Ã山ǿ¼é

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Matt Thornhill of Ile-Bizard, Que., netted a game-high 28 points as visiting Ã山ǿ¼é knocked off the first-place UQAM Citadins for the second time in three days, with an 86-78 victory in men’s hoops action, Saturday.

Montreal native Moustafa El Zanaty added 20 pointsand Sean Anthony of Vancouver, B.C., had 10 as the fourth-place Redmen improved to 5-7 and sit only two points shy of first-place in the tightly-contested Quebec University Basketball League.

With four games remaining, Ã山ǿ¼é and Bishop’s are both 5-7 in the tightest race. UQAM, Laval and Concordia all share the division lead with identical 6-4 records.

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Newspaper Box Score


Newspaper Box Score
(Jan. 31, 2009 at UQAM)

MCGILL UNIVERSITY 86, UQAM M 78

MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Matthew Thornhill 11-18 3-4 28; Moustafa El Zanaty 4-15 10-13 20; Sean
Anthony 4-6 1-2 10; Nicholas Nishikawa 3-3 1-2 8; Erik Galas 3-4 0-0 6;
Jesse Woods 2-2 1-2 5; Michael White 2-4 1-4 5; Pawel Herra 1-5 1-2 4;
Sebastian Gatti 0-4 0-0 0; Jeff Cumming 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-62 18-29 86.
UQAM M
Souleymane Diagne 8-9 6-7 22; Gregory Saint-Amand 6-15 3-4 15; Adil El
Makssoud 6-11 0-0 14; Arthaud Plesius 5-15 1-2 13; Abdoukarim Gueye 3-6 0-0
6; Olivier Hudon 2-7 0-0 5; Neil Ze Mbo 1-7 0-0 3; Michael Sweeney 0-0 0-0
0; Paul-Emile Colas 0-0 0-0 0; Vincent Towner 0-0 0-0 0; Steve Jerome 0-6
0-0 0. Totals 31-76 10-13 78.

Ã山ǿ¼é............. 19 21 19 27 - 86
UQAM M........................ 14 23 23 18 - 78

3-point goals--Ã山ǿ¼é 8-20 (Matthew Thornhill 3-6; Moustafa El
Zanaty 2-7; Pawel Herra 1-3; Sean Anthony 1-2; Nicholas Nishikawa 1-1;
Sebastian Gatti 0-1), UQAM M 6-24 (Adil El Makssoud 2-3; Arthaud Plesius
2-7; Neil Ze Mbo 1-6; Olivier Hudon 1-2; Steve Jerome 0-5; Gregory
Saint-Amand 0-1). Fouled out--Ã山ǿ¼é-None, UQAM M-Adil El
Makssoud; Abdoukarim Gueye; Neil Ze Mbo. Rebounds--Ã山ǿ¼é University 33
(Michael White 9), UQAM M 33 (Gregory Saint-Amand 8). Assists--Ã山ǿ¼é
University 16 (Nicholas Nishikawa 5; Moustafa El Zanaty 5), UQAM M 23 (Adil
El Makssoud 8). Total fouls--Ã山ǿ¼é 19, UQAM M 26. Technical
fouls--Ã山ǿ¼é-None, UQAM M-Olivier Hudon.


Play Analysis


Ã山ǿ¼é vs UQAM M (31012009 - Period 4 00:00)

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 4 9 3 2 - 18
UQAM M.................. 3 2 8 2 - 15

POINTS IN PAINT 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 12 14 10 8 - 44
UQAM M.................. 8 20 14 8 - 50

2ND CHANCE POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 3 2 3 4 - 12
UQAM M.................. 0 4 2 5 - 11

FAST BREAK POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 0 0 0 0 - 0
UQAM M.................. 0 0 0 0 - 0

BENCH POINTS 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 2 7 9 7 - 25
UQAM M.................. 0 8 0 3 - 11

SCORE TIED BY 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 4 0 1 0 - 5
UQAM M.................. 1 0 3 1 - 5

LEAD GAINED BY 1 2 3 4 - Tot
Ã山ǿ¼é....... 3 0 3 3 - 9
UQAM M.................. 2 0 4 2 - 8