TORONTO - The best of the best in Ontario Colleges Athletic
Association (OCAA) basketball will be on display at Centennial
College on Saturday in the 2012 OCAA Basketball All-Star Games.
The 25th annual event brings together the elite collegiate
basketball players from across the province for a day of
camaraderie and competition. Seventy-five student-athletes will be
representing 20 Ontario colleges and universities at this
event.
Two members of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) men's basketball champions will take to the court in Scarborough. CCAA all-Canadian Aminu Bello (Hamilton, Ont.) and OCAA championship MVP Manny Campbell (Burlington, Ont.) of the Mohawk Mountaineers form the nucleus of Team West. They will be joined by CCAA and OCAA men's basketball player of the year Jovain Wilson (Pickering, Ont.) of Algoma.
Team East will be represented by Centennial's own Tristan Stern (Whitby, Ont.), the reigning OCAA rookie of the year.
On the women's side, Team East will be led by OCAA women's player of the year Sandre Bascoe (Ottawa) of the two-time OCAA champion Algonquin Thunder. Bascoe will go head-to-head with fellow CCAA all-Canadian Corina Bruni (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) of Algoma, who headlines Team West.
In addition to the games, there will be a men's and women's three-point competition. Some student-athletes showing their skills from beyond the arc include Sheridan's Khalid Abdel-Gabar (Mississauga, Ont.) and Fleming-Peterborough's Kelly Killoran (Sarnia, Ont.), both of whom led OCAA in three-pointers during the regular season.
A co-ed team skills challenge will take place at 2:15 p.m. in advance of the all-star games. The women take to the court at 3:30 p.m., followed by the men at 6 p.m. The three-point shootout will take place throughout the day, with finals taking place at halftime during both all-star games. There will also be a Scarborough Basketball Association under 11 boy's game between Team Alleyne and Team Chionglo at 5:15 p.m.
OCAA BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS
| TEAM EAST - WOMEN'S ALL-STAR GAME | TEAM EAST - WOMEN'S THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year |
No. |
Player |
School |
Pos. |
Height |
Hometown |
Year |
| 10 | Kadeja Hughes | Centennial | G | 5-foot-6 | Pickering | 1 | 4 |
Kara Faulkner |
Georgian |
G |
5-foot-6 |
Minesing |
3 |
| 15 | Danielle Horvat | Georgian | F | 6-foot-0 | Barrie | 4 | 4 |
Melissa Vilar |
George Brown |
G |
5-foot-5 |
Memphis, Tenn. |
2 |
| 21 | Sandre Bascoe | Algonquin | F | 5-foot-11 | Ottawa | 3 | 11 |
Denise Dunn |
Centennial |
G |
5-foot-6 |
Scarborough |
1 |
| 22 | Kelly Killoran | Fleming (P) | G | 5-foot-7 | Sarnia | 4 | 12 |
Alicia Del Fuoco |
Durham |
G |
5-foot-8 |
Whitby |
3 |
| 23 | Corisa Cluett | St. Lawrence (K) | F | 5-foot-11 | Kingston | 5 | 13 |
Dianne Bouder |
Loyalist |
F |
5-foot-8 |
Cannifton |
5 |
| 23 | Erin Emery | Durham | G | 5-foot-8 | White Rock, B.C. | 5 | 21 |
Sihen Berhe |
Seneca |
G |
5-foot-9 |
Regina, Sask. |
3 |
| 23 | Tamara Nembhard | Seneca | F | 6-foot-0 | Toronto | 3 | 22 |
Kelly Killoran |
Fleming (P) |
G |
5-foot-7 |
Sarnia |
4 |
| 25 | Samantha Evans | Seneca | PG | 5-foot-6 | Scarborough | 4 | 23 |
Corisa Cluett |
St. Lawrence (K) |
F |
5-foot-11 |
Kingston |
5 |
| 30 | Jenni Thompson | Loyalist | G/F | 5-foot-8 | Belleville | 1 | 24 |
Abeer Farhat |
Algonquin |
G |
5-foot-3 |
Ottawa |
1 |
| 45 |
Aria Charles |
George Brown | F | 5-foot-7 | Toronto | 2 | |||||||
| Head Coach: John MacInnis, Algonquin | |||||||||||||
| TEAM WEST - WOMEN'S ALL-STAR GAME | TEAM WEST - WOMEN'S THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year | No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 1 | Kelly Rizea | St. Clair | G | 5-foot-9 | Windsor | 3 | 3 |
Cheristy Akiwenzie |
Sault |
G |
5-foot-3 |
Sault Ste. Marie |
1 |
| 3 | Rachelle Abella | Mohawk | G | 5-foot-4 | Hamilton | 2 | 5 |
Michelle Abella |
Sheridan |
G |
5-foot-4 |
Hamilton |
4 |
| 5 | Melanie Bouchard | Lambton | F | 5-foot-10 | Sarnia | 3 | 11 |
Kaitlind Dutrizac |
Fanshawe |
G |
5-foot-7 |
London |
5 |
| 11 | Keisha Giroux | Sault | F | 5-foot-9 | Cobalt | 2 | 12 |
Taylor Shaw |
Mohawk |
G |
5-foot-4 |
Hamilton |
1 |
| 12 | Kelly Kellendonk | Redeemer | G | 5-foot-9 | Tara | 4 | 14 |
Shelby Johnston |
Niagara |
F |
5-foot-11 |
Welland |
2 |
| 14 | Corina Bruni | Algoma | PG | 5-foot-6 | Sault Ste. Marie | 3 | 15 | Courtney Lundy | Lambton | G |
5-foot-2 |
Sarnia | 2 |
| 15 | Janine DeLeon | Fanshawe | G | 5-foot-2 | Guelph | 1 | 20 |
Victoria Pickering |
Redeemer |
F |
5-foot-10 |
Milton | 1 |
| 22 | Allana Arundell | Niagara | G | 5-foot-5 | Toronto | 4 | 21 |
Amanda McCarthy |
St. Clair |
G |
5-foot-9 |
Windsor | 3 |
| 32 | Nakia Arthur | Sheridan | G | 5-foot-8 | Brampton | 4 |
32 |
Jordana
Mazzei |
Humber | SG | 5-foot-7 |
Toronto | 3 |
| 50 | Atissa Cronk | Humber | C | 5-foot-11 | Kingston | 1 | 33 |
Kayla Kiessig |
Algoma | C | 6-foot-1 | Thunder Bay | 4 |
| Head
Coach: Matt White, Fanshawe |
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| TEAM EAST - MEN'S ALL-STAR GAME | TEAM EAST - MEN'STHREE-POINT SHOOTOUT | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year | No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 0 | Max Clarkson | Fleming (P) | G | 6-foot-0 | Peterborough | 4 |
2 |
Janoi Wright | Fleming (P) | G | 5-foot-9 |
Pickering | 3 |
| 3 | Christoff Pierre | Durham | G | 6-foot-1 | Brampton | 2 | 3 |
Warsama Elmi |
La Cite |
G |
5-foot-10 |
Ottawa |
4 |
| 3 | Warsama Elmi | La Cite | G | 5-foot-10 | Ottawa | 4 | 3 |
Christoff Pierre |
Durham |
G |
6-foot-1 |
Brampton |
2 |
| 4 | Jamal Boyce | Seneca | PG | 5-foot-8 | Toronto | 2 | 4 |
Nehemiah Campbell |
Algonquin |
G |
6-foot-1 |
Ottawa |
3 |
| 7 | Romaine Lawrence | Algonquin | G | 5-foot-10 | Toronto | 2 | 4 |
Ben Dance |
Georgian |
G |
6-foot-3 |
Bolton | 4 |
| 10 | Damone Donaldson | Loyalist | G | 6-foot-0 | Ajax | 3 | 4 |
Justin Jarrett |
Centennial |
G |
6-foot-0 |
Ajax | 2 |
| 20 | Nana Ntim | George Brown | G | 6-foot-3 | Bradford | 2 | 7 |
Curtis Baanee |
Seneca |
F |
6-foot-2 |
Toronto | 3 |
| 24 | Shane Rowe | Georgian | F | 6-foot-2 | Barrie | 2 | 9 |
Sangee Martin |
St. Lawrence (K) |
G |
6-foot-3 |
Kingston | 1 |
| 30 | Terence Thomas | St. Lawrence (K) | G | 5-foot-10 | Ottawa | 3 | 14 |
Matt Miller |
Loyalist |
G | 6-foot-1 |
Belleville |
2 |
| 44 | Tristan Stern | Centennial | F | 6-foot-6 | Whitby | 1 | 31 |
Levon Dabbaghian |
George Brown |
G | 6-foot-0 |
Toronto |
2 |
| Head Coach: Jim Barclay, Centennial | |||||||||||||
| TEAM WEST - MEN'S ALL-STAR GAME | TEAM WEST -MEN'STHREE-POINT SHOOTOUT | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year | No. | Player | School | Pos. | Height | Hometown | Year |
| 3 | Manny Campbell | Mohawk | G | 5-foot-11 | Burlington | 4 | 3 |
Boyd Vassell |
Fanshawe |
G |
5-foot-10 |
Kitchener | 2 |
| 3 | Jason Ledgister | Sault | G | 5-foot-9 | Toronto | 2 | 4 |
Matt Koopman |
Lambton |
G |
6-foot-1 |
Embro |
1 |
| 5 | Stephan Gray | St. Clair | G | 5-foot-10 | Milton | 2 | 5 |
Khalid Abdel-Gabar |
Sheridan | G |
6-foot-2 |
Mississauga | 3 |
| 7 | Akeem Sween | Humber | SF | 6-foot-4 | Mississauga | 4 | 10 |
Danny MacDonald |
Sault | G |
6-foot-0 |
Sault Ste. Marie |
2 |
| 14 | Mike Lucier | Lambton | F | 6-foot-8 | Forest | 1 | 13 |
Paul Hart |
Redeemer | G | 5-foot-10 |
Ancaster |
2 |
| 20 | Aminu Bello | Mohawk | G | 6-foot-0 | Hamilton | 5 | 14 |
Elijah Hesley |
St. Clair | G |
5-foot-7 |
Windsor |
1 |
| 20 | Jordan Dixon | Fanshawe | G | 5-foot-11 | Kitchener | 4 | 20 |
Aminu Bello |
Mohawk |
G |
6-foot-0 |
Hamilton |
5 |
| 22 | Dhimitri Luarasi | Redeemer | F | 6-foot-6 | Rochester, N.Y. | 4 | 21 |
Mike Dvorak |
Humber | PG |
5-foot-10 |
Barrie | 5 |
| 23 | Denmark McDonald | Sheridan | F | 6-foot-6 | Mississauga | 2 | 21 |
Dele Oworu |
Algoma |
C | 6-foot-4 |
Winnipeg, Man. |
5 |
| 33 | Jovain Wilson | Algoma | G | 6-foot-2 | Pickering | 4 | 22 |
Alex Campbell |
Niagara | G |
6-foot-2 |
Brampton | 1 |
| 35 |
Jimmy Bilenga |
Niagara | G | 6-foot-0 | Hamilton | 2 | |||||||
| Head Coach: Shawn Collins, Humber | |||||||||||||
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