Moose and Pony show continues as Redmen slay SMU
HALIFAX – Moustafa El Zanaty scored a game-high 29 points and
Sean Anthony posted his third “double-double” in as many games,
leading No.7-ranked McGill to a 93-90 preseason victory over Saint
Mary’s, the defending Atlantic conference men’s basketball
champions, Friday.
It was the fourth consecutive win for the Redmen, who own a 7-2
record against Canadian university teams and are in the midst of a
three-game tour of the Maritimes. The Redmen, who found themselves
nationally-ranked this week for the first time in seven years, led
25-23 after the opening quarter and 46-44 at the half before
stretching their lead to 17 points in the third stanza and settling
on a 74-61 lead heading into the final quarter.
El Zanaty, a 6-foot-4 guard from Montreal, shot 10-for-23 from the
floor -- including 4-for-10 from three-point range – and sunk all
five free-throw attempts. "Moose" was also credited with four
rebounds, three assists and a steal.
Anthony, a 6-foot-4 power forward who is as reliable as a stallion,
played all 40 minutes for the second straight contest. The
22-year-old native of Vancouver, B.C., tallied 24 points and 10
rebounds, making 10 of 17 attempts from the field.
Rookie Joey Haywood and Ikeobi Uchegbu, a junior from Nigeria,
scored 25 and 24, respectively, in a losing cause for SMU.
Despite fielding five starters who each measure only 6-foot-4, the
Redmen had a 37-32 lead in rebounds and a 6-1 margin in steals.
They shot 52.9 per cent from the floor (19/38), 44.4% from beyond
the arc (12/27) and 70% from the foul line (7/10). The Huskies
countered with a 17-for-35 performance from the field (49.3%),
7-for-20 from “three-land” (35.0%) and made 13 of 16 shots from the
line (81.3%).
Matt Thornhill, a junior guard from Ile. Bizard, Que., contributed
13 points to the Redmen cause, while Pawel Herra of Kingston, Ont.,
had 12 (all in the first half) and Montrealer Michael White added
six points and grabbed seven boards.
Rounding out the scoring for McGill was Jesse Woods (6 points) of
Shawano, Wisconsin, Jeff Cumming (3) of Victoria, B.C., and
Montrealer Sebastien Gatti (2).
McGill plays at Dalhousie on Saturday afternoon, before closing out
the road-trip at Acadia in Wolfeville, N.S., Sunday.
NEWSPAPER BOX SCORE
MCGILL 93, SAINT MARY’S 90
(10/31/08 7:00pm at Saint Mary’s Tower)
MCGILL
Moustafa El Zanaty 10-23 5-5 29;
Sean Anthony 10-17 2-5 24;
Matthew Thornhill 5-12 0-0 13;
Pawell Herra 5-9 0-0 12;
Michael White 3-4 0-0 6;
Jesse Woods 2-3 0-0 4;
Jeff Cumming 1-1 0-0 3;
Sebastien Gatti 1-1 0-0 2.
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Totals 37-70 7-10 93.
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SAINT MARY’S
Joey Haywood 10-16 4-5 25;
Ikeobi Uchegbu 10-16 4-5 24;
Mark McLaughlin 6-16 2-3 17;
Jack Gallinaugh 5-10 1-1 14;
Luke Reynolds 1-3 2-2 4;
Mike Poole 2-8 0-0 4;
Simon Marr 1-2 0-0 2.
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Totals 35-71 13-16 90.
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McGill........................ 25
21 28 19 - 93
Saint Mary’s.................. 23
21 17 29 - 90
3-point goals-
McGill 12-27
(Moustafa El Zanaty 4-10; Matthew Thornhill 3-5;
Pawell Herra 2-6; Sean Anthony 2-4; Jeff Cumming 1-1; Michael White
0-1),
Saint Mary’s 7-20
(Jack Gallinaugh 3-8; Mark McLaughlin 3-7; Joey Haywood 1-1; Mike
Poole 0-4).
Fouled out--
McGill-None,
Saint Mary’s-None.
Rebounds-
McGill 37 (Sean Anthony 10),
Saint Mary’s 32 (Ikeobi Uchegbu 14).
Assists-
McGill 17 (Pawell Herra 6),
Saint Mary’s 19 (Mark McLaughlin 6).
Total fouls-
McGill 17,
Saint Mary’s 13.
ATTENDANCE: 175
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012