Week 2
Seeing the scores posted must have inspired the big shooters to nab a few extra points as the night brought some big scores from: Navi Sekhon (36), Paul Rother (34), Mark Tasic (32), Randy Nohr (27), Matt Mahar (25), Melvyn Mayott (23), Jamie Robinson (22) and Monjeff Peters (22).
GAME OF THE NIGHT
Warriors 68 – Celtics 66
This game started out with a bang – with the first four buckets of the night all hailing from 3-point land. Things quieted down as the St Pat’s alumni Celtics team cruised into control of the game. The hot hand of the night was definitely Melvyn Mayott, who hit 5 three’s, one (massive) block, a few 2′s and shot 100% from the line for a grand total of 23 pts. This kid (I can say kid because the whole team graduated ’03-’05) plays with such natural grace and fluidity that I had to “google” him to see where he played (fyi, he’s an SFU alum who won the Canada West Rookie of the Year , 2004-2005).
At half, the young Celtics (who still refuse to don the old short-shorts) had a healthy lead of 45-20. But, in the second half, the rust started to fall off the Warriors as Dennis DeVita (19) led the charge back. Srkjan Vujovic and Cesare Martino each added a solid 10 points and Michael Martignago chipping in with 9 points to narrow the gap. The Warriors hit a 3 to take the lead for the first time of the 2nd half (63-62), the teams traded buckets, keeping the game up for grabs. Celtics Allan Flores hit a big three to regain the lead (66-63), but DeVita countered quickly with a trey to tie the game (again). The game came down to the wire and the Warriors won by sinking two free-throws. Chalk one up for the “old guys”, but watch out for the young’uns led by Mayott!
EA Sports 69 – Run N Gun 60
Our recently profiled Matt Mahar (25) was clearly “in the zone” and posted big numbers along with teammates Shane Luke (17) and Matt Ng (14). The entire EA team had to be exhausted from chasing the very athletic Run N Gun team and clearly nabbed the win with great defensive stops. The only guy they couldn’t stop was ex-TBird Marc Tasic (32), who is proving to be one of the toughest guys to stop in the league.
Canada One 89 – Sonic Boom 70
Sonic Boom played tough pressure defense, earning them a surprising amount of steals from the most experienced team in the league. But, they just couldn’t contain the lethal combo of Navi Sekhon (36) and Randy Nohr (27). Paul Rother took the ball hard to the hoop and was playing to the refs mercy by earning a trip the charity stripe 7 times (shooting 12/14). That is surely a league record, of some sort. Igor Dufino (sp?) subbed in for Sonic Boom, making his debut in the league and added 12 points. Sean Maxwell of Canada One had great overall stats with loads of boards, working hard inside and even stepping out to nail a couple trey’s for a total of 18 points.
Bullets 66 – Mutineers 44
Big man Jamie Robinson and point guard Ben Lee controlled most of this game, adding 22 and 11 respectively. Jay Glover (19) and Donald Ross-Richardson (13) rallied back, but the Bullets team play was too tough to handle. Bullets seemed a bit too quick and stealthy for the Mutineers who were left to hack the hard-driving Bullets.
3D 88 – Swat 72
Without Sherlan “the man” John, the Swat team was missing some of their characteristic energy – not to mention the gym was a whole lot quieter! 3D took the early lead and never relinqueshed their dominance on the court. 3D is proving to quite the force with continued unselfish play and great help-side defense. Josh Booy led the team’s points with 18, but was closely followed by Graeme McCallum (16), Taylor Cherris-Wilding (15), Jason Hubbs (15), and John Thomson (13). Cody Fox and Alex Zabori were controlling the floor and distributing the ball, effectively stalling Swat’s late surge. Monjeff Peters (22) led the charge for Swat, but they were unable to overcome the 20-point deficit of the first half. Newcomers Kash Ahterton (13) and Jon Pradinuk (8) displayed some fancy footwork on their way to the hoop and Chris Peerless was the sniper at the 3-line (hitting four 3′s on the night).
In love and basketball,
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