Disappointment as St. Clair falls short
The hopes and dreams of the men and women's basketball teams at St. Clair College were dashed on Sunday afternoon at the OCAA championship tournament. The Saints fell short in their quest to bring home a medal losing in the bronze medal game.
Poor shooting hurt the women's team
The Saints shot 15-78 (19%) for the game losing to Niagara 67-52. Rookie guard Ania Buklarewicz led St. Clair with 14 points. Kaitlyn Overeem, A CCAA All-Canadian, was held to nine points on 1-9 shooting. The Saints were outrebounded 62-47 and the Knights outscored St. Clair in the paint 32-4.
Sluggist start costly for the men
The Saints found themselves in a hole early and trailed 53-31 at the half. St. Clair made a second half push but fell short losing 82-69 against host Durham. St. Clair felt the effect of not having fifth-year starter Chad Vincent-Simon. The OCAA men's basketball Player of The Year was suspended as a result of a play late in St. Clair's quarter-final win over Centennial on February 24th. Rookie guard Andrew Loyuk led the Saints with 24 points.
The Windsor Express is starting to roll
The Express beat London Sunday afternoon 100-95 for their fourth win in five games. Windsor trailed by four heading into the fourth quarter but outscored the home team 33-24 to complete a weekend sweep that saw them beat Newfoundland Saturday night.
Paul Harrison led all scorers with 30 points while Latin Davis pitched in 20 for Windsor. Former Express players Chris Jones (26) and Billy White (25) led the Lightning who fall to 12-7 and dropped out of first. Windsor improves to 9-6 and moved up to 4th in the Basketball Super League standings.