ST. CLAIR 76, REDEEMER 73

ANCASTER, Ont. - It may be too early to tell whether a pair of narrow defeats for the Redeemer men's basketball team will come back to haunt them over the next couple of weeks, but the Royals closed out the weekend with a missed opportunity.

Redeemer dropped their game on Friday to Lambton College, 70-65 and on Saturday to St. Clair College, 76-73. Both games had playoff implications for the Royals as Lambton (5-8) overtook the Royals for the final playoff spot and St. Clair (8-4) moved into fourth place.

Disappointed Redeemer head coach Jamie Girolametto commented, "When it comes to making the playoffs, we are no longer in the driver's seat. Two tough losses for us where it was a one or two possession game throughout. Whenever we pulled the score back to one point, tied it up, or took the lead, we made costly errors and put ourselves back in the hole."

Redeemer's Calvin Turnbull (Burlington, Ont.) put up 16 points on Friday and Saturday leading the Royals in scoring both nights. Turnbull had 10 rebounds, seven assists, and five steals on Friday to go along with his eight rebounds and four steals on Saturday afternoon.

Benn Ibrahim (Windsor, Ont.) had a solid weekend as well adding 16 points on Friday night while Almar Knowles (Hamilton, Ont.) chipped in with 14 points on Saturday.

Sitting in a tie with Lambton for sixth place in the West, the Royals have a big upcoming weekend when they travel to Sudbury for a back-to-back against Cambrian College (1-9) on Friday and Saturday.

Source: Redeemer University College

ANCASTER, Ont. - The St. Clair men's basketball team fought through foul trouble but were able to play a strong second half and prevail 76-73 over Redeemer University College in Ancaster Saturday afternoon.

After posting an 18-13 lead after the first quarter St. Clair struggled and went in the halftime break down 31-27 to Redeemer. After a high scoring third quarter (25-25) the teams played even into the fourth quarter. Down 62-56 early in the final frame St. Clair put together a 17-2 run that created the cushion they needed to outlast Redeemer.

Matt Nuna (Windsor, Ont./Catholic Central) scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Saints to victory while adding seven rebounds and three assists. Alex Temesy (Amherstburg, Ont./General Amherst) also had a strong game with 17 points to go with five rebounds. Tyler Storie (Windsor, Ont./WF Herman) also reached double figures scoring 11 points adding eight rebounds.  
 
The St. Clair men's basketball team comes home to continue their OCAA West region regular season schedule when they host Sheridan College (Brampton) on Friday with tip time at 8 p.m.

Source: St. Clair College