The Fanshawe Falcons continued their winning ways as they defeated the John Abbott Islanders 87-81 in first round action of the CCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship.

The Falcons proved they made the proper adjustments to the International rules as they jumped out to a 13 point lead at the end of the first quarter. Despite shrinking the lead to two points later on in the game, Fanshawe managed to build momentum and pull away to seal the victory.

The Falcons had four players in double-figures led by CCAA Player of the Year Pat Sewell who recorded 18 points and four rebounds. Adrian Pytka and Omar Sybbliss contributed with 16 points a piece while Pat Wright connected on 7-of-10 from the field to finish with 15 points.

The Falcons will move to the semi-finals and take on the second seeded Dawson Blues (Montreal, PQ) on Tuesday at 5:00pm (EST). Dawson earned their spot after picking up a 71-56 victory over the Okanagan Lakers (Kelowna, BC). 98.7 CFRL in London is proud to broadcast all of Fanshawe’s Championship games, streamed online at: http://www.1069fm.ca/pages/main.php