The Memorial Men’s Basketball team is excited to announce that both Emmanuel Ring (St. John’s, NL) and Jason Thompson (St. John’s, NL) have committed to the men’s basketball program for the 2017-18 season.
The Acadia Axemen and the Memorial Sea-Hawks opened up the men’s portion of the Subway AUS Basketball Championships Friday evening at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S., facing off in the first of two men’s semi-final matchups.
The 11-7 Sea-Hawks are on the road this weekend to take on the 9-9 Acadia Axemen. Both teams have clinched playoff berths, but there are some important narratives to keep an eye on when these teams hit the floor.
The Sea-Hawks will look to get back into the win column this weekend after dropping games last weekend in Halifax against the Dalhousie Tigers and falling to 5th place in the AUS standings.
The Memorial Sea-Hawks had their best offensive display of the season defeating the UPEI Panthers 106-92. The win helped the Sea-Hawks clinch a playoff spot in the process.
The Memorial Sea-Hawks were able to complete the weekend sweep of the StFX X-Men with a 98-91 win at The Field House on Sunday afternoon. Coming into the weekend the X-Men were sitting first in the AUS, but the losses drops them to 3rd in the AUS.
The Sea-Hawks Chris Dobbin clinched the victory by blocking Julius Antoine’s 3 with less than 5 seconds left, but the real story was the way Memorial got things done offensively.
The Memorial Sea-Hawks had their first winless weekend of the season and dropped to 2nd place in the AUS standings after being swept by the UNB Varsity Reds.
The Memorial Sea-Hawks continued their winning ways on Sunday afternoon with a 79-71 victory over the Cape Breton Capers in AUS men’s basketball action.
Memorial comes into the weekend in third place in the AUS with a 3 and 1 record, while the Capers are still searching for their first win of the season sitting at 0 and
The Memorial Sea-Hawks (3-1) earned a split on their weekend road trip to Oland Centre with a 93-79 victory over the StFX X-Men (2-2) Sunday afternoon in Atlantic University Sport (AUS) basketball action.
The Memorial Sea-Hawks men’s basketball team travels to Antigonish, Nova Scotia this weekend for a two game series with the StFX X-Men. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30pm NST on Saturday and 1:30pm NST on Sunday.