M-Basketball Friday Roundup
Ottawa, 88 @ York, 83 Box Score
Warren Ward earned a double-double on 26 points and 10 rebounds and the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees held off a late comeback to defeat the York University Lions by a score of 88-83 in men's basketball on Friday (Feb. 4) at Tait McKenzie Centre.
Lions' forward Stefan Haynes (North York, Ont.) led all scorers with 28 points. Kenneth Buchanan (Toronto) was second in team scoring with 13 points.
The Lions (8-10) controlled the floor in the first quarter and led by as many as eight points in the frame. After the Gee-Gees (9-9) went on a late scoring run, Lions' rookie guard Jordon Campbell (Niagara Falls, Ont.) put up four points in the dying minutes of the quarter to send his squad into the break with a 23-18 lead.
Things were much different in the second. After increasing their lead to nine to open the quarter, the Lions went cold from the field and the Gee-Gees capitalized. Led by Jacob Gibson-Bascombe (Toronto), the Gee-Gees went on a 10-0 run and took over the lead at 32-31.
David Tyndale (Mississauga, Ont.) ended the Gee-Gees' run with two free throws, but the Gee-Gees continued to press, and both teams traded leads for the remainder of the frame. The lead changed hands seven times in a fast-paced, back-and-forth quarter.
Led by four points from Louis Gauthier (Ottawa), the Gee-Gees went on a 6-0 run to end the quarter and took a 44-40 lead into halftime.
The Gee-Gees continued to roll in the third. Despite an impressive offensive sequence in the opening minutes of the quarter that saw Haynes score four points and cut the Gee-Gees' lead to just one, the Gee-Gees maintained their composure and put together a lengthy run to go ahead 65-56. Johnny Berhanemeskel (Ottawa) scored five points on the run and Ward (London, Ont.) scored four.
Haynes scored six points to end the quarter, cutting the Gee-Gees lead to 67-63 heading into the fourth.
In the fourth, Haynes showed he has some range to his game. He scored eight points, including two three-pointers, in the opening minutes of the quarter to tie the game at 72-72.
Justin Bell (Mississauga, Ont.) and Campbell followed up Haynes's run with seven combined points of their own, putting the Lions up 79-78 near the midway point of the quarter.
The Gee-Gees, however, retook the lead shortly after and held off the surging Lions in the dying minutes for the win. Led by Ward, the Gee-Gees went on a 10-4 run to end the quarter and won the game comfortably by five points.
With the loss, the Lions drop from third to fifth in the OUA East. Prior to tonight's game, the Lions were tied with the Gee-Gees and Ryerson Rams for third with 16 points, but they now trail the Gee-Gees by two.
The Lions split the season series with the Gee-Gees 1-1. The two teams do not meet again this season.
Source: York Sports Info
Ryerson, 106 @ RMC, 55 Box Score
Jahmal Jones shot 91.7 percent (11-for-12) from the floor and scored a game-high 29 points to lead the Ryerson Rams to a 106-55 win over the RMC Paladins on Friday in Kingston, Ont.
The victory moves the Rams (8-10) into a tie for fourth place in the OUA East with the York Lions (8-10).
Ola Adegboruwa was 9-for-11 (81.8 percent) with 20 points for the Rams, who led 39-32 at the half before blowing it open in the third quarter by outscoring the Paladins 44-9.
Gavin Viray-Cox had a team-high 24 point for RMC.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Toronto, 87 @ Queen's, 82 Box Score
Andrew Wasik and Anthony De Giorgio combined for 49 points to lead the Varsity Blues to an 87-82 win over the Queen’s Gaels in OUA men’s basketball action on Friday, February 4 in Kingston, Ont.
With the win, the Blues improve to 13-5 and are one win away from the first-round playoff bye in the OUA East division. The Gaels drop to 3-15 and sit in seventh place.
Wasik led all players with 26 points, scoring 10 and nine of those in the first and second quarters, respectively. The Burnaby, B.C., native was 11-of-16 from the floor and added eight rebounds on the night.
A native of Toronto, De Giorgio came out of halftime with a hot hand, tallying 14 points in the third, en route to a career-high 23-point performance in the win. The fifth-year guard was 8-of-11 from the floor, including three three-pointers and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.
Veteran forward Drazen Glisic added 10 points in the win.
The Gaels held a narrow 18-17 lead after the first quarter, but the Blues battled back to take a 41-37 lead into halftime. De Giorgio tallied 10 points in the first four minutes of the third and turned it into a game of catch-up from there on for the Gaels.
Dan Bannister of Newmarket, Ont., led Queen’s with 22 points, while Ryan Golden (Barrie, Ont.) had 18 and Nikola Misljencevic added 14 in the loss.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Carleton, 86 @ Laurentian, 55 Box Score
The No. 1 nationally ranked Carleton University Ravens men’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 18 games on Friday night, coming away with an 86-55 victory over the Laurentian University Voyageurs in Sudbury, Ont.
With the win, the Ravens maintain their spotless record and their hold on first place in the OUA East, improving to 18-0.
Tyson Hinz (Ottawa) finished with a game-high 21 points and eight rebounds. Thomas Scrubb (Vancouver), who shot 5-for-6 from the field, also reached double digits, with 11.
The Ravens held a nine-point lead after the first and would continue to dominate at both ends of the court in the second quarter, going on to out-rebound the Voyageurs 40-28 by the final whistle. The visiting squad had built a 20-point lead at halftime, up 43-23.
Carleton continued to pull away in the third, taking a 70-38 lead into the final quarter. While the Voyageurs outscored the Ravens 17-16 in the fourth, Carleton had already built an insurmountable lead and came away with the convincing victory.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
