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41st WESMEN CLASSIC AT WINNIPEG

Minot State 80 Manitoba 70 The final game of the day at Winnipeg went to Minot State; From Wesmen web site
Matt Witwer (Minot State) 28 Player of the Game
Darcy Coss (Manitoba) 23

The Minot Sate Beavers moved onto the semi finals of the MTS Wesmen Classic with a 80-70 victory over the Manitoba Bisons. Minot State held a slim 40-35 lead at halftime. Minot State had no trouble finding their shooting touch connecting on 52% of their shots from the field in the first half. Manitoba made a late charge and closed the gap to 64-61 but the Beavers held their ground to earn the victory. Matt Witwer led the Beavers with a game high 28 points and 11 rebounds. Darcy Coss led Manitoba with 23 points, including four three pointers. Minot State will play the host Winnipeg Wesmen in one semi final Saturday night at 6:00 p.m.

The Scrum provides a Day One Summary of the 41st Wesmen Classic in Winnipeg; Ken Wiebe from the Winnipeg Sun reports on the first day of the tournament One Man's garbage... St. Catharines Standard reports on Brock's win over Brandon yesterday afternoon Big win for Badgers Chris Cariou from the Winnipeg Free Press has an article highlighting two of the small schools, student-wise, in the Wesmen Classic Little Powerhouse on the Prairie

Rod Shoveller Memorial Classic at Dalhousie in Halifax

Chad Lucas of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald summarizes the first day of play at the Shoveller highlighting the SMU near-comeback against Ottawa that fell short Huskies rally falls short Chad has a much more detailed look at things on his Posting Up site Shoveller Notes The Halifax Daily News has a small piece on the tournament highlighted by Dal's win over Laurentian in the night cap, which was close until the end when the Tigers pulled away led by Drew Stratton's 20 point effort.

Ed Dearmon Memorial tournament at Ryerson University in Toronto

Thanks to Jim McLarty from Ryerson Sports Info for the following Day One summary:

Friday December 28, 2007
Game 1: 2:00 pm York 70 vs. Laval 68
YRK: T. Ruach (22 pts, 6 asts); V. Rezenberg (15 pts, 8 rbs)
LAV: JP Morin (24 pts, 11 rbs); X. Baribeau (15 pts)

Game 2: 4:00 pm Queen's 63 vs. Western Ontario 65
QUE: M. Leger (14 pts, 8 rbs); T. Mitchell (14 pts); D. Banister (10
pts)
WES: M. Curtis (16 pts); B. Smith (14 pts)

Game 3: 6:00 pm Ryerson 75 vs. Waterloo 87
RYE: B. Krupa (15 pts); I. Bakovic (14 pts, 10 rbs); B. Bakovic (12 pts)
WAT: C. McIntyre (19 pts); D. White (17 pts)

Game 4: 8:00 pm Toronto 82 vs. McGill 69
TOR: N. Snow (23 pts, 9 rbs); R. Paris (13 pts); N. Magalas (13 pts)
MCG: M. El Zanaty (19 pts); Y. Chouinard (13 pts)

Saturday December 29, 2007
Game 5: 2:00 pm Laval vs. Queen's
Game 6: 4:00 pm Ryerson vs. McGill
Game 7: 6:00 pm York vs. Western Ontario
Game 8: 8:00 pm Waterloo vs. Toronto

Sunday December 30, 2007
Game 9: 11:00 am Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
Game 10: 1:00 pm Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 11: 3:00 pm Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8
Game 12: 5:00 pm Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 CHAMPIONSHIP

From Mike Tucker at UVic Sports Information
MBB: Vikes take another win from U.S. school SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - For the second time this season the University of Victoria Vikes defeated an American opponent. Friday morning the Vikes took a 75-64 win from the NAIA's Vanguard Lions. Fourth-year forward Mitch Gudgeon paced the offense with 20 points, and also added four rebounds, as the Vikes took their second win of the season against international competition. In addition to defeating Vanguard, the Vikes were victorious over UC-Santa Barbara in pre-season action at McKinnon Gym. Second year guard Jeff Cullen added 11 points, freshman guard Julian Spear Chief-Morris contributed nine, and sophomore forward Mike Hull provided eight. As part of their Phoenix road trip, the Vikes also took in the Steve Nash-led Suns' match against the L.A. Clippers. The Vikes attended the morning shoot around before watching the Suns take a 94-88 victory. Vikes assistant coach Ian Hyde-Lay was Nash's high school coach at St. Michaels University School in Victoria. The Vikes' Scottsdale series concludes Saturday morning when they play the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans. Tip-off is slated for 10 a.m.


Northwood U. (NAIA) 91, Windsor 61 Here is a game report from the Northwood web site plus the Box Score The Lancers played without Greg Allin and Isaac Quon and substituted freely. Windsor was in front until the 10 minute mark of the first half but Windsor's fouls started to mount (16 fouls in the first half alone) so Northwood was able to get back in the game at the line. Northwood then took over in the second half. Note that Windsor got a contribution from returning forward Rich Allin, who scored 11 points in 22 minutes but went only 3 for 14 from the foul line according to the box score. Allin sat out the entire first half of the season while adjusting to Teacher's College but will suit up for the Lancers in the second half and if fit should provide another big piece off the bench.

(Annual Bearcat Holiday Classic - Exhibition Tournament at Columbia Bible College) Big Bend Community College 93 UCFV 81

Rocky Mountain 79, Lethbridge 69 Lethbridge received 18 points from Danhue Lawrence before he fouled out while Richard Steed added 14 and Ryan Anderson 13. Article from Billings Gazette which includes a box score

Lewis-Clark State College(NAIA - Lewiston, Idaho) 97, Thompson Rivers 66 Click here for a game report from the Lewis-Clark web site