St. Clair College Men’s Basketball Outrun Lambton
The St. Clair College Men’s Basketball team ran their record to 6-1 after a dominant 110-67 win over Lambton College (Sarnia) Wednesday night at the SportsPlex keeping themselves tied at the top of the OCAA’s West Division with Mohawk College (Hamilton).
The teams played close in the opening minutes before St. Clair asserted themselves led by Chad Vincent-Simon (Scarborough, ON) who came off the bench to score 15 points including three triples in the last half of the first quarter staking the Saints to a 33-17 lead. Lambton attempted to make some inroads before half, but St. Clair still held a 55-36 advantage entering the intermission. The Saints held the visitors to just 14 points and 26% shooting for an 85-50 lead after the third quarter which made the final frame less compelling.
St. Clair’s quick offense allowed them to outscore Lambton 48-30 in the paint, but they were consistently making long balls (15-for-40 37.5%) all game to keep the Lions out of sorts. The Saints proved their depth in the contest and outdid Lambton 61-21 in reserve points.
Vincent-Simon finished with a game-high 28 points and pulled down 7 rebounds for St. Clair who led five Saints in double figures. Andrew Loyuk (Windsor, ON/Kennedy) fed his teammates for 8 assists but scored 15 points including three triples. Jesiah Deerr (Whitby, ON) scored 13 points to go with 5 rebounds while Mazin Tiea (Windsor, ON/Kennedy) netted 11 points and hauled in 6 rebounds but protected the rim with 3 blocked shots. Hanani Ujullu (Kitchener, ON) chipped in with 10 points off the bench for the Saints.
The St. Clair Men travel to North Bay this weekend to face Canadore College on Saturday which tips at 1:00pm.
St. Clair College Women’s Basketball Drop First Game to Lambton
The St. Clair College Women’s Basketball team (6-1) lost their first game of the regular season Wednesday night at the SportsPlex by a score of 70-57 to Lambton College (Sarnia) who moves in front of the Saints atop the West Division standings with a 7-1 record.
A tough shooting night from the outset for the Saints led to a 17-13 deficit by the end of the first quarter and Lambton stretched their lead to 33-25 by halftime. St. Clair had their best shooting result (43%) in the third quarter but unfortunately so did the visitors (50%) who took a 54-42 advantage into the final frame. The Saints could only come within eight points with just over three minutes to play in the fourth before Lambton pulled away in the final moments.
Lambton outrebounded (42-33) and owned the paint where they outscored St. Clair 46-12 in the contest which came mostly from transition points. Lambton also held the Saints to 27.4% shooting from the floor in the game and even though they made 9 triples their conversion rate was only 23.7%.
Janae Smith (Warren, MI) led St. Clair with 15 points and added 6 rebounds while Kaitlyn Overeem (Brantford, ON) was the only other Saint in double figures with 13 points to go with 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
The St. Clair Women have the weekend off before travelling to Niagara College (Welland) and Mohawk College (Hamilton) Dec. 1-2 which will wrap up their first semester schedule.