| (1) | Carleton | 90 | ||||||
| (8) | Saskatchewan | 50 | Carleton | 83 | ||||
| (4) | Victoria | 57 | Victoria | 74 | Carleton | 93 | ||
| (5) | Dalhousie | 56 | ||||||
| —–CARLETON | ||||||||
| (2) | Windsor | 68 | ||||||
| (7) | Ryerson | 82 | Ryerson | 75 | Ottawa | 46 | ||
| (3) | Ottawa | 91 | Ottawa | 84 | ||||
| (6) | Bishop’s | 85 |
SEEDING
1. Carleton Ravens (OUA champions: 17-2 regular season / 3-0 playoffs, 26-2 v CIS)
2. Windsor Lancers (OUA finalists: 15-5 regular season / 3-1 playoffs, 24-6 v CIS)
3. Ottawa Gee-Gees (OUA bronze medalists: 18-1 regular season / 2-1 playoffs, 29-2 v CIS)
4. Victoria Vikes (CWUAA champions: 15-5 regular season / 4-0 playoffs, 23-8 v CIS)
5. Dalhousie Tigers (AUS champions: 10-10 regular season / 3-0 playoffs, 13-14 v CIS)
6. Bishop’s Gaiters (RSEQ champions: 8-8 regular season / 2-0 playoffs, 10-15 v CIS)
7. Ryerson Rams (OUA 4th place: 17-2 regular season / 1-2 playoffs, 26-4 v CIS)
8. Saskatchewan Huskies (CWUAA finalists: 15-5 regular season / 3-2 playoffs, 23-9 v CIS)
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded Carleton Ravens bombed the 8th-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies 90-50 after leading 28-10, 48-18 and 72-39 at the quarters. The Ravens dominated from the start, opening with a 20-8 run and never looking back. “I think we did some good things defensively in the first half that really helped calm us down,” Ravens coach Dave Smart told CIS. “We were fortunate that the game plan in terms of what we wanted to do worked out. … Our help defence was good and we forced (Dadrian) Collins out of the game which made a big difference in their ability to score on a consistent basis.” Collins found himself in early foul trouble. “They were simply the better team out there,” said Saskatchewan coach Barry Rawlyk. “They’ve built such a good program. Their preparation is outstanding, and not just for this championship, year-round, from day one of the season.” Philip Scrubb told Canadian Press that “I just felt pretty confident in my shot. I started hitting my shots early. If you’re making them, you keep taking them. That’s not something we’re going to rely on for any game. We like to stick to our defensive fundamentals. Obviously, it went well today. But we can’t expect something like that from any guy on any given night.” Smart told goRavens.com that “the fact that we let our guys get open looks from the 3-point line. It makes things easier for us when we can open up the floor a little bit.” Huskies guard Ben Baker told CP that “they just have so many ways that they can hurt you. You kind of start to focus in on one area and then they start hurting you in another and I think that’s the way they are built, they are not built on one or two guys, that’s a whole team. As soon as you start giving a little leeway in one direction, they kind of burn you the other way.” Swingman Victor Raso told the Ottawa Sun that “when Phil is shooting the ball like that, he makes it easy. We still have to do the same things defensively and rebounding wise. But if he’s making tough shots, he’s pretty good.” Philip Scrubb was chosen player of the game for the Ravens, while Matthew Forbes earned the laurels for the Huskies. Philip Scrubb paced the Ravens with 31 on 11-17 from the floor, 6-8 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Thomas Scrubb added 18 on 8-14 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 9 boards. Connor Wood scored 11 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Victor Raso notched 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Gavin Resch added 6 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 4 boards and 3 assists. Cameron Smythe scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 3 boards and 2 assists. Guillaume Boucard added 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Jean-Emmanuel Pierre-Charles notched 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 2 assists, while Sheldon McIntosh, Mitchell Wood and Mitchell Jackson were scoreless. The Ravens hit 36-66 (.545) from the floor, 13-23 (.565) from the arc and 5-8 (.625) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 9 turnovers and 14 fouls. Matthew Forbes paced the Huskies with 14 on 5-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-5 from the line and 7 boards. Ben Baker added 11 on 4-8 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 7 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals. Mike Scott notched 7 on 3-14 from the floor and 1-9 from the arc. Evan Ostertag added 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 2 boards. Connor Burns notched 5 on 1-6 from the floor, 3-6 from the line and 3 boards. Dadrian Collins scored 3 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 2 boards. Trevor Severinski scored 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Joe Barker added 2, while Andrew Henry, Alex Unruh and Jonathan Karwacki were scoreless. The Huskies hit 17-59 (.288) from the floor, 5-25 (.200) from the arc and 11-18 (.611) from the line, while garnering 24 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 15 turnovers and 12 fouls. The Huskies (coach Barry Rawlyk; assistant Chad Jacobson; assistant Dan Dewar; strength & conditioning Jordan Harbidge; student trainer Jaelyse Gorgchuck; student trainer Logan Senchuk; athletic director Basil Hughton; SID Nicole Betker) also included Jonathan Halvorson, Reid Thuringer, Mack Burns and Shane Osayande.
The 3rd-seeded uOttawa Gee-Gees edged the 6th-seeded Bishop’s Gaiters 91-85 in overtime. The Gee-Gees led 19-11 after one quarter. But the Gaiters capitalized on a 24-3 run to take a 35-28 lead at the half. They led 51-46 after three quarters as Mike Andrews notched a tip-in at the buzzer. The score was knotted at 76 after regulation after Caleb Agada hit a pair of free throws with 10 seconds to play. The Gee-Gees took a 9-point lead in overtime but Jona Bermillo notched a trey and Mike Andrews a putback to trim the margin to four but the Gee-Gees notched their free throws down the stretch. “I think there’s an angel watching over our team or something cause at times they deserved that win,” national player of the year Johnny Berhanemeskel told CIS. “I mean it’s basketball and sometimes it doesn’t always work like that but we got to squeeze out a win and get another chance on Saturday so we’ll just take it and run with it.” Gee-Gees coach James Derouin said “if I was being honest, I would say that they probably deserved to win this one based on this stat sheet. You got fourth- and fifth-year guys that just don’t want to stop playing. They willed it. I can’t look at this (stat sheet), I would never guys if I looked at this that we won the game based on the stat sheet.” Bishop’s coach Rod Gilpin called the loss “pretty devastating. I thought we played very hard the whole game. I think we definitely believed we could win.” Johnny Berhanemeskel was chosen player of the game for the Gee-Gees, while Jona Bermillo earned the laurels for the Gaiters. Caleb Agada paced the Gee-Gees with 22 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 11-14 from the line, 9 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Johnny Berhanemeskel added 19 on 7-16 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 6 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Mike L’Africain notched 17 on 5-13 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 5-9 from the line, 3 boards and 7 assists. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue added 13 on 6-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the line, 2 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Vikas Gill added 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Mehdi Tihani notched 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Matt Plunkett added 2 on 0-3 from the arc and 2-3 from the line. Noel Jones scored 2, while Mackenzie Morrison, Brandon Robinson, Alex Ratte and Moe Ismail were scoreless. Ratte nabbed 3 boards. The Gee-Gees hit 29-68 (.426) from the floor, 8-33 (.242) from the arc and 25-40 (.625) from the line, while garnering 34 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 12 steals, 1 block, 14 turnovers and 17 fouls. Jona Bermillo paced the Gaiters with 23 on 8-18 from the floor, 6-10 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 7 boards. Mike Andrews added 17 on 6-12 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 18 boards, 3 assists and 4 blocks. Karim Sy-Morrissette notched 12 on 5-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 3 boards. Majid Naji added 10 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. Kyle Desmarais scored 5 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Jonathan Kabongo added 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 assists. Patrick Kabongo scored 4 on 2-3 from the floor. David Belanger added 4 on 2-2 from the floor. Jamil Abiad notched 3 on 1-1 from the arc and 2 boards, while Matt McLean scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. The Gaiters hit 33-71 (.465) from the floor, 10-21 (.476) from the arc and 9-13 (.692) from the line, while garnering 53 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 4 steals, 5 blocks, 28 turnovers and 28 fouls. The Gaiters (coach Rod Gilpin, associate Craig Norman, assistant Steve Dunn, assistant Dan Pfliger, student assistant Caleb Page, athletic director Jean-Benoit Jubinville, SID Marty Rourke) also included Kurt Caro, Mathew van Doorn, Nikola Jovicic and Ryan Bradley.
The 7th-seeded host Ryerson Rams clocked the 2nd-seeded Windsor Lancers 82-68 after leading 19-10, 42-31 and 65-44 at the quarters. The Rams capitalized on an 11-2 run, including three buckets by Jahmal Jones, late in the first quarter to take command. The home crowd was an advantage, Jones told CIS. “We feed off of it, that’s what helped spark our run,” said Jones, adding that it was a physical affair. “It was a draining game, it’s the most tired I’ve felt in a little while.” Rams coach Roy Rana said “it was kind of a sloppy game in many ways, both teams were a little bit tight but I thought we toughed it out.” Jones told the Globe & Mail that “we needed this one to get that monkey off our back.” Windsor coach Chris Oliver told CIS that “we just got off to such an unconfident start. We needed to be better from the beginning and it just snowballs from there and I thought we had moments where obviously we were getting better and back into a flow but we just weren’t getting consistent scoring from anyone.” Adika Peter-McNeilly was chosen player of the game for the Rams, while Khalid Abdel-Gabar earned the laurels for the Lancers. Jahmal Jones paced the Rams with 20 on 9-20 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 4 boards, 5 assists and 5 steals. Adika Peter-McNeilly added 19 on 7-12 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 10 boards. Aaron Best scored 10 on 3-13 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 6 boards. Bjorn Michaelsen notched 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Kadeem Green scored 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Jordon Gauthier scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 9 boards. Jean-Victor Mukama added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Ostap Choliy scored 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Adam Voll added 2, along with 2 boards, while Juwon Grannum was scoreless. The Rams hit 32-70 (.457) from the floor, 5-19 (.263) from the arc and 13-18 (.722) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 12 steals, 4 blocks, 16 turnovers and 19 fouls. Khalid Abdel-Gabar paced the Lancers with 20 on 9-15 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 4 assists. Alex Campbell added 17 on 6-17 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Rotimi Osuntola Jr added 14 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Bradford Parker scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Evan Matthews scored 5 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Mitch Farrell notched 4 on 2-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Mike Rocca added 2, while Marko Kovac and Tyler Persaud were scoreless. The Lancers hit 26-71 (.366) from the floor, 6-19 (.316) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 7 steals, 4 blocks, 18 turnovers and 20 fouls. The Lancers (coach Chris Oliver; assistant Barry Amlin; assistant Larry Loebach; assistant Greg Allin; assistant Kevin Kloostra; athletic director Mike Havey; SID Elissa Mitton) also included Viktor Jankowski, Kahame Msiska, Elikplim Kugbeadzor, Stefan Tosic and Kanneil Brown.
In the last quarterfinal, the 4th-seeded Victoria Vikes nipped the 5th-seeded Dalhousie Tigers 57-56 as post Chris McLaughlin nailed two free throws with six seconds to play. “Clarity,” McLaughlin told CIS, when asked what was going through his mind. “Quiet the noise and they are just two shots. Just keep them as simple as possible.” The Tigers broke to a 9-2 lead but the Vikes rallied within 15-11 after one quarter. Dalhousie extended its lead to 10 in the second quarter but a late Vikes rally trimmed the margin to 38-34 at the half. The Vikes ripped off a 10-0 run to take the lead in the third quarter and clung to a 46-42 lead after three quarters. Both teams struggled to score as Victoria slowly took a 53-47 lead but the Tigers clawed back and took lead with 27 seconds to play on a Kashrell Lawrence jumper. McLaughlin then hit the winning free throws and held on for the win after Lawrence missed a long trey at the buzzer. “Full credit to them, in every sense of the word they were a tiger,” Victoria coach Craig Beaucamp told CIS. “They had us by the tail for most of the night… they made it tough on everything. We knew this matchup, once people looked at it, thought ‘maybe it’s a mismatch’ but we knew all along what we were going to face tonight and we saw it all.” Tigers coach Rick Plato said “I’m so proud of my guys. They left it all on the floor. If anything, we proved that we belong. This said, you can’t win a national quarter-final shooting 6-of-17 from the free throw line. They made their free throws, we didn’t.” McLaughlin told goVikes that the squad had been trying to figure out how to get “that first punch in and being strong off the get-go and we were trying to focus on that but they came out strong and we knew we had to answer.” Beaucamp said “we were a bit of a sideshow offensively thanks to Dalhousie but the thing that kept us in the game was rebounds and stops and when the game was on the line at the end we got a key stop.” Grant Sitton was chosen player of the game for the Vikes, while Sven Stammberger earned the laurels for the Tigers. Grant Sitton paced the Vikes with 19 on 7-10 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Marcus Tibbs added 16 on 7-15 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 2 boards and 6 assists. Chris McLaughlin notched 10 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 11 boards. Hayden Lejeune scored 6 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Jordan Charles added 3 on 1-9 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 3 boards. Reiner Theil scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 7 boards, while Mack Roth, Junior Sesay and Patrick Pilato were scoreless. The Vikes hit 22-55 (.400) from the floor, 5-23 (.217) from the arc and 8-9 (.889) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 17 turnovers and 16 fouls. Kashrell Lawrence paced the Tigers with 21 on 9-22 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-9 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Sven Stammberger added 14 on 6-14 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Jarred Reid added 8 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 8 boards and 2 assists. Cedric Sanogo scored 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Ritchie Kanza-Mata added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 2 boards and 5 assists. Adam Karmali added 2 and Kevin Duong 2, while John Traboulsi, Sean Dodds and Maurice Colley were scoreless. Traboulsi and Dodds each nabbed 2 boards. The Tigers hit 24-69 (.348) from the floor, 2-11 (.182) from the arc and 6-17 (.353) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 7 steals, 2 blocks, 13 turnovers and 14 fouls. The Tigers (coach Rick Plato, assistant Anton Berry, assistant Chad Wadden, assistant Mark Clarke, manager Andrea Plato, athletic director Tim Maloney, SID Angela Barrett-Jewers) also included Ross Crichton, Justin Bhangoo, Jonathan Kamba, Devon Stedman and Michael Fraser.
In the semis, the 2nd-seeded uOttawa Gee-Gees dispatched the 3rd-seeded Ryerson Rams 84-75 as player of the game Vikas Gill notched six treys. The Gee-Gees led 25-22 after one quarter but Ryerson elevated its defence in the second frame, drawing back-to-back charges and taking a 27-26 lead on an Adika Peter-McNeilly floater. The Rams extended their margin to 45-36 at the half. But the tide seemed to turn when Aaron Best missed a dunk and the Gee-Gees transitioned the miss into a Gill trey. “We were struggling on offence in the first half and just needed some kind of lift,” Gill told CIS. “We got lucky, Best is very athletic and he just missed the dunk which gave us transition numbers which was huge. It gave us the momentum we needed and quieted the crowd down a little.” Led by Gill’s treys, the Gee-Gees took a 61-57 lead after three quarters. The Rams battled back and knotted the score at 67 on a Peter-McNeilly trey. But he then picked up his fifth foul and the Rams offence began to sputter. Ottawa notched a 5-0 run to take a 76-69 lead with a minute to play and sealed the victory at the line to nullify a pair of Rams three-pointers. “It’s an emotional time,” Ryerson coach Roy Rana said. “I feel for our guys… I wish it could have been a different result but that’s sports. Sometimes there’s great glory and sometimes it’s great heartbreak. For us tonight it’s heartbreak… but we’re going to try and chase bronze tomorrow.” Jean-Viktor Mukama was chosen player of the game for the Rams. Johnny Berhanemeskel paced the Gee-Gees with 20 on 5-14 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 9-11 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists. Vikas Gill added 18 on 6-11 from the floor, 5-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Mike L’Africain notched 13 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 6-10 from the line and 3 assists. Caleb Agada scored 10 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 8 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Mehdi Tihani added 10 on 4-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue notched 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-6 from the line, 7 boards and 5 assists. Matt Plunkett scored 6 on 2-3 from the arc and 2 assists, while Alex Ratte, Moe Ismail and Noel Jones were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 26-56 (.464) from the floor, 10-26 (.385) from the arc and 22-37 (.595) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 7 steals, 1 block, 10 turnovers and 19 fouls. Adika Peter-McNeilly paced the Rams with 17 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 3-6 from the line and 4 boards. Jordon Gauthier added 14 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Aaron Best added 12 on 3-13 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 9 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Jean-Viktor Mukama scored 12 on 5-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 7 boards and 3 assists. Juwon Grannum notched 8 on 3-4 from the floor and 2-2 from the arc. Bjorn Michaelsen added 6 on 3-9 from the floor and 3 boards. Kadeem Green scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 5 boards. Jahmal Jones notched 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 3 boards and 7 assists, while Ostap Choliy, Filip Vujadinovic and Adam Voll were scoreless. The Rams hit 28-70 (.400) from the floor, 8-26 (.308) from the arc and 11-15 (.733) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 6 steals, 2 blocks, 13 turnovers and 27 fouls.
In the other semi, the top-seeded Carleton Ravens defeated the 4th-seeded Victoria Vikes 83-74 after leading 27-15, 38-32 and 67-50 at the quarters. Philip Scrubb dominated the floor while notching a triple-double and earning player of the game honours for the Ravens. The Ravens led by as many as 27 after ripping off an 8-0 run in the third quarter. The Vikes rallied against the Ravens reserves, clawing within 11 on a 6-0 run in the fourth quarter. But Connor Wood drained a trey to quell the tide and the Ravens coasted to the win. “We didn’t play well enough in the second half and if we play like that tomorrow we’re likely going to lose,” said Philip Scrubb. “We’ve got a lot of things to work on and each individual guy knows what they have to do.” Victoria coach Craig Beaucamp said “we got out to a slow start. The one thing Carleton does better than any other team in the country is they come out of the gate running. Like good teams do, when you make mistakes they make you pay for it.” Marcus Tibbs, who was chosen player of the game for Victoria, told goVikes that the Western champs were able to rally in the second half by keeping things “a little more simple. We just started attacking them and being a bit more aggressive. Reiner got us started being aggressive in the first half but the rest of us were just on our heels. So, we just all kind of fed off of Reiner.” Beaucamp said Thiel was exceptional. “I don’t know if there is a guy that played Phil any tougher. Phil had to work for every point he had and I thought Reiner was a stud out there on defence and just made Phil work really, really hard. Phil still finds a way but I thought, defensively, Reiner was the guy that kept us in the game.” Ravens coach Dave Smart told goRavens that “you got to give credit to Victoria. They played hard and figured out ways to attack.” Smart added that Jean-Emmanuel Pierre-Charles “had a great game. He attacked the game offensively and defensively he made them stay active.” Smart told Canadian Press “we were a little sloppy offensively … in the second half (and) that allowed them to get some open looks and some opportunities at the other end. Sometimes bad offence leads to bad defence because you are always in the transition mode and recovering mode.” Philip Scrubb paced the Ravens with 29 on 10-18 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 8 boards and 13 assists. Jean-Emmanuel Pierre-Charles added 14 on 7-12 from the floor, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Victor Raso scored 12 on 4-7 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Connor Wood notched 10 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Thomas Scrubb scored 7 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 12 boards, 3 assists and 3 blocks. Gavin Resch notched 7 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-5 from the line and 4 boards. Guillaume Boucard scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards, while Cameron Smythe was scoreless. The Ravens hit 31-68 (.456) from the floor, 12-27 (.444) from the arc and 9-14 (.643) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 20 assists, 6 steals, 5 blocks, 10 turnovers and 12 fouls. Marcus Tibbs paced Victoria with 27 on 11-18 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 9 assists. Reiner Theil added 16 on 5-9 from the floor, 4-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Grant Sitton added 15 on 5-11 from the floor, 5-8 from the arc and 6 boards. Chris McLaughlin notched 14 on 5-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 10 boards and 2 steals. Mack Roth added 2, while Jordan Charles, Patrick Pilato, Junior Sesay, Hassan Abdullahi and Jeremy Leonard-Smith were scoreless. Abdullahi dished 2 assists. The Vikes hit 27-62 (.435) from the floor, 10-26 (.385) from the arc and 10-11 (.909) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks, 11 turnovers and 13 fouls.
In the bronze medal match, the 7th-seeded Ryerson Rams clipped the 4th-seeded Victoria Vikes 82-68 as point guard Jahmal Jones came off a sub-par performance in the semis to dominate the match. Jones scored the first seven of the game as the Rams as 12 in the fourth quarter when Ryerson buried the Vikes. The Rams led 19-15 after one quarter, 29-27 at the half and 46-45 after three quarters. “It’s heartbreaking to see when a young kid who has had such a special career struggle on a big stage last night,” Ryerson coach Roy Rana told CIS. “I think he bounced back and showed people why he’s one of the best players in the country today.” Peter Adika-McNeilly added that it was great to win a medal for Jones and fellow seniors Jordon Gauthier and Bjorn Michaelsen. “They’re one of the reasons why everyone came to this program it’s cause of what they’ve done early in their years so it’s just like, to put them on a high road to go out with a win, a bronze, I think it will be good when they look back at it.” Rana said “their three’s fell short, we did a better job of kind of putting the ball out of (Chris) McLaughlin’s hands down the stretch, he’s a pretty special player for them. In the end, I think that was a difference; our speed, we just had a little bit left in the tank and I think that was enough to get us the win.” Jones was chosen player of the game for the Rams, while McLaughlin earned the laurels for the Vikes. Jahmal Jones paced the Rams with 25 on 12-20 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 6 boards, 8 assists and 4 steals. Adika Peter-McNeilly added 21 on 7-14 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 9 boards and 3 assists. Aaron Best scored 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Jordon Gauthier scored 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Adam Voll scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Bjorn Michaelsen scored 5 on 2-11 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 3 boards. Juwon Grannum added 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Kadeem Green added 2 on 1-6 from the floor and 3 boards. Jean-Victor Mukama added 2, while Filip Vujadinovic and Ostap Choliy were scoreless. The Rams hit 33-74 (.446) from the floor, 6-15 (.400) from the arc and 10-15 from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 8 turnovers and 11 fouls. Chris McLaughlin paced the Vikes with 22 on 9-15 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 14 boards. Grant Sitton scored 13 on 5-18 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 5 boards and 2 assists. Marcus Tibbs notched 6 on 2-3 from the arc and 6 assists. Junior Sesay scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 6 boards. Hassan Abdullahi scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Reiner Theil scored 4 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Justin Kinnear added 4 on 2-2 from the floor. Jordan Charles scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor and 0-5 from the arc. Mack Roth added 3 on 1-5 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc, while Jeremy Leonard-Smith, Patrick Pilato and Hayden Lejeune were scoreless. Leonard-Smith nabbed 3 boards. The Vikes hit 28-68 (.412) from the floor, 9-29 (.310) from the arc and 3-7 (.429) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 12 turnovers and 16 fouls. The Vikes (coach Craig Beaucamp; assistant Craig Behan; assistant Phil Ohl; assistant Chris Franklin; athletic director Clint Hamilton; SID Ali Lee) also included Kai Greene, Rulon Schmidt and Taylor Montgomery-Stinson.
In the final, the top-seeded Carleton Ravens dusted the 3rd-seeded uOttawa Gee-Gees 93-46 to capture their fifth consecutive title and 11th in 13 years. Brothers Phil and Thomas Scrubb became just the fourth and fifth players in CIS annals to win five national rings in men’s basketball, joining Osvaldo Jeanty from the 2003-2007 Ravens as well as Eli Pasquale and David Sheehan from the University of Victoria dynasty in the 1980s. “It’s pretty cool to think about,” Phil Scrubb told CIS. “Each individual one is different and pretty special and this one, after we lost a few games this year, is a good feeling.” Ravens coach Dave Smart said “really for me, it’s one at a time. It’s always a different group. To win without Tyson (Hinz) and Kevin (Churchill) is not easy – they were the heart and soul of last year’s team and to find a way to get it done this year is pretty special.” The Ravens led 15-10, 38-23 and 71-38 at the quarters as their defence completely stymied the Gee-Gees. They blew the game with an 11-0 run to start the second quarter and the rattled Gee-Gees never recovered. They took a 20-point lead but Gee-Gees coach James Derouin was whistled for a technical, which briefly sparked his troops. They scored on consecutive possessions and then drew a charge call at the defensive end and move within 13. Carleton opened the second half with a 16-2 run featuring a trio of treys from Connor Wood. “They came out on that run and I had to burn a timeout,” said Derouin after the game. “That put their lead at 26 and the way they were defending, I knew we had a pretty uphill climb at that point and it seemed to go from bad to worse from there. Their switching defence gave us headaches all night.” Derouin soon drew his second technical and was tossed from the gym. Derouin later told the Globe & Mail he was trying to shake his troops out of their lethargy. “To me, I’ve got to throw a chair or I’ve got to do something a bit bigger than that to get thrown out of a national championship final.” The Ravens kept pulling away as they romped to the easy win. With the Ravens leading by 40, Smart drew attention for unloading on Philip Scrubb. “For me, that was more to make them understand that this was another opportunity to learn how to compete,” Smart told Canadian Press. “It’s my job to try to prepare my team as best I can. I think it would be a disservice to the game and a disservice to the kids if you stopped coaching.” Smart told the Globe & Mail that his goal was to teach Scrubb to be “insanely” competitive; “that’s the one thing that he needs. He needs to find ways to always be competitive, always want to step on people’s throats.” Scrubb said Smart “just expects the best of us. We want to focus on every possession like it’s a one-point game … That’s why we win. We focus on trying to be perfect with every possession.” Smart said “we’ve had some struggles. We’ve lost a couple of games to teams, and I think we felt that the general perception around the country was that Ottawa was the best team.” Gee-Gees coach James Derouin said “we couldn’t get anything going offensively whatsoever. They challenged every shot we took. Even when we got offensive rebounds, we still couldn’t turn them into points. … “We came into the game confident, and we believed we would pull it together. The most unfortunate part is that we are 68-6 over the last two years and our team deserved better than a blowout here – they are a better team than that. It would have been nice to play up to our potential and go out with a win, but we were flat on both ends of the floor and Carleton pounced all over it.” Philip Scrubb was chosen player of the game for the Ravens, while Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue earned the laurels for the Gee-Gees. Philip Scrubb paced the Ravens with 28 on 10-16 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 3 boards and 10 assists. Connor Wood added 21 on 8-12 from the floor, 5-7 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Thomas Scrubb notched 20 on 8-16 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 12 boards, 7 assists and 2 blocks. Jean-Emmanuel Pierre-Charles added 11 on 5-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 7 boards. Guillaume Boucard scored 5 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Victor Raso notched 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 7 boards. Gavin Resch added 3 on 1-2 from the arc. Cameron Smythe added 2, while Mitchell Jackson, Mitchell Wood and Sheldon McIntosh were scoreless. The Ravens hit 36-55 (.554) from the floor, 12-23 (.522) from the arc and 9-12 from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 22 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks, 13 turnovers and 19 fouls. Moe Ismail paced the Gee-Gees with 10 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue added 7 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 7 boards. Mehdi Tihani scored 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Caleb Agada scored 6 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Johnny Berhanemeskel added 6 on 1-10 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 3 boards. Vikas Gill scored 5 on 2-5 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Mike L’Africain added 4 on 2-10 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Alex Ratte added 1, while Matt Plunkett, Noel Jones and Brandon Robinson were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 14-56 (.250) from the floor, 4-26 (.154) from the arc and 14-17 (.824) from the line, while garnering 29 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 5 steals, 6 blocks, 16 turnovers and 18 fouls.
The all-tournament team featured MVP Philip Scrubb (Carleton); Thomas Scrubb (Carleton); Connor Wood (Carleton); Caleb Agada (Ottawa); and Adika Peter-McNeilly (Ryerson)
The bronze medalist Ryerson Rams: Adika Peter-McNeilly; Jahmal Jones; Kadeem Green; Jordan Gauthier; Juwon Ogunnaike-Grannum; Aaron Best; Bjorn Michaelsen; Ostap Choliy; Jean-Victor Mukama; Andy Agyepong; Robert Clarke; Charle Boampong; Adam Voll; Filip Vujadinovic; Derrick Allahyarian; Jupvir Atwal; coach Roy Rana; assistant Patrick Tatham; assistant Steve Morrison; special assistant to the coach Mikaela Berza; director of operations Dawood Akhtar; performance analyst Dipesh Mistry; operations/management Zee Choudry; student therapist Rayhan Malik; athletic director Dr. Ivan Joseph; SID Jim McLarty.
The silver medalist Ottawa Gee-Gees: Johnny Berhanemeskel; Mike L’Africain; Caleb Agada; Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue; Vikas Gill; Alex Ratte; Mehdi Tihani; Matt Plunkett; Matt Nelson; Mackenzie Morrison; Brandon Robinson; Andrew DeGroot; Kiari Gerba; Moe Ismail; Noel Jones; Nick Jordan; Zachary Traer; coach James Derouin; assistant Justin Serresse; coach Clarence Porter; coach Kris Dale; assistant Ryan Evans; strength & conditioning David Labentowicz; student therapist Jovana Smoljanic; student therapist Carolyn Smith; athletic director Luc Gelineau; SID Jen Elliott
The champion Carleton Ravens: Philip Scrubb; Thomas Scrubb; Jean-Emmanuel Pierre-Charles; Connor Wood; Victor Raso; Gavin Resch; Guillaume Payen-Boucard; Cameron Smythe; Mitchell Wood; Mitch Jackson; Anthony Pate; Sheldon McIntosh; Glenn Thelmaque; Connor Branch; Samuel Hillis; Anthony Iacoe; Matthew Karnik; coach Dave Smart; assistant Rob Smart Jr.; assistant Dean Petridis; assistant Aaron Chapman; assistant Kevin Churchill; assistant Richard Anderson; assistant Aaron Blakely; assistant Greg McManus; strength & conditioning Andy Stewart; therapist Bruce Marshall; athletic director Jen Brenning; SID Emily Ridlington