REGULAR SEASON

U.P.E.I. 17-3   George Morrison        
  St. FX 17-3 25-7 Steve Konchalski        
  Acadia 11-9 16-18 Dave Nutbrown        
  Saint Mary’s 11-9 16-13 Ross Quackenbush        
  Cape Breton 11-9 13-11 Tim McGarrigle        
  Dalhousie  8-12   Bev Greenlaw        
  New Brunswick  3-17  6-24 Phil Wright        
  Memorial  2-18   Bas Kavanagh        
                 

        Playoff non-qualifiers:

        Cape Breton Capers: Troy Jones, John Ryan, Michael Dailey, Jim Charters, Patrick Lahey, Jeff Eagar; Scott Mazerolle, Doug DeLazzer, Troy Eager, Jon Meades, Greg MacLeod, Blair McKinnon, Charles Lorway, C MacQuarrie, David Reddick, coach Tim McGarrigle

        Dalhousie Tigers: Dean Thibodeau, Shawn Mantley, David Paquette, Keith Donovan, Marcus Williams, David Chiasson, Chris Forbes, Ravi Parkash, Paul Smith, Jeff Carruthers, Don Chisholm, Randy Fehr, Matt Finden, Jason Taylor, David Paquette, Ron McIntosh, coach Bev Greenlaw, assistant Mark Parker

        Memorial Seahawks: Mark Elliot, Keith Barrett, Scott Redden, Tim Abel, Mike Hoy, Paul (Lewis?) Samson, Maurice Lyver, Mike Woods, Bruce Nowe, Mike LeClair, Nick Pearson, Jason Buckle, Bill Chislett, Pat Clarke, W Sparkes, coach Bas Kavanagh, assistant Mike Woods Sr., assistant Paul Moores

        New Brunswick Varsity Reds: Bryan Elliot, Yaw Obeng, Jamie Watt, Glenn Read, Vinod Nair, Duff Adams, Bobby O’Brien, Craig Isley, Alex Kidney, Ken Badour, Lee Bragg, Bruce Noble, Bobby O’Brien, Steve Taylor, coach Phil Wright

        In the semi-finals, Acadia stunned UPEI 74-70 after rallying from a 48-33 half-time deficit. The Axemen ripped off runs of 7-0, 9-2 and 9-0 in the second half, taking their first lead of the game at 63-61 with 3:30 to play. Ted Byrne led Acadia with 20, including 12 in the second half. Eric James added 19 and Danny Eveleigh 17. Acadia coach Dave Nutbrown said his troops didn’t get any breaks in the first half. “They came out and hit eight three-pointers in the first half. If they had shot like that in the second half, we wouldn’t have caught them. But I think the thing people have to understand is when you’re up 15 points and the other team gets on a roll, it’s a tough, tough thing to hold onto a lead because the pressure continually went on their shoulders. I think we deserved to win. We hit the shots when we had to. It was two games in one. We didn’t get a lot of bounces in the first half. They didn’t get many in the second half. And frankly, I’d think I’d rather have them in the second half. Panthers coach George Morrison said “there’s no sense pointing fingers or ranting and raving about mistakes at this point in time. In the second half, we missed four wide-open layups and we didn’t hit an outside shot until the last 30 seconds and we took a couple of ill-advised shots. They played very good defence and made it tougher for us. But there was no one there on defence for those four wide-open layups we missed. We were favorites to win and it’s never easy when you’re favored. That kind of pressure and people’s shooting naturally becomes tight when you see a 15-point lead subside.” Peter Gordon led UPEI with 21. Trevor Willock added 17 and George Alford 12. PEI (coached by George Morrison) also included Bobby Campbell, Dave Dunn, Craig Walker, Darrell Glenn, Brett Wood, Mark Cameron, P MacKinnon, Mark Mullally and Mark Johnston.

        In the other semi, St. FX smacked the Saint Mary’s Huskies 81-55. The X-Men exploded for a 16-5 run in the final six minutes of the opening half to take a 34-29 lead at the half. A 10-0 run midway through the second half, punctuated by a pair of Danny McFarland treys and an Otis Delaney breakaway dunk put the game out of reach at 67-45 with eight minutes to play. Delaney notched 20 points on 4-7 from the arc. Marion Mathis added 18. Delany said “basically what sparks our team is defence. Out of our defence comes our offence. The last eight minutes of the first half, we really played tough and we came out the same way in the second half. Our game plan is based on defence, not offence.” Richard Sullivan led Saint Mary’s with 15. Brian Thompson added 14 and Dale Stevens 12. Saint Mary’s shot 18-51 (.350) from the floor. Chris Rowarth, who notched 5, said “we played a good team today and we lost. That’s all you can ask. It was pretty hard the last three minutes out there when I knew were going to lose (and my career was over). I don’t want it to end right now.” The Huskies (coached by Ross Quackenbush, assisted by Mickey Fox, managed by John Landry and Scott Munro) also included William Njoku, Tom Dobson, Jeff Baltzer, Jason Darling, Doug Clarke, Jeff Baltzer, Thom Gillespie, Andrew Gibb and Jonathan Waye.

        In the final, coach Dave Nutbrown’s Acadia Axemen stunned the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 75-67 as guard Danny Eveleigh scored 25, including three from beyond the arc. Ted Byrne added 16 while Eric James scored 18 and Kevin Lee 13. Acadia led 42-38 at the half. St. FX had won 16 consecutive games prior to the final. “Every time we play X, Ted does a very good job,” said James. “He doesn’t allow (Richard) Bella to score 20 or 25 points. I think next week at the CIAUs we have the advantage because those teams don’t know what we are going to do offensively or defensively. We have to hope we can shut them down. We forced X to go to the perimeter and they are talented there as they are inside. That was our plan.” With the score at 42 in the second half, Acadia ripped off four consecutive buckets. The X-Men rallied to within 65-60 with four minutes to play. Augy Jones pilfered the ball at midcourt and tried to feed Delaney for a layup on a 2-on-1 but Danny Eveleigh picked off the pass, drove the paint and drew Bella’s fifth foul. He sank both free throws to five Acadia a 67-60 lead. St. FX managed just two field goals thereafter. Acadia hit 21-21 from the line, including 6-6 in the final 40 seconds. They out-rebounded St. FX 34-24 as Lee and Byrne each nabbed 10 boards. Acadia coach Dave Nutbrown said “Ted did a good job on Bella but he got a lot of help from his teammates. If you told me were going to play with this kind of courage, and we have been executing well today, so I thought we had a chance.” Bella led St. FX with 15. Otis Delaney added 15, Augy Jones 12 and Blair White 10.

The runner-up St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Richard Bella; Otis Delaney; Augy Jones; Blair White; Marlon Mathis; Danny McFarland; Guy Mbongo; Aristide Nguilibet; Doug McKinnon; Brian Lee; Joe Odhiambo; Todd McKillop; coach Steve Konchalski; assistant Tim Hynes; assistant Chris Ross; trainer Joe Munroe; manager John Choisnet

        The champion Acadia Axemen: Eric James; Danny Eveleigh; Ted Byrne; Kevin Lee; Rob Henry; Shawn Thorburne; Lars MacDonald; Mike Dixon; John Shoemaker; Peter Baldauf; Joey Walker; Mike Oransky; Serge Casas; Ian McGinnis; Scott Reid; coach Dave Nutbrown; athletic director Donald Wells; SID Bruce Cohoon