 blocks. Eli Mara scored 15 on 7-19 from the floor, 1-5
from the arc, 10 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals. Iain Con scored 6 on 2-8 from
the floor, 2-4 from the line and 6 boards. Connor Lopushinsky added 2, while
Alex Dix, Andrew Williams, Christian Weisbrod, Mark Shewfelt, Sam Shury, Colin
Weeres and Blair Johnston were scoreless. The Warriors hit 24-60 (.400) from
the floor, 7-24 (.292) from the arc and 3-11 (.273) from the line, while
garnering 43 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 10 assists,
17 turnovers, 7 blocks and 3 steals.
In the bronze medal match, the top-seeded South Kamloops Titans clobbered the Surrey White Rock Christian Academy Warriors 94-75. The Warriors hit a pair of treys to start the affair. Gonzaga-bound Kelly Olynyk has been asking for the ball in the post but his teammates have been reluctant to force the pass. Eventually, they begin to find the entre passes and he scores, drawing the foul, to knot the score at nine. A step-back trey by Olynyk gives the Titans their first lead of the game at 17-14. Another three-pointer from the South Kam big-man gives him 15-points in the quarter, after which South Kamloops lead 23-14. Olynyk scores in the lane on a baby-hook while being fouled. He hits the free throw. Iain Con drives to the hoop and scores in transition, his 10th point of the half. On their next possession, he nails a trey. With Olynyk out of the game, the Titans go to Josh Wolfram for some offence and he delivers a mid-range jumper from the right wing to give the Titans a 28-23 lead. Olynyk notches another old-fashion three-point play. Wolfram and John Bantock adds treys to extend the margin to 13. Eli Mara has three personal fouls for the Warriors and has been on the bench since midway through the quarter. Iain Con continues his aggressive play, getting to the rim and finishing. A Titans turnover leads to a Warriors transition bucket and a 42-34 Titan lead at the half. Olynyk has 4 easy points at the offensive end and one massive block on Riley Barker at the defensive end. A Josh Wolfram three-pointer has extended the Titan lead to 52-34 at the 7:27 mark. Mara tries to throw-down a one-hander to pump-up the troops but misses against the pressure of a looming Kelly Olynyk. Mara and Olynyk trade threes to give South Kamloops a 61-41 lead. A cross-over dribble into a fade-away jumper from the elbow gives Olynyk 33 points at the end of the 3rd quarter, after which the Titans lead 68-50. Two Iain Con free-throws close the lead to 16 points. Mara makes it 14 with an end-to-end drive and finish. Olynyk slices into the paint for the one-handed finish. He adds another a minute later. Con hits a trey to trim the margin to 12 but Olynyk keeps nailing free throws down the stretch to ensure the win. He is chosen player of the game. South Kamloops coach Del Komarniski said he wanted to go home after the semifinal loss. “We weren’t there to see how high we could finish, we were there to win a championship. We felt by not showing well in that (bronze medal) game, that might have given some people the opportunity to think we shouldn’t have been in the final. If there was any black clouds attached to this tournament, we made them little bigger.” Kelly Olynyk paced South Kamloops with 46 on 11-22 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 12-14 from the line, 15 boards, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals. John Bantock added 14 on 2-2 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Josh Wolfram notched 13 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 9 boards and 3 assists. Gerry Brown scored 10 on 5-7 from the floor. David Wagner added 9 on 3-8 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Jordan Ellis added 2, while Taylor Scott, Adam Ballingall, Kenner Sigalet, Lemuel Lau, Quinn Campbell, Tom O’Riordan and Tyler Jaroszuk were scoreless. The titans hit 24-45 (.530) from the floor, 9-19 (.470) from the arc and 19-27 (.700) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 18 assists, 15 turnovers, 6 blocks and 4 steals. Iain Con paced White Rock with 34 on 9-15 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 4-6 from the line and 8 boards. Riley Barker added 14 on 5-10 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 7 boards. Eli Mara added 9 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Joel Schat added 8 on 1-3 from the floor, -29 from the arc and 2 boards. Colin Weeres added 5 on 2-3 from the floor and 8 boards. Sam Shury notched 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 2 boards. Blair Johnston, Alex Dix, Andrew Williams, Christian Weisbrod, Connor Loupshinsky and Mark Shewfelt were scoreless.
In the final, the Vancouver St. George’s Saints edged the Vancouver College Fighting Irish 63-62 in the first all-private school final since 1963. Thomas Scrubb opened the scoring with a partial breakaway layup. After a Joshua Robertson basket for St. George’s, the Saints get the ball to Emerson Murray on their next possession for an open trey, which he nails. Next time down, Matt MacFayden hits a short jumper from the right baseline. Pardeep Bains answers inside for the Irish off a Thomas Scrubb pass from the top of the key. It’s 7-6 Saints. Will Campbell hits a jumper off a screen. Philip Scrubb checks in and nails a baseline jumper. After a Robertson finish inside it’s 13-12 Saints. On the next trip down they call a play for Robertson and he hits an open jumpshot from the left baseline. Philip Scrubb takes it hard baseline and draws contact with 25.4 seconds remaining. He hits one-of-two free-throws for the Irish. As the quarter winds down Robertson drives to his left and banks one off the glass from just outside the lane. After the first quarter, St. George’s lead 19-13. Pardeep Bains picks up two points in transition for the IRISH but Emerson Murray gets those two right back on an aerial contort-and-finish at the other end. A Dillon Hamilton Trey gives the Saints a 7-point lead, but the Irish answer with a perimeter jumper. Emerson Murray picks up two quick fouls, the first on an offensive charge and the second on a touch foul and is forced to the bench. Robertson picks up the slack, pulling in an offensive board and going up strong for two. Thomas Scrubb grabs an offensive rebound in the air and finishes in the same motion without hitting the ground. He’s fouled but misses the free throw. It’s 29-24 Saints. In Murray’s absence, the Saints settle for perimeter shots. A Pardeep Bains lay-up, followed by another Irish score off a turnover has them in the lead. A Philip Scrubb trey extends the lead to six. Saints forward David MacFayden notches a putback rebound to pull the saints within 35-31 at the half. Two minutes into the second half, the Saints knot the score at 35. They collect three offensive rebounds before finally drawing a foul on the Irish in the paint. Joshua Robertson knocks down both shots. Philip Scrubb goes in hard against three Saints defenders and finishes to re-take the lead. Emerson Murray answers with a drive of his own. Murray goes coast-to-coast for a layup. The Saints lead 41-39. Sam Williams hits a jumper from the free-throw line to even it up. Philip Scrubb hits a floating jumper. Saints guard Frank Liu nails a three-pointer at the other end. A very questionable offensive charging call is made on Emerson Murray near half-court, giving the star guard his third of the game. He looks at head Coach Brian Lee and simply shakes his head in disbelief. It doesn’t seem to faze him though – he hits a long three-pointer on the Saints next possession. Philip Scrubb makes a steal on an ill-advised pass and races for a layup. After another Saints turnover, Philip Scrubb scores again and Vancouver College leads 53-47 after three quarters. The Saints are having trouble getting the ball inside the paint and also look unsure of themselves on the perimeter while facing the Irish’s 2-3 zone. Dillon Hamilton makes a trey from the left wing and then the Irish turn the ball over on a travelling violation. Joshua Robertson, with three defenders draped all over him, spins and throws up a wild lay-up from below the right block. It drops and he’s fouled. He misses the free-throw. The Irish lead 55-53 with six minutes remaining. Robertson flies through the air to notch a putback rebound. Philip Scrubb, curling off a screen and cutting to the hoop is called for an offensive charge. The Saints head the other way and, eventually, get a Matt MacFayden jumper from the baseline, knotting the game at 57 with 2:24 to play. Philip Scrubb gets the kick-out from an offensive rebound and nails the three from the top of the key. Frank Liu answers with a three for the Saints. Philip Scrubb hits a baseline overtop of two defenders with 1:19 to play to give the Irish a 62-61 lead. Will Campbell misses a three-pointer with a defender closing out on him. At the other end the Saints put the ball in Emerson Murray’s hands. He drives baseline, gives a shot-fake – which shakes the defender – and dropped in a 15-foot baseline jumper with 2.6 seconds to play. Murray steals the inbounds pass on the final play of the game. Saints coach Brian Lee, who planned to retire after the season, said “I’m going to relish this moment right now. I can’t say enough about how proud I am of our guys. I feel good leaving on this note. It’s important to show some resilience and we certainly did that.” Murray said “I was struggling with my shot the whole game. But my teammates kept believing in me and getting me the ball. I just thank God that I hit that shot. But I am just speechless right now.” What Murray could have told you was this: The team’s top inside-outside player, Luke Braund, was lost at Christmas with a season-ending knee injury. Coach Brian Lee said “I don’t think I could have scripted it any better than it turned out. The kids dug down so deep. Emerson is really banged up. His ankle is so swollen. And for him to hit that shot just tells you what type of player he is.” Vancouver coach Jon Tagualo said “I have dreamed about this since I was little, one shot to win it. We had it then they got. Tonight, it was last guy to touch it wins.” Player of the game Joshua Robertson paced St. Georges with 24 on 10-19 from the floor, 4-8 from the line, 21 boards and 4 assists. Emerson Murray added 12 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc and 6 boards. Frank Liu added 11 on 1-3 from the floor and 3-6 from the arc. Dillon Hamilton scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 26 from the arc, 5 boards and 3 steals. Matt MacFayden scored 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 3 boards. David MacFayden scored 2, while Mark Webster, Ashton Change, Leland Chung, Jared Schacter, Sanjeeva Rajapakse, Luke Braund, William Takyi-Prah and Sajen Gill were scoreless. The Saints hit 19-40 (.480) from the floor, 7-20 (.350) from the arc and 4-10 from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 12 assists, 20 turnovers, 3 blocks and 7 steals. Phillip Scrubb paced Vancouver College with 27 on 10-13 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 5 steals. Pardeep Bains added 11 on 5-8 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Thomas Scrubb scored 8 on 3-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the line, 17 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Harrison Mair scored 4 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 7 boards. Will Campbell added 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 0-6 from the arc. Sam Williams scored 4 on 1-1 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Spencer Whitlock added 3, while Jackson Forsythe, Rodaan Rabang, Chris Armstrong, Miguel Ramirez, Patrick Bull, Baltej Basra, Garrett Ling lee and James Bonner were scoreless. The Fighting Irish hit 23-45 (.510) from the floor, 3-19 (.160) from the arc and 7-14 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 15 assists, 12 turnovers, 3 blocks and 11 steals.
The bronze medalist South Kamloops Titans: Kelly Olynyk; David Wagner; John Bantock; Gerry Brown; Josh Wolfram; Jordan Ellis; Adam Ballingall; Taylor Scott; Kenner Sigalet; Lemuel Lau; Quinn Campbell; Tom O’Riordan; Tyler Jaroszuk; coach Del Komarniski
The silver medalist Vancouver College Fighting Irish: Phillip Scrubb; Thomas Scrubb; Spencer Whitlock; Harrison Mair; Will Campbell; Pardeep Bains; Garrett Ling lee; Patrick Bull; Sam Williams; Baltej Basra; Jackson Forsythe; Rodaan Rabang; Chris Armstrong; Miguel Ramirez; coach Jon Tagulao
The gold medalist Vancouver St. George’s Saints: Dillon Hamilton; Frank Liu, Joshua Robertson; Emerson Murray; Matt MacFayden; Jared Schacter; David MacFayden; William Takyi-Prah, Ashton Chang; Leland Chung; Mark Webster; Luke Braund; Sajen Gill; Sanjeeva Rajapakse; James Bonner; coach Brian Lee