St. Clair Alumni Night Features Basketball Doubleheader

St. Clair Alumni Night Features Basketball Doubleheader

The St. Clair College Basketball teams will host Humber College (Etobicoke) Friday night at the SportsPlex and the St. Clair Alumni Association is sponsoring free spectator admission for the doubleheader featuring the Women’s game at 6:00pm followed by the Men’s game at 8:00pm

The St. Clair Women (4-0) are the top-rated team in the province and entered the national rankings this week at #10 in Canada. Saints’ 5th year transfer guard Kaitlyn Overeem (Brantford, ON) is 3rd in OCAA scoring at 21.8ppg but also leads the league in assists at 7.3 per contest. 1st year guard Ania Buklarewicz (Mississauga, ON) is averaging 11.0ppg with teammate Janae Smith (Warren, MI) also recording double figures at 10.3ppg to go with 7.3 rebounds per game. As a team St. Clair is tied with Humber in scoring who both average 77.0ppg.

The St. Clair Men (4-0) remain the #1 OCAA squad and moved up to #3 in Canada this week boasting the highest team output per game at 105.3ppg but also hold their opponents to the 2nd fewest points at 70.8 per match-up. 5th year 6’3″ guard Jesiah Deerr (Whitby, ON) leads the Saints in scoring at 16.8ppg while adding a team best 7.5 rebounds per game. 5th year 6’4” forward Chad Vincent-Simon (Scarborough, ON) provides 13.7ppg for St. Clair. 3rd year transfer 6’7” forward Mazin Tiea (Windsor, ON/Kennedy) is putting up 14.5ppg with fellow 3rd year 6’4″ transfer forward Galdo Tutu (Windsor, ON) averaging 12.0ppg. Rookie 6’1″ guard Andrew Loyuk (Windsor, ON/Kennedy) rounds out six Saints averaging double figures at 11.3ppg.

The St. Clair Alumni Association is sponsoring free draws Friday night along with food vouchers for those in attendance during the basketball games. The Saints Student Athletic Association Inc. will also be holding free draws geared towards St. Clair students and general spectators.

The weekend will also feature the return of the Hoopin’ Around the Clock event run by the Highrise Basketball organization. Games will start at the SportsPlex in the afternoon on Friday and will be continuously played until the Saints complete their games Saturday evening against Sheridan College (Brampton) that tip 2:00pm (Women) and 4:00pm (Men).

The Highrise Basketball organization started in 2016 and this unique 24-hour fundraiser is a means to give support back to the Windsor/Essex community. Players from all over the area including school and club teams along with businesses, community organizations, and groups of friends will come together to compete against one another in modified versions of a basketball game in the spirit of fun, community, and charity.​ The 5th Annual event in February 2020 hosted over 750 people representing 75 teams featuring squads from the Town of Kingsville, the Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor Police Services, HUB, Century 21 Real Estate, PEPSICO, and Windsor Family Credit Union. The event has raised nearly $200,000 to date in support of local organizations in our community.