The Humber Hawks pulled off the three-peat on Saturday afternoon
at the Essar Centre, defeating the Sheridan Bruins by a score of
66-59 to capture the 2011 OCAA Men’s Basketball Championship
in Saturday’s Gold Medal game.
Humber used their size to build a commanding lead early, and led by
12 at the half. Sheridan shot a mere 35.5% from the field in the
first half, including going 1 for 12 from the 3-point line.
Sheridan clawed back in the second half, tying the game at 54 with
under 6 minutes remaining, then took their first lead with a
3-pointer from Jelani Matthews with 3:36 left. From there it was a
see-saw battle until the 1-minute mark, when Humber pulled away to
capture their third straight title.
Michael Acheampong led the Hawks in scoring, with 18. Other Hawks
in double digits were Akeem Sween with 13 and Jeremy Alleyne with
12.
For Sheridan, Jelani Matthew led the way with 23 points, while
Michael Selkridge and Trevor Williams scored 10 each.
Humber will now go on to play in the CCAA Men’s Basketball
National Championships later this month, hosted by the Durham
Lords.
FANSHAWE WINS BRONZE MEDAL
Fanshawe pulled off the upset on Saturday afternoon, winning the
Bronze medal at the OCAA Men’s Basketball Championships in
Sault Ste. Marie.
The Falcons opened up a seven-point lead by halftime and cruised to
a 66-56 victory over the Algonquin Thunder.
Fanshawe got into the bronze medal game following a 62-57 loss to
Humber on Friday night while Algonquin dropped a 94-92 decision in
double overtime to Sheridan on Friday.
Jordan Dixon led Fanshawe with 24 points. Andy Campbell had 17
whole Matthew Tkaczyk added 10 in the victory.
Abdul Kosar led Algonquin with 28 points.
Source: Algoma University
HUMBER THREE-PEATS AS OCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPS
Posted: Mar 05, 2011