2013-14 Ottawa – uSports men

(1)	Ottawa	94
(8)	Saskatchewan	73	Ottawa	78
(4)	Victoria	63	Victoria	70	Ottawa	67
(5)	McGill	54
							—–CARLETON
(2)	Carleton	82
(7)	McMaster	64	Carleton	79	Carleton	79
(3)	Alberta	72	Alberta	55
(6)	St. Mary’s	62

SEEDING

1. Ottawa Gee-Gees (OUA champions: 20-2 regular season / 3-0 playoffs / 34-2 v CIS)

2. Carleton Ravens (OUA finalists: 22-0 regular season / 2-1 playoffs / 30-1 v CIS)

3. Alberta Golden Bears (CWUAA champions: 20-2 regular season / 4-1 playoffs/ 31-3 v CIS)

4. Victoria Vikes (CWUAA finalists: 19-3 regular season / 3-2 playoffs / 26-6 v CIS)

5. McGill Redmen (RSEQ champions: 14-2 regular season / 2-0 playoffs / 20-5 v CIS)

6. Saint Mary’s Huskies (AUS champions: 14-6 regular season / 2-0 playoffs / 23-10 v CIS)

7. McMaster Marauders (OUA bronze medalists: 18-4 regular season / 2-1 playoffs / 24-8 v CIS)

8. Saskatchewan Huskies (CWUAA bronze medalists and wildcard: 15-7 regular season / 3-1 playoffs / 24-9 v CIS)

It is often a thin line that separates the winners and losers at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s basketball championships and it goes without saying that the Carleton Ravens have a history of landing on the right side of that line. The 2nd-seeded Ravens proved it again in the quarterfinals of the 52nd-annual national tournament at the Canadian Tire Centre, clawing to an 82-64 win over the 7th-seeded McMaster Marauders with a decisive 21-4 second-half run and a stellar, all-around effort from fifth-year senior Tyson Hinz. As he mopped the blood from his arms and elbows, Hinz wryly noted that it was a physical affair. “But we knew they were going to be tough. It’s nationals. It’s not going to be easy, any game we play is going to be very physical.” The Ravens effectively pounded the ball into the blocks as they built a 15-5 lead. Yet, while they dominated the offensive boards, they were unable to finish a raft of bunny layups and appeared to lose their focus slightly as McMaster rallied to within 25-24 on a 10-0 run bookended by treys from Taylor Black and Nathan Pelech. The Ravens, though, kept crashing the offensive glass and Hinz kept finding the open shooters as Carleton rebuilt its lead to 43-35 at the half. The Ravens took command in the second half when Thomas Scrubb awoke from an extended slumber and began attacking off the dribble, while brother Philip kept draining improbable fadeaway jumpers. With the big guns, Hinz and the brothers Scrubb, taking command, Carleton broke open a tight 51-48 affair with the 21-4 run, triggered by a Marauder turnover on a rebound that led to a runout bucket by Thomas Scrubb. Ravens coach Dave Smart said that “offensively, we did some good things in terms of getting what we wanted and what we needed but defensively, we got some breaks. They missed some open shots. They did some things to get open looks.” In the second half, “we did a little better job of getting them out of their comfort zone offensively, not letting them get into the paint without a real solid move,” Smart added. “Our defence did a little better job getting out of their comfort zone and not letting Mac get in the paint. But we still have guys that are taking short cuts and being taken advantage of.” McMaster coach Amos Connolly said the Ravens exploded the scouting report in the second half. “Then, it starts to go and when it starts to go, it goes ridiculous fast. They make really good decisions and they’ve been in that scenario so many times and you’re trying to claw back. They know how to beat a team that’s gambling really well. That’s when they get those little buckets underneath because you’re missing assignments. … We gave them a war for a little bit and this is something that we can build on as a program. Our game plan coming in against Carleton was that we didn’t want everyone else to hurt us. We figured Tyson (Hinz) and Phil (Scrubb) were probably going to hurt us but didn’t foresee Thomas (Scrubb) putting up 20 against us.” Carleton led 25-17, 43-35 and 63-50 at the quarters. Tyson Hinz was chosen player of the game for the Ravens, while Leon Alexander earned the laurels for the Marauders. Philip Scrubb paced the Ravens with 21 on 8-12 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 5 boards and 5 assists. Thomas Scrubb added 20 on 10-18 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 14 boards and 2 blocks. Kevin Churchill added 13 on 6-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. Tyson Hinz notched 12 on 5-13 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 7 boards and 4 assists. Victor Raso scored 8 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 2-3 from the line. Jean-Emmanuel Jean-Pierre added 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Clinton Springer-Williams added 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 boards, while Gavin Resch, Guillaume Payen-Boucard, Connor Wood, Cameron Smythe and Brody Maracle were scoreless. Wood nabbed 2 boards. The Ravens hit 34-66 (.515) from the floor, 4-11 (.364) from the arc and 10-17 (.588) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks, 8 turnovers and 16 fouls. Leon Alexander paced the Marauders with 14 on 5-8 from the floor, 4-8 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Aaron Redpath added 10 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Adam Presutti added 9 on 3-11 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Nathan McCarthy notched 8 on 4-7 from the floor and 5 boards. Rohan Boney added 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the line, 7 boards and 5 assists. Taylor Black scored 6 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-4 from the line and 7 boards. Joe Rocca scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Trevon McNeil scored 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Nathan Pelech added 3 on 1-3 from the arc and 3 boards, while Lazar Kojovic, Elliott Ormond and Jason Quiring were scoreless. The Marauders hit 24-66 (.364) from the floor, 6-23 (.261) from the arc and 10-20 from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 7 turnovers and 17 fouls. The Marauders (coached by Amos Connolly, assisted by Rod Bynum, Ray Kybartas, Justin Gunter; Andrew Baillie, Tom McChesney and Troy Stevenson) also included Elliott Ormond, Jordan Nelson, Lazar Kojovic, Lucas Marsden and Hamid Nessek.

        The 3rd-seeded Alberta Golden Bears pulled out a somewhat ragged 72-62 win over the 6th-seeded Saint Mary’s Huskies. Alberta appeared to set the tone quickly, as Jordan Baker posted up for a bucket, Sahr Saffa found Todd Bergen-Henengouwen on a pick-and-roll for a layup and Baker hit a ridiculous fallaway runner in the lane. Although both squads struggled early with their shooting touch against the cavernous backdrop, the Huskies were finally able to get their perimeter game on track, as Ryan Augustin, Jeremy McAvoy, Marquis Clayton and Theon Reefer drained treys to give St. Mary’s a 19-16 lead. McAvoy added another pair of bombs as the Huskies extended their lead to 28-19 but the Golden Bears were periodically able to pound the ball into the blocks or break the Huskies down off the dribble as they rallied to within 37-33 heading into the lockers. The Bears began closing out on the perimeter, took total command of the boards and significantly elevated their defensive intensity in the second half, which allowed them to generate few transition buckets and eventually take a 44-43 lead off an uncontested putback rebound by Bergen-Henengouwen. Baker hit a tough fallaway jumper, a nifty baseline reverse and then set up Joel Friesen for a runout layup, while Youssef Ouahrig drilled a trey as the Bears extended their margin to 53-48 after three quarters. They then slowed the tempo to a crawl, capping a 15-0 run with a trey by Saffa, as they built their lead to double digits and coasted to the ragged win. “We knew they were going to be a high-powered offence. We needed to keep them one-and-done on every possession,” Baker said. “We didn’t come out shooting the ball that well, turned it over a little bit. They played good pressure defence and it took us a few possessions to adjust to it. It’s a 40-minute game and luckily, we came to life in the second half.” Alberta coach Barnaby Craddock said “survive and advance. They played better than us for the majority of the game. We managed to turn it on a little late and snuck out of here with a win. I thought we did really good job boxing out. They shot the ball really well early and that kept them in the game. We struggled with the arena setting. … “We just knew they played a better half than us and we needed to regroup and play our game. I think we started to play their game a little bit, a little too much one on one and we wanted to execute better as a group. … I thought Saint Mary’s outplayed us for two and a half quarters to start the game and we finally got out mojo back a little bit. It was nice to grab control of the game there in the early fourth quarter.” St. Mary’s coach Jonah Taussig lamented the 50-31 rebound margin. “They’re a big strong team and we thought that was an area when we needed to play them even today and we didn’t do it. … I thought it was more so of what Alberta did than what we didn’t do, our guys played hard. I thought both teams played their hearts out. Alberta’s 31-3 for a reason, they’re a very good team.” Saint Mary’s led 24-17 after one quarter. Alberta led 37-35 at the half and 56-49 after three quarters. Jordan Baker was chosen player of the game for the Golden Bears, while Marquis Clayton earned the laurels for the Huskies. Jordan Baker led the Golden Bears with 17 on 6-16 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 9 boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Joel Friesen added 11 on 5-12 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 5 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Youssef Ouahrig added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 5 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Mamadou Gueye notched 9 on 4-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Robert Dewar notched 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Todd Bergen-Henengouwen notched 8 on 3-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 8 boards. Kenneth Otieno scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 2 boards and 4 steals. Sahr Saffa added 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Czar Robotham added 2, along with 2 boards. The Golden Bears hit 26-65 (.400) from the floor, 3-19 (.158) from the arc and 17-27 (.630) from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 14 steals, 2 blocks, 20 turnovers and 15 fouls. Boyd Vassell paced the Huskies with 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4-4 from the line. Marquis Clayton added 13 on 5-14 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 3 boards and 5 assists. Theon Reefer notched 10 on 3-13 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Jeremy McAvoy added 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 3 steals. Riley Halpin added 6 on 2-4 from the arc, 5 boards and 2 assists. Brian Rouse scored 6 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 4 steals. Ryan Augustine added 3 and Harry Ezenibe 2, along with 5 boards, while Terrence Taylor and Travis Adams were scoreless. Taylor nabbed 2 boards. The Huskies hit 22-62 (.355) from the floor, 12-28 (.429) from the arc and 6-10 from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 4 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 11 steals, 5 blocks, 18 turnovers and 24 fouls. The Huskies (coached by Jonah Taussig, assisted by Jeff Paris and Damon Cole) also included Leonard Riley, Kadeem Scott and Mitch Harrison.

        The three-point rain sent the Huskies down the drain. In fact, it turned into a flood as the top-seeded uOttawa men’s basketball Gee-Gees washed out eight-seeded Saskatchewan’s underdog dreams with a 94-73 win. But it was close and fierce for most of the bombs-away, up-tempo quarterfinal, in which the Gee-Gees drilled 14 treys (including four by Johnny Berhanemeskel and three apiece by Terry Thomas and Vikas Gill, while the Huskies nailed 10 (included four by Andrew Henry). “We found our groove and that’s what separated us, eventually,” said Thomas. “From the start our game plan was to push the tempo. We were just trying to outwork them. In the end, we just buckled down to get the victory.” The Gee-Gees opened with a trey from Berhanemeskel and a slam by Thomas off a perfect lob from Mike L’Africain. But two consecutive turnovers quickly led to a pair of Dadrian Collins treys. Stephon Lamar promptly pilfered the ball for a runout layup to give Saskatchewan the lead. Then it was bombs started dropping. Thomas, Berhanemeskel and L’Africain drilled treys as Ottawa moved ahead 18-13. Gill added two more from beyond the arc but Lamar kept attacking off the dribble and Henry notched a trey from the corner at the buzzer to draw Saskatchewan within 26-22 after one quarter. It was sensational play after sensational play in the second frame, including a dazzling acrobatic layup by Thomas after driving the court, and tough three-pointers with a hand in his face from Lamar, as the Gee-Gees maintained a slim edge. L’Africain drilled a trey, Caleb Agada a driving reverse layup, and Thomas another slam in transition as the Gee-Gees built their lead 43-31. But the Huskies closed out the half with an 8-0 run featuring a Matt Forbes putback rebound and a trey from Evan Ostertag. Gee-Gees post Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue quickly picked up his third foul early in the second half, putting uOttawa behind the eight-ball with respect to their post defence. The Huskies promptly began pounding the ball inside to Forbes to knot the score at 47 and then took a 50-49 lead on another trey by Henry. But Thomas hit a pair of bombs, Berhanemeskel a runout layup and Mehdi Tihani a putback as uOttawa countered with a 12-0 run.  Still, the Huskies wouldn’t quit, answering with a 7-0 run, featuring another trey by Henry and a putback by Forbes. But L’Africain found Berhanemeskel for a layup and Gill notched another trey off a perfect pick-and-pop with Berhanemeskel as Ottawa took a 67-59 lead after three quarters. A Thomas runout layup and another Berhanemeskel trey gave the Gee-Gees a 72-59 lead and they soon embedded the dagger with solid boardwork from Agada, as well as treys from Berhanemeskel and Agada. “That’s how we play. We led the country in threes made and taken. We need to take threes for us to be successful,” said Gee-Gees coach James Derouin. “We shot the ball well. In this environment, it’s not easy but we were able to make shots tonight.” Derouin added that the Gee-Gees got excellent contributions off the bench. “It’s those little contributions that over the course of a tournament that are big. We got Gab out in foul trouble and we didn’t skip a beat. Last year, we weren’t able to do that. … Obviously I would’ve liked to pull away earlier in the game, but I didn’t think we were particularly sharp early on.” Saskatchewan coach Barry Rawlyk said “we gave up too many too many three opportunities to them and they capitalized on them. When they’re on their long-range game, it’s difficult to defend them. The other thing, is they were very good in transition and we didn’t do a good job of keeping care of the ball.” The Gee-Gees led 26-22, 43-40 and 67-59 at the quarters. Terry Thomas was chosen player of the game for the Gee-Gees, while Matt Forbes earned the laurels for the Huskies. Terry Thomas paced the Gee-Gees with 24 on 10-18 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 1-7 from the line, 9 boards, 3 assists and 5 steals. Johnny Berhanemeskel added 20 on 8-19 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 3 boards, 7 assists and 2 blocks. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue added 11 on 5-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the line and 3 boards. Mike L’Africain notched 10 on 4-11 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 5 boards and 7 assists. Caleb Agada added 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Vikas Gill scored 9 on 3-5 from the arc and 4 boards. Mehdi Tihani added 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 5 boards and 2 boards. Matt Plunkett added 3, Jeff Plunkett 2 and Moe Ismail 2 while Ryan Evans was scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 38-76 (.500) from the floor, 14-33 (.424) from the arc and 4-16 from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 23 assists, 11 steals, 6 blocks, 9 turnovers and 17 fouls. Matt Forbes paced the Huskies with 18 on 8-12 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 10 boards. Stephon Lamar added 15 on 5-18 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 7 boards and 9 assists. Andrew Henry added 14 on 5-13 from the floor, 4-11 from the arc and 6 boards. Dadrian Collins notched 9 on 3-7 from the arc and 5 boards. Evan Ostertag scored 6 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Ben Baker added 5 on 2-15 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 5 assists. Alex Unruh added 4 on 1-1 from the floor and 2-3 from the line. Nick Foth added 2, while Trevor Severinski, Mack Burns, Connor Gorman and Jon Karwacki were scoreless. Severinski nabbed 7 boards. The Huskies hit 26-68 (.382) from the floor, 10-28 (.357) from the arc and 11-16 (.688) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 5 steals, 18 turnovers and 17 fouls. The Huskies (coached by Barry Rawlyk, assisted by Nathan Schellenberg, Chad Jacobson and Heith Drennan) also included Daniel Ostertag, Graham Black and Connor Burns.

        In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Victoria Redmen ground out a 63-54 win over the 5th-seeded McGill Redmen with an often-exceptional demonstration of defensive rotations. McGill broke to a 20-7 lead by bombing from the perimeter, including a pair of treys from Simon Bibeau and singletons from Vincent Dufort and Nathan Joyal. The Vikes countered with a 14-0 run as guards Terrell Evans and Marcus Tibbs got a handle of the nerves and forced the Redmen in a series of ballhandling miscues. Although Joy added another trey and Bibeau a jumper as McGill briefly stemmed the bleeding, the Vikings kept pouring it on, pounding the ball inside to Chris McLaughlin during a 9-0 run, and eventually built a 35-29 lead at the half. It was a dual drought early in the second half as neither team could buy a bucket until Mark Roth drilled a trey for the Vikes after nearly four minutes of play. It took the Redmen over five minutes to muster a point, on a baseline drive by Thomas Lacy, but they only managed one more bucket in the third frame and fell behind 44-33. The Redmen rallied no closer than seven down the stretch. “We knew we just had to do our own thing and one big thing was to focus on defence,” said McLaughlin.  “We knew it was going to be that kind of battle, so we just wanted to focus on the little things, rebounding, defence. It was definitely a battle in the paint. They weren’t going to give up anything easy. … Once we figured it out after the first quarter, once we got more sound on defence it kinda came back naturally to us.”

Vikes coach Craig Beaucamp said “we just didn’t want to settle for shooting threes. We defended. Offensively, we were okay but we did a pretty good job of doubling down and pinch Chris down low. But the biggest thing is that we gave ourselves a chance by defending. … I think we just ground it out. I thought we had some bad offense and shot early threes and didn’t get stops, but then we played good defensively and that transitioned us to some easy baskets at the other end.” McGill coach David DeAveiro said his troops weren’t prepared for the Vikes defensive intensity. “They challenged a lot of our shots and we didn’t make shots we normally make. Youth and inexperience were also a factor. “They got some easy scores in transition and they killed us in the paint in the first half,” DeAveiro added. “We didn’t shoot the ball well today and a big part of our offense is shooting the ball.” McGill led 20-15 after one quarter. The Vikes led 35-29 at the half and 44-33 after three quarters. Chris McLaughlin was chosen player of the game for the Vikes, while Simon Bibeau earned the laurels for the Redmen. Terrell Evans paced the Vikes with 19 on 7-18 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 11 boards, 2 assists and 4 steals. Chris McLaughlin added 16 on 4-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8-10 from the line and 7 boards. Marcus Tibbs scored 15 on 5-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-8 from the line, 7 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Patrick Pilato added 6 on 2-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Mack Roth added 3, along with 2 boards, Ryan Erickson 2 and Reiner Theil 2, along with 2 boards and 2 assists, while Kyle Peterson and John Woldu were scoreless. Woldu nabbed 3 boards and dished 2 assists. The Vikes hit 21-51 (.412) from the floor, 4-16 from the arc and 17-27 (.630) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 13 turnovers and 14 fouls. Francoise Bourque paced the Redmen with 14 on 7-13 from the floor and 8 boards. Simon Bibeau added 12 on 3-14 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Dele Ogundokun added 7 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Vincent Dufort added 7 on 3-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 7 boards and 5 assists. Nathan Joyal notched 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Michael Peterkin added 4 on 2-5 from the floor and 0-2 from the arc. Thomas Lacy added 2 and Jenning Leung 2, along with 2 boards, while Rodrigo Imperador, Ave Bross and Regis Ivaniukas were scoreless. Imperador nabbed 2 boards. The Redmen hit 21-76 (.276) from the floor, 5-27 (.185) from the arc and 7-7 from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 8 steals, 1 block, 8 turnovers and 20 fouls. The Redmen (coached by David DeAveiro, assisted by John Dangelas, Rouel Hidalgo and Madhave Trivedi) also included Christian McCue, Michael Friesen, Sebastian Beckett, Bradley Laguerre, Erickson Evangelista, Jonathan Telfort and Nicholas Yantzi.

Simply put, they were bigger, badder and better. It was all Carleton, almost all the time, as the big black birds blasted the bears from Alberta in the semis. The second-seeded Ravens set the stage for a bid for their 10th national crown in 12 years by pounding the third-seeded Golden Bears 79-55 with a dominant performance on the defensive boards and a stellar third quarter in which they set up a do not enter sign in the paint and dared the Bears to test their resolve, holding Alberta to a single field goal in the frame. The Ravens got on track by keeping the focus on “fundamentals and communicating with each other,” said post Tyson Hinz. Thomas Scrubb said “we didn’t want to go out like we played in the second (quarter), We just needed to step up the intensity and make plays to win.” Brother Philip Scrubb noted that “Tommy came out really aggressive and made a good run for us. It was close in the first half and I thought we came out with a lot of energy in the second.” Joel Friesen drained a pair from beyond the arc as the Golden Bears took an early 8-7 lead. But then both teams cooled off, missing open looks for roughly four minutes until Connor Wood nailed a corner trey for the Ravens. Phillip and elder brother Thomas Scrubb each added fadeaway jumpers over the small Bear guards, and the elder Scrubb a putback rebound at the buzzer as Carleton took a 16-10 lead after a quarter. With the Ravens containing the Bears to one-and-done opportunities by dominating the defensive boards, Carleton extended its lead to 25-10 on a Hinz post-up, a rare four-point play (a trey and a free throw) by Thomas Scrubb and another trey by Phillip Scrubb. Although Bear star Jordan Baker promptly picked up third foul and was dispatched to the bench, the Ravens’ perimeter touch inexplicably went south, which allowed the Bears to finally break an eight-minute scoring drought and close out the half with a 15-4 run featuring a savvy post-up by Todd Bergen-Henengouwen and several timely buckets from Mamadou Gueye and Czar Rowbotham off the bench. The second half was a reprise of the first at the start as both teams packed the paint and denied anything inside, while appearing unable to hit anything from the perimeter. Neither mustered a bucket in the opening four minutes until Clinton Springer-Williams knocked down an eight-foot jumper off a long rebound. But Thomas Scrubb added a layup on a nifty inbounds play and an acrobatic runout bucket on a feed from brother Philip as Carleton exploded to a 47-26 lead, while holding the Bears without a field goal for an astonishing eight-and-one-half minutes of play. It was Gueye who finally stemmed the hemorrhaging with an old-fashioned three-point play before the brothers Scrubb each hit jumpers to give Carleton a 52-29 edge heading into the final frame. Although the Golden Bears finally got on track with a 10-3 run to open the quarter, the final outcome was never in doubt. Ravens coach Dave Smart attributed the second half turnaround to shaking out the jitters. “Part of it was that offensively we were a little calmer and we did some better things and we didn’t give up any breakouts and we got to play five-on-five defensively.” The dominant boardwork followed, Smart added. “If you do a good job defensively and don’t get broken down too much off the dribble, it’s easier to rebound.” Golden Bears coach Barnaby Craddock said his troops level of play was inexplicable. “We’re disappointed with the performance we put out. We would’ve liked to give them a better game. We didn’t produce tonight on the big stage. It doesn’t define us, tonight’s performance.” Tyson Hinz noted “the third quarter was probably one of our best defensive quarters. Defence wins championships. Our coaches always preach it.” Smart said “I think in the third quarter Phil played a lot more comfortably. They’re good players and we got them in space and they made some good decisions.” Thomas Scrubb was chosen player of the game for the Ravens, while Mamadou Gueye earned the laurels for the Golden Bears. Thomas Scrubb paced the Ravens with 22 on 8-15 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Philip Scrubb added 21 on 5-14 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 8-9 from the line, 4 boards and 6 assists. Tyson Hinz added 13 on 6-13 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 10 boards and 6 assists. Connor Wood notched 12 on 4-6 from the arc and 4 boards. Clinton Springer-Williams added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 4 boards. Jean-Emmanuel Jean-Pierre added 4 on 1-1 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Gavin Resch added 2 on 2-2 from the line, while Kevin Churchill, Cameron Smythe, Brody Maracle, Guillaume Payen-Boucard and Victor Raso were scoreless. Churchill nabbed 8 boards and dished 4 assists. Raso nabbed 2 boards. The Ravens hit 26-60 (.433) from the floor, 11-31 (.355) from the arc and 16-20 (.800) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 11 turnovers and 19 fouls. Joel Friesen paced the Golden Bears with 15 on 4-11 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Mamadou Gueye added 12 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-7 from the line and 4 boards. Jordan Baker notched 9 on 3-10 from the floor, 3-6 from the line, 6 boards and 4 blocks. Czar Robotham added 6 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 4 assists. Kenneth Otieno notched 4 on 2-6 from the floor and 0-3 from the arc. Sahr Saffa added 3 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Robert Dewar added 2 on 1-5 from the floor and 5 boards. Youssef Ouahrig added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 steals. Todd Bergen-Henengouwen added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. The Golden Bears hit 20-63 (.317) from the floor, 4-21 (.190) from the arc and 1-20 (.550) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 9 steals, 4 blocks, 9 turnovers and 20 fouls.

        Suffice it to say, the state of Ottawa basketball was never better. The top-seeded uOttawa Gee-Gees made it an all-national capital final and a reprise of fierce rivalry otherwise known as the Canal War in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s basketball title match. The top-seeded uOttawa Gee-Gees upheld their end of the bargain by prevailing 78-70 over the 4th-seeded Victoria Vikes in a thriller by getting impressive contributions across the roster, including tough, in-your-face buckets from Johnny Berhanemeskel down the stretch, physical answers in the paint from post Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue, often impeccable decision-making from point guard Mike L’Africain and an absolutely monstrous defensive and rebounding effort from swingman Caleb Agada. “We kept our composure,” and were determined to avoid the sort of collapse that plagued the Gee-Gees in last year’s national semis (a 66-62 loss to Lakehead), said L’Africain. “Every huddle, we were saying, remember last year, remember last year, stay together, stay together. We got the ball to the right spots at the right time.” Last year’s loss was definitely a motivator, Berhanemeskel said. “It was haunting us. It was hard to get through 365 days, waking up every morning thinking about that. It was such a motivating factor last summer and working hard every single day and our guys remembered that feeling and we didn’t want to miss this opportunity. You don’t know how many times you’ll get a chance like this.” Gonthier-Dubue said the Gee-Gees left their hearts on the floor, while Agada said every Gee-Gee was focused on making the national final by making any manner of contribution, whether it was “defence, boards. We have enough scoring, just the little things.” The Gee-Gees quickly lowered the boom, exploding for 17 unanswered points after spotting the Vikes an early 4-3 lead. The dramatic run, ignited by terrific feeds from L’Africain and Agada to create buckets in the blocks for Gonthier-Dubue, also featured a pair of treys from Berhanemeskel, and another from Moe Ismail. Victoria responded with a 7-0 run, including a trey and a post-up from Chris McLaughlin but the Gee-Gees kept finding Gonthier-Dubue in the blocks, pushing the tempo and breaking the Vikes down off the dribble as they extended their lead to 19, prompting the uOttawa faithful to commence chanting “over-rated, over-rated.” A trifle prematurely, as another late mini-rally by the Vikings, including a trey by John Woldu and driving layup by Terrell Evans, trimmed the margin to 41-29 at the half. Evans opened the second half with a 10-foot runner. But the active hands of Agada forced two turnovers, leading to a L’Africain lob to Gonthier-Dubue for a slam, and a runout layup from L’Africain, as the Gee-Gees rebuilt their lead to 16. Ryan Erickson countered with a baby hook, Evans a runout layup off a Gee-Gee ballhandling miscue, McLaughlin a post-up bucket in the blocks, Marcus Tibbs an offensive tip-in, Evans a pair of free throws (on a technical against Berhanemeskel), and McLaughlin a baby hook, as suddenly, in the span of roughly two minutes, the Vikes were back within four. L’Africain found Terry Thomas and Gonthier-Dubue for layups but Tibbs drained a trey and Evans a pull-up jumper to trim the margin to 51-48. L’Africain and Ismail, though, each calmly drilled a pair of free throws to give uOttawa a 55-50 lead after three quarters. Tibbs nailed another trey to trim the margin to two but unlike the 2013 national semis, the Gee-Gees didn’t panic or fold their cards. Gonthier-Dubue posted up for another bucket, Berhanemeskel hit a fadeaway 18-footer, Gonthier-Dubue took a charge from McLaughlin and then Thomas knifed along the baseline for a layup as the Gee-Gees rebuilt their lead to 10. Reiner Thiel quickly countered with a pair of treys but again Berhanemeskel stepped up, draining another fadeaway 18-footer to give the Gee-Gees a 65-59 lead with 3:28 to play. An inbounds lob to McLaughlin in the paint for a layup sets the crowd on edge but Berhanemeskel drilled a trey, ripped down an enormous defensive board and then nailed a 15-footer with a hand in his face to give Ottawa a 70-61 edge. It proved just enough. Although Tibbs countered with a trey, Mehdi Tihani tipped in a weak-side rebound, Agada ripped down an enormous offensive board and later hit a layup on a threaded feed from Thomas as the Gee-Gees withstood the final furious Vikes charge. Gee-Gees coach James Derouin was elated that his troops kept their poise in the face of an outstanding effort from the Vikes. “They’re fantastic defensively. We took 19 threes. I can’t remember the last time we took under 20 threes, probably a Carleton game. That’s just a testament that we weren’t getting any open looks. They lulled us to sleep with their defence. We fell for it, a lot of isolation game, too much standing around. But in the fourth quarter, we got the ball moving from side to side, got Caleb involved, got all our depth involved. … We got some great decisions from Mike and big shots from Johnny.” Vikes coach Craig Beaucamp said his troops may have dug themselves too big of an early hole. “But the guys kept battling and found ways to get some stops and kind of manufacture some points. I was obviously proud of that. But against a great team like Ottawa, it’s tough to play perfect down the stretch and get every stop. They’ve got some guys who can make some plays and they have some guys who hit some big shots at key points. … I thought as the game went and Chris got his feet under him, he got better. … They have a lot of different weapons. The biggest thing is they shoot the ball so well, so you’re spread out all over the floor.” Berhanemeskel said “everyone sacrificed so much for this season and we want to make it count and we eventually made it happen in the fourth. We wish it could’ve happened sooner, but that’s national basketball for you.” The Gee-Gees led 23-11, 41-29 and 55-50 at the quarters. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue was chosen player of the game for the Gee-Gees, while Chris McLaughlin earned the laurels for the Vikes. Johnny Berhanemeskel paced the Gee-Gees with 24 on 8-16 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 5-9 from the line, 8 boards and 4 assists. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue added 15 on 6-14 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Caleb Agada added 12 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 10 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Terry Thomas added 10 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 5 boards. Moe Ismail added 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Mike L’Africain notched 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 6 assists. Mehdi Tihani notched 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Vikas Gill scored 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 1-2 from the line, while Ryan Evans, Jeff Plunkett and Matt Plunkett were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 26-60 (.433) from the floor, 7-19 (.368) from the arc and 19-27 (.704) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 4 steals, 5 blocks, 12 turnovers and 12 fouls. Chris McLaughlin paced the Vikes with 19 on 9-15 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 10 boards and 3 assists. Terrell Evans added 19 on 8-24 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 7 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Marcus Tibbs added 15 on 6-12 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 5 boards and 5 assists. Reiner Theil notched 10 on 4-8 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 3 boards. John Woldu added 3 on 1-2 from the arc, Kyle Peterson 2, along with 2 assists, and Ryan Erickson 2, along with 2 blocks, while Mack Roth, Jordan Charles, Patrick Pilato and Dominic Ohl were scoreless. Roth nabbed 2 boards. The Vikes hit 29-71 (.408) from the floor, 7-21 from the arc and 5-8 (.625) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 11 turnovers and 24 fouls.

        It’s often the case that bronze medal matches become grind-it-out wins as one or the other of the combatants struggles to contain their disappointment over semi-final losses. The flat and often-lustreless battle for the third-place hardware proved no exception as the third-seeded Alberta Golden Bears generated just enough energy to survive the fourth-seeded Victoria Vikings 61-53. Guard Joel Friesen said the Bears were playing for pride and were fortunate to get off to a good start. “They’re a good defensive team, so we needed to hit them when we had the opportunity, which was early out of the gates. We didn’t play as good as we could’ve this whole tournament, especially against Carleton [in the semis] and we wanted to put out a better performance this morning. We came out with a win for our fifth-year guys.” It was all Robert Dewar inside early as the Golden Bears broke to 8-3 lead, with all their buckets, as well as a forced turnover and two boards, coming from the 6-11 post. With the Vikes unable to muster another field goal for the next nine minutes, Alberta extended its lead to 25-4 on treys by Friesen and Lyndon Annetts and mid-range jumpers from Mamadou Gueye, Todd Bergen-Henengouwen and Jordan Baker. It wasn’t until a minute into the second quarter, when reserve Jordan Charles drained a corner trey, that the Vikes accomplished the task and got their offence vaguely on track. But only a late 7-0 spurt from guard Terrell Evans kept them vaguely within reach of the Bears, 40-21, at the half. Evans and post Chris McLaughlin engineered a late 14-3 run down the stretch as the Vikes closed to within 59-51 with a minute to play but by then, their hopes of avenging an 82-77 loss to the Golden Bears in the Canada West championships had long since dissipated. Bergen-Henengouwen buried them completely by taking a charge and Baker iced it with a pair from the line. “I don’t think either team was excited about playing, with the time change and in the bronze medal game,” said Alberta coach Barnaby Craddock. “Nice result for the graduating fifth-year guys to end on a win. We didn’t want to be defined by our performance in the semi-final game. It’s nice for the guys to end with a bit of a better taste in their mouths.” Vikes coach Craig Beaucamp said it was difficult for his troops to play so early in the morning after not getting off the floor a night earlier until nearly 11 p.m. “With the time change and losing that game last night, we knew it was going to be tough today. I thought the guys battled hard. … They needed to decide how they wanted to finish their year. They needed to decide as a group how they wanted to finish and have their legacy remembered as a group.” Joel Friesen was chosen player of the game for the Golden Bears while Terrell Evans earned the laurels for the Vikings. Jordan Baker paced the Golden Bears with 16 on 5-13 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 8 boards and 3 steals. Robert Dewar added 8 on 3-10 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 5 boards. Joel Friesen added 8 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Youssef Ouahrig added 7 on 3-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 6 boards and 3 assists. Mamadou Gueye notched 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Czar Robotham added 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Todd Bergen-Henengouwen added 3 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Lyndon Annetts added 3, Sahr Saffa 2 and Rav Dhaliwal 2, along with 2 boards, while Tommy Watson was scoreless. The Golden Bears hit 19-56 (.339) from the floor, 6-21 (.286) from the arc and 17-21 (.810) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 6 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers and 14 fouls. Terrell Evans paced the Vikings with 18 on 8-19 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 16 boards and 2 steals. Chris McLaughlin added 13 on 5-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 5 boards. Marcus Tibbs added 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 4 assists. Ryan Erikson added 4 on 1-1 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 2 boards. Jordan Charles added 3 on 1-10 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc and 2 boards. Reiner Theil added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 4 boards. John Woldu added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Mack Roth added 2, while Patrick Pilato and Dominic Ohl were scoreless. Pilato nabbed 3 boards. The Vikes hit 21-65 (.323) from the floor, 6-20 (.300) from the arc and 5-10 from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 8 steals, 13 turnovers and 22 fouls. The Vikes (coached by Craig Beaucamp, assisted by Craig Behan, Phil Ohl and Chris Franklin) also included Ted Neilson, Kyle Peterson, Junior Sesay and Mathew Hampton.

        If the Carleton Ravens could copyright their formula for winning Canadian Interuniversity Sports men’s basketball titles, they’d make an utter fortune off the rights. The Ravens captured their record tenth national crown in 12 years, magnifying the pleasure by defeating their bitter archrivals, the uOttawa Gee-Gees, in the Canal War of all Canal Wars, in which plays are dissected and savoured for years, and spun out into legends and life-long animosities. The Ravens dusted the Gee-Gees 79-67 in the CIS’s 52nd annual title bout as tournament MVP Tyson Hinz blistered the nets for a tournament-high 30 in his final game for the red & black. Just another year at the office? “Too bad it’s the last one,” said Hinz. “Last year or not, last game or not, I just wanted to win. Ottawa U.’s a good team. Give them credit. That’s by far the best team I’ve played in my five years here. And they beat us last weekend. It’s pretty easy to get motivated after a loss.” Fellow graduating senior Kevin Churchill said “this one feels pretty amazing, especially after the loss. We had a crazy week of practice and we just played our hearts out tonight.” Thomas Scrubb noted that “this one feels a bit different than the other ones, especially being against Ottawa. We just really wanted to finish off the season strong and we did that. Last week, we didn’t play our game. We kind of played soft and tentative. This game was tight the whole time and we didn’t want to let up, or let the lead slip again, so we just kept coming and kind of wore them down.” Brother Phillip Scrubb said the difference “was Tyson. He really won this game for us. He carried our team. And same with Tommy. And just rebounding and defence.” As always when the two teams meet, they rolled out the ball and just got after one another. The tone was established early when Philip Scrubb hit a banked trey, and Gee-Gee Johnny Berhanemeskel a 26-foot prayer, both against expiring shot clocks. Neither gave quarter on the defensive boards. Both packed the paint, forcing each other to the perimeter, making every bucket one bought with blood.  It was 16-14 after the opening quarter, in which the Ravens caught a late break when Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue was whistled for his second foul. Berhanemeskel and Terry Thomas drilled treys and Mike L’Africain found Caleb Agada on a transition runout as the Gee-Gees exploded with an 8-0 run to start the second quarter. Hinz countered with a trey on which the Ravens caught another break with a simultaneous foul call, which led to another possession, and a Thomas Scrubb trey, which knotted the score at 22. L’Africain and Thomas Scrubb traded treys but then Hinz took command, twice posting-up in the paint, notching a putback rebound and draining four free throws as Carleton built a slim lead. Thomas, though, answered with a trey and an eight-foot runner to knot the score at 35 before the Ravens closed out the half with a Thomas Scrubb putback. The extraordinarily high level of play continued into the second half. Phillip Scrubb notched a pair of free throws, an eight-foot runner and a trey, while blocking a shot as Carleton inched ahead 46-40. L’Africain answered with a trey but Thomas Scrubb tipped in a bucket and soon added a pair of free throws, as did Hinz, to give the Ravens a double-digit lead at 54-43. Vikas Gill answered with a trey and an old-fashioned three-point play off a weak-side rebound but Hinz drew a charge and then nailed a fadeaway 15-footer to settle the Raven nerves. Still, the Gee-Gees wouldn’t quit. Berhanemeskel notched another old-fashioned three-point play, and then a pair of free throws to rally uOttawa within 58-54. But Hinz countered with a pair of buckets on inside feeds, and then a pair of driving layups, as the Ravens rebuilt their lead to an insurmountable 74-62. Berhanemeskel said the Gee-Gees missed a chance to create some separation in the first half. “We fought the whole game but a couple bounces, a couple rebounds, hurt us down the stretch.” Ravens coach Dave Smart said his troops played more efficient team defence than during the OUA final. “We just tried to change how we approach the defensive end, in terms of intensity, staying intense for 40 minutes instead of doing it in spurts. … And our team did a much better job of making (Berhanemeskel) see bodies and when you see bodies, you got to get making shots earlier and then you have to start changing up what you do in terms of attacking.” Gee-Gees coach James Derouin noted that Gonthier-Dubue “lost his rhythm” after getting in early foul trouble, while “we didn’t’ get a break tonight, whether that was a bounce or a call or just a shot to go down when we needed it. Now any coach or Dad will tell you that you make your own luck or your own breaks and Carleton works their tails off to get those breaks. But there was definitely a stretch there where I felt like everything seemed to be going their way. Every rebound seemed to land right where they were standing. … Their interior defence was fantastic. To challenge that many shots and get that few calls, is impressive. … The guys played their hearts out. They should be very, very proud. Last year we set a new team standard with CIS bronze, and this year we improved to silver. It’s still not the colour we want but we’re heading in the right direction. You can’t say enough about Carleton. They keep setting the bar higher. Hats off to them, they deserve all the accolades.” Tyson Hinz was chosen player of the game for the Ravens, while Caleb Agada earned the laurels for the Gee-Gees. Carleton finished (33-1) against Canadian competition on the season. Tyson Hinz paced the Ravens with 30 on 10-15 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 9-11 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists. Thomas Scrubb added 20 on 7-19 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Philip Scrubb added 16 on 3-14 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Victor Raso added 9 on 3-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Kevin Churchill added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 7 boards and 2 assists. Jean-Emmanuel Jean-Pierre added 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 3 boards, while Clinton Springer-Williams, Connor Wood and Gavin Resch wee scoreless. Springer-Williams nabbed 2 boards. The Ravens hit 25-59 (.424) from the floor, 8-23 (.348) from the arc and 21-25 (.840) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 5 steals, 5 blocks, 14 turnovers and 16 fouls. Johnny Berhanemeskel paced the Gee-Gees with 19 on 6-17 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 3 boards and 5 assists. Caleb Agada added 15 on 6-10 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc and 5 boards. Terry Thomas notched 14 on 5-14 from the floor, 3-12 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Vikas Gill added 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 2 boards. Mike L’Africain added 6 on 2-8 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards and 5 assists. Mehdi Tihani added 3 on 1-4 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue added 2 on 1-6 from the floor and 2 assists, while Ryan Evans, Jeff Plunkett and Moe Ismail were scoreless. Ismail nabbed 2 boards. The Gee-Gees hit 23-65 (.354) from the floor, 11-38 (.351) from the arc and 8-11 (.727) from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 4 steals, 12 turnovers and 21 fouls.

        The all-tournament team featured MVP Tyson Hinz (Carleton); Thomas Scrubb (Carleton); Johnny Berhanemeskel (Ottawa); Terry Thomas (Ottawa); and Jordan Baker (Alberta)

The bronze medalist Alberta Golden Bears: Ethan Dixon; Lyndon Annetts; Mamadou Gueye; Youssef Ouahrig; Kenneth Otieno; Joel Friesen; Rob Dewar; Jordan Baker; Czar Robotham; Sahr Saffa; Tommy Watson; Rav Dhaliwal; Taylor Riar; Todd Bergen-Henengouwen; Brett Roughead; coach Barnaby Craddock; assistant Jon Verhesen; assistant Nick Maglisceau; assistant Kent Johnson; assistant Curtis Smit; therapist Dr. Joan Matthews-White; therapist Danielle Boehres; therapist Kevin Corus; fitness coach Michael Cook; manager Paarus Sahi; athletic director Ian Reade; SID Matt Gutsch

The silver medalist Ottawa Gee-Gees: Caleb Agada; Johnny Berhanemeskel; Ryan Evans; Vikas Gill; Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue; Jordan Grant; Moe Ismail; Nick Jordan; Mike L’Africain; Matt Nelson; Matt Plunkett; Jeff Plunkett; Terry Thomas; Mehdi Tihani; Zachary Traer; coach James Derouin; assistant Justin Serresse; assistant Clarence Porter; assistant Kris Dale; assistant Patrick Betu; assistant Nick Nishikawa

        The gold medalist Carleton Ravens: The runner-up Carleton Ravens: Kevin Churchill; Tyson Hinz; Brody Maracle; Josh Millar; Guillaume Payen-Boucard; Cole Penman; Jean-Emmanuel Pierre-Charles; Victor Raso; Gavin Resch; Philip Scrubb; Thomas Scrubb; Cameron Smythe; Clinton Springer-Williams; Brett Stockton; Connor Wood; coach Dave Smart; assistant Rob Smart Jr.; assistant Manny Furtado; assistant Dean Petridis; assistant Richard Anderson; assistant Aaron Blakely; Aaron Blakely; strength & conditioning Andy Stewart; manager Greg McManus; nutritionist Harinder Ghuman; therapist Bruce Marshall; athletic director Jennifer Brenning; SID