Men’s Basketball Dominant in Fanshawe Win

Windsor, ON – The St. Clair College Men's Basketball team put up their highest regulation game point total in a dominant 116-72 win over Fanshawe College (London) at the SportsPlex Friday night.  The Saints (5-2) are now tied for 3^rd place in the OCAA's West Division with two games remaining on their schedule before the semester break. 

Fanshawe came out quickly surprising the home crowd with an early 15-7 lead, but a 14-point run erased the deficit as St. Clair took a 26-18 advantage into the second quarter thanks in large part to 17 points from Chad Vincent-Simon (Scarborough, ON).  That was a close as it would get with the Saints scoring 35 points on a remarkable 65% from the field including 75% (6-of-8) from beyond the arc in the second quarter.  St. Clair rested comfortably at halftime with a 61-38 lead as Vincent-Simon already surpassing his season best game 24 points at the break.  The Saints were able to open the bench in the second half with all 11 players dressed recording a bucket on the scoresheet that contributed to their largest lead of 44 points during the third quarter. 

Vincent-Simon finished with a game-high 30 points for St. Clair which included four triples to go with 3 rebounds and 3 steals.  Shakael Pryce (Pickering, ON) scored 15 points but set up his teammates with an astounding 15 assists while adding 6 rebounds and 4 steals for the Saints.  Tutu Jangati (Windsor, ON/Holy Names) came off the St. Clair bench to score 15 points while teammate Darnelle Peddie (Pickering, ON) chipped in with 10 points.  Fanshawe transfer Hanani Ujullu (Kitchener, ON) was a rim protecting force for St. Clair with 6 blocked shots in his first game against his former team. 

The Saints led in most statistical categories but aside from shooting 55% in the game and making 16 deep balls they also bested Fanshawe 46-24 in points around the basket and 47-15 in bench scoring. 

Fanshawe's Manvir Virdi (Brampton, ON) scored 23 points that featured 7 triples to go with 9 rebounds in a losing cause.   The game also contained a match-up of sibling rivalry as Fanshawe's Jalen Deerr (Pickering, ON) who scored 16 points is the younger brother of Saints shooting guard Jesiah Deerr (Pickering, ON) that dropped in 9 points.

St. Clair continues their OCAA West Division schedule at Redeemer University (Ancaster) on Saturday and Conestoga College (Kitchener) on Sunday.