| POOL A | BC | ALTA | ONT | MAN | PEI | Record | |||
| British Columbia | —– | 59-78 | 78-63 | 69-67 | 96-58 | (3-1) | |||
| Alberta | 78-59 | —– | 73-79 | 86-68 | 85-51 | (3-1) | |||
| Ontario | 63-78 | 79-73 | —– | 88-53 | 83-49 | (3-1) | |||
| Manitoba | 67-69 | 68-86 | 53-88 | —– | 89-45 | (1-3) | |||
| PEI | 58-96 | 51-85 | 49-83 | 45-89 | —– | (0-4) | |||
| POOL B | QUE | NB | SASK | NS | NFLD | YUK | Record | ||
| Quebec | —– | 84-63 | 101-86 | 76-41 | 106-64 | 95-40 | (5-0) | ||
| New Brunswick | 63-84 | —– | 76-78 | 65-43 | 94-58 | 104-67 | (3-2) | ||
| Saskatchewan | 86-101 | 78-76 | —– | 82-83 | 98-59 | 115-35 | (3-2) | ||
| Nova Scotia | 41-76 | 43-65 | 83-82 | —– | 107-62 | 83-58 | (3-2) | ||
| Newfoundland | 64-106 | 58-94 | 59-98 | 62-107 | —– | 77-62 | (1-4) | ||
| Yukon | 40-95 | 67-104 | 35-115 | 58-83 | 62-77 | —– | (0-5) | ||
| Semi | Quebec 83 Alberta 76 | |
| Semi | British Columbia 70 New Brunswick 59 | |
| 11th | Yukon (by default) | |
| 9th | Prince Edward Island 64 Newfoundland 63 | |
| 7th | Nova Scotia 77 Manitoba 62 | |
| 5th | Ontario 126 Saskatchewan 119 | |
| Bronze | Alberta 87 New Brunswick 59 | |
| Final | Quebec 76 British Columbia 65 | |
In pool A play: …………………………………………………… Brent Charleton scored 14, Jeremy McCulloch 13 and Logan Kitteringham 12 as BC nipped Manitoba 69-67. Aldin Smalling scored 20 for Manitoba. Chad Jacobson added 11 and Prince Lord Cayetano 10. …………………………………………………… Darcy Day Chief scored 18, Jimmy Balderson 12, Philip Sudol 11 and Jermaine Bucknor 10 as Alberta thrashed PEI 85-51. Brian Finniss led PEI with 14. Adam Hood added 11, Donnie Killorn 8, Doug McKinney 3, Trevor Postma 2, Chad MacDonald 2 and Marty Claybourne 2. “We didn’t play our best basketball,” P.E.I. coach Butch Postma. “I think we could have given them a much better game.” Alberta led 20-12 after the first quarter and 37- 22 after the second quarter. Alberta pulled away in the final two halves, however, outscoring the Islanders 48-29. “We have to execute better,” Postma said, who added his charges have to learn to pass the ball and be a little more patient with the ball when they get it. “We knock it inside to a guy like (Brian) Finniss and he’s up against some tall guys and we get into foul trouble. . . it just didn’t go our way today.” Assistant PEI coach Scott MacDonald said the squad was tight. “We obviously didn’t shoot that well from the field,” MacDonald said. The team only made 18-65 shots from the field. MacDonald said the Island players did get to the foul line more than the Albertans, 27 to 11, but Alberta was more active on the glass, getting put backs and second-chance points. “If it was just a one-for-one exchange, we’d be alright but once they get two or three cracks at it . . .” The Island was without Hugh Mullaly for much of the second half as the big forward fouled out roughly five minutes into the third quarter. Postma agrees that losing Mullaly changed the complexion of his team. He had nine points before leaving the game. “No question, we depend a lot on a guy like Hughie,” Postma said. “If he’s playing well, it rubs off on everybody else. He got into some foul trouble early so he played a little bit softer defence.” …………………………………………………… Aldin Smalling and Yacine Bara each scored 17 as Manitoba defeated PEI 89-45. Marcel Vallotton added 11. Adam Hood paced PEI with 11. Trevor Postma added 7, Brian Finniss 6, Hugh Mullaly 6, Ryan Keliher 6, Chad MacDonald 4, Donnie Killorn 2, Marty Claybourne 2 and Doug McKinney 1. P.E.I. coach Butch Postma said his troops ran into a buzzsaw. “Manitoba took us out of our offence and played tight, tight defence.” Manitoba shot .472 from the field. “It’s hard to respond to that,” Postma said. PEI shot 14-57 (.246) from the field. …………………………………………………… Philip Sudol scored 18, Jermaine Bucknor 17, Jimmy Balderson 16 and Scott MacKinnon 10 as Alberta defeated BC 78-59. Brent Charleton paced BC with 20. Chris Trumpy added 12. Alberta included 6-5 Scott Mackinnon, grandson of British-born Nev Munro, who toiled for Canada at the 1948 Olympics. Battling Parkinson’s, Munro was unable to attend the Canada Games. “When I was growing up, grandpa would always come to the house and shoot the ball around with me,” said Mackinnon. “He was a huge influence on me deciding to play basketball. He’d tell me old stories about the Olympics and about playing basketball and volleyball at the University of B.C. He’s a tremendous person. But it’s been really tough on him the past year. I’d love so much to be able to go home and lay a Canada Games medal beside him on his bed. I think he’d enjoy that.” Games experience. “When grandpa talked about the Olympics, he would always say how friendly the people were, how happy they were to see you,” Mackinnon said. “I feel the same way here. The volunteers are always saying hello. It’s a great atmosphere.” Mackinnon scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds against BC. The Vancouver native but U of Lethbridge student toiled for Alberta as Canada Games rules state that post-secondary athletes are able to represent either their home province or the one in which they attend school. Alberta head coach Mike Connolly says Mackinnon is “a great person, our leader off the bench. He’s got great personality. Most of the comic relief runs through him.” …………………………………………………… John Kulwartin scored 17, Chris Keith 14 and David Hehn 10 as Ontario pounded PEI 83-49. Brian Finniss led PEI with 17. Hugh Mullaly added 7, Adam Hood 6, Ryan Keliher 6 and Jeff Connolly 6. Ontario found their game and pulled away late in the second quarter for the lopsided victory. “Our kids came out fired up but playing the second game of the day, they found their energy waning in the second half,” P.E.I. assistant coach Scott MacDonald said. …………………………………………………… Jimmy Balderson scored 19, Jermaine Bucknor 14 and Philip Sudol 13 as Alberta defeated Manitoba 86-68. Aldin Smalling led Manitoba with 21. Chad Jacobson added 18 and Casey Gooch 15. …………………………………………………… Brent Charleton scored 23 and Taylor Cherris-Wilding 22 as BC thrashed Ontario 78-63. Osvaldo Jeanty led Ontario with 18. B.J. Charles added 15 and Ben Katz 10. …………………………………………………… B.J. Charles scored 18, Ben Katz 15 and Rob Scully 12 as Ontario thumped Manitoba 88-53. Aldin Smalling led Manitoba with 14. …………………………………………………… Brent Charleton scored 22, Taylor Cherris-Wilding 16, Logan Kitteringham 11, Chris Porteous 10 and Dean Whalen 10 as BC pounded PEI 96-58. Brian Finnis led PEI with 15. Adam Hood and Donnie Killorn each added 13. Adam Hood added 13, Donnie Killorn 13, Trevor Postma 6, Hugh Mullally 4, Chad MacDonald 3 and Patrick Rossiter 2. …………………………………………………… Osvaldo Jeanty scored 21, David Hehn 16 and Arnel Scott 13 as Ontario nipped Alberta 79-73. Jermaine Bucknor led Alberta with 19. Jimmy Balderson added 17, Philip Sudol 14 and Nick Baldwin 11. Ontario finished tied with Alberta and B.C. in pool play but lost out on pointspread in qualifying for the semifinals. Alberta rallied from a 20 point second-half deficit and trim the final margin to six. “We just kept fighting,” said guard Jimmy Balderson, who punctuated the rally with a two-hand jam with 30 seconds to play. “We were pretty worried when the lead was 20. But we knew if could just make up enough ground, we’d be in.” Pre-tournament favorite Ontario, coached by Dave Smart, was devastated. “We’re sorry that the city of London couldn’t see the real us,” said Arnel Scott. “It doesn’t matter that we came in highly ranked. If you don’t get it done, you don’t move on. And we didn’t get it done.” Balderson noted that Alberta “knew what we needed. Our coaches tried to hide it for us. But we’ve got some math guys on our team.” The actual magic number was 12. “We tried to score as many points as we could,” said Scott. “We knew we had to win by quite a bit but they never gave up and came back on us and we just couldn’t hold on.”
In pool B play: …………………………………………………… Mark Miller scored 26, Joseph Wadden 22 and Sean Simmons 13 as Newfoundland defeated Yukon 77-62. Neil Talsma scored 20, Anthony Petroutsas 18 and Robin Urquhart 14 for Yukon. …………………………………………………… Jean-Richard Volcy scored 21, Mario Joseph 18, Jean-Philippe Morin 16 and Kedder Hyppolite Jr 10 as Quebec thrashed New Brunswick 84-63. Dan Goggin scored 25 for New Brunswick. …………………………………………………… Whit Hornsberger scored 20, Matt Cherkas 20, Dustin Fruson 13, Michael Anderson 11, Alek Arsenic 10 and Brad Fekula 10 as Saskatchewan whipped Yukon 115-35. Neil Talsma led Yukon with 10. …………………………………………………… Neil MacDonald scored 17, Vanteo Grant 14, Michael Baxter 13, Edwin Reynolds 12 and Tyrone Fells 10 as Nova Scotia defeated Newfoundland 107-62. Peter Ingram paced Newfoundland with 18. “We had a great start,” said assistant Nova Scotia Tim Kendrick. “We came out and our game play was to try and take it to them, right from the start. And we sure did.” Nova Scotia led 60-25 at the half. MacDonald was surprised by his offensive outburst calling it a “breakthrough” game. “Everyone’s just thinking positively,” he said. “It’s amazing. Our team has gelled. We’ve gelled into one. We’re just on the same page.” …………………………………………………… Jean-Richard Volcy scored 18, Kedder Jr Hyppolite 14, Mario Joseph 13 and Jean-Phillippe Morin 20 as Quebec defeated Nova Scotia 76-41. John Bustin led Nova Scotia with 14. …………………………………………………… Dylan Lisson scored 15, Daniel White 13, Joel Little 12, Ryan Graham 11 and Dan Goggin 10 as New Brunswick slaughtered Yukon 104-67. Robin Urquhart led Yukon with 31. Dean Whiteford added 10. …………………………………………………… Edwin Reynolds scored 24, Tyrone Fells 14, John Bustin 14 and Jonathan Thibault 10 as Nova Scotia nipped Saskatchewan 83-82. Whit Hornsberger led Saskatchewan with 28. Joel Hunter added 20, Alek Arsenic 15 and Michael Anderson 12. …………………………………………………… Jean-Philippe Morin and Jean-Richard Volcy each scored 21 as Quebec whipped Newfoundland 106-64. Mathieu Bilodeau added 15, Kedder Jr Hyppolite 14, Dave Noel 10 and Marc-Daniel Renelique 10. Jesse Beaulieu paced Newfoundland with 14. Mark Miller added 12 and Joseph Wadden 10. …………………………………………………… Kedder Jr. Hyppolite scored 17, Jean-Philippe Morin 15, Mario Joseph 14, Mathieu Bilodeau 13 and Marc-Daniel Renelique 11 as Quebec walloped Yukon 95-40. Robin Urquhart scored 16 and Anthony Petroutsas 10 for Yukon. …………………………………………………… Whit Hornsberger scored 28 and Alek Arsenic 14 as Saskatchewan whipped Newfoundland 98-59. Mark Miller paced Newfoundland with 13. …………………………………………………… Daniel White scored 17, Robert Pelkey 16 and Dan Goggin 12 as New Brunswick whipped Nova Scotia 65-43. John Bustin paced Nova Scotia with 14. Neil MacDonald added 12. “We just weren’t ready to play,” said Nova Scotia point guard Shawn Smith. …………………………………………………… Jeremy McLean scored 17, Ryan Graham 15, Dan Goggin 12 and Doug Thompson 12 as New Brunswick defeated Newfoundland 94-58. Joseph Wadden led Newfoundland with 20. Mark Miller added 11. …………………………………………………… Jean-Richard Volcy scored 23, Kedder Jr Hyppolite 19, Mario Joseph 15 and Jean-Philippe Morin 15 as Quebec dumped Saskatchewan 101-86. Whit Hornsberger led Saskatchewan with 47. Alek Arsenic added 14. …………………………………………………… John Bustin scored 27, Tyrone Fells 12 and Edwin Reynolds 12 as Nova Scotia thrashed Yukon 83-58. Neil Talsma led Yukon with 21. Robin Urquhart added 15. …………………………………………………… Whit Hornsberger scored 30, Matthew Greenberg 16, Joel Hunter 13 and Alek Arsenic 10 as Saskatchewan nipped New Brunswick 78-76. Ryan Graham scored 30 for New Brunswick. Dylan Lisson added 12.
In the semis, Jean-Richard Volcy scored 21, Kedder Jr Hyppolite 18, David Noel 15, Jean-Philippe Morin 11, Mario Joseph 10, Casseus Joel 4, Jan-Michel Leblanc 2 and Gregory Noel 2 as Quebec defeated Alberta 83-76. Jimmy Balderson scored 36 for Alberta. Philip Sudol added 18, Jermaine Bucknor 10, Scott Mackinnon 8, Brandon Park 2 and Nick Baldwin 2.
In the other semi, Brent Charleton scored 16, Adam Friesen 11, Logan Kitteringham 11, Taylor Cherris-Wilding 10, Chris Trumpy 7, Emmy Unaegbu 7, Dean Whalen 5, Chris Porteous 2 and Eric Rushton 1 as British Columbia defeated New Brunswick 70-59. Douglas Thompson paced New Brunswick with 11. Dylan Lisson added 12, Daniel White 12, Ryan Graham 10, Oliver Glencross 4, Jeremy McLean 4, Robert Pelkey 4 and Joel Little 3.
Prince Edward Island captured ninth by nipping Newfoundland 64-63 as Adam Hood scored 17, Brian Finniss 12, Hugh Mullally 10, Trevor Postma 7, Chad Macdonald 6, Patrick Rossiter 5, Ryan Keliher 4, Marty Claybourne 2 and Donnie Killorn 1. Matt Clarke, Sean Simmons and Joseph Wadden each scored 13 for Newfoundland. Mark Miller added 10, Jesse Beaulieu 7, Peter Ingram 3, Timothy Winsor 2 and Michael Woodford 2. PEI led by six with 30 seconds to play when Newfoundland hit a trey and immediately fouled a PEI player, who hit one of two free throws. Newfoundland hit another trey with a second to play and PEI ran out the clock. PEI had opened with an 8-0 run. “We outrebounded them. We outshot them, went to the line more and we forced them into 20 turnovers. We had only seven. Defensively we played really well,” said assistant PEI coach Scott MacDonald. “We went in know what we had to do and we were able to do it. The kids came to play. They were pumped up. They showed lots of intestinal fortitude.”
Nova Scotia defeated Manitoba 77-62 to capture seventh as Aldin Smalling led Manitoba with 25. Chad Jacobson added 9, Philip Swart 8, Yacine Bara 7, Prince Lord Cayetano 3, Darcy Coss 3, Dustin Robson-Flatt 3, Russel Schwartz 2 and Marcel Vallotton 2. “Our big three carried us most of the way in scoring and our bench did their part,” said Nova Scotia assistant coach Wade Smith. Manitoba (coached by Don Thomson, assistant Greg Bouchard) also included Casey Gooch, Scot Abrey, Yacine Bara, Glen Manlig and Matt Molotowski.
Ontario took fifth with a 126-119 victory over Saskatchewan. Osvaldo Jeanty scored 26 for Ontario. B.J. Charles added 18, David Hehn 16, Ben Katz 15, John Kulwartin 12, Graham Dow 11, Arnel Scott 10, Rob Scully 8, Chris Keith 8 and John Marshall 2. Whit Hornsberger scored 35 for Saskatchewan. Joel Hunter added 28, Zach Michel 19, Michael Anderson 10, Brad Fekula 9, Matt Cherkas 7, Alek Arsenic 5, Dustin Fruson 4, and Matthew Greenberg 3. “Numbers aren’t everything,” said Hornsberger. “I’d rather have wins than a loss with 35 points. It’s pleasing but I think we could have done better with a few breaks here or there.”
Alberta captured the bronze by defeating New Brunswick 87-59 as Jimmy Balderson scored 18, Jermaine Bucknor 14, Darcy Day Chief 12, Philip Sudol 12, Nick Baldwin 10, Eric Wagner 7, Brandon Park 6, Alex Shaw 4, Leo West 2 and Chris Wright 2. Dylan Lisson paced New Brunswick with 13. Robert Pelkey added 9, Douglas Thompson 9, Daniel White 6, Ryan Graham 6, Dennis McLean 6, Joel Little 4, Jeremy McLean 4 and Oliver Glencross 2.
Quebec captured the gold by thumping British Columbia 76-65 as Jean-Richard Volcy scored 33, Kedder Jr Hyppolite 13, Jean-Philippe Morin 10, Mathieu Bilodeau 6, Casseus Joel 6, Marc-Daniel Renelique 5 and David Noel 3. Chris Trumpy led British Columbia with 23. Brent Charleton added 15, Taylor Cherris-Wilding 13, Logan Kitteringham 6, Jeremy McCulloch 2, Tim Pershick 2, Emmy Unaegbu 2 and Dean Whalen 2. BC captured silver despite having lost their opening two matches. Coach Rich Chambers said the squad then availed themselves of psychological trainer David Cox (whose services were able to all Games athletes) who got them to focus on the task at hand rather than the outcome. Sessions lasted between 30 and 60 minutes and the players insisted on their value, Chambers said. “You might want to get them to relax and focus on the task at hand and perhaps, if they’re dealing with an injury, put it in the context of their whole career.” Hall said his services often turned the trick. “Can it make a difference in a performance? I have no doubt about it. I really believe it can.”
The bronze medalists from Alberta: Jimmy Balderson, Jermaine Bucknor, Philip Sudol, Nick Baldwin, Darcy Day Chief, Scott Mackinnon, Brandon Park, Alex Shaw, Sarain Soonias, Eric Wagner, Leo West, Chris Wright; coach Mike Connolly, assistant Michael Hansen, coach Stephen Price
The silver medalists from British Columbia: Chris Trumpy, Brent Charleton, Adam Friesen, Emmy Unaegbu, Taylor Cherris-Wilding, Dean Whalen, Chris Porteous, Eric Rushton, Mike Klizs, Tim Pershick, Logan Kitteringham and Jeremy McCulloch; coach Rich Chambers; assistant Tony Scott; mentor coach Bernie Love
The gold medalists from Quebec: Kedder Jr Hyppolite; Mario Joseph; Jean-Richard Volcy; Mathieu Bilodeau; Casseus Joel; Jan-Michel Leblanc; Jean-Philippe Morin; David Noel; Gregory Noel; Marc-Daniel Renelique; Jeffrey Dosado; Carlo Galli; David King; coach Nevio Marzinotto