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Sunday's Action:
Four tournament championships are on the line today as the first full weekend of CIS tournament and non-conference play comes to a close. In Waterloo, the Toronto Varsity Blues tangle with Calgary Dinos with the winner taking the Naismith Classic championship while in Ottawa, the #1 Carleton Ravens look to win their own tournament for the 7th straight year when they meet Dalhousie Tigers, who have been impressive in their first two games this weekend. In Charlottetown, the Cape Breton Capers, who lost a big part of their roster to graduation, look to complete a three-game sweep at the Mickey Place tournament with the host Panthers standing in the way of a Capers tournament championship. Finally, the host McGill Redmen can capture their own Redbird Classic with a victory against QSSF rival Bishop's.

McGill 90, Bishop's 58 (McGill Redbird Classic) The Redmen captured the championship of their own Redbird tournament as 6'4" tournament MVP Sean Anthony had 21 points including his 1,000th career point as a Redmen with an emphatic posterizing dunk on Bishop's David Joseph to lead McGill. 6'4" Matthew Thornhill led McGill with 24 points as the Redmen broke open a tie game after the first quarter to lead by 19 at halftime. Bishop's got no closer than 16 in the second half as McGill's superior depth wore out the Gaiters. The tournament all-star team consisted of 6'5" Paul Herra from McGill, 6'3" Moustafa El-Zanaty from McGill, Windsor's 6'8" center Greg Surmacz, the fine 6'1" guard Junior Nicolas from Bishop's and York's 6'3" Tut Ruach. McGill travels to Kingston to meet St. Lawrence College and Queen's in a very interesting matchup at the Bartlett Gym in Kingston on Saturday night. McGill/Bishop's Box Score

Toronto 96, Calgary 92 OVERTIME (Naismith Championship Game) 6'2" Rob Paris went off for 34 to lead the Blues to the Naismith Tournament championship in one of several overtime games this weekend. The Blues played through what could have been a disasterous finish as Calgary's 6'8" Tyler Fidler was fouled on a three point attempt with no time remaining on the clock and calmly sank all 3 free throws to force overtime. Still, the Blues were able to recover to win it in an extra frame. The Blues created 26 Dino turnovers and overcame a powerful 27 point/10 rebound effort from Calgary's 6'8" Henry Bekkering. Toronto/Calgary Box Score

#1 Carleton 96, Dalhousie 69 (House-Laughton Classic Championship Game) Tournament MVP Aaron Doornekamp had 25 points and 6 rebounds, leading the Ravens to their seventh consecutive House-Laughton championship. Doornekamp won his second consecutive tournament MVP and all-star 6'2" Stuart Turnbull had 17 points and 5 assists while 6'5" Daron Leonard had another strong game with 11 points in the victory. The Ravens led from start to finish, scoring 30 first quarter points and built up a 20 point halftime lead. 6'7" Ryan deWinter led Dal with 17 while 6'1" guard Andrew Sullivan added 14 points and Devon Norris chipped in with 10. The Ravens were able to hold Dal's pair of tournament all-stars, 6'1" Simon Farine and 6'5" Drew Stratton, in check for the comfortable win.

Cape Breton 87, UPEI 85 (Mickey Place Tournament at UPEI) The Capers captured the Mickey Place tournament championship with a victory over the host Pathers. 6'5" Eric Breland led the Capers with 23 points and 10 rebounds while 6'5" freshman Al Alilovic (Milton, ON) added 15 points and 6 boards in his best outing of his young career. Another Caper freshman, 5'10" Tremaine Fraser added 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. CBU led 44-42 at halftime. Another freshman, 6'6" Manock Lual had 22 points and 6 rebounds for UPEI while Jared Budd added 17 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and Brent McLaren finished with 15 points and 8 assists. Courtesy of UPEI Panthers Basketball Blog

McMaster 65, Waterloo 62 (Naismith Consolation Game) 6'1" guard Amino Bello had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals as the Marauders overcame a six point halftime deficit to defeat Waterloo, which finished the weekend at 0-3. 6'3" Cam McIntyre broke out to a 26 point effort including 13 in the first half. McMaster/Waterloo recap and box score from Waterloo site

Guelph 75, UQAM 70 (House-Laughton Classic at Carleton) The Gryphs came back from a 9-point halftime deficit to defeat the Citadins. 6'3" Nick Pankerichan, a tournament all-star, led Guelph with 17 points while 6'4" Mario Joseph led UQAM with 15 points. The Citadins 6'4" Joseph Atangana was named a tournament all-star.

St. FX 76, Ryerson 53 (Stu Aberdeen Classic) Tyler Richards scored 21 while rookie Ismal Toledo added 16 to lead the X-Men to a victory in Antigonish this afternoon. Boris Bakovic led the Rams, who went 0-3 on their tour of Atlantic Canada, with 18 points. St. FX/Ryerson Box Score

#3 Windsor 81, York 73 (McGill Redbird Classic) 6'8" Greg Surmacz had 30 points for the second consecutive game, leading the Lancers (2-1 in the tournament) to victory over the Lions, who lost all 3 games on the weekend.

#8 Brock 86, #10 Laval 77 (Mickey Place Tournament at UPEI)
The Badgers rebounded from Saturday's loss vs. Cape Breton with a solid win over Les Rouge et Or, leading by 21 at 83-62 with about 5 minutes to play before coasting to the win. Brock had 5 players in double figures led by 6'3" Rohan Steen, who had all of his team-high 20 points before halftime while also doing a stellar job defending Laval's 6'4" freshman Jerome Turcotte, who finished with just 8 points. Consistent 6'7" forward Owen White had 18 points for while 6'2" Mike Kemp added 17, 5'10" point Brad Rootes 15 and 6'0" guard Scott Murray 11. Laval's 6'7" J.P. Morin was a one-man show, scoring a tournament-high 38 points on 17 for 24 shooting while added 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. J.F. Beaulieu added 13 for Les Rouge et Or. Brock shot a solid 12-26 from 3 point land and 47% as a team from the floor. These teams meet again next Friday night in the first round at the Jack Donohue Memorial tournament at the University of Ottawa.

#9 Acadia 79, Victoria 61 6'5" Leonil Santil had 34 points and 18 rebounds to power the Axemen to an easy win over the Vikes. Mitch Gudgeon led Victoria with 15 points Acadia/Victoria Box Score

Chad Lucas has a solid, detailed article on St. Mary's one-point victory over Victoria Improving Huskies edge Vikes Halifax Daily News reports from AUS games AUS games In case you missed it, here is Wayne Kondro's article on last night's Carleton/Guelph affair Ravens survive Earl Zuckerman's piece on the McGill web site about the Redmen victory over Windsor Anthony goes wild

Today's Schedule
all games listed as Eastern time

11:30 AM Paul Smith's (NAIA) vs. UNB at RMC (exhibition)