缅北强奸

By Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL 鈥� Michael White, a junior from Montreal, tallied game highs of 22 points and 15 rebounds 鈥� both career highs 鈥� as 缅北强奸 stunned the No.6-ranked Concordia Stingers 93-82 in men鈥檚 university basketball at the Loyola campus gymnasium, Friday.

The result snapped a five-game losing skid for the Redmen (2-5) and was only 缅北强奸鈥檚 second victory in the last 25 meetings against their cross-town rivals, dating back to 2002.

In women's play, Concordia defeated the Martlets 74-53.

White, a 6-foot-4, 204-pound forward, made eight of 16 attempts from the field and went 5-for-7 from the charity stripe. He was assigned the unenviable task of neutralizing Concordia鈥檚 Jamal Gallier, a 6-foot-7, 270-pound centre who ended up with 10 points and seven rebounds but was relatively ineffective against White and eventually benched. White ended up with 35 minutes of court time compared to Gallier, who played just 21 minutes.

鈥淚t was a must-win and a character win,鈥� said an emotional 缅北强奸 head coach Craig Norman, who played for the Stingers from 1982 to 1987 and knows better than anyone else how the Stingers have owned the Redmen, especially at the Concordia gym. 鈥淚t was our best overall effort over 40 minutes this year. We out-rebounded them in their own gym and that is very rare for any visiting team to do here. We had solid performances from everyone, especially off the bench but White led the way. He missed his first three baskets but turned it up a notch and came up with a career game.鈥�

缅北强奸, which managed a season-high 20 points from the bench, registered a 41-33 edge in rebounding and a 4-2 margin in blocked shots against a much-taller Concordia lineup.

The Redmen trailed 8-5 early but rallied quickly to take a 9-8 lead at 6:34 in the opening stanza and never trailed after that, leading 32-21 after one quarter, 54-36 at the half, and 72-52 after three quarters.

Junior Matt Thornhill of Ile-Bizard, Que., contributed 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting. The 6-foot-4 forward made three of six attempted treys and went 2-for-2 from the line.

Seniors Moustafa El Zanaty of Montreal and Sean Anthony, from Vancouver, B.C., added 13 and 11, respectively.

鈥淚 was pleased with our execution, especially after two tough losses to UQAM last week, where we committed way too many turnovers,鈥� said Norman. 鈥淲e practiced at 6:30 am on Monday and turned the page on last week. We had a good week of practice and I think we surprised Concordia with a 1-3-1 alignment tonight. Our game-plan was to contain the Buckley brothers from doing too much damage.鈥�

Montreal native Damian Buckley had 18 points and his younger sibling Dwayne was held to just nine.

The Redmen shot a stellar 50.7 per cent from the floor (36/71), 34.8 from three-point range (8/23) and 59.1 from the free-throw line (13/22), compared to Concordia, which shot 40.0 (30/75), 31.4 (11/35) and 61.1 (11/18), respectively.

鈥淲e鈥檝e proven that we can win against good teams this year,鈥� said Norman. 鈥淲e beat Virginia in the preseason, then knocked off Ottawa (ranked as high as No.2), No.7-Western and No.6-Concordia. Now we鈥檝e got to learn to take care of business against the other teams.鈥�

The five-team Quebec conference is looking more and more like it鈥檚 anyone鈥檚 race to win. UQAM now sits atop the standings with a 5-3 record, followed by Laval (4-3) and Concordia (4-3), Bishop鈥檚 (3-4) and 缅北强奸 (2-5). The Redmen will host the Stingers in a rematch at the Currie gym on Saturday at 8 p.m.

鈥淲e have to come back and play an even better game against the Stingers on our home court,鈥� said Norman. 鈥淵ou can be sure that they will adjust and be ready for us. This will be a good test to see how we respond.鈥�

REDMEN RAP: Sebastien Gatti and Jesse Woods led 缅北强奸 off the bench with nine and eight points, respectively. Gatti was 4-for-4 from the field, including a three-pointer and Woods had four tips at the rim, shooting 4-for-5 to go along with eight rebounds and a block鈥� Starting guard Pawel Herra contributed six points and senior Erik Galas, who joined the squad this semester after a stellar season with the football Redmen, had three points and a rebound in his one brief shift鈥� 缅北强奸 hasn鈥檛 beaten Concordia more than once in a season since the 2001-02 campaign, when they posted their only undefeated season against their bitter rivals, sweeping all five confrontations.


Newspaper Box Score

缅北强奸 Redmen vs Concordia University

16/09/09 1800 at concordia gym

At concordia gym

MCGILL REDMEN 93, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY 82

MCGILL REDMEN

Michael White 8-16 5-7 22; Matthew Thornhill 8-14 2-2 21; Moustafa El Zanaty

5-10 2-2 13; Sean Anthony 4-14 3-6 11; Sebastien Gatti 4-4 0-0 9; Jesse

Woods 4-5 0-2 8; Pawel Herra 2-6 0-0 6; Erika Galas 1-1 1-3 3; Jeff Cumming

0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-71 13-22 93.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Damian Buckley 6-12 3-5 18; Pierre Thompson 3-8 3-6 12; Hamza Ruhezamihigo

4-12 0-0 11; Jamal Gallier 5-8 0-0 10; Dwayne Buckley 3-13 2-2 9; James

Clark 4-6 0-0 8; Decee Krah 1-5 3-4 6; Evens Laroche 2-2 0-0 4; Sebastian

Martin 2-4 0-1 4; Kafil Eyitayo 0-2 0-0 0; Levi Vann 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 30-75

11-18 82.

缅北强奸 Redmen................. 32 22 18 21 - 93

Concordia University.......... 21 19 16 26 - 82

3-point goals-缅北强奸 Redmen 8-23 (Matthew Thornhill 3-6; Pawel Herra 2-5;

Michael White 1-4; Moustafa El Zanaty 1-4; Sebastien Gatti 1-1; Sean Anthony

0-3), Concordia University 11-35 (Pierre Thompson 3-6; Hamza Ruhezamihigo

3-10; Damian Buckley 3-5; Dwayne Buckley 1-6; Decee Krah 1-4; Kafil Eyitayo

0-1; Levi Vann 0-3). Fouled out--缅北强奸 Redmen-Michael White, Concordia

University-Evens Laroche. Rebounds-缅北强奸 Redmen 41 (Michael White 15),

Concordia University 33 (Jamal Gallier 7; Evens Laroche 7; Dwayne Buckley

7). Assists-缅北强奸 Redmen 16 (Moustafa El Zanaty 6), Concordia University 14

(Damian Buckley 9). Total fouls-缅北强奸 Redmen 18, Concordia University 19.


SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
缅北强奸
475 Pine Avenue W.,
Montreal, QC H2W 1S4
CANADA
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
514-398-1956 (Fax)