Article By: Rob Massey
GUELPH — The Lourdes Crusaders went outside to free up their
inside game.
With the Crusaders on fire from outside the arc, the Ross
Royals were forced to move out with their coverage and that opened up some
working space inside for David Khayipangi.
"We were feeling it today. It's not a normal thing, but
they were open shots," Khayipangi said of the three-point shooting by the
Crusaders after they hit 13 in a 71-61 victory over the host Royals.
"We're a small team so any time we can shoot the three,
we'll shoot it and if it goes in, it goes in."
"We're not that big of a team so we've got to play to
our skill and our skill is shooting for a bunch of our kids," Lourdes'
coach Mike O'Rourke said. "It's not a major part, but it's a part of our
game and when they're falling, they're falling and let's keep going."
Khayipangi hit a pair of threes but most of his game-high 22
points came from in the paint.
"That's my game," he said. "If you leave me
open, I'll shoot it, but I'm more comfortable inside, finishing strong at the
basket, get some rebounds and going back up."
The Crusaders built a comfortable lead in the first three
quarters, then saw the Royals make a charge in the fourth quarter. Lourdes held
quarter leads of 23-11, 36-23 and 56-36 before the Royals scored 25 points in
the fourth quarter.
The Royals also displayed some skill shooting the
three-pointer as they drained 11, five coming in the fourth quarter.
Craig Valeriote and Josh Alanis had 15 points apiece for
Lourdes, Alanis getting all of his points on threes while Valeriote sank a trio
of threes.
Mengis Hiyabu had 19 points, including two threes, for Ross
while Harris Cornett netted 11 (three threes) and Kyle Schroeder collected
nine, all on three-pointers.
Senior Boys' other results:
Bishop Macdonell 72 Centre Wellington 34
Bishop Mac remained undefeated with the win while the loss
was the first in league play for Centre Wellington. Jake Chaput gathered 25
points for Bishop Mac while Chris Poloniato had 18. Ty Uhrig led Centre
Wellington with nine while Nate Scott had eight.
Centennial 47 St. James 46
Chris Jin struck for 10 points for Centennial while Mark
Shinouda had nine and Garrett Morgan chipped in with eight. Alex Durigon had 10
for St. James and Keegan Feeney nine.
Orangeville 62 Guelph CVI 32
Orangeville had four players hit double figures as Graydon
Lindsay scored 18, Nigel Carey-Kochan 15, Reid Murray 11 and Shan Lekhi 10.
Kyle Kush, Kevin Duong and Ben Tofil each had six for GCVI.
D10 Jr. Boys' Basketball
Guelph CVI 62 Orangeville 33
Jerrol Smiles hit for 23 points for GCVI while Ayden Jackson
followed with 21. Tyrell Asante and Erik Wouters each had six for Orangeville.
Centre Wellington 60 Bishop Macdonell 41
Cole Newton's 25 points led Centre Wellington while Zach
Cudmore connected for 13. Jacob McWhirter and Ryan Matteis each had 10 for
Bishop Mac.
Lourdes 54 Ross 29
William Vandenheuvel struck for 16 points for Lourdes while
Jack St. Hilaire and Geeth Kenneth each had 11. Jon Howie had 13 for Ross while
Tao King-Fall chipped in with six.
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