St. Francis Xavier | 12-8 | 23-10 | Tyrell Vernon |
Dalhousie | 11-9 | 26-14 | Rick Plato |
Saint Mary’s | 11-9 | 14-15 | Jonah Taussig |
New Brunswick | 10-10 | 17-14 | Joe Salerno |
Memorial | 10-10 | 14-14 | Ian Coultas |
U.P.E.I. | 9-11 | 11-18 | Darrell Glenn |
Cape Breton | 9-11 | 14-16 | Matt Skinn |
Acadia | 8-12 | 15-17 | Michael Leslie |
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Acadia Axemen: Gabe Davignon, Erik Hayden, Demeric Mercer, Kyle Munro, Glen Cox, Seth Blundell, Ryan Munro, Ricky Biyavanga, Mohamed Hendy, Samou Brayan Kone, Briawne Wilson, Robbie Grant, Thomas MacDonald, Nick Macdougall, Adam Rosenberger, Ike Imegwu, Miguel Perez Boskovic, coach Michael Leslie, assistant Randy Sheen, assistant Aiden Wilson, assistant James Logue-Prest, assistant Mark Clarke, assistant Nathan Goudreau
Cape Breton Capers: Aaron Cunningham, Stefan Anisko, Tyson Cato, Jahnian Simmonds, Shakael Pryce, Justus Peuser, Shemar Brown, Shaquai Manswell, Ben Kearney, Domenic Odle, Ceejay Hanson, Mitchell Mersereau, Anthony Lecky, Tyler Fiaui, Lance Monbourquette, Jamal Cadore, Niko Kachfanas, redshirt Ethan Merlin, coach Matt Skinn, assistant Ben Miller, assistant David Ogbuah, assistant Liam Shaw,
In the quarterfinals, the 3rd-seeded Saint Mary’s Huskies edged the 6th-seeded University of Prince Edward Island Panthers 68-64. The Huskies led 15-4 early, 19-14 after one quarter and 33-31 at the half. Jace Colley nailed a trey and Chinonso Njelita a jumper as the Panthers took a 38-33 lead. But the Huskies ripped off an 11-0 run and took a 52-49 after three quarters. The Huskies extended their lead to nine but Kamari Scott nailed a bucket to give the Panthers a 64-63 lead with three minutes to play. But Jayrell Diggs drained a mid-range jumper, Shae Linton-Brown a steal and a runout, and Diggs a pair of free throws as the Huskies pulled out the win. Player of the game Shae Linton-Brown said “we just stayed resilient, followed the coaches game-plan and it was a tough game but we stayed together and got the result.” Shae Linton-Brown paced the Huskies with 22 on 10-20 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals. Jayrell Diggs added 22 on 9-16 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 5 boards. Marc-Denault Gabriel notched 9 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 11 boards, 3 assists and 6 steals. Jackson Enyinna scored 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 5 boards. Jonas Maerz added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 steals. Jonah Crowther scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Tjark Lademacher added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 blocks. Devawn White scored 1 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. The Huskies hit 28-68 (.412) from the floor, 2-17 (.118) from the arc and 10-15 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 13 fouls, 9 assists, 12 turnovers, 3 blocks and 12 steals. Kamari Scott paced the Panthers with 21 on 6-20 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 7-8 from the line, 9 boards and 4 assists. Jace Colley added 15 on 6-14 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Daniel Gonzalez Longarela notched 10 on 5-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 12 boards. Sam Chisholm scored 7 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Kyree Thompson added 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 2-4 from the line. Chinonso Njelita scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 9 boards, while Daren Clarke and Owen Smith were scoreless. Clarke nabbed 2 boards and dished 3 assists. The Panthers hit 24-70 (.343) from the floor, 5-25 from the arc and 11-16 (.688) from the line, while garnering 53 boards, including 23 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 11 assists, 18 turnovers, 3 blocks and 2 steals. The Panthers (coach Darrell Glenn, assistant Josh Whitty, assistant Jaren Cheverie, assistant Jonathan Lane, director operations Koren Glenn, strength & conditioning Jay Melhado, statistics Pierre Audoin, academics Jack Headley) also included Cameron Brown, Christian Hager, Sina Ayerman, Matthew Magnan, Luca Cameron, Kalen MacDonald-Wood, Abilash Surendran, Adeboye Akinode, Hudson MacGregor, Grant Schell, Alex Wood and redshirt Jose Crisostomo.
In the other quarterfinal, the 5th-seeded Memorial Sea-Hawks clipped the 4th-seeded New Brunswick Varsity Reds 87-79. The Varsity Reds led 23-19, 49-41 (on a trio from beyond the arc by Norm Burry) and 66-62 at the quarters. But the Sea-Hawks opened the final frame with a 13-0 run to take command. Varsity Reds coach Joe Salerno said “I’m disappointed, obviously, there are a lot of disappointed guys in the locker room, but I think we deserved it. We played a pretty poor second half and this one is going to hurt because I think we had the potential to do something in this tournament and we didn’t put four quarters together. … They had a huge fourth quarter. They shot extremely well, a couple of their veteran guys really stepped up. For me, it looked like we’re still a really young team out there in the second half, poor shot selection and poor decision-making when it mattered most, and we paid heavily for that. … We are a team, and we don’t point fingers. We all played a part in the loss and all of us need to look back at our own performance.” Player of the game Emanuel Ring paced the Sea-Hawks with 26 on 8-21 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Flynn Boardman-Raffe added 24 on 8-13 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 7-11 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Jodick Moudiandambu notched 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-4 from the line and 5 boards. Josh Reimer scored 10 on 4-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Jason Thompson added 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Nicholas Tuff scored 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 7 boards. Ivan Tsafack added 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 2 boards. Josh Francis scored 2 on 0-1 from the floor and 2-2 from the line, while Bower Issacs, Marc McShane, Ham Kangram, Merreck Mintz, Caleb D’Entremont, River Drefers, Cameron Stanford and Miles Fryett were scoreless. The Sea-Hawks hit 30-68 (.441) from the floor, 6-23 (.261) from the arc and 21-29 (.724) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 16 fouls, 10 assists, 15 turnovers, 3 steals and 9 blocks. Marcus Barnes paced the Varsity Reds with 19 on 6-16 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Norm Burry added 15 on 5-10 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 9 boards. Vegas Evans notched 15 on 6-17 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Javordo Mitchell scored 13 on 5-7 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 5 boards. Mark Tobin added 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 3 assists. Reese Zorogole scored 5 on 2-3 from the floor and 1-1 from the arc. Justin Chase added 4 on 2-5 from the floor and 0-2 from the arc. Jeven Eddy scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 5 boards, while Brandon Laryea, Eden Otshudi, Anthony Sears, Simba Bowora and Matthias Muscroft were scoreless. Laryea nabbed 3 boards. Otshudi nabbed 3 boards, dished 2 assists and pilfered 3 balls. The Varsity Reds hit 29-75 (.387) from the floor, 9-26 (.346) from the arc and 12-17 (.706) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 23 fouls, 11 assists, 16 turnovers, 1 block and 5 steals. The Varsity Reds (coach Joe Salerno, assistant Jeff Morrison, assistant Kyle Arseneault, assistant Haany Ahmed, IST Nick Blair, manager Makenzie Cutcliffe, manager Vinz Barring, manager Phyong Nguyen, student therapist Alex Dickson, student therapist Evan Degooyer) also included Gayo Isya, redshirt Jeremy Coria and redshirt Ethan Howes.
In the semis, the top-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men clipped the 5th-seeded Memorial Sea-Hawks 86-70 after leading 24-20, 43-30 and 68-46 at the quarters. The X-Men led by as many as 27 while dominating the paint. Bennett Grumbach paced the X-Men with 26 on 9-20 from the floor, 3-11 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Dondre Reddick added 21 on 10-18 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Gatluak James notched 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 1-1 from the line, 10 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Matt Pennell scored 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 2 boards. Antoine Vernon added 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2 boards and 7 assists. Koat Thomas scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Jeremiah Usiosefe added 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 7 boards. Marcus Upshaw scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 steals, while Jafiya Paul, Gloire Koua, Steven Levniac and Rogan Betts were scoreless. Koua nabbed 4 boards. The X-Men hit 36-80 (.450) from the floor, 8-23 (.348) from the arc and 6-10 from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 19 assists, 16 turnovers, 2 blocks and 11 steals. Jodick Moudiandambu paced the Sea-Hawks with 19 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 4 steals. Jason Thompson added 14 on 5-9 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals. Flynn Boardman-Raffe notched 13 on 4-12 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 11 boards and 2 steals. Emanuel Ring scored 8 on 3-11 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-6 from the line, 9 boards and 3 assists. Josh Reimer added 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Ivan Tsafack scored 3 on 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Nicholas Tuff added 3 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 blocks. River Drefers scored 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals, while Cameron Stanford, Josh Francis and Miles Fryett were scoreless. Francis dished 2 assists. The Sea-Hawks hit 24-67 (.358) from the floor, 8-29 (.276) from the arc and 14-24 (.583) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 21 on the offensive glass, 12 fouls, 14 assists, 20 turnovers, 4 blocks and 14 steals.
In the other semi, the 2nd-seeded Dalhousie Tigers dispatched the 3rd-seeded Saint Mary’s Huskies 90-75 as player of the game Nginyu Ngala notched a career-high 37. The Tigers led 14-4 early and 21-15, 49-32 and 69-50 at the quarters. The Huskies rallied no closer than 13. Nginyu Ngala paced the Tigers with 37 on 16-26 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Malcolm Christie added 27 on 10-21 from the floor, 4-13 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Spencer Riar notched 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4 boards, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Jayden Parker scored 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 8 boards. Dolu Johnson added 7 on 1-2 from the floor, 5-7 from the line and 3 boards. Samuel Maillet scored 1 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the line, 7 boards and 8 assists, while Lydell Husbands-Brow and Gabriel Marcotulio were scoreless. Husbands-Brow nabbed 3 boards. The Tigers hit 34-67 (.507) from the floor, 10-28 (.357) from the arc and 11-18 (.611) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 13 assists, 13 turnovers, 4 blocks and 8 steals. Devawn White paced the Huskies with 17 on 7-14 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 9 boards. Jayrell Diggs added 16 on 5-21 from the floor, 2-12 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Marc-Denault Gabriel notched 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 5-8 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Tjark Lademacher scored 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 4-4 from the line. Jackson Enyinna added 8 on 4-5 from the floor and 4 boards. Jonah Crowther scored 6 on 6-6 from the line. Shae Linton-Brown scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Jonas Maerz added 1 on 1-2 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Kenny Ngassoue scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor. The Huskies hit 25-62 (.403) from the floor, 3-16 (.188) from the arc and 22-28 (.786) from the line, while garnering 28 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 8 assists, 13 turnovers, 1 block and 8 steals.
In the final, the 2nd-seeded Dalhousie Tigers clipped the top-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men 77-67 in overtime. The X-Men broke to a 7-0 lead but the Tigers rallied to a 14-9 lead after one quarter. Koat Thomas caught fire as the X-Men led 33-30 at the half and Dondre Reddick began draining jumpers as they extended their lead to 52-45 after three quarters. But tournament MVP Malcolm Christie began attacking of the dribble and drawing fouls, while player of the game Sam Maillet drained a pair of treys, as Dalhousie rallied to take a 63-59 lead. The X-Men’s Deondre Reddick countered with a trey with 20 seconds to play. Christie notched a pair from the line to give the Tigers a 65-62 lead with 7.5 seconds to play. St. FX’s Bennett Grumbach misfired on a trey in a bid to knot the score but Gatluak James collected the rebound and flipped it to Matt Pennell, who fired it to Reddick, who drilled a trey to force overtime. The Tigers, though, dominated the extra session as the X-men tired and Maillet notched 6. Malcolm Christie paced the Tigers with 21 on 4-17 from the floor, 1-10 from the arc, 12-14 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Samuel Maillet added 19 on 7-8 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Nginyu Ngala notched 14 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 7-10 from the line, 8 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Spencer Riar scored 13 on 3-7 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 4 boards and 3 blocks. Lydell Husbands-Brown added 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Jayden Parker scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 3 boards. Caleb Stewart added 2 on 1-1 from the floor. Dolu Johnson added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 4 boards and 2 assists, while Gabe Damey, Gabriel Marcotulio and Andre Reid were scoreless. The Tigers hit 22-59 (.373) from the floor, 8-24 from the arc and 25-32 (.781) from the line, while garnering 39 boads, including 9 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 13 assists, 15 turnovers, 3 blocks and 4 steals. Dondre Reddick paced the X-Men with 19 on 7-17 from the floor, 5-10 from the arc and 4 boards. Gatluak James added 16 on 6-9 from the floor, 4-5 from the line, 11 boards and 2 assists. Koat Thomas notched 14 on 6-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 4 boards. Bennett Grumbach scored 6 on 3-18 from the floor, 0-10 from the arc, 13 boards and 2 assists. Antoine Vernon added 5 on 2-9 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3 assists and 3 steals. Marcus Upshaw scored 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2-3 from the line. Jeremiah Usiosefe added 2 on 2-4 from the line and 3 boards, while Matt Pennell, Gloire Koua and Dakoda Lewis were scoreless. The X-Men hit 25-74 (.338) from the floor, 7-31 (.226) from the arc and 10-17 (.588) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 23 fouls, 9 assists, 14 turnovers, 3 blocks and 7 steals.
The co-bronze medalist Memorial Sea-Hawks: Ivan Tsavack, Bower Issacs, Marc McShane, Ham Kangram, Merreck Mintz, Caleb D’Entremont, River Drefers, Jason Thompson, Cameron Stanford, Josh Reimer, Flynn Boardman-Raffet, Josh Francis, Emanuel Ring, Nicholas Tuff, Miles Fryett, Jodick Moudiandambu, coach Ian Coultas, assistant Erica Kennedy, assistant Matthew Bruce, assistant Jon Pye, manager Cassie Colbert, therapist Krista Mullaly, strength & conditioning Evan Constantine
The co-bronze Saint Mary’s Huskies: Ethan Vey, Jonah Crowther, Jayrell Diggs, Kai Palov, Devawn White, Ben Power, Marc-Denault Gabriel, Shae Linton-Brown, Micah Stewart, Jackson Enyinna, Jonas Maerz, Aidan MacDonald, Jaiten Bains, Andrew Lawlor, Kenny Ngassoue, Tjark Lademacher, Philip Bou Khalil, coach Jonah Taussig, associate Noafall Folahan, assistant Mat MacDonald, assistant Jeff Paris, assistant Damon Cole, manager John Landry, manager Al Brooks
The silver medalist St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Gatluak James, Matt Pennell, Keyonte Beals, Antoine Vernon, Jafiya Paul, Dondre Reddick, Jeremiah Usiosefe, Dakoda Lewis, Marcus Upshaw, Kye Kotapski-Tinga, Koat Thomas, Steven Levniac, Bennett Brumbach, Gloire Koua, Deon Ejim, coach Tyrell Vernon, assistant Tyrone Watson, assistant Doc Ryan, assistant Denton Anthony, operations & scouting J.J. Sedore, operations & scouting Parker Payton, student manager Tanner Daniels, student therapist Michael Vaughan, student therapist Jacob Snider
The champion Dalhousie Tigers: Gabriel Marcotulio, Spencer Riar, Gabriel Damey, Malcolm Christie, Nginyu Ngala, Lydell Husbands-Browne, Caleb Stewart, Samuel Maillet, Jayden Parker, Riley Stewart, Nathaniel Titus, Alejandro ‘Alex’ Ruiz, Andre Reid, Danny Daly, Dolu Johnson, Randall Browne, Mustafa Abokar, coach Rick Plato, assistant Anton Berry, assistant Murphy Burnatowski, assistant Michael Barrie, assistant Kevin Bezanson, graduate assistant Ben Gory, manager Andrea Plato, strength & conditioning Brett Armstong,