FANSHAWE 63, ST. CLAIR 54

LONDON, Ont. - On Thursday night, the Fanshawe Falcons men's basketball team (5-2) defeated the St. Clair Saints (5-3) by a final score of 63-54. The win moves Fanshawe into a tie for third in the OCAA West Division standings.

Fanshawe's offence exploded to start the game, with the Falcons taking a 13-2 lead after the first four minutes of play. The Saints had trouble setting up their offence with Fanshawe's full court pressure on for the entire quarter. At the end of the first, the score was 19-5 for Fanshawe. The Falcons pushed the lead to 18 before St. Clair's Matei Nuna made back-to-back three pointers, cutting the Falcons lead to 12. Fanshawe's Chavaun Miller-Bennett put on a shooting display, putting up 10 points in the quarter. The Falcons took a 34-20 lead into the half.

St. Clair slowly chipped away at Fanshawe's lead, and was even within single digits after a number of deep three pointers but the Falcons gathered themselves and pushed the lead back to 14 going into the final quarter. With six minutes left, St. Clair's Xavier Jones drove to the hoop for the basket, bringing the Saints to within four, the closest it had been since the opening minute of the game. Foul trouble for the Saints sent the Falcons to the line for the final 5:30 minutes, where Fanshawe capitalized; knocking down eight of their final 10 free throws.  Fanshawe went on to win the game by a final score of 63-54.

Fanshawe's Chris Stanhope finished the game with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Demetrias Kah and Nuna both scored 10 for the Saints.

The Falcons next game takes place on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 6 p.m. versus the Lambton Lions (2-5). The Lions are currently eighth in the OCAA West Division standings.

Source: Fanshawe College

LONDON, Ont. - The St. Clair College men's basketball team had a slow start and could not dig themselves out eventually losing 63-54 to Fanshawe College in London on Thursday.

Trailing 19-5 after the first quarter, the Saints played even with the home team in the second and third quarters while cutting the lead to just four points in the early stages of the fourth quarter. St. Clair outscored Fanshawe 18-13 in the fourth quarter but could not overcome the final deficit.

Rookie Demetrias Kah (Windsor, Ont./W.F. Herman) and Matt Nuna (Windsor, Ont./Catholic Central) each scored 10 points apiece to lead St. Clair in scoring. Alex Temesy (Amherstburg, Ont./General Amherst) chipped in with nine points adding seven rebounds.

The St. Clair men's basketball team hosts Schoolcraft C.C. (Detroit, Mich.) on Tuesday in exhibition play at the campus gym with tip time at 8 p.m.

Source: St. Clair College