UWO First Round: St. James 58, St. Thomas Aquinas (Oakville) 49

The St. James Lions used a 14-4 third quarter to help put away an OFSAA "AA" medalist from last year, the Oakville St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders, by a 58-49 final.

The first half was close throughout --- St. James closed on a 9-3 run after taking a timeout with the score in their favour at 20-19.  Ryan Higgins drilled a three-pointer at the end of the first half to give St. James a 29-22 halftime advantage.

The Lions would extend the lead to close to 20 points before the long ball of the Raiders started to pay off down the stretch.  Will Coulthard hit an "and-one" three-pointer with just over 2:00 to play, cutting the St. James lead down to 49-41.  However, solid foul shooting by Higgins down the stretch helped off-set a couple more Coulthard three-pointers in the closing minute of the game.

Coulthard finished with a game-high 23 points for the Raiders, while Higgins had 21 for the Lions.

Boxscore

STJ     14-15-14-15 = 58

STAQ 09-13-04-23 = 49

St. James

S. Furfaro           1-4 FG, 0-0 FT, 2 Reb, 0 Ast - 2 Pts.

R. Higgins       6-10 FG, 8-10 FT, 8 Reb, 3 Ast - 21 Pts.

K. Babol            1-3 FG, 0-1 FT, 5 Reb, 1 Ast - 2 Pts.

A. Campagnolo 6-11 FG, 4-7 FT, 3 Reb, 1 Ast - 16 Pts.

J. Marleau           2-6 FG, 3-4 FT, 6 Reb, 1 Ast - 7 Pts.

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M. Marquis         2-2 FG, 0-0 FT, 1 Reb, 1 Ast - 4 Pts.

D. Linwood         0-2 FG, 0-0 FT, 3 Reb, 2 Ast - 0 Pts.

N. Pellizzari         1-2 FG, 0-0 FT, 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 Pts.

R. Kinga              2-3 FG, 0-0 FT, 2 Reb 0 Ast - 4 Pts.

K. McCormack   0-1 FG, 0-0 FT, 1 Reb, 1 Ast - 0 Pts.

L. McCormack    0-1 FG, 0-0 FT, 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 Pts.

Field Goals:  21-45 (.467).  Free Throws:  15-22 (.681).  Three-Point Goals:  1-8 (.125):  R. Higgins 1-3, J. Marleau 0-1, D. Linwood 0-2, N. Furfaro 0-2.

St. Thomas Aquinas (Oakville)

T. Meagher        2-6 FG, 0-0 FT, 5 Reb, 0 Ast - 4 Pts.

D. Thompson  6-18 FG, 2-2 FT, 5 Reb, 3 Ast - 15 Pts.

B. LeClaire        0-2 FG, 0-0 FT, 3 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 Pts.

W. Coulthard     8-20 FG, 2-2 FT, 3 Reb, 3 Ast - 23 Pts.

C. Franko          2-3 FG, 0-0 FT, 1 Reb, 0 Ast - 4 Pts.

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E. Anderson       0-4 FG, 0-0 FT, 2 Reb, 1 Ast - 0 Pts.

J. Sasso             0-2 FG, 0-0 FT, 0 Reb, 0 Ast - 0 Pts.

A. Chown          1-1 FG, 0-0 FT, 1 Reb, 0 Ast - 3 Pts.

Field Goals:  19-56 (.339).  Free Throws:  4-4 (1.000).  Three-Point Goals:  7-23 (.304).