M-Basketball Saturday Roundup
Guelph, 60 @ Western, 74 Box Score
The defensive and offensive excellence of Andrew Wedemire helped the Mustangs defeat the Guelph Gryphons 74-60. Wedemire ended the game with 27 points and 12 rebounds.
It was a strong offensive and defensive start for the Mustangs, as Western took the early 18-12 lead. Wedermire’s four rebounds led the Mustang defense, while Brett Lawrence contributed three. Wedemire also led the early offensive drive with six points including a monstrous dunk set-up by Ryan Barbeau, who contributed four points to the first quarter.
Defense continued to reign strong for Western throughout the second quarter, as they captured another seven defensive rebounds and held Guelph to an additional six points. Offensively, Lawrence contributed six more points to the Mustang lead, while Wedemire showed his strength as he battled through heavy Gryphon defense to capitalize on key scoring opportunities. Marcus Barnett threw two-for-two at the free-throw line and aided the Mustang defensive with two steals in the second. Western had a 36-18 lead at half.
After the half, Guelph came out with a quick seven points to inch closer to the Mustang lead while maintaining control of the ball for the majority of the first half of the quarter. Wedemire was effective at the foul line as he shot four-for-four in the third. Barbeau played tight defense enabling two steals and forcing pressure on the Gryphons, but Guelph continued to tighten Western’s lead as the Gryphons outscored the Mustangs 19-12. The Mustangs held onto the 48-37 lead as they headed into the final quarter.
Quinn Henderson got on the scoreboard early in the fourth quarter, draining a long three ball and did the same with just over two minutes remaining in the game. Despite the ongoing offensive excellence by Gryphon Michael Petrella, who ended the game with 32 points, a series of fouls and steals against the Gryphons allowed Wedemire, Barbeau, and the Mustangs to continually extend their lead. Guelph’s defense could not contain Wedemire as he had 11 in the fourth, 27 in total, as Western defeated the Gryphons.
Source: Western Sports Info
Laurier, 67 @ Windsor, 77 Box Score
he Lancer men's basketball team broke a four game losing streak with a 77-67 win over the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks on Alumni Weekend.
With the win, the Lancers are now 12-6 and in second place in the OUA West division.
In the thightly contested and physical contest, both teams came out with something to prove as they were battling for second place in the OUA West.
With the game knotted at 31-31 at the half, the Lancers put on the pressure to build a five point lead to end the third quarter.
With only a few minutes remaining in the game, Lancer Lien Phillip recieved a questionable call that fouled him out, and Laurier head coach Peter Campbell was called on a technical which set a whole new tone to the game.
The Lancers built their lead up as Laurier stuggled to sink a basket in the final minutes, en route to a ten point win.
Isaac Kuon paced the Lancers with 28 points, including 11-of-12 from the free throw line, while Josh Collins chipped in 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists.
Source: Windsor Sports Info
McMaster, 69 @ Brock, 66 Box Score
The Brock University men's basketball team (8-10 OUA West) dropped their third straight losing a heartbreaker 69-66 to OUA West divisional rival McMaster Marauders (9-9 OUA West) at the Bob Davis Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
In the final minute, Brock would go cold going just 1-for-5 from the field including a game tying three at the buzzer by freshman Cedric Kasongo (Welland, Ont.) that would not fall.
The Badgers had a chance to tie it 65-65 with 22 seconds remaining but Andrew Kraus (Markham, Ont.) would knock down just one of two free throw attempts. The Marauders would connect on 4-of-6 from the charity stripe in the final 20 seconds as they escaped with the 3-point victory.
McMaster was led by Cam Michaud who registered 16 points and eight rebounds. Victor Raso contributed with 12 points including four three-pointers. Kenan Etale was one rebound shy of a double-double adduing 12 points and nine rebounds in the victory.
Leading the Badgers offense was Kraus who led all scorers with a game high 21 points. Senior Mike Cruickshank (Toronto, Ont.) added 13 points, six rebounds and five assists. St. Catharines natives Joel Whitty and Andrew Ferguson chipped in with 10 and eight points respectively.
McMaster went to the charity stripe 32 times going 23-for-32 to the Badgers 11 trips (8-for-11). The Marauders also outscored Brock 26-14 in the paint while shooting 35.1% (20-for-57) from the field. Brock finished the contest shooting 35.8% (24-for-67).
During their three game slump, the Badgers had allowed their opponents to get to the charity stripe 40 more times going 69-for-93. Brock has shot 75.5% going 40-for-53.
Source: Brock Sports Info
Toronto, 94 @ RMC, 48 Box Score
Four players hit double digits as the Varsity Blues men’s basketball team defeated the RMC Paladins 94-48 on Saturday, February 5 in Kingston, Ont.
With the win, the Blues clinch a first-round playoff bye and improve to 14-5 in second place in the OUA East.
Andrew Wasik of Burnaby, B.C., tallied a team-high 19 points and added seven boards, while fellow veteran forward Drazen Glisic (Sarajevo, BIH) had 16 points on the day, going 8-of-11 from the floor. Both Sean Nickel and Arun Kumar recorded 14 points on the night, with Kumar going 4-for-5 from beyond the arc.
RMC took an early lead, outscoring the Blues 24-14 in the first quarter. However; Toronto took over from there, with a big 34-6 second and 25-6 third quarter to put the game away.
RMC’s Jonathan Wilson led all players with 21 points, while Gavin Varay-Cox chipped in with 14 in the losing cause.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Lakehead, 65 @ Waterloo, 58 Box Score
The Men's Thunderwolves basketball team was able to scrape out a win in Waterloo, winning 65-58 Saturday evening. Lakehead led 50-45 heading into the 4th quarter, and managed to finish stronger than they had done in Friday night's loss.
Jamie Searle came up with another big performance, hitting 6 threes and finishing with a total of 24 points and 5 rebounds. Venzal Russel was next with 13 points. Yoosrie Salhia wasn't the usual rebounding force Thunderwolf fans are accustomed to, only grabbing 4, but he made up for it with a game-high 5 assists. Most of LU's most important plays didn't show up on the stat sheet, as Andrew Hackner came in to play a season-high 26 minutes of tough defense against Tim Rossy, the Warrior who had scored 26 points the night earlier. Rossy finished with 4 on Saturday. Waterloo's top scorer, Cam McIntyre was draped by LU defenders all weekend, only scoring 7 total points (5 tonight), after going into the weekend averaging close to 20 PPG.
Lakehead led 60-54 with 2:46 remaining, and kept their guards up to the end, as Venzal Russell came up with a critical steal with less than 2 minutes left which he took in for an uncontested layup. Greg Carter followed that up by digging a steal from Wayne Bridge on a post up with 30 seconds remaining.
Source: Lakehead Sports Info
Ottawa, 86 @ Laurentian, 72 Box Score
The uOttawa Gee-Gees picked up right from where left off last night, and are now above .500 for the first time this season with a 86-72 victory over Laurentian Saturday night.
First-year guard Johnny Berhanemeskel, Ottawa, Ont., was on fire again tonight going four for four from the three-point line, and finishing with a season high 31 points.
Head coach James Derouin was very pleased with the win, and believes they are moving in the right direction: “A really great second half in particular. It was a big win on the road again for us, just an all around good game for us. We did what we needed to do this weekend. The team played amazing tonight, a great fourth-quarter run and the guys stayed aggressive for the first time when we’re up eight or nine. They’re really learning to how play with each other.”
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Ryerson, 79 @ Queen's, 70 Box Score
Four players scored in double-digits as the Ryerson Rams men's basketball team defeated the Queen's Gaels 79-70 on Saturday night.
With the win, the Rams improve to 9-10 and move into sole possession of fourth place in the OUA East. Queen's drops to 3-16 on the season.
Ola Adegboruwa was 7-of-14 from the field with 19 points, while Jahmal Jones also had 19 points and four steals. Afeworki Gebrekerestos added 11 points and Jordon Gauthier recorded 10 points for Ryerson, who led 39-33 at halftime.
Tim Boyle and Nikola Misljencevic each had 12 points for the Gaels.
Source: Ryerson Sports Info
Carleton, 111 @ York, 71 Box Score
The No. 1 Carleton University Ravens men’s basketball team took their 19th straight win Saturday night, defeating the York University Lions 111-71 on the road.
With their spotless record of 19-0, the men remain at the top of the OUA standings.
The Ravens outscored York in the first half, leading by 27 before the break.
The men continued to dominate in the third, but York brought increased momentum in the final quarter, outscoring the Ravens 24-19. Despite the attempted comeback, it wouldn’t be enough to close the gap, and the Ravens took the 40-point win.
Six Ravens hit double digits, including top scorer Philip Scrubb (Richmond, B.C.), who finished with 17 points.
Source: Carleton Sports Info
