...text report at bottom Game Box McMaster 77 Acadia 67 Friday3/20/98 7:00 p.m. Metro Centre F U L L G A M E H McMaster FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below...) No. Marauders M A M A M A O D T P PTS A TO BL ST MIN 4 Vojo Rusic 4 10 0 0 1 2 4 2 6 4 9 1 1 1 0 20 52 Darren Spithoff 4 7 0 0 4 6 4 1 5 3 12 0 4 0 2 27 31 Doug Doyle 2 5 1 3 3 5 2 4 6 4 8 4 0 0 0 30 32 Titus Channer 9 17 0 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 20 4 2 0 1 37 44 Steve Maga 5 13 5 13 5 6 0 4 4 0 20 13 3 0 3 36 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 James Akrong 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 17 33 Rodney Baptiste 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 1 3 0 0 21 55 Nick Rupcich 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 12 35 Mark Maga 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0+ 45 Patrick Sweeney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 25 Anthony Nichols 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Jay Egbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 26 56 7 21 18 27 14 22 36 21 77 23 15 3 6 200 PERCENTAGES 46.4 33.3 66.7 Deadball Rebounds 3 First Half 66.7 55.6 66.7 Opp Points off Turnovers 11 Second Half 27.6 16.7 66.7 V Acadia FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below...) No. Axemen M A M A M A O D T P PTS A TO BL ST MIN 42 Derek Cotton 6 9 1 2 6 6 4 5 9 3 19 1 1 0 1 33 43 Jim O'Grady 1 4 0 0 2 2 3 5 8 4 4 2 3 0 0 32 33 Jan Trojanowski 7 17 0 2 4 5 9 5 14 4 18 3 5 1 0 38 11 Chris Cain 0 7 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 27 14 Jean-Pierre Fleura 4 12 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 5 9 2 3 0 2 28 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Victor Herbert 3 7 0 3 2 5 1 1 2 3 8 7 2 0 3 25 32 Sam Worrell 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 7 2 1 0 0 16 21 Mark Seaborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Saj Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Mike Messenger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Richard Brenton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Murray McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 24 61 2 14 17 22 17 21 38 22 67 19 17 1 8 200 PERCENTAGES 39.3 14.3 77.3 Deadball Rebounds 4 First Half 66.7 55.6 66.7 Opp Points off Turnover 17 Second Half 27.6 16.7 66.7 OFFICIALS: SCORE BY PERIODS:ONE TWO OT TOTAL Pierre Marion McMaster 45 32 0 77 John McFarland Acadia 35 32 0 67 Bruce Fricker Technical Fouls: 0 Lead Changes: 0 Ties: 1 Attendance: 6794 OTHER TEAM STATISTICS McMaster Biggest Lead: 15 Points in Paint:20 Second Chance Points9 Fast Breaks: 17 Points produced off Fast 14 Acadia Biggest Lead: 0 Points in Paint:24 Second Chance Points4 Fast Breaks: 18 Points produced off Fast Break13 F I R S T H A L F H McMaster FG 3FG FT Rebs (Legend below...) No. Marauders M A M A M A O D T P PTS A TO BL ST MIN 4 Vojo Rusic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 5 52 Darren Spithoff 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 2 8 0 2 0 0 12 31 Doug Doyle 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 0 16 32 Titus Channer 8 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 2 2 0 1 19 44 Steve Maga 3 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 11 2 0 2 18 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 James Akrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 33 Rodney Baptiste 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 11 55 Nick Rupcich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 35 Mark Maga 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 45 Patrick Sweeney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Anthony Nichols 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Jay Egbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 18 27 5 9 4 6 1 11 12 12 45 17 7 2 3 100 V Acadia FG 3FG FT Rebs No. Axemen M A M A M A O D T P PTS A TO BL ST MIN 42 Derek Cotton 4 5 1 1 4 4 2 2 4 1 13 1 0 0 0 14 43 Jim O'Grady 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 33 Jan Trojanowski 1 6 0 2 4 5 5 1 6 2 6 2 2 0 0 18 11 Chris Cain 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 18 14 Jean-Pierre Fleura 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 12 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Victor Herbert 2 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 10 32 Sam Worrell 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 7 2 1 0 0 14 21 Mark Seaborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Saj Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Mike Messenger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Richard Brenton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Murray McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * TOTALS 11 28 1 8 12 15 7 8 15 9 35 8 8 0 2 100 L E G E N D FG Field Goals PTSPoints Scored M Made A Assists A Attempted TO Turnovers 3FG 3-Point Field Goals extra point BL Blocked Shots Reb Rebounds ST Steals O Offensive Rebounds MINMinutes played D Defensive Rebounds Tea ... for events the scorer did not assign T Total Rebounds to a specifc player. The Program puts it PF Personal Fouls in the default Team category From: Dale Stevens To: Canadian University Basketball Discussion List Subject: Final 8 - Game 3 - McMaster/Acadia (incl. boxscore) In the first game of the evening session of this year's CIAU Men's Final 8, the 4th-seeded McMaster Marauders, a wild card selection, took on the Acadia Axemen, 5th-seeded, and champions of the AUAA. In an entertaining, and very hard fought contest, Mac outlasted the Axemen 77-67. The Marauders jumped out to an early 12-5 advantage at the 13:41 mark of the first half, as All-Canadian and Moser Award winner Titus Channer found the mark for 6 points. Back-to-back Doug Doyle and Steve Maga 3's extended the Maroon and Grey lead to 20-7. Two more long range bombs from Maga, and the Mac lead was 26-12, with 7:20 to play in the opening 20 minutes. But the Axemen fought back to narrow the score to 28-22 at the 4:40 mark. At the same time, the McMaster posts found themselves in a lot of foul trouble, as Rusic, Spithoff, Akrong, and Rupcich picked up a total of 9 combined fouls. Mac regained their scoring touch, and a Mark Maga "3", at the buzzer, the team's 5th of the half, gave the Marauders a 10 point lead, 45-35. Channer lead all scorers with 16 points, while Maga added 9 points, and an incredible 11 assists. Daren Spithoff scored 8, and Doug Doyle 7. For Acadia, Derek Cotton was tops with 13, while All Canadian Jan Trojanowski had 6 points and 6 rebounds. The Marauders started the second half as they ended the first, scoring the first 5 points. But the Axemen responded with 8 points of their own, to cut the lead to 50-43. By the 14:57 mark, Mac held a 54-45 advantage. Nine straight points from the Atlantic reps evened the score at 54. By the midway point of the half, the Maroon and Grey led 58-54. The teams traded baskets for the next 4 minutes, and the Marauders held a 66-61 advantage with 6:11 to play. The Halifax crowd of 6,144 was worked into a frenzy as the Axemen scored the next 4 points to cut the deficit to 1, 66-65, with 3:53 on the clock. J.P. Fleurantin fouled out with 1:51 left, sending Doug Doyle to the line for 2 shots, and Mac up 70-67. Doyle made the first, and Channer grabbed the rebound off of the missed second attempt. After a timeout at the 1:36 mark, Channer hit a running jumper to extend the lead to 73-67. Acadia turned the ball over, and were then forced to foul Maga with 22.9 ticks left. Maga made 1 of 2, but again, the Marauders grabbed the board, the the game was over. Channer and Maga led McMaster with 20 points each. Maga was named the Player of the Game, for his scoring and 13 assists. Spithoff added 12 points for Mac. Derek Cotton led Acadia with 19, while Trojanowski added 18 points and 14 rebounds.