The Dalhousie Tigers keep rolling through their Atlantic university men’s basketball opponents.
On Saturday, the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies were outmatched by the Tigers. Dal outscored SMU 21-6 in the first quarter and then cruised to a 93-53 rout at Dalplex.
All 12 Dal players saw floor time, each playing at least 11 minutes in the game. Eleven Tigers had at least one basket.
“We are a deep team,” said Dal fifth-year forward Sascha Kappos, who was named player of the game. “And with games like this, it’s good to give guys some exposure and get experience to what it will be like down the stretch and come playoff time.”
Keevan Veinot topped the Tigers with 17 points while Kappos had 14 points and five rebounds in 21 minutes of action.
Dalhousie, the first team to clinch a berth in the AUS Final 6 tournament, improves to 13-1. In their last 22 regular-season games, the Tigers are 21-1.
Johneil Johnson, Dontae Mitchell and Qyemah Gibson answered with 11 points for the Huskies (5-8).
X-Men 85, Panthers 76: At Charlottetown, Avan Nava tallied 20 points and Azaro Roker had 13 points and 14 rebounds as St. Francis Xavier earned a road win over UPEI.
Capers 64, Sea-Hawks 58: At St. John’s, N.L., Osman Omar’s 13 points were enough to pace Cape Breton past host Memorial.
Reds 77, Axemen 75 (OT): At Wolfville, Markus Masters’ jump shot with 25 seconds remaining in overtime snapped a 75-all deadlock and led UNB over Acadia.
In AUS women’s hoops:
Capers 68, Sea-Hawks 65: At St. John’s, CBU started the fourth on a 10-1 and outscored MUN 26-18 in the quarter to pull off the upset victory.
Monique Calliste collected a game-high 20 points to lead the Capers. Haille Nickerson paced the Sea-Hawks with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Axewomen 67, Reds 51: At Wolfville, Rachel Clouatre-Trudeau scored 16 points and Haley McDonald and Jayda Veinot each had 11 in Acadia’s win over UNB.
Panthers 61, X-Women 39: At Charlottetown, UPEI went on a 21-0 run in the first quarter and cruised to a lopsided victory over St. F.X.
Jenna Mae Ellsworth had 21 points for the Panthers, equaling Marley Bonnick’s total for the X-Women. Bonnick accounted for 54 per cent of X’s scoring.
Huskies 69, Tigers 59: At Dalplex, Alaina McMillan netted 18 points as SMU defeated Dal.
Chelsea Slawter-Wright and Chloe Wilson each tallied 15 points for the Tigers.
HOCKEY
Mitchell Balmas, the nation’s leading scorer, notched his second goal of the game, 3:59 into overtime as Saint Mary’s slipped past UPEI in Charlottetown on Saturday night.
Balmas, who also had an assist in the game, tops all scorers with 42 points in his first season with SMU.
Dawson Theede also tallied twice and Stephen Johnson added three assists for the Huskies.
Kameron Kielly answered with two goals and an assist for the Panthers.
Reds 6, X-Men 2: At Fredericton, Tyler Boland potted a pair of goals to keep pace with Balmas in UNB’s win over St. F.X.
Boland is second in U Sports scoring with 41 points.
Aigles Bleus 6, Tigers 1: At Moncton, Alexis Roy’s hat trick help lead Moncton over Dal.
In AUS women’s hockey:
X-Women 3, Huskies 1: At Antigonish, Tyra Meropoulis, who’s tops in U Sports scoring with 33 points, scored two goals in the third period as St. F.X. edged SMU.
Reds 3, Tigers 2: At Halifax Forum, Fabiana Petricca turned aside 38 shots in a losing cause as Dal dropped a close one to UNB.
Aigles Bleues 2, Mounties 1: At Sackville, N.B., Audrey Berthiaume stopped 26 shots as Moncton trimmed Mount Allison.
VOLLEYBALL
Adora Rooyakkers collected 11 kills and 18 digs as UNB swept past Acadia 3-0 in Fredericton.
Scores were 25-20, 25-22, 25-23.
Elsewhere, Dalhousie blanked Memorial 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-10) at Dalplex.
