After three straight single digit losses by CWOSSA teams on Thursday, the Resurrection Phoenix were able to get CWOSSA in the win column with a 55-45 victory over the Toronto Northern Red Knights.
This one started off slowly (an understatement). Over the first four minutes of play, the teams went a combined 1-for-12 and each had 2 points.
The first half, which ended 23-22 Resurrection, was fairly sloppy and didn't have much flow ---- this being due to the fact that both teams were well into double bonus by the end of the frame. In addition, 25 (yes, 25!) players combined saw court time in the first half, which also likely had something to do with the flow aspect.
The Phoenix opened up a little breathing space (38-33) after the third quarter, and controlled most of the fourth frame. A tip-in by Andrew Mwangi gave Rez a 42-35 lead with 6:00 left, and an ensuing brickfest over the next 3:30 had RCSS up 46-38 with 2:30 to play.
A couple of Jeff Rodrigues free throws put the Phoenix up by 9 with 1:35 to play, but Northern's speedy guard Givon Luxmore came back and put in a lay-in to cut things to 7.
The Knights would play the "foulfest" game over the remaining 1:30ish of action, but this one would be put to rest when Andrew Mwangi tipped in a missed free-throw to give Rez it's first double digit lead of the contest with :30 left, 52-42. A few more free-throws (on both sides) made the final 55-45 for the Phoenix.
Andrew Mwangi had a solid game for Resurrection, putting in 18 points while hauling in 13 rebounds. Tyler Schneider contributed 12 points, while rookie Cory Kenning had 7 (including a key "and-one" in the third quarter that stemmed Northern's momentum).
Other RCSS scorers included Jeff Rodrigues (5), Cam Gibbs (4), Mike Pereira (4), Jason Chris (3) and Tyler Bartley (1).
Northern received 11 from Luxmore, while Marko Kalabic added in 8 --- albeit on poor shooting performances. Luxmore was just 3-for-20 from the floor, while Kalabic had a 4-for-18 shooting night.
In fact, the Knights had 25 more field goal attempts than the Phoenix (primarily due to many misses/offensive rebounds) but their shooting was definitely a story in this one ---- only 21% from the floor, and 3-for-21 (14%) from outside the arc. Though the Rez defense played a part (especially on the interior), Northern defintely missed a few open looks from the perimeter that definitely could have swung the momentum of this one.
The Phoenix will advance to play one of (arguably) the top 2 teams in the tournament, Oakville Loyola, tomorrow at 4:30pm (St. Mary's).
Boxscore
RCSS 09-14-15-17 = 55
Northern 04-18-11-12 = 45
Resurrection
J. Rodrigues 1-2 FG, 3-4 FT; 1 Reb, 1 Ast - 6 pts.
C. Gibbs 0-0 FG, 4-5 FT; 3 Reb, 0 Ast - 4 pts.
M. Pereira 2-5 FG, 0-2 FT; 7 Reb, 2 Ast - 4 pts.
A. Mwangi 7-13 FG, 4-6 FT; 13 Reb, 0 Ast - 18 pts.
T. Schneider 3-9 FG, 5-7 FT; 4 Reb, 0 Ast - 12 pts.
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C. Kenning 2-3 FG, 3-3 FT; 3 Reb, 0 Ast - 7 pts.
J. Keil 0-2 FG, 0-0 FT; 1 Reb, 1 Ast - 0 pts.
B. Ramirez 0-1 FG, 0-0 FT; 1 Reb, 2 Ast - 0 pts.
J. Chris 0-4 FG, 3-6 FT; 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 3 pts.
S. Cordle 0-1 FG, 0-1 FT; 4 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 pts.
T. Bartley 0-0 FG, 1-2 FT; 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 1 pt.
M. Radcliffe 0-0 FG, 0-0 FT; 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 pts.
Field Goals: 15-40 (.375). Free-Throws: 23-36 (.639). Three-Point Goals, 2-12 (.167): J. Rodrigues 1-1, T. Schneider 1-4, M. Pereira 0-1, J. Keil 0-1, J. Chris 0-2, A. Mwangi 0-3.
Northern
E. Apea 1-5 FG, 1-3 FT; 5 Reb, 2 Ast - 3 pts.
E. Lee 2-7 FG, 0-0 FT; 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 6 pts.
M. Kalabic 4-18 FG, 0-0 FT; 3 Reb, 0 Ast - 8 pts.
T. Murray 0-6 FG, 6-8 FT; 3 Reb, 0 Ast - 6 pts.
G. Luxmore 3-20 FG, 4-11 FT; 7 Reb, 1 Ast - 11 pts.
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M. Karry 0-1 FG, 0-0 FT; 1 Reb, 1 Ast - 0 pts.
D. Parker 0-0 FG, 0-0 FT; 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 pts.
K. Evans 0-2 FG, 1-3 FT; 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 1 pt.
Adeboboyee 1-1 FG, 0-0 FT; 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 2 pts.
D. O'Connor 1-1 FG, 0-2 FT; 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 2 pts.
Thmsn-Bllck 1-2 FG, 2-2 FT; 1 Reb, 0 Ast - 4 pts.
M. Bastien 0-1 FG, 0-0 FT; 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 pts.
C. Sahadath 1-1 FG; 0-0 FT; 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 2 pts.
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