Saints men hold off Dinos

By Independent Record - 12-07-2008

The Carroll College men (8-1) swept their doubleheader with the University of Calgary, winning their second matchup in two nights Saturday, 62-61.

Junior forward Chris Medina led the Saints with 19 points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-10 from behind the 3-point arc.

Freshman Andy Garland followed up inside with 14 points and nine rebounds. Senior Josh Saunders added 12 points.

One night after easily defeating the Dinos 84-58, the Saints had to rally back from a 10-point deficit in the second half.

“We crept back and crept back and got the lead in the last minute,” said Saints head coach Gary Turcott.

After the Dinos capped a 3 to pull within one, Medina made one of two free throw shots to score the Saints’ final point.

Calgary’s Dom Coward, was 4-for-4 up to that point, sunk one of his two free throw attempts down the stretch as Carroll held on.

“What we did tonight was we found a way to win,” Turcott said. “Sometimes you don’t make all your 3s and the game isn’t real smooth.

“It was one of those games tonight where it was a struggle.”

The Saints will next participate in an alumni exhibition game Dec. 13.

CALGARY (61)-McLeod 0-3 0-0 0, Fidler 4-13 2-2 11, Sihota 6-12 2-3 15, R. Bekkering 2-5 2-4 6, Thouret 0-2 2-2 2, Fule 5-6 0-2 14, Fagel 0-0 0-0 0, Reding 1-1 0-1 2, Rochon 0-2 0-0 0, Coward 3-4 5-6 11, Dhaliwal 0-1 0-0 0.

CARROLL (62)-Garland 6-13 1-2 14, Kaschmitter 2-3 2-4 6, Vaculin 2-6 2-2 7, Saunders 3-12 5-6 12, Medina 6-13 3-4 19, Stockwell 1-1 0-1 3, Tanascu 0-0 0-0 0, Godecke 0-2 0-0 0, Parks 0-1 1-3 1.

Calgary 33 28 —61

Carroll 35 27 —62

3-Point Goals—Calgary 5-15 (McLeod 0-2, Fidler 1-3, Thouret 0-2, Sihota 1-3. R. Bekkering 0-1, Dhaliwal 0-1, Fule 4-5, Rochon 0-1), Carroll 10-24 (Garland 1-4, Vaculin 1-3, Saunders 1-8, Medina 4-10, Stockwell 1-1). Fouled Out—Calgary (R. Bekkering, McLeod). Rebounds—Calgary 32 (Sihota 11), Carroll 26 (Garland 9). Assists—Calgary 9, Carroll 15 (Vaculin 5). Total Fouls—Calgary 23, Carroll 17.


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