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MONTREAL - Two basketball players Matthew Thornhill and Olivier Bouchard, from 香蕉视频, both students in the Desautels faculty of management, are among the major award recipients announced by the Quebec University Basketball League.

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Both will be in action on Saturday when the playoffs open with third-seeded McGill (8-8) visiting second-place Laval (10-6) on Saturday in a men's sudden-death semifinal at 8 p.m. The other semifinal, slated for Friday at 7 p.m., has fourth-place Bishop's (7-9) travelling to division-leading UQAM (11-5).

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Thornhill, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard from 脦le-Bizard, Que., was selected as the league's most outstanding player of the year and received all-conference status, while Bouchard, a 5-foot-10 point-guard from Montreal, was named rookie of the year. He also merited second-team all-star status and received QUBL all-rookie honours along with McGill teammate Nicolas Langley of Missoula, Montana.

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Thornhill, who is the first McGill player to receive player-of-the-year honours since Domenico Marcario in 2000-01, never missed a beat, despite playing most of the season with a broken nose. He finished first in league in both scoring (293) and points-per-game with an average of 18.3. The 23-year-old finance senior, ranked second among conference leaders in three-point shooting (45.8%), second in three-pointers per game (2.4 avg.), third in free-throw percentage (79.3%), third in minutes played (31.3 avg.), sixth in defensive rebounds (3.8 avg.), ninth in field-goal shooting (45.9%) and was 12th in both rebounding (4.9 avg.) and in steals (1.2 avg.).

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Bouchard, the shortest player on the Redmen squad, quickly found a spot in the starting rotation, finishing his inaugural CIS season with an average of 9.9 points and 3.7 assists per game. The 20-year-old freshman shot 39.8% from the floor, 34.8% from beyond the three-point line and drained 79.6% of his free throws.

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Other major award winners were UQAM's 脡ric C么t茅-Kougnima of Gatineau, Que., who was the unanimous choice for defensive player of the year and Olga Hrycak, a woman who earned the nod as the QUBL men's basketball coach of the year after guiding her team to first-place with an 11-5 record in this, her seventh year as bench boss of the Citadins. Also, Mike Homsy, a McGill graduate who once played for the Redmen, was named QUBL official of the year.

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2009-10 QUBL ALL-STARS & MAJOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

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MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Matthew Thornhill, McGill, Management (Finance), 脦le Bizard, Que.

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

** Olivier Bouchard, McGill, Management, Montr茅al, Que.

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DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

** 脡ric C么t茅-Kougnima, UQAM, Administration, Gatineau, Que.,

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COACH OF THE YEAR

Olga Hrycak, UQAM

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OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR

Mike Homsy

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FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS

Position, Name, University, Program of Study, Hometown

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GUARD: **Matthew Thornhill, McGill, Management (Finance), 脦le Bizard, Que.

GUARD: Adil El Makssoud, UQAM, Kinesiology, Casablanca, Morocco,

FORWARD: 脡tienne Labrecque, Laval, Physical & Health Education, Jonqui猫re, Que.

FORWARD: Evens Laroche, Concordia, Human Relations, Montreal, Que.

GUARD: Onnex Blackwood, Bishop's, Social Sciences, Scarborough, Ont.,

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SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS

Position, Name, University, Program of Study, Hometown

GUARD: J茅r么me Turcotte-Routhier, Laval, Law, Quebec City, Que.

FORWARD: Gregory St-Amand, UQAM, Administration, Laval, Que.

GUARD: 脡ric C么t茅-Kougnima, UQAM, Administration, Gatineau, Que.

GUARD: Decee Krah, Concordia, Marketing, Hamilton, Ont.

GUARD: Olivier Bouchard, U. McGill, Management, Montreal, Que.

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QUBL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM

Position, Name, University, Program of Study, Hometown

GUARD: **Olivier Bouchard, McGill, Management, Montreal, Que.

GUARD: Onnex Blackwood, Bishop's, Social Sciences, Scarborough, Ont.

GUARD: Jean-Philippe Renaud, Laval, Business Administration, Quebec City, Que.

FORWARD: Nicolas Langley, McGill, Science (Computer Science), Missoula, Montana

GUARD: Jean-Andr茅 Moussignac, Concordia, Arts, Montreal, Que.

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** Unanimous selection

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

香蕉视频 Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012 (tel.)

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