Douglas

MSVU

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The #1 seed, Douglas College faced off against the #2 seed Mount Saint Vincent University in the National CCAA Finals and from the beginning it was an intensive match-up. All-Canadian Player of the Year, Douglas’ #9, Billy McNutt stole the ball for an easy basket , while MSVU struggled offensively as their bench players got to see playing time due to their starters struggling with foul troubles. In the 3rd quarter, MSVU had a comeback bringing the game within 9 points. Douglas had several turnovers due to some tough defense from MSVU. But Douglas still maintained the lead throughout the second half , with #22 Bol Kong (a.k.a. King Kong) giving them a big boost. In the 4th quarter, things started to get intense when both teams got technical fouls. Both teams came prepared to win the gold and gave it their all until the very last second. It was a fitting ending to a wonderful tournament hosted by Champlain College! The player of the game for Douglas was #6, Graeme McCallum with 20 points. The player of the game for MSVU was #5, Stephen Morris with 8 points. The final score was 70 to 62 with Douglas College Royals becoming the National Champions.

Sheridan

Champlain

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For the bronze at home, the 6th seed Champlain Cavaliers came out firing in front of their sold out crowd vs the 3rd seed Sheridan Bruins for the second time this weekend. Cavs # 15 Eric Williams gave the host team big boards and put backs helping Champlain gain a 10-point lead, but Sheridan’s # 3 Maurice Smith kept them in the game with several quick threes. Cavs # 5 Adam Chmielewski answered by closing the half with a long buzzer beater three, score was 42 Champlain-35. Both teams opened the second half exchanging baskets. The Bruins closed the gap with back-to-back threes by #3, Maurice Smith. A quick basket at the end of the quarter by Bruins #25, Richardo Dunkley left the score at 64-58. The fourth quarter was a roller-coaster ride as the two teams but Cavs #21 Nico Cochran carried his team during the quarter for 10 points. As the quarter wound down, the Bruins were unable to defeat the pressure. Cavs #23 Randy Dézouvre sealed the game with a steal and 2 free-throws. The hosting Champlain Cavaliers captured the bronze, much to the delight of the home crowd with a final score of 81-75. The Sheridan Bruins player of the game was #23 Tab Donaldson who had a team-high 15 points. The Champlain Cavaliers honored graduating post #15 Eric Williams with player of the game, Eric finished the game with 18 points.

MacEwan

UBC-O

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The 5th seed Grant MacEwan Griffins held a steady lead throughout the first half and finished it with two threes from guard # 6 Corey Saban. The 7th seed UBC-O Lakers were only able to narrow the gap at one point during the half thanks to # 23 Wendell Thomas’ 10 points and 6 boards. The two teams battled for the lead throughout the entire second half as they exchanged baskets. The all-Canadian from UBC-O # 21 Marco Dolcetti and # 8 Tamer Douglas of the MacEwan Griffins scored consistently for their teams. The player of the game for the Griffins was # 18 Andrew Bates (10) and for the Lakers, # 23 Wendell Thomas (12). Final score; 68 UBCO 77 MacEwan

Sheridan

Lakeland

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The #8 seeded Lakeland Rustlers faced off against the 3rd seed, Sheridan Bruins. The Bruins got off to a slow start, with the Rustlers hitting big shots making the score at the end of the first quarter 27-17 for Lakeland. However, #34 Niegl Johnson-Tyghter had the 2 most memorable blocks of the tournament. Too bad not many people saw it, as the crowd had thinned out after the host team game. In the second quarter, Sheridan woke up to take the lead, with the score finishing 47-42 at the half. #3 Maurice Smith had a memorable performance in the first half scoring all 6 of the teams 3s in the first half. In the second half, Sheridan was the dominant force, keeping the lead throughout the whole half. Sheridan’s powerhouse was too much for Lakeland to overcome due to obvious fatigue. The player of the game for Sheridan was #3 Maurice Smith, with 23 points. The player of the game for Lakeland was #15 Michael Leiffers, 15 with points. The final score was 99-71, with Sheridan going to the Bronze medal game to face off against the Champlain Cavaliers.

Montmorency

Champlain

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As the hosting team, #6 Champlain faced off against their Quebec rival, #4 seed Montmorency Nomades. Champlain went on a 9-0 run to start the first period. #15 Eric Williams started off strong on the boards, picking up 9 rebounds on both ends of the court. The Nomades had a slow start with 16 turnovers. Niko Cochran played an important role in the first half making 4 treys. The first half ended with a score of 34- 17 for Champlain. In the second half, Momo started off strong, with Gregory Olivier St-Amand, playing a crucial role on the inside boards. But Momo lost their “momo”mentum and Champlain remained strong and continued to dominate in all areas of the game, including a major slam-dunk by Eric Williams. The player of the game for the Nomades was #15 Francis Cedric Martel, scoring 19 points. The player of the game for Champlain was #21 Niko Cochran with 17 points. The final score was 72-54 sending the Champlain Cavaliers to the Bronze Medal Game ay 6:30 PM tonight.

MSVU

Sheridan

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The 2nd seeded Mt. St. Vincent Mystics played against 3rd seeded Sheridan College Bruins. MSVU began the game with a 7-0 run. Sheridan’s #4 Jelani Matthew and #34 Nigel Johnson-Tyghter led an offensive run with deep three pointers and offensive rebounds. MSVU’s #15 Damian Gay and #22 Mark Brien continued to produce offensively, ending the first half with 32 points between the two. The second half finished with a score of 42-24. The third quarter was dominated by strong defense on both sides; however, both teams struggled offensively and were in foul trouble. MSVU with a couple of offensive runs remained on top. Sheridan’s # 3 Maurice Smith made 11 points in the fourth, tightening MSVU’s lead. MSVU won the game 79-64. Sheridan’s player of the game was #33 Shane Reece. MSVU’s player of the game was #15 Damian Gay.

Douglas

Montmorency

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The top seed Douglas Royals had a strong start, but Quebec’s rookie of the year # 23 Hichem Benayad Cherif of the 4th seed Montmorency Nomades was able to keep Momo in the game for the first half by sinking two big back-to-back threes. The score at the half was 36-36. The Royals again had a strong and physical start in the second half, gaining a 15 point lead, but the Nomades put up a press towards the end of the third quarter to narrow down the difference to 11 points. Throughout the entire game, # 22 Bol Kong (a.k.a King Kong) for the Royals and # 15 Francis Cedric Martel for the Nomades consistently put up the points for their teams. In the end, Douglas’ dominant presence in the post and on the three was unstoppable, final score; 87- Douglas 66-Momo. The players of the game were # 15 Francis Cedric Martel (16) for Momo and # 6 Graeme McCallum (21) for the Royals.

Champlain

UBC-O

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The hosting Champlain Cavaliers opened the first quarter with a 6-0 run led by #23 Randy Dezouvre against the visiting UBC Okanagan College Lakers. The Lakers came back to tie it up at the end of the 1st quarter (22-22). The Cavaliers opened the second quarter with an 18-4 run led by #8 Greg Elliot who had 8 points in the quarter. As Champlain hit back to back threes at the end of the half, the Lakers managed to score 5 points in the last minute, including an and-one by the Lakers # 23 Wendell Thomas with 0.1 second left to finish the half 53-43. The Cavaliers and Lakers exchanged baskets most of the third quarter, with Cavaliers #21 Niko Cochran leading his team with 12 points in the quarter and the Laker’s #3 David Joseph leading his team respectively with 7 points. The Lakers made an impressive comeback after being down as much as 18 to bring it back within 6. But as the fourth quarter wound down, two Lakers players, including All-Canadian # 21 Marco Dolcetti and #3 David Joseph fouled out and the Cavaliers took advantage to finish the game 103-87. The Laker’s player of the game was #21 Marco Dolcetti who finished the game with 25 points. The Cavaliers player of the game was #23 Randy Dezouvre who finished the game with 28 points.

MacEwan

Lakeland

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On the pursuit for bronze, the MacEwan Griffins kept a steady lead throughout the first half with big shots from # 8 Tamer Douglas. The Lakeland Rustlers continued to fight back and narrowed the gap to only three points at the half thanks to # 5 Nathan Dixon with his numerous points off of tough shots. At the beginning of the second half, Lakeland continued their scoring streak to reach a 9 point lead. The Griffins came back and finished the third with a slam-dunk by center # 8 Andrew Bates (67-66) for Lakeland. The fourth began with a long three from Griffins’ # 13 Gregg Frankson. The teams exchanged baskets for the rest of the quarter but Lakeland came out on top winning by 5 points. The player of the game for Grant MacEwan was # 13 Gregg Frankson (17), and # 5 Nathan Dixon (35) for Lakeland. Final score: 94 Lakeland – 89 MacEwan

Sheridan

Champlain

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The Sheridan Bruins (3rd seed) started off the first quarter against the host team (6th seed) with a small but steady lead thanks to big shots like # 4 Jelani Matthew’s far three. But Champlain’s Cavaliers came back to not only to tie the game, but gain a 10-point lead by the end of the first. Cavaliers’ # 5 Adam Chmielewski contributed to the come back with a few twos and a big three. Sheridan shut out the cavaliers for the whole first six minutes of the second quarter, but the Cavs woke up and it was 36-35 for the home team at the half. The Bruins started off the second half with two long threes from # 24 Shane Cox. It was Champlain’s foul trouble that allowed the chance for the Bruins to come back from a 6 point deficit and gain a 4 point lead. Although Sheridan managed to gain a 13 point lead in the 4th, the Cavs fought back and narrowed the gap to only five but it wasn’t enough. The final score: 80 Sheridan – 75 Champlain. The player of the game for the Bruins was # 33 Shane Reece, and # 23 Randy Dezouvre for the host Cavaliers.

MSVU

UBC-O

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The 7th seed UBC-Okanagan Lakers started off the game strong with a 6-0 run, while 2nd seed Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics had a slow start. UBC’s #21 Marco Dolcetti helped his team out with two threes in a row. Thanks to some big shots, a three and an and-one from #21 Brendon Arnold, the Mystics finished the half with a lead of 1 point. At the end of the third, Lakers # 23 Wendell Thomas had a major slam dunk and-one, but Mystic’s # 24 Jason Carlson answered by hitting a big three with two seconds left. The game remained close until the end with Mount Saint Vincent University prevailing with final score of 66-57. The player of the game for the Lakers was #23 Wendell Thomas with 14 points. The player of the game for the Mystics was #20 Brendon Arnold with 22 points.

Montmorency

MacEwan

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As the #4 seed, the Montmorency Nomades faced the #5 seed Grant MacEwan College Griffins, both teams showed great intensity throughout the first quarter, exchanging baskets (24-19). However, it became evident in the second quarter that Momo was the dominant force, capitalizing on MacEwan’s turnovers, putting Momo ahead by 24 points at the half (46-22). As Momo started the second half on a 6-0 run, and McEwan struggled with foul trouble, Momo took advantage and finished the game with a lead of 31 points. The player of the game for the Nomades was #10 Stephen Olivier Bouchard finishing the game with 11 points. The player of the game for the Griffin’s was #8 Tamer Douglas finishing with 9 points. The final score was 80-49.

Douglas

Lakeland

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Lakeland Rustlers’ young line-up of four freshman and one senior started off the game strong with a big three from #8 Xavier Smith, but Douglas College's offensive rebounding and put backs widened the gap. With 10 seconds left, Douglas’ #9 William McNutt finishes off the first quarter with an alley-hoop to make it a 12 point lead. Although the Douglas Royals managed to gain a 25 point lead early in the second, the Rustlers came back to lessen the deficit trailing by 13 at the half. It was truly a team effort as all the Royals pulled together in the second to boost up the lead to a final 43 points. Douglas’ # 9 William McNutt (22 points) (CCAA 2007-08 Player of the Year 2008) was player of the game for the Royals. While # 5 Nathan Dixon (14) played a crucial role for Lakeland throughout the game. Final Score: 105 Douglas - 62 Lakeland.