Thornhill tallies 30 as Redmen hammer Reds 90-52
By Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL - Matthew Thornhill of Ile Bizard, Que., tallied 30 points
as McGill hammered the UNB Varsity Reds 90-52 to open the UQAM
Classique men’s basketball tournament at the Centre Sportif,
Sunday.
Thornhill shot 12-for-18 from the field, including 5-of-9 from
three-point range and went 1-for-3 from the foul line. He also
pulled down six rebounds and racked up 30 minutes of court
time.
Moustafa El Zanaty, who played a game-high 33 minutes, contributed
19 points, nine rebounds, a game-high seven assists and posted a
pair of steals. Teammate Pawel Herra of Kingston, Ont., added 10
points, making 4-of-6 shots from the field. Michael White had a
solid outing with nine points, nine rebounds, three blocks and the
assists.
Sean Anthony, a senior from Vancouver, B.C., added six points and
pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. He was also assessed a
technical foul just before halftime.
McGill led 17-14 after one quarter, 44-31 at the half and 66-44
after three quarters. They shot 46.7 per cent from the floor
(35/75), 44.0 from the three-point arc (11/25) and 69.2 from the
line (9/13), compared to UNB, which shot a paltry 27.8, 15.0 and
56.3, respectively.
Antwann Parks of Queens, N.Y., and Colton Wilson of Shady Bay,
N.B., led the Varsity Reds with 12 and 10 points,
respectively.
McGill had a 48-33 edge in rebounding, a 7-3 margin in steals and a
10-0 advantage in blocked shots. Greg Gause, who came off the
Redmen bench, was credited with four blocked shots, to go with an
identical number of points and a pair of rebounds.
Host UQAM bombed Royal Military College 89-33 in the nightcap and
hold a differential of plus-56 heading into Monday’s final round.
The Redmen, who enter the final round with a plus-38 differential,
play Royal Military College on Monday at 4 p.m. Assuming McGill and
UQAM both win their games, the team with the highest differential
will win the tourney and a $500 cash prize.