Game 5 Game 4 Game 3 Game 2 Game 1UPEI WINS AUS TITLE, Saint Mary's in disbelief Alex Kyriacopulos Upsets were in the rainy March Halifax weather for this conference final. Who would have guessed that the UPEI Panthers would have knocked off top dog StFX in the AUS semi final, then upset SMU Huskies 74-65 in the AUS final. UPEI now has a berth in the Final 8, their first since 1989, their only other appearance as conference champion.. The Panthers had two other appearances as wild cards in 1988 and 1977. The Saint Mary's Huskies on the other hand were up and down during the season losing a few battles at the buzzer. They lost to StFX in the AUS final last year, and were poised to win this contest against the dark horse. With a 7-0 run PEI jumped out to an early 7-2 lead on strong post work from Jason Aucoin. Jeff Walker hit a jumper to put them at 9-4. SMU started getting theie act together when Gabe Goree hit a one hand lay-in over PEI's Sherone Edwards, then on the next possession Goree drew a foul. SMU's offense continued to sputter, but there defense kept them within 5 at the 15:00 mark. Team MVP Tyler Wood was called on 3 fouls within the first 5 minutes which put him on the bench. The night before he was virtually unstoppable, hitting 5 three pointers with a total 27 points. But that didn't stop UPEI, they increaseded their lead to 17-9 with 11:00 to play. Saint Mary's Mike Shaughnessy played a tough post during this stretch as he aid Atnas Maeko cut it to 5 the next minute. With Damon Cole on the bench, Saint Mary's sixth man Shawn Smith assisted Gabe Goree for the bucket which cut the score to 2, at the 9:15 mark. After a full SMU timeout Smith drove to the basket and was stuffed by PEI's Sherone Edwards. PEI led 23-15 at 6:11 in a very physical battle. Jason Aucoin layed in a fast break play to give the Panthers a 10 point lead, which caused Ross Quackenbush to call another time out. It seemed like PEI was forcing SMU in their own element with a physical style of play that the Huskies weren't accustomed to. Rebounding wasn't helping the Huskies any, PEI's post players Aucoin and Doug McKinney dominated the defensive post. On transition Saint Mary's forward Mike Shaughnessy drained a long 3 pointer from the top of the circle. On the next transition a feisty Jeff Walker hit a jumper and drew the foul which put PEI ahead 28-18. Walker hit an acrobatic floater to put the Panthers ahead 35-22. The magic of the old Halifax Forum was clear as this tough dark horse went into the locker room shocking not only the few thousand witnesses in the Forum but the millions of viewers watching at home via East Link. The leading scorer for the 1st half was Saint Mary's Gabe Goree who had 11 points. The leading scorer for UPEI was Sherone Edwards with 10 points. Down 39-24 Atnas Maeko drove for a lay-in and was obviously slapped to the face yet the referee didn't call it. This led on the next possession to a near fist fight between UPEI's Kenny Duncan and SMU's Jon Thibault on the floor disputing about a rebound. At this point Saint Mary's was scratching and clawing for anything, down 41-30 with 15:00 to play UPEI's Jeff Walker came up big with a jump shot and then two free throws that made the UPEI lead 44-30. The Huskies Damon Cole Answered back to cut the score to 44-34 with a jumper. SMU's Maeko cut the score to 11, making it 48-36 then on the next possession Damon Cole committed his 3rd foul. Still in the game Cole drove the floor with 11:04 to go, UPEI's McKinney eyed Goree slashing to the hoop, Cole dished the ball to Goree who was slammed by McKinney. The physical play was taking effect as Jason Aucion hit another UPEI 3 pointer making the score 54-42. Tyler Wood's quiet contribution was enough to keep PEI up 58-48. His offensive presence even as the distributor, not the scorer put his teammates into position to succeed the planned offensive attack. Saint Mary's point guard Damon Cole drew a foul from Wood at 7:18 to put him back on the bench, that was Wood's 4th foul. In the final 5 minutes two teams in complete desperation were on the court. The tension could be cut with a butter knife. UPEI knew the position they were in, they were in position to win there first AUS basketball title since 1989. Saint Mary's on the other hand has been in the limelight, and obviously wanted another AUS title hanging in The Tower Field House. Mike Shaughnessy hit a lobbing shot for 2 to cut the UPEI lead to 59-54. Down 61-56 Jon Thibault picked up his 3rd foul on Tyler Wood who had re entered the game. Wood made the score 63-56. On the next SMU possession an obvious make-up call put Shaughnessy to the line for the one and one. Shaughnessy made both shots cutting the UPEI lead back to 5. Within the final 3 minutes of play a dramatic twist came over the contest when UPEI's Jeff Walker hit a running jumpshot to extend the UPEI lead 65-58. On the next possession Damon Cole was charged with his 4th personal foul on a charge to the basket that would have cut the lead back to 5. UPEI called a timeout to compose themselves and preserve the upset. In the final minute with UPEI leading 67-61. Maeko fouled Jeff Walker who hit both free throws making the score 69-61. SMU's Gabe Goree hit a one hander to cut the score to 6 with 26 seconds to go. UPEI upset Game Box SMU 65 UPEI 74 Sunday 2-Mar 2:00 PM Halifax Forum F U L L G A M E H SMU FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below…) No. Huskies M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 32 Damon Cole 5 10 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 4 12 4 5 0 1 26 34 Gabe Goree 8 15 1 3 6 6 1 6 7 3 23 4 2 0 0 39 45 Michael Shaughness 4 16 2 8 5 6 2 3 5 2 15 1 3 1 2 30 14 Jon Thibault 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 25 31 Atnas Maeko 4 11 0 2 2 2 2 7 9 2 10 0 2 0 4 34 Team 2 3 5 53 Ben McCarthy 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 8 52 Ibraheim Muhammand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 Shawn Smith 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 11 Geoffrey Williams 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 21 21 Cordell Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Dean Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 23 58 3 16 16 21 8 27 35 19 65 12 16 2 10 200 * PERCENTAGES 39.7 18.8 76.2 Deadball Rebounds 3 * First Half 31.0 20.0 66.7 Opp Points off TOs 15 * Second Half 48.3 16.7 80.0 V UPEI FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below…) No. Panthers M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 22 Kenny Duncan 3 8 3 3 0 0 1 4 5 4 9 0 2 0 1 29 34 Sherone Edwards 6 13 0 0 3 5 2 7 9 4 15 2 1 0 4 38 11 Tyler Wood 3 5 0 0 9 10 0 3 3 4 15 3 1 0 2 24 21 Jason Aucoin 6 11 1 6 0 1 3 6 9 4 13 1 3 1 3 36 33 Jeff Walker 7 16 0 3 6 7 0 1 1 0 20 4 7 0 1 37 Team 3 3 32 Doug McKinney 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 22 3 Peter Stay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 20 Donnie Killorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 5 Trevor Postma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jeff Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 26 58 4 12 18 23 7 29 36 18 74 12 14 1 11 200 * PERCENTAGES 44.8 33.3 78.3 Deadball Rebounds 3 * First Half 50.0 28.6 60.0 Opp Points off TOs 11 * Second Half 39.3 40.0 83.3 OFFICIALS: SCORE BY PERIODS:ONE TWO OT TOTAL * Roger Caufield SMU 24 41 65 * Rick MacKinnon UPEI 35 39 74 * Trevor Perry * Technical Fouls: 0 Lead Changes: 1 Ties: 0 * Attendance: 0 OTHER TEAM STATISTICS SMU Biggest Lead: 2 Points in Paint:30 2nd Chance Points: 6 Fast Breaks: 4 Points off Fast Breaks: 6 UPEI Biggest Lead: 17 Points in Paint:36 2nd Chance Points: 3 Fast Breaks: 8 Points off Fast Breaks: 10 F I R S T H A L F H SMU FG 3FG FT Rebs No. Huskies M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 32 Damon Cole 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 34 Gabe Goree 4 10 1 3 2 2 0 4 4 0 11 1 2 0 0 19 45 Michael Shaughness 1 9 1 5 2 2 1 2 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 16 14 Jon Thibault 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 15 31 Atnas Maeko 3 6 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 17 Team 1 1 53 Ben McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 52 Ibraheim Muhammand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 Shawn Smith 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 11 Geoffrey Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 21 Cordell Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Dean Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 9 29 2 10 4 6 4 14 18 6 24 4 9 0 3 100 V UPEI FG 3FG FT Rebs No. Panthers M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 22 Kenny Duncan 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 3 4 2 6 0 2 0 1 17 34 Sherone Edwards 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 2 10 2 0 0 1 18 11 Tyler Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 6 21 Jason Aucoin 4 7 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 1 8 1 2 0 3 16 33 Jeff Walker 3 8 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 9 3 3 0 0 20 Team 3 3 32 Doug McKinney 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 3 Peter Stay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 20 Donnie Killorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 5 Trevor Postma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jeff Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 15 30 2 7 3 5 3 17 20 8 35 9 7 0 6 100 Gabe Goree started off the Saint Mary's Huskies with a three pointer directly after the tip, who would pace them to a berth to an AUS final for the second year in a row. There was fast paced high scoring few minutes showing strong performances by Acadia's Matt Chapman and Brian Finniss, and Saint Mary's Damon Cole. Atnas Maeko extended the lead with a very athletic lay in at 16:33 for a 7-4 lead. Acadia's Nick Landrigan's out of bounds pass caused another turnover. A well executed Acadia offense took the lead on an Erick Wynter jumper. SMU answered back with a Thibault 3 pointer, along with a Goree fieldgoal on the next SMU possession. The pace remained fast until Acadia's Greg Winter hit a 3 pointer to tie the game at 12 at the 12:47 mark. Thibault after a time out laid in a fast break 1 on 1 to give the Huskies a 2-point lead. Fresh in the game, point guard Shaun Smith, forward Ben McCarthy, and shooting guard Geoffrey Williams kept the lead, when Goree hit an outside 2 point jumper with 10:10 play. Williams drained a three at 9:12 to make the score 21-16. Acadia coach Dave Nutbrown called a short timeout. This proved to do no good as SMU rolled thanks to AUS 2nd team all-star Mike Shaughnessy drilled a 2 pointer from the top of the key. At the 5-minute mark St. Mary's led 28-23 as Acadia did everything possible to slow down the likes of Goree, Maeko and Thibault. Axemen Erick Wynter missed a three-point chance, which allowed Goree on the next SMU possession to extend the lead to 7 at 30-23. After two minutes of a fast paced of basketball, Axemen Matt Chapman, who suffered a nasty cut to the chin, went to the foul line and put Acadia down by 5. Goree's finess was too much for the Acadia post players of to handle as he out moved the post for a 1 hander to make it 32-25 with 2 minutes go to in the 1st half. A Shaugnessey timeout at 1:52 gave the Forum crowd an opportunity to witness the "Milk Man", Milk Energy, who is a sponsor of Atlantic University Sport. After the "milk break", Smith's inbounds pass allowed Shaugnessey a 1 hand lay in to put SMU in control 34-25 for the halftime. Goree led all scorers with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. SMU came out of the gate in the second half even more determined than the first, when Mike Shaughnessy put SMU ahead 36- 29 with a strong set shot. 1st half leading scorer for Acadia, Brian Finniss put on a strong defensive stand on the top of the key, which forced Saint Mary's to go to its post game, which Atnas Maeko responded to well with his athleticism down low. Ben McCarthy's entrance was appreciated with his post work; two strong rebounds with 15 minutes left in the game. Huskies team captain Gabe Goree's offensive presence allowed fellow team mate Damon Cole to shift his way to a lay in which sparked a 10 point lead with 13:43 to play. The Huskies offensive consisted of outside jump shots, which seemed to allow offensive rebounding in turn easy layins. Geoff Williams' strong crash to the hoop and lay in forced Acadia coach Nutbrown to call a 30 second timeout, SMU's lead was now 44-35 with 12:57 to play. Nutbrown's plan of attack was putting Finniss on Gabe Goree man to man. Goree drew a foul with a missed lay in from Acadia's Finniss, which came up short. Erick Wynter cut the SMU lead to 4 at 9:40. Wynter fouled Thibault for 2 shots, which caused 4 free throw misses in a row. Damon Cole hit a jumper to put them within 6, and then Wynter answered a 3 pointer to cut it to 3. With 7:15 to play, Halifax native Gabe Goree was fouled on an end-around lay in; Goree made both foul shots and led SMU to a 50-45 lead. After the next Acadia wasted possession Jon Thibault drove the length of the floor went up for a full speed lay in, and was fouled by Andre Grant. An ice cold Thibault missed both shots yet again. Acadia's Chapman cut it to 3 with 6:08 to play. A plethora of fast break fouls continued as Damon Cole fouled Senior Greg Winter, who cut the score 50-49. In the closing minutes Atnas Maeko fouled out with 3:46 to go with SMU lead 54-49. Maeko's performance was typical with 10 points, and 2 rebounds. Damon Cole was in foul trouble with 4 fouls, yet still playing the 1 guard position. Goree rose to the occasion with a strong offensive rebound to add a point at the foul line as he was fouled coming down with the ball. Acadia's Brian Finniss fouled out with 2:48 to go, Finniss finished the game with 13 points, and 12 rebounds. Jon Thibault with 2 minutes go to hit a game clinching 3 pointer that put the Saint Mary's Huskies ahead 60-53. On the next possession Lowell, Massachusetts's native Mike Shaughnessy was fouled and made both free throws giving SMU a 9-point lead. ?? hit a huge three that seemed to break the back of Acadia, after this jolting shot there was no looking back from the AUS final. Leading scorer for the Game was Gabe Goree with 24 points. Saint Mary's will now play for the AUS Championship Sunday, March 2nd at the Forum against dark horse University of Prince Edward Island Panthers. It should be an AUS final for the ages. Game Box Acadia 59 Saint Mary's 71 Saturday 1-Mar 8:30 PM Halifax Forum F U L L G A M E H Acadia FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below…) No. Axemen M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 20 Nicholas Landrigan 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 4 0 2 35 22 Brian Finniss 5 10 2 4 1 2 5 7 12 5 13 0 1 0 3 33 30 Greg Winter 5 16 2 9 2 2 0 3 3 4 14 1 0 0 2 37 42 Walter Moyse 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 3 6 0 2 0 0 28 43 Matt Chapman 5 11 0 0 3 4 2 3 5 5 13 2 6 2 0 26 Team 2 2 32 Ryan Marrast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 21 Andre Grant 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 34 Mike Filinski 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 11 Erick Wynter 2 7 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 3 19 24 Tim Adams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 Chris Akelaitis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0+ 10 Brian Donelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ * TOTALS 24 63 4 16 7 11 12 24 36 22 59 12 15 2 10 200 * PERCENTAGES 38.1 25.0 63.6 Deadball Rebounds 0 * First Half 39.3 16.7 100.0 Opp Points off TOs 11 * Second Half 37.1 30.0 55.6 V Saint Mary's FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below…) No. Huskies M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 32 Damon Cole 3 5 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 4 8 4 4 1 0 26 34 Gabe Goree 7 12 1 3 9 14 2 13 15 1 24 6 2 1 1 37 45 Michael Shaughness 4 10 1 5 7 8 0 4 4 1 16 1 3 0 0 27 14 Jon Thibault 3 4 2 3 0 6 0 5 5 0 8 1 1 0 2 30 31 Atnas Maeko 4 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 5 10 1 4 0 0 26 Team 1 4 5 53 Ben McCarthy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 5 Shawn Smith 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 11 Geoffrey Williams 2 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 5 1 3 0 2 24 21 Cordell Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 Ibraheim Muhammand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Dean Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 23 43 7 18 18 32 5 31 36 15 71 15 18 2 5 200 * PERCENTAGES 53.5 38.9 56.3 Deadball Rebounds 5 * First Half 57.7 44.4 #DIV/0! Opp Points off TOs 17 * Second Half 47.1 33.3 56.3 OFFICIALS: SCORE BY PERIODS:ONE TWO OT TOTAL * Colin MacAdam Acadia 25 34 59 * Trevor Perry Saint Mary's 34 37 71 * Ted Wallace * Technical Fouls: 0 Lead Changes: 2 Ties: 1 * Attendance: 3200 OTHER TEAM STATISTICS Acadia Biggest Lead: 1 Points in Paint:22 2nd Chance Points: 8 Fast Breaks: 5 Points off Fast Breaks: 2 Saint Mary's Biggest Lead: 13 Points in Paint:20 2nd Chance Points: 5 Fast Breaks: 3 Points off Fast Breaks: 4 F I R S T H A L F H Acadia FG 3FG FT Rebs No. Axemen M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 20 Nicholas Landrigan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 15 22 Brian Finniss 3 5 1 3 0 0 2 3 5 0 7 0 0 0 1 18 30 Greg Winter 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 17 42 Walter Moyse 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 15 43 Matt Chapman 2 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 6 1 4 1 0 11 Team 32 Ryan Marrast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 21 Andre Grant 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 34 Mike Filinski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 Erick Wynter 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 24 Tim Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Chris Akelaitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Brian Donelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 11 28 1 6 2 2 4 10 14 4 25 6 8 1 4 100 V Saint Mary's FG 3FG FT Rebs No. Huskies M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 32 Damon Cole 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 7 34 Gabe Goree 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 13 4 1 1 1 17 45 Michael Shaughness 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 13 14 Jon Thibault 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 1 1 0 1 14 31 Atnas Maeko 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1 2 0 0 16 Team 1 1 2 53 Ben McCarthy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 Shawn Smith 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 11 Geoffrey Williams 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 10 21 Cordell Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 Ibraheim Muhammand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Dean Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 15 26 4 9 0 0 1 13 14 6 34 9 9 1 3 100 The Halifax Forum hosted a slow starting early semi final which proved to be a huge upset as the University of Prince Edward Panthers downed top seeded St. Francis Xavier X-men. The interesting contest gave birth to the new dark horse in the CIS. The star of the show was Florida native 6-foot point guard Tyler Wood. He finished with a game high 27 points, with 5 three pointers, all contributing to the upset of the year. The cold X men show signs of rawness in the beginning. The night off the evening before obviously played a role to the slow start. After a quick timeout, and substitutions with John Bustin, Neil MacDonald, and Brandon Gorman, X climbed back to 6 as MacDonald hit the lay-up. A strong possession by X on defense wasn't enough to stop sloppy offensive possessions. PEI led 16-10 at the 10-minute mark. Brandon Gorman's 3 cut the score 20-17 with 7:00 go to in the half. Gorman hit another 3: 30 seconds later to cut it to 2, UPEI's Kenny Duncan hit a three to answer on the next possession, and then X's Ed Reynolds answered back with the 3rd in three possessions. After some mischief between UPEI's Jason Aucoin, an StFX's Reynolds and E.L. Adams, X's Alex Stephen awoke from his sleep to bring a monster jam at with 4 minutes to go in the half. Adams on a missed foul opportunity hit a very slick lay in to cut the lead to 1. But, it wasn't enough; UPEI's Jeff Walker hit a huge three to bring it yet again to 4. StFX's E.L. Adams stole the ball to make it 32-31 with 30 seconds left. Adams started off the offensicve possession with a pass to Gorman who knocked it out of bounds. The halftime score was 32-31. The leading scorer for the 1st half was UPEI's Jason Aucoin with a mere 9 points. St. FX's Edwin Reynolds had 8 points as the next highest scorer. As the second half started it was apparent that X understood was at stake. Their 14-6 1st place record was not to be a farce. Tied at 35, John Bustin's defense and Jernigan offense put X on top for the first time in the game. An Alex Stephen Dunk allowed ex to regain the lead 41-40. Kyle Sanders's goaltending allowed UPEI to change the lead 42-41. Several lead changes, and Tyler Wood allowed a 6 point PEI lead, Wood hit a huge 3 pointer at 15:14 to capitalize the lead. Kenny Duncan hit another three to make it a 9-point panthers lead. Tyler Wood came back again at 11:40 to extend the upset 57-47. This would be his 5th from 3-point land. As Dick Vitale, "dipsy doodle baby!" The three's kept on coming down like a hard Halifax rain, Brandon Gorman answered back to make it 57-52. Tyler Wood looked Jordanesse with a behind the head lay in at 8:24 to put the Forum on its feet. The UPEI lead was 65-52. Looking like a young Danny Ainge, Tyler Wood's control of the offense was strong, calm and fast. With 5 minutes go to, Wood hit 2 foul shots on a 1and1, which kept UPEI ahead 66-58, when Kyle Sanders awoke from his sleep and hit a huge X field goal, and was fouled, which gave X three more points to make it 66-61. Sanders on the next X possession hit a soft lay in, to cut the score to 3. UPEI looked confused at this point, as if the game and their greatest upset was slipping away. X came back strong within one, 66-65 when Wood missed a three; Dion Williams rebounded and took it up the court. The Drama started as an E.L. Adams steal sparked a defensive foul from Gorman. This lead to a Kyle Sanders very athletic lay in with 4:48 to go. Sanders on the next X-Men possession hit what could have been a clinching 6 foot jumper to make the score 66-63. X's Adams misses past a routine offensive swing when UPEI's Edwards hit the game shocking 13-foot jump shot. Edwards then hit a 13 foot jump shot to make the score 70-68. Another E.L. Adams mental mistake put the MVP Tyler Wood on the line for a 1 and 1, which he produced a point making the UPEI dream a reality at 71-68. Sanders fouled Jason Aucoin with :09 seconds to go giving the new AUS dark horse a 4-point lead. When the chips are down, X goes go Dion Williams, which is what they did in this situation. Williams drained a 20' three pointer as time expired, the crowd went bizerk but it was not enough to elipse the reality, UPEI was going the "big dance" on the shoulders of a small, ple point guard named Tyler Wood. The UPEI panthers haven't been in the championship since 1996, when they lost to Dalhousie . Game Box StFX 71 UPEI 72 Saturday 1-Mar 6:00 PM Halifax Forum F U L L G A M E H StFX FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below…) No. XMen M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 23 Kyle Sanders 5 8 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 2 12 1 1 1 1 30 32 Will Jernigan 3 7 0 2 2 2 2 4 6 0 8 2 0 1 0 32 45 Alex Stephen 4 9 0 0 5 10 3 2 5 1 13 1 2 1 2 31 11 E.L. Adams 2 6 0 1 6 8 2 4 6 2 10 1 4 0 3 33 20 Dion Williams 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 5 5 1 0 0 24 Team 2 2 4 22 John Bustin 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 10 42 Neil MacDonald 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 0 14 31 Brandon Gorman 6 9 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 0 4 0 0 21 30 Edwin Reynolds 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 5 21 Michael Baxter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Ian Spindler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 25 54 6 12 15 23 11 23 34 16 71 14 16 5 7 200 * PERCENTAGES 46.3 50.0 65.2 Deadball Rebounds 4 * First Half 44.0 33.3 58.3 Opp Points off TOs 11 * Second Half 48.3 66.7 72.7 V UPEI FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below…) No. Panthers M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 22 Kenny Duncan 3 10 3 5 0 0 2 6 8 0 9 3 0 0 3 37 34 Sherone Edwards 6 12 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 12 2 1 0 1 30 11 Tyler Wood 8 14 5 7 6 8 2 4 6 3 27 2 7 0 3 40 21 Jason Aucoin 5 8 2 4 3 4 2 5 7 4 15 0 3 0 1 23 33 Jeff Walker 1 9 1 6 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 29 Team 4 1 5 32 Doug McKinney 1 6 0 0 2 2 4 2 6 3 4 1 2 1 0 24 3 Peter Stay 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 5 Trevor Postma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Donnie Killorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jeff Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 25 60 11 22 11 16 16 22 38 17 72 10 16 1 8 200 * PERCENTAGES 41.7 50.0 68.8 Deadball Rebounds 1 * First Half 34.4 40.0 100.0 Opp Points off TOs 12 * Second Half 50.0 71.4 58.3 OFFICIALS: SCORE BY PERIODS:ONE TWO OT TOTAL * Roger Caufield StFX 31 40 71 * Scott Critch UPEI 32 40 72 * Rick MacKinnon * Technical Fouls: 0 Lead Changes: 7 Ties: 5 * Attendance: 0 OTHER TEAM STATISTICS StFX Biggest Lead: 2 Points in Paint:32 2nd Chance Points: 15 Fast Breaks: 2 Points off Fast Breaks: 4 UPEI Biggest Lead: 11 Points in Paint:24 2nd Chance Points: 1 Fast Breaks: 5 Points off Fast Breaks: 2 F I R S T H A L F H StFX FG 3FG FT Rebs No. XMen M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 23 Kyle Sanders 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 32 Will Jernigan 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 17 45 Alex Stephen 2 4 0 0 3 6 1 2 3 0 7 0 1 1 1 14 11 E.L. Adams 2 3 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 1 7 1 3 0 2 19 20 Dion Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 8 Team 2 2 4 22 John Bustin 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 42 Neil MacDonald 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 9 31 Brandon Gorman 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 10 30 Edwin Reynolds 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 21 Michael Baxter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Ian Spindler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 11 25 2 6 7 12 4 11 15 6 31 8 8 4 4 100 V UPEI FG 3FG FT Rebs No. Panthers M A M A M A O D T PF PTS A TO BL ST MIN 22 Kenny Duncan 2 7 2 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 17 34 Sherone Edwards 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 10 11 Tyler Wood 2 5 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 8 2 3 0 2 20 21 Jason Aucoin 4 7 1 3 0 0 2 4 6 3 9 0 3 0 0 13 33 Jeff Walker 1 7 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 17 Team 3 1 4 32 Doug McKinney 1 3 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 12 3 Peter Stay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 5 Trevor Postma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Donnie Killorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jeff Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 11 32 6 15 4 4 10 12 22 9 32 6 10 1 4 100 |