Gee-Gees beat Ravens on a last second play to remain undefeated on the season; Kevin Otoo finishes with 22 points
Gee-Gees men's basketball
Gee-Gees sports are slowly coming to a close for the 2021-22 season as four U of O teams lost their playoff matchups over the weekend.
Gee-Gees finished the season second in the OUA’s Eastern division with a 13-3 record.
Despite overcoming a 15 point deficit, the Gee-Gees were unable to come out with the win in the Bytown Battle. The team falls to 10-2 after the 64-59 loss to Carleton.
After an extended break, the U of O basketball teams are getting back on the court to continue the 2021-22 season with games against Queen’s. Here’s everything you need to know if you missed the first half of the Gee-Gees 6-0 season.
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“The entire basketball community finds a way to get to that game and that’s what makes it just so awesome,” added Derouin. [On] a special night, we were able to get a win.”
The Carleton Ravens have won the USports men’s basketball national championship, defeating the Dalhousie Tigers 74-65 on home court. UBC won bronze, pulling away late in a tough matchup against Western.
Day 2 of the USports basketball national championships welcomed the top eight men’s teams in the country to TD Place Arena for a lineup of exciting quarterfinal matchups.
The Carleton Ravens have defeated the University of Ottawa men’s basketball team 96-61. Both teams are still qualified for the USports Championship taking place next week.
The Gee-Gees men’s basketball team took on the Ryerson Rams on Saturday night in what was a blowout in favour of the Gees. The 75-54 win sends Ottawa to the OUA semifinals, where they’ll take on the Carleton Ravens for their third meeting of the season.
Saturday night saw the Gee-Gees men’s basketball team square off at home against the McMaster Marauders in the last game of the regular season. Ottawa looked to continue building momentum in hopes of a long playoff run.
The Gee-Gees men’s basketball team pulled a major upset on Friday, night edging out the nationally No. 1 ranked Carleton Ravens 68-67 in a Capital Hoops game for the ages at TD Place Arena.
The 2020 Capital Hoops Classic is right around the corner. Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Carleton Ravens and Gee-Gees basketball teams before tip off on Friday.
Borys Minger always knew he wanted to play basketball at a high level, and he knew that he would have to leave his hometown of Cayenne, French Guiana to do it.
The Gee-Gees young guns prevailed as the U of O men’s basketball team picked up its third straight win with dominant performances from both Guillaume Pepin and Dragan Stajic.
The University of Ottawa Sports Services and Carleton Athletics have partnered up with OSEG to host the 2020 Capital Hoops games at TD Place arena, confirming rumours that have been swirling since January.
The University of Ottawa men’s basketball team opened their second homestand of the season against the York University Lions on Friday night. With an excited home crowd in the bleachers, the Gee-Gees aimed to stay undefeated in the 2019-20 regular season.
The Guelph Gryphons and Algoma Thunderbirds gave it their all this weekend but it wasn’t enough to beat the No. 3 nationally ranked Gee-Gees. Calvin Epistola, Borys Minger, and Kevin Civil had themselves a nice weekend on the court as the Gees overpowered Guelph 88-70 and Algoma 88-67.
The men’s basketball team opened their regular season with a big test on Friday night at Montpetit Hall. The Gees faced the No. 6 ranked program in the country, the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks, in what promised to be a heated affair.
All donations will be used for the women’s team’s humanitarian project. The shoes, clothing, and balls will be given to children in Haiti. Photos: Parker Townes.
“Last weekend was one of the toughest for the team, and to respond the way we did says a lot about ourselves and this group.” —James Derouin, Gee-Gees head men’s basketball coach.
“That’s why you come here. You want to be able to play against the number-one team in the country, you want to play in an environment like this in front of 10,000 people.” —Brandon Robinson, Gee-Gees fifth-year guard.
“We’ve got a young team, so we’ve really got to hold it down in the first quarter, and if we can come out of that alive we have a shot.” — James Derouin, Gee-Gees head men’s basketball coach on the upcoming game vs. Carleton.
