In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Fredericton Black Kats dusted the 8th-seeded Bathurst Phantoms 110-46 as Symonds scored 21, Simmons 15, Stevenson 14, McCoombs 12, Nair 10, McNeilly 10, Krause 8, McDougall 6, Larsen 6, Drapeau 4 and Dickinson 3. Chris Degrace led the Phantoms with 8. Rob Mean added 8, Brad McLellan 7, Jason Somers 6, Josh Good 5, Ed George 4, David Ellis 3, Jamie Knowles 2, Kevin Bittimer 2 and Darren Smith 1.
The 4th-seeded Moncton Harrison Trimble Trojans clipped the 5th-seeded Saint John St. Malachy’s Memorial Saints 73-61 as Hansen scored 25, Boutillier 11, Leger 11, Ackerman 9, Hay 6, Didonato 5, Mitton 4 and Taylor 2. Ryan Barry led the Saints with 23. Bryan Sovey added 9, Maurice Roche 7, Greg Doyle 6, George Beatteay 6, Ron White 6, Ken Lawrence 4 and Jeremy Cross 2.
The 2nd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds spanked the 7th-seeded Oromocto Blues 72-52 as Watson scored 24, Ring 15, Waycott 14, Huestis 9, MacNeill 4, Harley 4 and Roche 2. Len Kerr led the Blues with 12. Adam McCabe added 12, Chris Reaume 9, Ray Savage 9, Rob Corbett 8 and Jason Pitre 2.
In the last quarterfinal, the 3rd-seeded Moncton Purple Knights dispatched the 6th-seeded Quispamsis Kennebecasis Valley Crusaders 82-69 as Bellamare scored 25, Lennox 14, Mcleod 11, Nason 9, Rafferty 8, Ogilvie 8, Morin 3, Richard 2 and Noble 2. Mark Blucher led the Crusaders with 22. Chris Barkhouse added 16, Mark Fullerton 14, Matt Mercer 4, Bruce Steeves 4, Peter Burehill 4, Kevin Breau 3 and Mike Nielson 2.
In the semis, the 3rd-seeded Moncton Purple Knights defeated the 2nd-seeded Saint John Greyhounds 9075 as Rafferty scored 34, Mcleod 18, Bellamare 14, Lennox 11, Nason 9 and Noble 4. Ring led the Greyhounds with 25. Waycott added 18, Huestis 13, Tilley 9 and Watson 7.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Fredericton Black Kats mauled the 4th-seeded Moncton Harrison Trimble Trojans 102-68 as Simmons scored 23, Symonds 19, Dickinson 13, Drapeau 12, McNeilly 8, MacDougall 6, Larsen 6, Stevenson 6, McCoombs 4, Nair 3 and Murray 2. Hansen led the Trojans with 33. Leger added 17, Ackerman 6, Hay 6, Didonato 4 and Boutillier 2.
In the final, the top-seeded Fredericton Black Kats defeated the 3rd-seeded Monct0n Purple Knights 85-71 as player of the game Simmons scored 28, including six treys and 10-10 from the line, McNeilly 21, Dickinson 11, Stevenson 7, Krause 6, Larsen 4, Drapeau 2, McCoombs 2, McDougall 2 and Nair 2. The Black Kats led 38-33 at the half on a pair of late treys by Simmonds. “That got us started and got us on a bit of a roll,” Simmons told the Saint John Telegraph-Journal. “it really helped us. We went into the halftime with a good feeling, came back and carried it through to the end … If I can put them in, I’m going to keep shooting them. They kept going in. We won the provincials. I couldn’t be happier.” Simmonds told the Fredericton Daily Gleaner that “it wasn’t real easy. We had to work for this one. The score doesn’t give a true indication. I think it was a real tough game. Moncton played really well. We just played better.” Black Kats coach Gary Young told the Fredericton Daily Gleaner that “we played smart and we stayed in our game plan. We got an outstanding performance from Gord McNeilly at both ends of the floor. He held his man (provincial all-star Peter Nason) to not a basket and not a point from the foul line. … We felt we had a team that could score some baskets against them. Basically, they stood in a zone, they didn’t have a great deal of movement. I think we got the shots we wanted all night. To be honest, I think they’re darn lucky to have held us to 85 points. We had several easy layups that could have ended in easy baskets and we just had one of those fumble finger nights when nothing would go for u. So it could easily have been 105 points. The Black Kats led by as many as 18. McNeilly was chosen the defensive player of the tournament. McNeilly said “I’m really happy with that. That was my goal going into the game, to shut Nason Down and see what happened offensively. It was close for the first half but we just blew them away in the second half.” Rafferty led the Purple Knights with 22. McLeod added 19, Lennox 14, Bellemare 11, Noble 3 and Ogilvie 2. Purple Knights coach Randy Armstrong said “you’ve got to hand it to both of them (McNeilly and Simmons). To be hot on this floor, with those rims, takes some pretty good shooting. … We thought we had the defences that could hold them but it just didn’t happen.”
The co-bronze medalist Saint John Greyhounds: J.B. Watson; Colin Ring; Trevor Waycott; Peter Huestis; Adam MacNeill; Jeff Harley; Jules Roche; Peter Tilley;
The co-bronze medalist Moncton Harrison Trimble Trojans: Kevin Hansen; Steve Boutillier; Tony Leger; Steve Ackerman; Troy Hay; Roberto Didonato; Andrew Mitton; David Taylor;
The silver medalist Moncton Purple Knights: Peter Nason; Richard Rafferty; Murray McLeod; Brennan Bellamare; David Lennox; Josh Ogilvie; Dana Morin; Martin Richard; Craig Noble; coach Randy Armstrong
The champion Fredericton Black Kats: Clint Simmons; Josh Symonds; Jon Stevenson; James McCoombs; Vineet Nair; Gordon McNeilly; Mike Krause; Simon McDougall; Blair Larsen; Dennis Drapeau; Ryan Dickinson; Duncan Murray; coach Gary Young; assistant George Doak; manager Jay Cassidy