Gold: Carleton 82 Trinity Western 59
Spartans-Ravens Stats
HALIFAX (CIS) - The Carleton Ravens captured their 7th W.P. McGee Trophy in 9 years as CIS men's basketball champions Sunday evening at the Halifax Metro Centre with an 82-59 gold medal win over Trinity Western.
Fourth-year guard Elliot Thompson of Fredericton was named player of the game after scoring a match-high 21 points. Tyson Hinz of Ottawa, who was named CIS player of the year on Thursday, was named tournament MVP.
CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS
Tournament MVP (Jack Donohue Trophy): Tyson Hinz, Carleton
R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award: Simon Farine, Dalhousie
Tournament All-Stars
Tyson Hinz, Carleton
Elliot Thompson, Carleton
Kyle Coston, Trinity Western
Jacob Doerksen, Trinity Western
Jamelle Barrett, Saskatchewan
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Elliot Thompson, a fourth-year guard from Fredericton, earned player-of-the-game honours in the title match after scoring a game-high 19 points. He joined Hinz on the tournament all-star team. Reigning CIS rookie of the year Philip Scrubb of Richmond, B.C., added 16 points for the winners, while Willy Manigat of Montreal had 14.
The Spartans, who earned the wildcard and entered the tourney as the No. 5 seed after finishing third at the Canada West Final Four, were making their first appearance at the championship since joining CIS back in 1999-2000.
First Team all-Canadian forward Jacob Doerksen of Abbotsford, B.C., paced Trinity Western with a 16-point, 12 rebound double-double. The former CIS MVP and rookie of the year was the lone Spartan with previous Final 8 experience. In his first season in 2007, when he was suiting up for Victoria, the Vikes dropped a 73-67 decision to Carleton in the final.
Kyle Coston, a fourth-year forward from Blaine, Wash., added 13 points and nine boards in the losing cause.
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Bronze: UBC 111 Saskatchewan 95
Huskies-Thunderbirds Stats
HALIFAX (CIS) – Playing in his final university game, Alex Murphy scored a career-high 36 points as the top-seeded University of British Columbia Thunderbirds rebounded from a heartbreaking semifinal loss with a 111-95 bronze medal win over the No. 3 Saskatchewan Huskies at the CIS men’s basketball championship, Sunday afternoon, at the Halifax Metro Centre.
The third-place match, which was returning to the CIS tournament for the first time since 1986, was a rematch of last week’s Canada West final – won 107-100 by UBC – and last year’s CIS title game, where the Huskies prevailed 91-81 to capture the first W.P. McGee Trophy in program history.
With 206 combined points, the conference rivals set an all-time championship record. The T-Birds also tied the second highest single-team tally in history.
Murphy, a guard from Richmond, B.C., was one of three seniors wearing the UBC uniform for the last time this weekend, along with guard Josh Whyte of Calgary and forward Brent Malish of Langley, B.C. Whyte, a First Team all-Canadian this season and the CIS MVP in 2009-10, had to sit out the bronze medal duel due to an injury.
Murphy, who earned player-of-the-game honours, broke his previous personal best of 34 points, which he set in last weekend’s conference final. His 36 points are also a tournament high going into the championship match. He was nine of 16 from the field, including a remarkable 7-of-10 from beyond the arc, and went 11-of-12 from the free throw line.
Three other Thunderbirds scored in double figures including Nathan Yu of Prince George, B.C., with 17 points, Malish, with 16, and Kamar Burke of Mississauga, Ont., who ended the campaign with a 15-point, 11-rebound double-double.
Jamelle Barrett, a third-year guard from California in his first season with the Huskies, was once again sensational for Saskatchewan. The 5-foot-10 junior scored 28 points to follow up on a 28-point performance on Saturday in a 95-83 semifinal loss to Carleton and a 27-point tally on Friday in a quarter-final win over Dalhousie.
Michael Lieffers, a 6-foot-8 forward from Saskatoon, had 23 points and nine rebounds in the losing cause.
GAME NOTES: The previous tournament record of 201 combined points dated back to the 1972 gold medal final when UBC defeated Acadia117-84... UBC defeated Windsor in the 1972 semifinals... UBC’s 117 points in the 1972 title match still stand as the single-game mark for one team... The Thunderbirds hold the three best single-game performances of all-time as they also scored 111 points in a consolation match against Brandon in 1991 (111-81 win)
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