Head coach Nick Esposito was pleased with the way the St. John's College Green Eagles rebounded Tuesday night from last week's opening-night loss.
"I saw a lot of improvement," Esposito said after the Eagles flew to a 64-32 win over the Paris District High School Panthers in a Brant County high school senior boys basketball game at St. John's.
The Eagles began regular-season play last Thursday at North Park Collegiate where the Trojans whipped them in all facets of the game.
"I thought the first game they played like they were a little shell-shocked," Esposito said. "Tonight, they were more relaxed. They let the game come to them. They didn't really try to force anything when they made their mistakes.
"On defence, they were more aggressive than last week and it showed with a good win. Hopefully, that will give them confidence for the rest of the season."
The Eagles jumped into an 18-5 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. They led 30-15 at the half and 55-25 after three quarters.
Tyler Van Leeuwen scored 16 points and J.P. Yurcich got 14 to lead the Eagles' offence. Andrew Clawson, Matt Kusnierz and Taylor Pappin each added six points.
Josh Fabe scored 10 points for the Panthers. Jacob Kelley scored seven points and Taylor Shipp got six points.
St. John's defeated Paris 77-28 in the junior game.
Tim Dawson scored 13 points for the junior Eagles. Cam Post and Jordan Ely each got 12 points and Jacob LeBlanc added 11. Casey Ransahai scored nine points for the junior Panthers. Kevin Hmiel got eight points and Harji Gill netted six.
Brantford Collegiate Institute swept a doubleheader from Pauline Johnson Collegiate at PJC.
The BCI Colts defeated the PJC Warriors 48-22 in junior. Leading scorers: Colts -Chris Gorski 20, Connor Loder 6, Kelby Sakaluk 6. Warriors -Brandon Paterson 6, Cam Emmett 6, Justin Benin 5.
The BCI Mustangs beat the PJC Thunderbirds 61-50 in senior. Leading scorers: Mustangs -Alex Packer 16, Robert Moxley 11, Le-Hi Milbin 11. T-Birds -Tyler Thibert 14, Mike Campbell 13, Tyler Campbell 8.
North Park took both ends of a doubleheader from the Assumption College Lions at Assumption.
North Park won the junior game 56-41. Leading scorers were: North Park -D. Howell 12, M. Taylor 6, L. O'Rourke 6. Assumption -Wyatt Hawthorne 10, Nolan Drong 8, Alvaro Saluta 5.
North Park won the senior game 52-22. Leading scorers were: North Park -Marcus Hamilton 15, Tyler Johnson 8, Marcus Jones 8. Assumption -Jordan McCormack 7, Paul Sabolsky 5, Andre Toic 4. Assumption led 9-6 at the end of the first quarter but North Park led 16-11 at the half and 43-15 after three quarters.
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