Mike L’Africain Named Player of the Year in Canadian University Basketball
Mike L’Africain made it the second straight Ottawa Gee-Gee to earn the CIS player of the year, following in the footsteps of Johnny Berhane last year, who is currently excelling as a PRO in Estonia The CIS announced L’Africain for this recognition known as the Mike Moser Memorial trophy last night, along with the rest…
The CBG Bunch: Adika Peter-McNeily, Stephon Lamar, Michael L’Africain + more!
Welcome to The CBG Bunch, a specialized column dedicated to the CIS season. Every week, Charles Blouin-Gascon parses through the CIS box scores over Sunday brunch while looking for the CBG Bunch, a group of the top performers of the weekend’s action. This week in #badpuns, we get a real Super Bowl weekend, write poetry,…
Mike L’Africain, Johnny Berhanemeskel lead Ottawa U over Laurier
Top Performers Ottawa: Johnny Berhanemeskel – Pts: 21, Reb: 5, Ast: 2, Stl: 2, Min: 29 Chris Anderson – Pts: 15, Reb: 7, Ast: 3, Stl: 3, Min: 26 Laurier: Matt Buckley – Pts: 12 (6-8 FT), Reb: 7, Ast: 2, Stl: 0, Min: 35 OTTAWA,ON- The Ottawa University Gee-Gees started this game strong and…
Sam Alamutu, Jayden Clayton Earn Junoir NPH Showcase MVP
In a packed gym of about 100+ everyone observed in silence. 1984 Canadian Olympian Anthony Simms had the crowds attention. [contentblock id=9] Simms narrated his journey to the top of the basketball world, including struggles with poverty as an immigrant, his fight with racism, and the dream to buy his mother a house. The crowd…
Breaking Down CIS Major Award Race
By Chad Mallory Breaking Down the CIS Major Award Races With all the conference accolades being announced already, the CIS will officially hand out their national awards as the CIS championship approaches. It’s been a great year highlighted by several worthy seasons by players, which has led to some of the more crowded Player of the…
CIS Top 10 Rankings – Ryerson Rams, Ottawa Gee-Gees Cement Top Two Spots
The CIS has released its latest Top 10 rankings, and the Ryerson Rams have passed another test, with flying colours as they picked up a statement victory over then #4-ranked Brock 104-79. Aaron Best has been turning it up, averaging 29 points and eight rebounds in the last two games. The #1 Rams take on…
The Slate – November 27
We have one very, very busy day of hoops going down today with action from the morning until night highlighted by names like Andrew Wiggins, Mike L’Africain, Emily Potter, Tristan Thompson, Laura Dally, Jamal Murray, Adut Bulgak, Josh Wolfram, Kyle Wiltjer, Nirra Fields and lots, lots more here in The Slate … * All times…