CIS men's basketball Friday roundup

The first quarter was a back-and-forth affair with both teams trading baskets and leads throughout. The Lions nearly escaped the first with a 20-17 lead, but Dakota Laurin (Calgary) hit a three-pointer in the dying seconds to tie the game at 20-20.

Both teams continued to trade baskets in the second, but the Lions were able to pull ahead late. Stefan Haynes (North York, Ont.) drained two of his six points in the final seconds of the quarter to put the Lions up 42-40 heading into the third.

Dejan Kravic (London, Ont.) led the Lions with seven points in the quarter, while Varsity Blues guard Justin Holmes (Toronto) drained two three-pointers for a team-high six points.

The Lions increased their lead to four in the third quarter with yet another late scoring surge. Haynes, Justin Bell (Mississauga, Ont.) and rookie Aaron Rados (Ottawa) combined for seven points late in the quarter that gave the Lions a 66-62 lead heading into the fourth.

David Tyndale (Mississauga, Ont.) led the Lions with six points in the quarter. The Varsity Blues had a tough time containing the speedy Tyndale, who led many of the Lions' scoring drives throughout the contest.

The Lions pulled away in the fourth quarter en route to a dominant 14-point win. Tyndale continued to demonstrate his scoring touch, tallying nine points in the quarter.

Haynes was a force in the paint, coming up with a huge block on Andrew Wasik (Burnaby, B.C.) early in the quarter and a huge board in the dying minutes to preserve the Lions' win.

The Lions will be in action again on Saturday (Jan. 15) when they host the Ryerson Rams (3-8) at Tait McKenzie Centre. The game tips off at 8pm, following the women's game.

Source: York Sports Info

The Gaiters started strong as they stormed out to a 15-2 lead with 3:08 left in the first, and led Laval throughout the first half, taking a 41-34 edge into the interval. The Gaiters shot over 50% from the field (17-for-33) in the half, including 5-for-11 (46%) from three-point territory. They held Laval (16-9, 6-1 QUBL) to only 39.4% shooting (13-for-33) in the opening 20 minutes.

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However, 23 second-half points by Beaulieu-Maheux led the league-leading Rouge et Or mounted a second-half comeback. Laval tied the game at 46-46 midway through the third quarter, part of a 17-0 run that put them up for good.
In total, Beaulieu-Maheux went 11-for-18 from the field, including six three-pointers. The Rouge et Or had two other players in double digits, as Jérôme Turcotte-Routhier and Marvin Vebobe each scored ten.

Bishop's was led by third-year forward Tim Hunter (Baie d'Urfé, Que.) who scored 18 points and grabbed a team high six rebounds. Jeremy Leonard-Smith (Ottawa, Ont.) and Oraine Green (Toronto, Ont.), each added ten points.

The Gaiters outrebounded Laval 39-36, with rookie centre Mike Andrews (Oakville, Ont.) also picking up six. However, the Gaiters committed 18 turnovers, while Laval only made eight.

The Gaiters (1-24, 1-21 CIS, 0-8 QUBL) return to action Saturday night taking on Concordia in Montreal. Tip-off will be at 6 p.m.

Source: Bishop's Sports Info

The Gee-Gees never allowed RMC more than 9 points in a quarter, but were able to stack up the points themselves with every player scoring and seven players contributing points in the double digits.

Head coach James Derouin was quick to note this statistic, "That's pretty amazing, because nobody had more than 14 points, everybody scored and seven guys in double figures never happens. So there's no individual stat that really stands out, but [this team statistic] is a great thing to see."

"From a team standpoint, we got our guys a lot of playing time, and game like that are good for that," said Derouin in reflection on the team play. "We're happy; the guys stayed focus, which is always a challenge in a game like that. They did a great job."

The Gee-Gees will now need to say focused heading into tomorrow night's match-up against Queen's (2-9 OUA) at 8:00 p.m.

Source: Ottawa Sports Info

The Gaels had difficulty early as they fell behind by two goals three minutes into the second after goals by the Blues' Andrew Bergin of Scarborough, Ont. and David Mooney of Toronto. However, a strong performance by Georgetown, Ontario's Steele De Fazio kept the Gaels in the game as Welland, Ontario's Payton Liske scored an unassisted power play goal halfway through the second to bring Queen's within one.

Toronto would be the first to score in the third as Dan Brewer, another Toronto native, scored two minutes into the period. The Gaels would not be trailing for long however, as Winnipeg's Jordan Mirwaldt scored for the Gaels and it would be the first of three in three minutes.

Liske added his second of the game one minute later before Alexi Pianosi scored on the power play one minute after Liske. A late penalty would prove costly for Queen's as Blake Boddy of Ajax, Ont. tied the game for Toronto on the power play with seven minutes before time expired.

In overtime it appeared as though the game was headed for a shootout until Lawrance capitalized on a turnover and put the puck under the crossbar on the Gaels' second shot of the extra period with 32 seconds remaining. The goal was unassisted.

The win puts the Gaels two points ahead of the Varsity Blues in the OUA East standings and moves Queen's into seventh with 18 points.

Liske and Mirwaldt led the Gaels with three points each. Jordan Soquila of Maple Ridge, B.C. added an assist on Mirwaldt's goal. De Fazio was solid in net for the Gaels as he turned away 34 of 38 shots, including 16 saves in the first period.

The Gaels will be back in action this Tuesday in Kingston when they take on the Royal Military College Paladins. Puck drop is set for 8:30 pm.

Source: Queen's Sports Info

The Bisons and Huskies will take to the court on Saturday, 6:00 p.m. CT at the Investors Group Athletic Centre.

Bison Athletics

Gareau was 15-for-22 from the field and pulled down 11 rebounds to register his fourth double-double of the season. He was also a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe and played 39 of the game’s 40 minutes. Lukomski did most of his damage from the three-point line, as he hit nine treys and broke his own school single-game record with 20 attempts from downtown.

Chas Kok had a fine game for Thompson Rivers, scoring a team-high 22 points and adding 10 rebounds to secure one of his team’s two double-doubles. Kok, who was also 4-for-8 from the three-point line, had six assists in 39 minutes of floor time. Greg Stewart had the WolfPack’s other double-double, scoring 13 points and pulling down a game-high 19 boards. Kevin Pribilsky also had four threes and ended up with 18 points, while Brett Parker chipped in with 10.

The Cougars improve to 8-5 with the win, moving ahead of Manitoba for fifth place in the Canada West standings after the Bisons lost to Saskatchewan on Friday. Thompson Rivers falls to 2-13 with the loss.

The two teams will meet again on Saturday night following the conclusion of the women’s game.

Cougar Athletics

Ryan MacKinnon led Victoria with a game high 18 points and was strong on defense with four steals. Pierce Anderson added 15 points. Mike Berg finished with 12. Wendall Thomas led the team in rebounds with 10.

Winnipeg was led by Brayden Duff's 13 points. Nolan Gooding and Benny Iko finished with 12 points a piece. Iko led the team with a game high 13 rebounds to complete the double-double.

The Vikes led 16-13 after a tight defensive opening quarter and went on to outscore Winnipeg 23-17 in the second quarter to open up a 39-30 lead at halftime.

The two teams will wrap up their weekend series Saturday night at the Duckworth Centre. Game time is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

Wesmen Athletics

The win put an end to a four game losing streak that bridged the semester break. With the win the Horns improve to 4-11, while the Bobcats fall to 4-9. Senior guard Randy Davis continued to have the hot hand for the Horns scoring a game high 24 points. Danhue Lawrence and Quinn Van Gaalen also registered double digits for the Horns with 16 and 14 respectively. O'Brian Wallace came off the bench to lead the Bobcats with 21 points and Kyrie Coleman chipped in with a double-double, scoring 13 points and adding 10 rebounds.

The Horns will look to complete the weekend sweep on Saturday at the 1st Choice Savings Centre, tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

Fidler still managed to pull down nine rebounds and lead his team with 13 points in limited action, but he was the only starter to hit double-digits in scoring for Calgary.

For UBC, Brent Malish had 13 points and Kamar Burke scored 11. Nathan Yu's 19 points off the bench were a game-high, and Doug Plumb also came off the bench to chip in 13.

The win moves them to 13-2 on the year, keeping them on pace with Trinity Western at the top of the conference. The Dinos fall to 5-8, and will be out for some revenge tomorrow night when they wrap up their series with UBC at War Memorial Gym. Game time is 8 p.m.