(1)Victoria93
(8)U.P.E.I.92Victoria65
(4)St. FX107St. FX77St. FX104
(5)Queen’s98
—–CARLETON
(2)Ottawa91
(7)Winnipeg70Ottawa75Carleton109
(3)Carleton73Carleton81
(6)U.Q.A.M.71

SEEDING

1. Victoria Vikes (Canada West champions: 17-3 regular season / 3-0 playoffs)

2. Ottawa Gee-Gees (OUA champs: 17-5 regular season / 3-0 playoffs)

3. Carleton Ravens (OUA runner-up: 18-4 regular season / 2-1 playoffs)

4. St. Francis Xavier (AUS champs: 17-3 regular season / 2-0 playoffs)

5. Queen’s Gaels (wild card and OUA semifinalist: 17-5 regular season / 2-1 playoffs)

6. UQAM Citadins (RSEQ champs: 10-6 regular season / 2-0 playoffs)

7. Winnipeg Wesmen (Canada West runner-up: 15-5 regular season / 2-1 playoffs)

8. U.P.E.I. Panthers (AUS runner-up) 15-1 regular season / 1-1 playoffs)

In the quarterfinals, held in Halifax, the 3rd-seeded Carleton Ravens nipped the 6th-seeded Universite du Quebec @ Montreal Citadins 73-71. The Ravens led 18-17 after one quarter after repeatedly sending the Citadins to the line. The Citadins led 36-34 at the half and and 57-53 after three quarters as Elie Karojo kept draining jumpers. But player of the game Aiden Warnholtz took command in the final frame, hitting 7-8 from the floor as Carleton pulled out the win, forcing an off-balance shot from the Citadins at the buzzer. Karojo was chosen player of the game for the Citadins. Aiden Warnholtz paced the Ravens with 29 on 9-18 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 7-8 from the line and 6 boards. Grant Shephard added 18 on 9-13 from the floor, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Wazir Latiff notched 12 on 4-13 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3-5 from the line and 3 assists. Connor Vreeken scored 7 on 3-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Elliot Bailey added 4 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Reginald Jean Seraphin scored 3 on 1-2 from the arc, 5 boards and 2 steals, while Marjok Okado, Ben Riley, Jacob Knights and Gabrael Samaha were scoreless. The Ravens hit 28-63 (.444) from the floor, 6-22 (.273) from the arc and 11-17 (.647) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 20 fouls, 11 assists, 11 turnovers, 2 blocks and 5 steals. Kevin Civil led the Citadins with 19 on 7-19 from the floor, 4-14 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists. Elie Karojo added 18 on 5-12 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 12 boards and 2 steals. Bahaide Haidara notched 12 on 5-11 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Karl Tommy Laforest scored 6 on 1-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 2 boards. Anthony-Fritzgerald Felisma added 6 on 2-7 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. McFadden Jean scored 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 steals. Samuel Cayo added 3 on 1-4 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Chieck Dosso scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 7 boards, while Alix Lochard, Nicholas Bruyere and Jonathan Noel were scoreless. The Citadins hit 23-69 (.333) from the floor, 8-28 (.286) from the arc and 17-21 (.810) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 18 fouls, 8 assists, 14 turnovers and 8 steals. The Citadins (coach Mario Joseph, assistant David Yul Michel, assistant Richard Addai, assistant trainer Genevieve Lessard, therapist Anthanasio Destounis, trainer Tarik Azlag, mental consultant Lan Anh Phan, manager Christopher Pierre) also included Brandon Luc, Jonathan Noel Jeune, Aboubadar Lassidy Toure, Milan Robichaud, Papa Khassoum Camara, Florion Buhendwa, James Vaneus and Glody Manata.

The 2nd-seeded Ottawa Gee-Gees torched the 7th-seeded Winnipeg Wesmen 91-70 after leading 23-11, 42-25 and 69-48 at the quarters. The Gee-Gees took command with a 14-1 run late in the first quarter and led by as many as 26. Wesmen coach Mike Raimbault said the Gee-Gees are “a pretty good basketball team and they were well-prepared, obviously. I think they’re probably one of the teams that’s playing the best coming into the tournament and they were certainly ready to go today. … I think good things happened for us when we were able to get the ball inside. I think we didn’t do a good enough job of getting those touches consistently. I think obviously they executed really well and had us chasing and in rotation a whole bunch, especially in the first half when we weren’t able to capture some of the long misses that we were able to force was definitely a factor.” Guillaume Pepin was chosen player of the game for the Gee-Gees, while Mikhail Mikhailov earned the laurels for Winnipeg. Guillaume Pepin paced the Gee-Gees with 22 on 9-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Cole Newton added 15 on 6-10 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 2 assists. Kevin Otoo notched 15 on 5-9 from the floor, 5-8 from the arc and 2 boards. Brock Newton scored 12 on 5-10 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 5 assists. Josh Inkumsah added 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-5 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Liban Abdalla scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc. Dragan Stajic added 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 8 boards and 4 steals. Jacques-Melaine Guemeta scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Steven Angenent added 3 on 1-1 from the arc, while Sam Playter and Charles-Antoine Gaba were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 37-69 (.536) from the floor, 10-28 (.357) from the arc and 7-14 from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 18 assists, 10 turnovers, 2 blocks and 8 steals. Mikhail Mikhailov paced the Wesmen with 20 on 10-14 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 10 boards. Malachi Alexander added 13 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Donald Stewart notched 12 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Paul Francisco scored 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 steals. Ryan Luke added 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Shawn Maranan scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 6 assists. Alberto Gordo added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 5 assists and 3 steals. Emmanuel Thomas scored 1 on 0-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-2 from the line, while David Lado and Elijah Mensah were scoreless. The Wesmen hit 28-64 (.438) from the floor, 7-22 (.318) from the arc and 7-12 (.583) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 17 assists, 13 turnovers, 1 block and 8 steals. The Wesmen (coach Mike Raimbault, assistant Don Thomson, assistant Matt Dyck, assistant Kyle Vince, assistant Jeff Kovalik-Plouffe) also included Romel McCalla, James Rae, Eric Racine, Isaiah Cole, Alberto Gordo Miguelez, Ryan Luke and Charles Goossen.

        The 4th-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men clipped the 5th-seeded Queen’s Gaels 107-98. The X-Men broke to a 10-0 lead and extended their margin to 32-12 after one quarter. They led 69-35 at the half before the Gaels rallied within 79-59 after three quarters. Queen’s rallied no closer than seven down the stretch. X-Men player of the game David Muenkat said “t starts with buying into what Coach is trying to instill in us. From training camp everyone came in with a good attitude and a positive mindset and we’ve just bought in from the jump.” X-Men coach Tyrell Vernon said “I think we did a great job starting off just understanding personnel. We did a great job taking away things that we knew that they wanted to get into early on in the game.” Vernon added that the Gaels “went away from offense completely and tried to go downhill and go straight to the rim which put a lot of pressure on our defense and got us into bonus real fast and a lot of free throws and stoppages. We then couldn’t get out and go into our transition case we were handling their transition so the pace of the game slowed completely down.” Gaels coach Stephan Barrie said “the goal for our program, and our players can tell you this because they all know this, we spend a lot of time talking about goal setting, and really the goal for us is always just to get better every single day and take every single day for the day that it is. Don’t look ahead, don’t look behind, and focus on today and get better. That’s gotten us to where we are. A program that hadn’t been to the Nationals in its history [before last season]. This year, we had the best winning record we’ve had in program history. And we didn’t do that because we set out a goal to do that. We basically just break it down, get better today. And then what we always say is the results will take care of themselves. We do that right, and I can live with that. And I would never exchange what we’ve done here just to win a national championship. What we’ve done is very valuable to everyone in the room, past players that have contributed to this, getting it to this point, going through all the hard times.” David Muenkat was chosen player of the game for the X-Men, while Cole Syllas earned the laurels for the Gaels. David Muenkat paced the X-Men with 27 on 9-14 from the floor, 9-10 from the line, 8 boards and 2 blocks. Deon Ejim added 19 on 5-13 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc, 5-9 from the line, 10 boards and 2 blocks. Dondre Reddick notched 16 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Avan Nava scored 15 on 2-11 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc, 10-11 from the line, 2 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Gatluak James added 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Steven Levnaic scored 6 on 0-2 from the floor, 6-6 from the line, 3 assists and 2 steals. Keyonte Beals notched 6 on 2-4 from the arc. Bennett Grumbach added 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Matt Pennell scored 3 on 1-3 from the arc, while Antoine Vernon, Kye Kotapski-Tinga and Michael Utsalo were scoreless. Vernon and Utsalo each nabbed 2 boards. The X-Men hit 30-73 (.411) from the floor, 11-34 (.324) from the arc and 36-43 (.837) from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 29 fouls, 19 assists, 20 turnovers, 4 blocks and 10 steals. Cole Syllas paced the Gaels with 18 on 6-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 5-9 from the line, 14 boards, 9 assists and 2 steals. Brandon Aultman added 17 on 4-14 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Connor Keefe notched 16 on 6-13 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 7 boards. Connor Kelly scored 15 on 5-11 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 3 steals. Cameron Bett added 14 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 5-5 from the line and 2 boards. Luka Syllas scored 11 on 5-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Michael Kelvin notched 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. David Ayon added 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Scott Jenkins scored 2 on 2-2 from the floor, while Kai Dalen, Sebastian Campbell and Ryan Heim were scoreless. The Gaels hit 31-83 (.373) from the floor, 8-33 (.242) from the arc and 28-39 (.718) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 28 fouls, 15 assists, 19 turnovers, 3 blocks and 12 steals. The Gaels (coach Stephan Barrie, assistant John Curcio, assistant Jacob Yager, assistant Justin Wallace, assistant Cal Steele, assistant Desmond Adams, assistant Ryan Barbeau, student trainer Christa Reitter, student trainer Tessa Devos, student trainer Des Tobias, student trainer Emeka Ufondu) also included Ian Keefe, Filip Subotic, Samuel Kong, Adrian Nowak, Isaac Krueger, Gianni Itegeli, Joshua Reimer, Michael Kelvin II, Lucas Ponting and Simon Bailey.

        In the last quarterfinal, the top-seeded Victoria Vikes edged the 8th-seeded University of Prince Edward Island Panthers 93-92, after leading 22-21, 53-47 and 77-72 at the quarters. The Panthers opened the final frame with a 10-0 run to take an 82-77 lead with 7:42 to play. Diego Maffia knotted the score at 90 on a driving layup with 1:10 to play. Kamari Scott answered with a bucket for the Panthers but Diego Maffia drained a trey with 30 seconds on the clock to give the Vikes the win. Maffia was chosen player of the game for the Vikes, while Elijah Miller earned the laurels for the Panthers. Diego Maffia paced the Vikes with 40 on 16-29 from the floor, 6-16 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Izzy Helman added 15 on 5-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Renoldo Robinson notched 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Elias Ralph scored 10 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 11 boards and 2 assists. Ethan Boag added 8 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Jaden Touchie scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Dominick Oliveri added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 14 boards and 5 assists. Sergio Pereira scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 2 boards. The Vikes hit 36-75 (.480) from the floor, 13-34 (.382) from the arc and 8-12 from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 13 fouls, 17 assists, 9 turnovers, 5 blocks and 3 steals. Kamari Scott paced the Panthers with 32 on 9-15 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 12-12 from the line, 10 boards and 4 assists. Elijah Miller added 24 on 11-23 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 10 boards and 9 assists. Cameron Brown notched 11 on 5-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 blocks. Olivier St-Pierre scored 11 on 4-8 from the floor and 3-7 from the arc. Dakelle Brooks added 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Sam Chisholm scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Isaiah Ankra added 3 on 1-11 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Darren Clarke scored 1 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-2 from the line, while Abilash Surendran, Emmanuel Ndatuje, John Alex Vos and Adeboye Akinode were scoreless. The Panthers hit 33-73 (.452) from the floor, 9-28 (.321) from the arc and 17-20 (.850) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 15 fouls, 17 assists, 7 turnovers, 3 blocks and 5 steals. The Panthers (coach Darrell Glenn, assistant Josh Whitty, assistant Jared Cheverie, assistant Johnathan Lane, director operations Koren Glenn, strength & conditioning Jay Melhado, strength & conditioning Noah Murphy, manager Sophie Duguay, statistics & video Pierre Aucoin, academic advisor Jack Headley) also included Devonteh Reid, Benjamin Nelson, Luca Cameron, Nestor Herrera, Alex Ward and Logan Cheyne.

        In the semis, the 3rd-seeded Carleton Ravens dispatched the 2nd-seeded Ottawa Gee-Gees 81-75. The Ravens broke to an 11-2 lead but the Gee-Gees rallied to take a 21-19 lead after one quarter. The Ravens led 40-33 at the half and 64-52 after three quarters. The Gee-Gees closed the gap down the stretch but Connor Vreeken hit a pair of runners and a pair of free throws to ice the Ravens win. Connor Vreeken paced the Ravens with 27 on 10-16 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 9 boards. Aiden Warnholtz added 21 on 9-14 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 10 assists. Marjok Okado notched 11 on 4-5 from the floor and 3-4 from the arc. Wazir Latiff added 10 on 4-5 from the floor and 2-3 from the arc. Grant Shephard scored 6 on 3-7 from the floor, 8 boards and 3 assists. Reginald Jean Seraphin added 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 3 steals. Ben Riley scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Elliot Bailey, Gabrael Samaha and Evan Meyer were scoreless. Bailey nabbed 5 boards and dished 2 assists. The Ravens hit 32-55 (.582) from the floor, 9-17 (.529) from the arc and 8-10 from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 27 fouls, 16 assists, 18 turnovers, 2 blocks and 5 steals. Dragan Stajic paced the Gee-Gees with 16 on 5-11 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards, 6 assists and 3 steals. Guillaume Pepin added 14 on 5-21 from the floor, 1-13 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals. Cole Newton notched 13 on 3-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists. Kevin Otoo scored 12 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 3 boards. Jacques-Melanie Guemeta added 9 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Josh Inkumsah scored 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 3-7 from the line, 7 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Brock Newton added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists, while Steven Angenent and Salih Halawa were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 23-64 (.359) from the floor, 7-28 (.250) from the arc and 22-34 (.647) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 17 fouls, 15 assists, 10 turnovers, 4 blocks and 8 steals.

        In the other semi, the 4th-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men toppled the top-seeded Victoria Vikes 77-65. The X-Men broke to a 5-0 lead and led 26-14 after one quarter. The Vikes notched a 10-4 run as they rallied within 43-36 at the half despite a buzzer-beating trey from St. FX’s David Grumbach. The X-Men opened the second half with a 10-3 run as they built a 14-point lead but Victoria trimmed the margin to 61-54 after three quarters. The Vikes cut the lead to 3 before the X-Men responded with a 6-0 run and coasted to the win. David Muenkat was chosen player of the game for the X-Men, while Dominick Oliveri earned the laurels for the Vikes. Muenkat said “our fans give us a lot of energy and we are extremely grateful for all the fans who showed up tonight, they definitely played a big part in this win.” Dondre Reddick paced the X-Men with 17 on 41-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 9-11 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Avan Nava added 17 on 7-16 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. David Muenkat notched 10 on 5-15 from the floor, 0-4 from the line, 19 boards, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Bennett Grumbach scored 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 3 boards. Antoine Vernon added 7 on 3-5 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc. Gatluak James scored 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Steven Levnaic notched 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Michael Utsalo added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the line and 8 boards. Deon Ejim scored 2 on 1-7 from the floor and 7 boards, while Matt Pennell was scoreless. The X-Men hit 30-78 (.385) from the floor, 5-19 (.263) from the arc and 12-22 (.545) from the line, while garnering 59 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 19 fouls, 9 assists, 11 turnovers, 4 blocks and 9 steals. Diego Maffia paced the Vikes with 20 on 5-17 from the floor, 1-11 from the arc, 9-9 from the line and 2 assists. Elias Ralph added 16 on 5-23 from the floor, 1-10 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 6 boards, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Ethan Boag notched 11 on 5-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 3 boards. Renaldo Robinson added 9 on 3-15 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Izzy Helman scored 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Dominick Oliveri added 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the line, 3 boards and 2 blocks, while Jaden Touchie and Sergio Pereira were scoreless. The Vikes hit 21-76 (.276) from the floor, 5-33 (.152) from the arc and 18-22 (.818) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 10 assists, 13 turnovers, 5 blocks and 7 steals.

        In the bronze medal match, the 2nd-seeded Ottawa Gee-Gees dusted the top-seeded Victoria Vikes 78-58. The Gee-Gees led 7-0 early and 15-14, 36-29 and 55-42 at the quarters. Kevin Otoo hit a pair of treys as the Gee-Gees took the one-point lead after one quarter. The Gee-Gees notched a 7-0 run in the second quarter on a series of runouts. The Vikes Diego Maffia notched a pair of treys as Victoria took a 40-39 lead but the Gee-Gees responded with a 12-0 run to take command and coast to the win. Otoo was chosen player of the game for Gee-Gees, while Maffia earned the laurels for the Vikes. Kevin Otoo paced the Gee-Gees with 20 on 8-14 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 boards and 3 steals. Josh Inkumsah added 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 11 boards and 2 blocks. Guillaume Pepin notched 11 on 3-12 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc and 4-7 from the line. Brock Newton scored 10 on 5-9 from the floor and 3 boards. Jacques-Melaine Guemeta added 9 on 3-9 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Dragan Stajic scored 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 12 boards, 6 assists and 4 steals. Cole Newton notched 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Sam Player added 3 on 1-4 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc. Charles-Antoine Gaba scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 3 boards, while Liban Abdalla, Steven Angenent and Salih Halawa were scoreless. The Gee-Gees hit 30-76 (.395) from the floor, 10-28 (.357) from the arc and 8-14 (.571) from the line, while garnering 52 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 14 fouls, 17 assists, 13 turnovers, 4 blocks and 12 steals. Diego Maffia paced the Vikes with 20 on 7-20 from the floor, 3-12 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Elias Ralph added 17 on 7-16 from the floor, 2-10 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 12 boards and 3 assists. Izzy Helman notched 8 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Dominick Oliveri scored 6 on 3-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 16 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Sergio Pereira added 4 on 2-3 from the floor, 2 boards and 3 blocks. Jason Touchie scored 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 3 boards, while Jakob Neufeld, Ethan Boag and Shadynn Smid were scoreless. Boag nabbed 4 boards and pilfered 2 balls. The Vikes hit 22-71 (.310) from the floor, 8-35 (.229) from the arc and 6-9 from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 12 fouls, 10 assists, 19 turnovers, 4 blocks and 8 steals. The Vikes (coach Craig Beaucamp, assistant Josh Mullen, assistant Gary Peden, assistant James Blake, assistant/academic advisor Tara Beaucamp, player development/video coordinator Josh Reddy, manager Jordan Meinhardt, student therapist Matt Herman) also included Trent Monkman, Djordje Jovic and Arpan Singh. In

        In the final, the 3rd-seeded Carleton Ravens defeated the 4th-seeded St. Francis Xavier X-Men 109-104 in double-overtime to capture their 4th consecutive crown and 17th in 20 years. With the win, Carleton also completed a men’s-women’s uSports double, the first time the feat was accomplished since Victoria in 1985. The X-Men exploded out of the blocks, take a 27-17 lead after one quarter and then extending their margin to 23 with 3:22 to play in the first half. But Carleton trimmed the margin to 48-35 heading into the lockers on a late trey from Wazir Latiff. The Ravens ripped off an 11-1 run early third quarter to trim the margin to 3 before David Muenkat notched an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Avan Nava. Aiden Warnholtz countered with a jumper to give Carleton a 56-55 lead with 3:04 to play in the third quarter but the X-Men rallied to a 60-58 lead heading into the final frame. St. FX built its lead to 6 but Warnholtz knotted the score at 72 with 3:36 to play. Nava gave the hosts an 80-78 lead with 41 seconds on the clock. Warnholtz notched a free throw to cut the lead to 80-79. Nava hit 2 free throws with 22 seconds to play but Warnholtz drained a trey with 3 seconds to clock to knot the score at 82 after regulation. Carleton built a 5-point lead in the first extra session and led 93-91 with 10 seconds on the clock. Warnholtz hit 1-2 from the line to extend the margin to 3 but Nava drilled a trey with 1.6 seconds on the clock to force the second extra session. Treys from Warnholtz and Connor Vreeken gave the Ravens a 103-99 lead with a minute to play and Vreeken iced it with three free throws down the stretch. Warnholtz was chosen player of the game for the Ravens, while Nava earned the laurels for the X-Men. “No doubt, that’s the craziest game I’ve ever been involved with,” Warnholtz told Postmedia. “There are moments throughout that game that we keep talking about, that I’m reliving in my mind, some good, some bad.” As for the trey to force the first overtime, Warnholtz noted “I said a prayer as it went up.”  Ravens coach Taffe Charles said “there are so many emotions. So many things happened.” He added that on Warnholtz’s off-balance trey to force the first overtime that “his feet were all bad. You just don’t shoot the ball the way he shot it. It was so improbable.” And with regard to the comeback from the 23-point deficit, Charles noted that “what plays into it is that a handful of the guys have been part of some tough championship games before. A few years ago against Dalhousie, they were behind 14 points at the half. In this program, the guys know how to win games. It’s a confidence to believe they will find a way. … You try to recruit guys that want to be part of that legacy. You try to recruit guys who want those expectations, knowing that half the people are going to hate you and you don’t even know why.” Warnholtz noted about the men’s-women’s double for Carleton that “it’s pretty amazing. We see them (the women) working out in the gym all the time. At different times of the year, we’ve watched them and said they played better defence better than we do.” X-Men coach Tyrell Vernon said “sometimes you just have to sit back and see what happens. They hit some tough, tough shots at the end of the game and at the end of the day the game sometimes is just based on made and missed shots.” Aiden Warnholtz paced the Ravens with 23 on 8-12 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Connor Vreeken added 23 on 7-11 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 8 boards and 4 assists. Wazair Latiff notched 23 on 5-9 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 9-12 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Elliot Bailey scored 21 on 7-20 from the floor, 5-14 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Grant Shephard added 17 on 7-15 from the floor, 3-5 from the line, 12 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Gabrael Samaha scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 0-2 from the line, while Marjok Okado, Ben Riley, Bradley Louindon, Jacob Knight, Evan Meyer, Emanuel Milon, Marko Braticevic and Reginald Jean Seraphin were scoreless. The Ravens hit 35-77 (.455) from the floor, 16-40 (.400) from the arc and 23-32 (.719) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 26 fouls, 22 assists, 19 turnovers, 4 blocks and 9 steals. David Muenkat paced the X-Men with 31 on 9-19 from the floor, 13-18 from the line, 11 boards and 2 assists. Avan Nava added 30 on 12-25 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 3 boards and 5 assists. Dondre Reddick notched 14 on 5-13 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 9 boards and 3 steals. Michael Utsalo scored 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 10 boards. Steven Levnaic added 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 blocks. Gatluak James notched 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 3 boards. Antoine Vernon scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Deon Ejim added 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 steals. Bennett Grumbach scored 3 on 1-3 from the arc, while Matt Pennell, Keyonte Beals, Kye Kotapski-Tinga and Zion James were scoreless. The X-Men hit 36-82 (.439) from the floor, 5-16 (.313) from the arc and 27-36 (.750) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 27 fouls, 10 assists, 15 turnovers, 3 blocks and 9 steals.

        The all-tournament team featured MVP Aidan Warnholtz (Carleton); Grant Shephard (Carleton); David Muenkat (St. FX); Dragan Stajic (Ottawa); and Diego Maffia (Victoria).

The bronze medalist Ottawa Gee-Gees: Guillaume Pepin; Eugene Kanku III; Sam Playter; Kevin Otoo; Josh Inkumsah; Quincy Louis-Jeune; Dragan Stajic; Liban Abdalla; Steven Angenent; Brock Newton; Cole Newton; Cole Newkirk; Thomas Chilton; Nathaniel Simms; Jacques-Melaine Guemeta; Salih Halawa; Charles-Antoine Gaba; coach James Derouin; assistant Mike L’Africain; assistant Clarence Porter; assistant Damian Buckley; assistant/recruiter Ahmed Mahamoud; assistant Jamil Abaid; mental performance Sieger Roorda

        The silver medalist St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Gatluak James; Matt Pennell; Keyonte Beals; Antoine Vernon; Marcus Upshaw; Dondre Reddick; Jeremy Coria; Deon Ejim; Kye Kotapski-Tinga; Zion James; Steven Levnaic; Bennett Grumbach; Roger O’Callaghan; Michael Utsalo; Avan Nava; David Muenkat; coach Tyrell Vernon; assistant Tyrone Watson; assistant Doc Ryan; assistant Denton Anthony; assistant J.J. Sedore; player development Jeremiah Usiosefe; director operations Lennox MacGillivray; scouting Michael Parsons; manager Ethan Collins; student therapist Abigail Levy; student therapist Michael Vanghan

The champion Carleton Ravens: Aiden Warnholtz; Grant Shephard; Connor Vreeken; Ben Riley; Elliot Bailey; Gebrael Samaha; Emanuel Milon; Marko Bracticevic; Emmanuel Ugbah; Jacob Knight; Marjok Okado; Luka Dolman; Wazir Latiff; Reginald Jean Seraphin; Evan Meyer; Tony Jacob Knight; Cilien Nelson; coach Taffe Charles; assistant Davy Sanelus; assistant Zachary Angelini; assistant Eric Parthenais; assistant Patrick Sullivan; director of operations Dave Smart; therapist Gabrielle Nickoluk; strength & conditioning Nick Westcott