Photo by Udantha Chandre @ucephoto
The Memorial Sea-Hawks capped their weekend home stand at the Field House with a win on Saturday afternoon against the StFX X-Men, the final score being 105-88. The Sea-Hawks ended the weekend with two wins and zero losses, bringing their season record to 6-4.
After a physical first quarter that saw twelve fouls called by the officials, the Sea-Hawks held a narrow lead of 22-20. Thanks to an eruption of three-point scoring in the second quarter – led by Cole Long with four three-pointers – The Sea-Hawks went into halftime with a solid twelve-point lead, 53-41. Long Led all players in scoring at the half with a very impressive fifteen points.
The Sea-Hawks would build on their strong first half by adding 52 second-half points and comfortably defeating the X-Men by a final score of 105-88. Boris Ristanovic punctuated a strong Sea-Hawks performance with back-to-back slam-dunks late in the fourth quarter.
Long and Subway Player of the Game Nathan Barker led all players in scoring with 20 points each, and Ristanovic was close behind with 19. David Muenkat was the top scorer for the X-Men with 19 points.
After securing two wins this weekend, the Sea-Hawks (6-4) sit tied with UPEI for second in the AUS Standings behind only the Dalhousie Tigers (7-2). Meanwhile, StFX dropped to a record of 5-6, and currently sit fifth in the standings.
On the weekend success, coach Coultas said "It's great to get 2 wins at home and earn 8 points in the standings. Everyone was a little rusty after not playing for 3 months, but we battled through it and improved as the weekend went along. We will shift our focus to CBU and be prepared for another tough opponent."
The Sea-Hawks will be back in action next weekend, February 26th and 27th, taking on the Cape Breton Capers on the road.