Brock Newton scored 23 factors because the Ottawa Gee-Gees superior to the semifinals of the U Sports activities males’s basketball Ultimate 8 with a 78-71 upset of the third-seeded UQAM Citadins on Friday in Quebec Metropolis.
The No. 6 Gee-Gees, showing on the event as a wild-card workforce, went on an 11-0 run on the finish of the third quarter to take management of the competition.
Dragan Stajic added 15 factors and 4 steals for Ottawa.
Bahaide Haidara had a game-high 24 factors for the Citadins.
Ottawa will face the second-seeded Queen’s Gaels within the semifinals. The Gales prevented one other upset by holding off the seventh-seeded Winnipeg Wesmen 77-76.
Each sport within the males’s and girls’s tournaments, together with the comfort rounds and Sunday’s bronze-medal video games, will likely be streamed stay on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports activities app and CBC Gem.
Video games earlier than the finals may also be obtainable on the CBC Sports activities YouTube channel.
Within the different quarterfinals:
Rouge et Or 75, Vikes 69
The highest-seeded College of Victoria Vikes have been upset 75-69 by the College of Laval Rouge et Or on Friday evening.
Steeve Joseph led the winners with 17 factors, whereas S. Tremblay-Lacombe added 14 and Ismael Diouf and Haris Elezovic every had 10.
Diego Maffia had a game-high 26 factors for the Vikes, whereas Renoldo Robinson chipped in with 16. Shadynn Smid had 11 rebounds.
The Vikes’ 22-of-67 subject aim taking pictures (32.8 per cent) was their lowest taking pictures proportion of the season.
Laval led 36-32 at halftime and 56-49 heading into the ultimate quarter.
Gaels 77, Wesmen 76
Cameron Betts had 16 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists off the bench to guide Queen’s.
Cole Sylas had 15 factors, together with a bucket that put the Gaels up 77-71 with 2:41 remaining.
However Queen’s failed to attain for the rest of the sport and needed to climate a Winnipeg comeback bid.
Shawn Maranan had a game-high 19 factors for the Wesmen however missed a key free throw with 39 seconds left.
Tigers 68, Badgers 51
The Dalhousie College Tigers jumped out to a 21-7 first-quarter led after which cruised to a 68-51 victory over the Brock College Badgers.
Malcolm Christie scored 26 factors for the Halifax, N.S., primarily based Tigers, whereas Jayden Parker chipped in with 9 factors and 9 rebounds.
Andrew Mckenna scored 12 factors for the Badgers, who’re primarily based out of St. Catharines, Ont. Jordan Tchuente added 9 factors and 14 rebounds.
The Tigers will meet the Rouge et Or in Saturday’s semifinals.
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