UVic Make a Strong Case
Vic’s Reiner Theil drives by Saskatchewan’s Chan De Ciman. photo UVic Athletics
at Victoria Vikes 83 Saskatchewan Huskies 58 – The defending CW champs send a clear message that they will be fighting to retain that crown, as they smother the Huskies offense, yielding just 23 points in the first half. The Vikes shoot 54% from the floor, led by 18 points from Mack Roth, and 15 points/7 rebs by Grant Sitton. Saskatchewan, who are our-rebounded 35-22 by UVic, get 20 points from Jauquin Bennett-Boire. Vikes are 3-0, and Huskies drop to 1-2. Box Score
at Manitoba Bisons 96 Calgary Dinos 90 OT – The Dinos led through the early 4th quarter, but a Bisons rally forced the visitors to score the last 4 pts. in regulation to get to extra time. Free throws spelled the difference as Manitoba were a strong 23/28, while UC only 14/23; Wyatt Anders had a monster night on the boards, with 20 for UM. Justus Alleyn had a career best 27 points and added 9 assists to lead the Buffaloes attack, and Ilarion Bonhomme counted 16. Calgary got another great scoring effort from Thomas Cooper, with 38 points/ 8 rebs/ 4 assts, while Jhony Verrone was the only other Dino in double figures with 11. Both teams are now 2-1. Box Score
Winnipeg Wesmen 71 at Alberta Golden Bears 60 – In a bit of an upset, the visiting Wesmen hold the Bears offense at bay, as they force 21 UA turnovers. The Ws outscore Alberta 41-26 in the final 20 minutes. Jelane Pryce leads Winnipeg with 21, while Mamadou Gueye notches the same for U of A and adds 11 boards. Both the Wesmen and the Bears are 1-2. Box Score
at Lethbridge Pronghorns 85 Brandon Bobcats 75 – The ‘Horns started slowly, but stormed back with a 48-34 2nd half edge, to grab the home opening win over the 0-3 Bobcats. The 5 Lethbridge starters were all in double figures, led by Brandon Brine with 14, plus 13 rebounds. Brandon got 27 from DJ Jordan, but shot a mere 4/20 (20%) from the line, but inexplicably hit 46% from 3 point range. Box Score
at UBC Thunderbirds 94 Trinity Western Spartans 69 – The T-Birds establish a 20 point lead at the half, and waltz away with a clear win to go to 2-1. Trinity is out-shot 49% to 37% from the floor, and out-boarded by a whopping 55-32. Will Ondrik is high for UBC with 18 points, with Patrick Simon coming off the bench for 10 pts/ 10 rebs. Both Lucas Mannes and Dean Richey score 14 for the Spartans, who are now 0-3. Box Score
Explorer Division –
UFV’s Kevon Parchment has another solid game to lead the Cascades.
at Fraser Valley Cascades 74 MacEwan Griffins 64 – A workman-like effort from the Cascades, as their defense forces McEwan into 21 turnovers, and they clean -up at the foul line (18/21 vs 8/11 for Mac). The pair of Kevon Parchment (9 rebs) and Marcus Morgan each knock down 17 points for the 3-0 UFV. McEwan’s Keith Gerdes is the game-high scorer with 21 pts / 7 rebs Box Score
Thompson R. WolfPack101 at Mt. Royal Cougars 72 – The WolfPack fed generously with 58 points in the final 20 minutes, shooting 55% from the floor. TRU’s Josh Wolfram had a big night , with 35 points and 9 rebounds, while Reese Pribilsky hit 24 pts/ 9 boards/4 assists. Brett Layton continued to impress in his 1st year with 28 points / 7 rebs for the Cougars. TRU is 3-0 and Mt. Royal 1-2. Box Score
UNBC Timberwolves 64 at UBC-Okanagan Heat 48 – All the numbers favour the T’Wolves (1-2) in this one – UNBC is 45% from the floor / UBC-O only 39%, the Heat are just 1/15 from beyond the arc compared to 5/16 for the Wolves, and UNBC has only 16 turnovers to 22 for the home team. Rhys Elliot, with 15 points, and Billy Cheng with 14 plus 5 assists, lead the Timberwolves, while Mitch Goodwin has 11 for 0-3 Okanagan. Box Score
Other CIS Mid-week … Memorial sweeps Saint Mary’s in St. John’s, 99-86 on Sunday. Weds.- Ryerson 84 McMaster 69, Cape Breton 98 St. FX 87, Toronto 91 Waterloo 65 … In Quebec on Thurs.- UQAM 79 Bishop’s 75
Friday CIS Scores –
Quebec – Concordia 66 Laval 62
Atlantic – #10 Dalhousie 73 Memorial 60, Acadia 81 St. FX 71
Ontario – #1 Ottawa 89 at Lakehead 61 , #2 Carleton 85 at Guelph 59, #7 Western 83 Windsor 63, Queen’s 69 Laurentian 68, York 81 Nipissing 62
Overtime –
Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson starting for Galitos-Tiey in Portugal
- Euro – Report … Ross Bekkering (UC), playing in The Netherlands for 4-2, 2nd place, Donar Groningen, is scoring 13.5 ppg/ 9 rebs/ 2.5 assts. Jordan Baker (UA) and Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson (UC) in Portugal, with Galitos-Tiey. Team is 3-3, tied for 4th … Baker is top scorer with 22 ppg/ 11 rebs, while JO-J is 7.8 ppg/4 rebs/4 assts. Rob Sihota (UC) in Hungary with last place MAFC Budapest … scoring 13.6 ppg/ 7.3 rebs. Nick Loewen (MRU), playing now for CB Agustinos-Eras in Leon, Spain (2nd Division (A-B), who are 1-1, and Nick is scoring 11 ppg / 4.5 rebounds. Chris McLaughlin (UVic), playing for the Gmunden Swans, Austria is at 10.2 ppg / 6.4 rebs.
- 5th year guard, Billy Cheng, is set to have his career year for the
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UNBC’s 5th year guard, Billy Cheng – photo Prince George Citizen.
UNBC T’Wolves; Coach Todd Jordan says, Billy’s been a big piece for us probably since his second or third year. We need a lot from him and the expectations are high.” “I take it as more of a challenge in leading this team that’s young,” said Cheng, who’s double majoring in finance and international business. “Todd has given me confidence in doing so and keeping all of my teammates together.” details in this Prince George Citizen story by Andrea Johnson.
- Manitoba Coach, Kirby Schepp, assessing his Bisons’ chances in Canada West this season, “We’ve got probably one of our more athletic groups certainly since I’ve been here,” Schepp said Thursday. “I think we expect to be a pretty good team. But the way Canada West as a league is, it has such tremendous parity. Every weekend is going to be really, really difficult.” From the Winnipeg Free Press.
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