Men’s Basketball Trounce Redeemer in Home Opener

Windsor, ON – The St. Clair College Men's Basketball team evened their OCAA West Division regular season record at 1-1 with a resounding 99-71 victory over Redeemer University College (Ancaster) in their league home opener Saturday afternoon at the SportsPlex.  

The Saints were not hospitable from the outset forcing the pace on the visitors and opened 24-17 after the 1st quarter.  Redeemer fought to stay within striking distance but by halftime St. Clair led 52-40 and several long runs in the 3rd quarter saw the home team lead by as much as 30 points.  In fact St. Clair held Redeemer to just 11 points in the 3rd quarter but did their damage overall scoring 32 points off 20 turnovers in the game.  

3rd year transfer guard David Gomez Jr. (Pontiac, MI) scored a game high 29 points for St. Clair adding 3 assists leading four Saints in double figures.  Jalen Sykes (Redford, MI) scored 17 points adding 5 rebounds with Ian Smart (Chatham, ON) tallying 14 points and 5 rebounds.  3rd year guard Juwan Lynch (Windsor, ON/Kennedy) came off the bench to score 11 points for the Saints.  2nd year guard Ali Mansour served as the delivery man for St. Clair with a gaudy 12 assists to go with 3 points, 3 rebounds and 5 steals.  

The St. Clair Men's Basketball team continue their regular season schedule Saturday at home against Conestoga College (Kitchener) with a tip time of 4:00pm. 

Saints Statistics

David Gomez Jr. 29 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
Jalen Sykes 17 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
Ian Smart 14 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
Juwan Lynch 11 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
Ali Mansour 3 PTS, 3 REB, 12 AST, 5 STL