Humber defeats Holland 50-49 at CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship to win Gold, Game #13

March 19^th St. Clair College SportsPlex (Windsor, ON)

Line Score	1	2	3	4		Total
Holland College Hurricanes	5	17	16	11		49
Humber College Hawks ***	9	11	13	17		50

It took a final second 3-pointer to give Humber College (Etobicoke, ON) the CCAA National Title Saturday night who defeated Holland College (Charlottetown, PEI) 50-49 in the Championship Game at the St. Clair College SportsPlex in Windsor.

Humber’s Ruth Holland (Peterborough, ON) was kicked out a pass at the top circle and nailed a triple leaving only 0:00.5 on the clock.  Holland College’s desperation pass down the court was knocked away to give Ontario its first ever CCAA National Championship and tipped off quite a celebration for the Humber faithful. Holland College had control of the low scoring game and held a slim 22-20 lead at halftime.

They increased that lead in the third quarter and were up 49-42 with just a few minutes to play.  But Humber closed the gap after some untimely Holland miscues setting up the final dramatics.

Ruth Holland only scored 8 points but with that final shot earned her Player of the Game honours for Humber.  Candace Smith (New Minas, NS) was Holland’s Player of the Game and scored 14 points.

Humber Statistics

Ceejay Nofuente                  19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 5 STL

Ruth Holland                                    8 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK (Player of the Game)

Jill Semple                            7 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK

 

Holland Statistics

Candace Smith                    14 PTS, 3 REB (Player of the Game)

Jenea Barrett                                    13 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 STL

Ashley Moss                         3 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 3 BLK, 3 STL

 

Below are the final rankings for the 2016 CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship along with the All-Tournament Teams.

Gold Medal – Humber College

Silver Medal – Holland College

Bronze Medal – Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

4^th Place – Cégep de Sainte-Foy

5^th / 6^th Place – VIU / Collège Montmorency

7^th Place – St. Mary’s University College

8^th Place – St. Clair College

 

MVP – Ceejay Nofuente (Humber College)

 

1^st Team All-Stars

Laurie Marchand (Sainte-Foy)

Torey Hill (NAIT)

Jill Semple (Humber College)

Jenea Barrett (Holland College)

Jazlin Barker (Holland College)

 

2^nd Team All-Stars

Lanae Adams (VIU)

Juliette Gauthier (Montmorency)

Myriam Leclerc (Sainte-Foy)

Shea-Lynn Noyes (NAIT)

Ashley Moss (Holland College)

 

Fair Play Award – Vancouver Island University