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The Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team played their season ending game on Saturday afternoon against the McGill Redmen. On this day, it looked like it was going to be a Stingers victory, once again, but a couple turnovers and missed shots in the fourth quarter allowed for McGill to come back and get the 63-56 win.

Both teams missed many shots to start the game. However at the 7:07 of the first quarter, the Redmen scored first on a basket by guard Simon Bibeau. A couple of seconds later, the Stingers got their first basket by point guard Adam Chmielewski. Later in the quarter Redmen’s, guard, Vincent Dufort, and Stingers guard, Jean Andre-Moussignac, each got two field goals in the quarter.

The Stingers would end the quarter scoring 11 straight points to take a 21-14 lead after the first quarter.

The Redmen scored the first basket of the second quarter by guard Dele Ogundokun. The Stingers would score on a basket by centre Brisebois. The Stingers would then add three three pointers to their lead, scored by guards Inti Salinas and Jonathan Mirambeau and forward Mukiya Post.

The Redmen ended the quarter on a 7-0 run which included a three pointer by forward Nathan Joyal. The Stingers led 32-27 going into half time.

The Redmen started the second half with a 5-0 run, led by a three pointer by Ogundokun. The Stingers got their first basket at the 6:05 mark of the quarter scored by forward Zander Jean. The Redmen responded with two straight baskets by forward François Bourque to make only a one point lead for the Stingers.

The Stingers extended their lead late in the quarter with two straight baskets by forward Mike Fosu. Redmen’s guard, Regis Ivaniukas, then hit a three pointer. The Stingers responded with another three-point shot by Salinas. Stingers took a 47-39 lead into the fourth quarter.

The Redmen like the other previous three quarters would score first on a two-pointer by guard Jenning Leung. The Stingers got their first basket by Garner to give the Stingers a 49-42 lead. By 5:52 of the fourth quarter, the Redmen tied the game at 53 with a basket by Leung and then broke the tie with a basket by forward Rodrigo Imperador.

The Stingers would tie it up again with two free throws by Chmielewski.

With 54 seconds left, the Stingers were down two after a basket by Moussigniac. But a perfect 4-4 record on the free throw line by Joyal would seal the deal for the Redmen. The Stingers were outplayed in the fourth quarter as the Redmen scored 24 points while Concordia only had nine points.

“A couple of dumb plays on our part that caused us the game,” said head coach John Dore. “[But] there [has been] a lot of personal development and growth in the group from the season.”

The Stingers end the season with a record of 8-8 and finish in third place in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RESQ). They now head to Quebec City for the RESQ playoffs, where they will be playing the Bishop Gaiters on Saturday afternoon. The Stingers were 0-4 against them this season.

“We have to play smart and control what we are able to do, like limit the turnovers,” Dore said about the game.

Concordia bid farewell to centre Zach Brisebois, guard Jean Andre Moussigniac and forward Taylor Garner who are all graduating this year.

Going into their matchup vs. the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Citadins on Thursday night, the Stingers had lost three games in a row. On Thursday night, the Stingers pulled through in a high scoring game of 88-87, giving them a 4-1 record on the season against the Citadins.

This was the most points the Stingers had scored all year, but on this night, the Stingers did not have an answer for UQAM’s dual attack of guard Richard Addai and forward Alexandre Bernard, who had great games. Addai scored 30 points in the loss while Bernard had 26 points. Conversely, UQAM did not have answer for forward Mukiya Post who had his best game of the season scoring 33 points. The Stingers dominated in the rebound game as they had 39 rebounds while UQAM had 25. Both Post and centre Zach Brisebois had seven rebounds in the victory.

The Stingers opened the scoring with a basket by Brisebois who would have two early baskets to start the game. The Citadins would respond with a three pointer by Bernard. Bernard scored his team’s first seven points. Addai would reduce the Stingers lead to three points with a three pointer. The Stingers would have an 8-0 run to end the quarter, leading 25-14 after the first quarter.

Concordia once again would open the scoring in the second quarter with a two pointer by Post. UQAM would get their first basket of the quarter within seconds as Bernard would hit a two pointer. UQAM’s guard Alan Pivovar would hit one of his two three pointers in the quarter after the Stingers took a ten-point lead. Addai would then hit two back to back threes to make it a three point game for the Stingers.

Addai would later tie the game at forty. But that didn’t last long as Post broke the deadlock with a three pointer. The Stingers would take a two-point lead into half-time, 45-43. Addai had 19 points going into halftime while Post had 15 points.

The Stingers opened the scoring in the third quarter with a slam dunk by guard Jean-Andre Moussignac. UQAM would score three straight baskets, including a three pointer by a Philippe Tamba, giving the Citadins a three-point lead. Stingers point guard Adam Chmielewski would hit a three pointer to tie the game at fifty. UQAM then responded by scoring 18 points in row

The Stingers would end the quarter with a three pointer by Chmielewski.

Concordia would be down nine points going into the fourth quarter, losing 71-62.

The Stingers, like in the other previous three quarters, opened the fourth quarter with a two pointer by Chmielewski. The Stingers would score six straight points before UQAM would get its first basket of the quarter at the seven minute mark, a field goal by Addai.

With 5:32 left in the quarter, Post scored seven straight points to make it only a two-point lead for UQAM. Pivovar would hit back-to-back threes to increase the Citadins’ score to eight points.

With two minutes left in the quarter, Post once again struck for the Stingers, getting nine straight points including the game-tying three pointer.

UQAM would make a costly mistake, fouling Chmielewski with five seconds left in the quarter. He would then make the game winning free throw.

“It was a gusty team win and I’m really proud of the team,” assistant coach Rastko Popovic said.

It’s been an up and down season for Concordia’s men’s basketball team. They once had a six-game winning streak in Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) league play, but have quickly dropped their last three. Concordia’s latest defeat came Saturday afternoon at the hands of the Bishop’s Gaiters, 64-61.

The Stingers are .500 as their record now sits at 6-6, third in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference. On Saturday, the Stingers battled hard and won 40 of the rebounds. Stingers centre Zach Brisebois dominated the paint and had nine rebounds in the loss. The Stingers are ranked eighth in CIS total rebounds per game.

The Stingers started the game with a bang as forward Zander Jean hit a three pointer to open the scoring. The Gaiters would respond and go on a roll of their own, scoring 20 unanswered points. The run included two three-pointers, by Gaiters forward Majid Naji and guard Sage Holder to end the quarter.

The Stingers only scored eight points in the first quarter and Concordia’s frustration began to show. Late in the opening quarter, the Stingers head coach, John Dore, received a technical foul for arguing with the refs.

The Gaiters scored first in the second quarter with a three-pointer by guard Jona Bermillo to extend their lead to 23-8. Within seconds, however, the Stingers would respond with a three-pointer of their own by guard Jean-Andre Moussignac. Stingers forward, Mukiya Post, would hit another three-pointer later in the quarter and cut the Gaiters lead to seven. Just as the Stingers seemed back in it, Bishop’s guard, Onnex Blackwood, hit back-to-back three pointers and extended the Gaiters lead to 10. By the end of the first half, the Stingers were slowly crawling back into the game, trailing 40-30.

The halftime pep talk seemed to work as the home crowd saw a different Stingers team emerge from the locker room in the second half. Brisebois and Concordia forward, Michael Fosu, made consecutive jump shots and quickly cut the Gaiters lead to six. The Stingers went on a 12-1 run  midway through the third quarter and were out in front 42-41. By the time the third quarter was over, the Stingers held a 48-44 lead, shocking the Gaiters.

As the fourth quarter began, the Gaiters were on a mission not to let the game slip away. Gaiters centre Mike Andrews got the first basket of the fourth quarter. The Gaiters would then take the lead with a basket by forward Dave Belanger, making it 52-50.

The game came down to the final three minutes of play. At the time, the score was tied 58-58 after a field goal by Stingers point guard Adam Chmielewski. Unfortunately, that was as close as Concordia got. Bishop’s went on 6-0 run to close out the game, handing Concordia their third straight loss.

The Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team fell to the McGill Redmen 70-49 in the second leg of the home-and-home series at the McGill University Love Competition Hall on Saturday night.

The two sides faced off this past Thursday night in part one of a Concordia verses McGill doubleheader in which the Stingers took the victory with a score of 69-67 at the Loyola gym.

Riding an eight-game winning streak, Concordia came into this game without the services of forward Michael Fosu.

McGill opened the scoring with a couple of well-timed plays by guards Michael Peterkin and Dele Ogundokun, while Concordia responded with a three-pointer from forward Mukiya Post.

Concordia seemed tentative in its attacking plays, and a tight-knit McGill defence prevented most of the Stingers’ scoring opportunities under the hoop.

At the other end of the court, communication problems showed in Concordia’s defence as McGill made a couple of big scoring drives, and the first quarter came to an end with a score of 23-9 in favour of the home team.

The second quarter saw Stingers guard Adam Chmielewski and Stingers forward Zander Jean capitalize on scoring opportunities. Jean nailed a three-pointer late in the quarter, which came to a close with a score of 34-21 – a lead which the Redmen held from start to finish.

McGill would be the first to score in the second half, while a personal foul committed by Redmen  forward François Bourque would see Concordia’s Jean-André Moussignac come through clutch and secure two points on ensuing free throws.

Chmielewski was relentless in his attacking efforts, savagely dribbling through McGill’s defence, at one point even taking out two Redmen as he tried to make his way to the net. He showed great leadership on the court, communicating with his teammates and making important forward assisting plays, many of which, however, ended up just being swallowed up by McGill’s airtight defence.

Ogundokun impressed as he vehemently fought Concordia’s efforts to get back into the game, making big plays to deny the scoring efforts of Concordia’s forwards. The Stingers eventually became overwhelmed by McGill’s offensive pressure in the fourth quarter, as the Redmen nailed three-pointer after three-pointer to bring the game to an end with a score of 70-49 in their favour.

“I felt we weren’t prepared,” said Stingers’ guard Inti Salinas of his team’s performance. “We weren’t mentally strong in this game, and against McGill you have to be mentally strong. I don’t feel they’re much better than us, but they just played harder than us. Next time we ought to come more prepared.”

Following a battled win on Thursday against a strong Redmen side, Concordia’s wear on Saturday night was visible. The hostile home crowd made themselves heard, and the Stingers just seemed like they were missing something in the tank. A healthy McGill side came into the game eager to avenge its loss.

“We played poorly. We were playing with a lot of adversity because Michael Fosu was out, we didn’t step up, they deserve a lot of credit,” said Concordia Head Coach, John Dore. “They outplayed us, they outhustled us, they outworked us. We were kind of licking our wounds, maybe, from the Fosu incident. They deserved it. We have to think about the next one coming up.”

Concordia will head to Bishop’s University on Friday, Feb. 7 to face the Gaiters, who play McGill twice next week before welcoming the Stingers.

The Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team hosted the seventh-ranked McGill Redmen on Thursday in what turned out to be a wild game. The Stingers pulled off a comeback in the second half for a nail-biting, 69-67 win.

The Stingers entered the game on a five game winning streak which started at the end of November, while the Redmen lost their first game to Laval last week. The Stingers, led by centre Zach Brisebois, dominated the boards as they recovered 41 rebounds in Thursday’s game.

The Stingers also limited McGill’s forward Francois Bourque to only five rebounds in the game. Heading into Thursday, Bourque was sixth in the CIS, (Canadian Interuniversity Sports), in rebounding.

McGill started the game off with a slam dunk by forward Michael Peterkin. The Stingers responded with an impressive 9-0 run, which included a three pointer by guard Jean-Andre Moussignac.

There was four minutes left in the first quarter when some drama erupted as Stingers forward, Michael Fosu, was ejected from the game for fighting. Stingers forward, Mukiya Post, came off the bench to replace Fosu and had a superb game, scoring 21 points in the victory. By the end of the first quarter, the Stingers held a 20-17 lead.

Bourque scored the first basket of the second quarter for McGill, as the Redmen started to take over.

McGill scored 24 points in the quarter and took a commanding 41-28 lead heading into halftime. While the Stingers only had eight points in the quarter, the Redmen were knocking down threes all quarter, including a buzzer-beater by Redmen point guard, Regis Ivaniukas, to end the first half.

The third quarter was back-and-forth as both teams had chances to score. A difference-maker in the quarter, and the game, was Stingers guard Adam Chmielewski. Chmielewski had 13 points in the third quarter alone and helped the Stingers draw closer to tying the game. Chmielewski was the leading scorer in the game as he had 24 points in the win and eight assists.

The third quarter was a turning point in the game for Concordia as they outscored McGill 20-12. Heading into the final quarter, the Stingers had cut the Redmen lead down to five, trailing 53-48.

McGill point guard Vincent Dufort hit two free throws for the Redmen to kick off the final quarter. The Stingers then started their dramatic comeback in a fight to the finish. Post hit a three pointer, which put the Stingers within four. Then Chmielewski had a 4-0 run of his own to tie the game at 61-61.

McGill took the lead with 16 seconds left on the clock with a basket by Dufort, but the Stingers weren’t done yet. Concordia took the lead with seven seconds left, thanks to a driving layup by Chmielewski. Following a turnover and a foul, Moussignac hit both of his free throws to secure the win for Concordia.

There were seven lead changes in the last two minutes and the Stingers scored 41 points in the second half to pull off the exciting victory.

After winning 73-63 in the first match of the home-and-home series on Thursday night against the Laval Rouge et Or, the Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team pulled off a 62-57 comeback win at the Concordia gym on Saturday afternoon.

Both the Rouge et Or and the Stingers played great defence as each team did not commit many turnovers.

Laval got the first basket of the game with a two-pointer by guard Hugues Ryan. The Stingers would respond a minute later with a three-pointer by guard Jean-Andre Moussignac to give Concordia a 3-2 lead. However, that was the only time the Stingers would lead until the 2:11 mark of the fourth quarter. Hadzimuratovic led the Rouge et Or with six points in the first quarter to help Laval to a 18-14 lead after one.

The Stingers got the first basket of the second quarter by forward Mike Fosu. A couple of seconds later Zach Brisebois would tie the game with his first of five successful free throws in the second quarter. However, forward Antoine Guilard would get Laval’s first basket of the quarter and give them back the lead. Guard Karl Belanger led the Rouge et Or with seven points in the second quarter to give Laval a  33-24 lead heading into halftime. Down 47-34 with 34 seconds left in the third quarter, a Mukiya Post field goal would get the Stingers within 10 points with one quarter left to play.

Fosu led the Stingers with nine points in the fourth quarter, helping Concordia with the come-from-behind victory. Down by five at the 4:55 mark, the Stingers cued the comeback. Less than three minutes later, Concordia got only their second lead of the game, thanks to a three-pointer by point guard Adam Chmielewski, putting the Stingers up 58-55. Chmielewski and Post’s two free throw baskets each clinched the win for the Stingers in the dying seconds of the game. Laval only got one basket the last five  minutes of the game as the Stingers played great defence, blocking the Laval shooting lines.

Four out of the five Concordia starters had double digit points. The leading scorer was Fosu, who had 15 points in the win. Chmielewski had 12 points with eight rebounds.

Moussignac said that every game has a “moment of truth” and he describes the comeback as that moment.

Chmielewski said that their big guys were key in the win on Saturday, but was humble about his performance, saying,“it wasn’t great except for the fourth quarter.”

But Stingers head coach John Dore had kinder words for Chmielewski, saying he is one of the best point guards in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports league.

“When the game is on the line, Adam is there,” Dore said.

“[It was a] gutsy win for us as we were down the whole game and fought back to win,” Dore said about the team’s overall performance. “We executed very well [today].”

The Stingers’ next game is against their town rivals, the McGill Redmen, on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. on home court.

Coming off a three-game winning streak before the Christmas break, the Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team beat the UQAM Citadins 64-53 on home court last Friday to win their fourth straight game.

On this night, the Stingers played great on the boards and played good defence as UQAM committed 21 turnovers.

The Stingers won the tipoff but UQAM would get the first point of the game with a free throw by forward Alexandre Bernard, 43 seconds into the quarter. Concordia would respond with a basket by forward Mukiya Post, 20 seconds later.

The Stingers were hit with some bad news as forward Josue-Smith Telfort went down with a leg injury. Concordia’s head coach, John Dore, said that he will see a doctor on Monday. UQAM took a 13-8 lead by the 3:18 mark of the first quarter after two successful free-throw attempts by guard Richard Addai and a two-point jump shot by Bernard. However, the Stingers were able to tie the game at 13 apiece before the quarter was up on a three-point jump shot by Post just before the final buzzer sounded.

The Citadins would regain the lead in the second quarter with a couple of baskets by Addai. After the Citadins took a 22-17 lead, Stingers’ centre Zach Brisebois would bring Concordia within three with his two free-throw shots to make it 22-19. However, UQAM forward, Rubens Poteau, and guard Rigobert Katahwa would combine for the Citadins next seven points to give their team a 29-19 lead with just over three minutes to go in the quarter. But with the help of Post and guard Jean Moussignac, the Stingers would cue a comeback before the quarter was up. From a 10-point lead, the Citadins led by just two, 31-39, heading into the third quarter.

Stingers would tie and take the lead in the third quarter with a 9-0 run that included back-to-back three pointers by guard Adam Chmielewski, which would give the Stingers a 36-31 lead just 2:11 into the quarter. The Citadins would only get their first points of the quarter at the 5:53 mark with a basket by Poteau. Post got a couple of baskets, including a three-pointer to increase the Stingers’ lead to 47-41 going into the fourth quarter.

Stingers would not surrender the lead in the fourth quarter and only gave up 12 points to the visitors in the final frame. Despite only being 55 per cent on the free-throw line on Friday, Chmielewski made his last four free-throw attempts in the final 54 seconds of the game to seal the 64-53 Stingers win.

The Stingers’ top point getter was Post with 20 points and two rebounds in the win.

Dore was happy with the win, despite what he felt was a poor first half by the Stingers and said that the team is improving every day.

“[In the] first half, we played sloppy and took a lot of shots and [in the] second half we played great defence and [our] offence was much better,” he said.

After a 0-3 start to the regular season, the Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team came out strong in a 77-70 win over the Laval Rouge et Or last Friday night at home.

The Stingers won the tipoff to start the game and scored the first point of the first quarter on a foul shot by Stingers’ forward Zach Brisebois. Stingers forward Mukiya Post gave Concordia a 3-0 lead with a successful jump shot three minutes into the quarter. After another jump shot by Post, Laval responded with a three-pointer by guard Karl Demers-Belanger to tie the game up at five apiece.

After the Rouge et Or took a 11-10 lead past the midway mark of the quarter, the Stingers went on to score six straight points to regain the lead. With 2:21 left, Brisebois stole the ball and with no Rouge et Or player in front of him, he decided to jump to the hoop for an easy layup. With nine seconds left in the quarter, Post shot a field goal to give the Stingers a 19-15 lead.

In the second quarter, Laval was able to tie the game at 19 with two consecutive jump shots by centre Boris Hadzimuratovic. Stingers guard Evan Gill came off the bench and electrified the crowd with a three pointer to give Concordia a 29-27 lead with 4:16 left in the quarter.

Gill then tied the game up at 31 with just over a minute left in the quarter after a nice give-and-go between him and guard Adam Chmielewski. Laval held onto the ball in the last minute but could not find the right shot to make. Concordia led 33-31 going into halftime.

Post got the first basket of the second half to put the Stingers up 35-31. Rouge et Or responded quickly with a two pointer of their own. Stingers forward Michael Fosu scored two straight baskets. A beautiful passing display by Chmielewski on a give-and-go with Post ended in missed basket by Post. However, Post was able to pick up his own rebound and score a two-pointer. The Stingers were in front 57-45 at the end of the third quarter.

Laval started the fourth with the ball and capitalized early with a two pointer by Belanger. Stingers responded with a three-pointer by guard Jean-Andre Moussignac. Moussignac then had a breakaway and made an easy layup. Chmielewski ended the game with a late three pointer as the Stingers won their first game of the season 77-70.

“The guys competed hard and did not lose focus,” head coach John Dore said. “[They] played for the whole forty minutes [and] moved the ball well.”

Note: Brisebois had nine rebounds in the win. Post was the Stingers leading scorer with 21 points in the victory and five rebounds. Both teams had players in their starting lineups that had double-digit points. Hadzimuratovic led the Rouge et Or with 14 points in the loss. Post, Fosu and Brisebois each finished the game with double-digit points. Fosu had 10 points and five rebounds in the victory.

-With files from Samantha Mileto

The Concordia Stingers men’s basketball team was hoping to erase its horrible preseason in which they had a record of 1-10, but fell 69-62 to the UQAM Citadins after blowing a fourth quarter lead.

The Stingers lost the opening tipoff but were the first team to get points. Stingers forward Michael Fosu had an easy layup for the first points of the game. The Stingers played great defence in the first quarter and were getting sinking baskets, especially forward Mukiya Post, who had back-to-back three-pointers.

The best Citadins player on the court in the first quarter was forward Alexandre Bernard, who scored 15 points in the first quarter. However, Stingers guard Adam Chmielewski had a three pointer and centre Zach Brisebois had a two pointer to tie the game up at 21 by the end of the first quarter.

UQAM scored the first points of the second quarter but Stingers forward Taylor Garner responded for Concordia to keep it a tie game. Then, Post and guard Evan Gill each scored three-pointers.

The Stingers only allowed the Citadins to get 11 points in this quarter and lead 41-32 going into halftime.

The Stingers started the second half with the ball and capitalized with a two-pointer by Fosu and then guard Jean-Andre Moussignac had two three-pointers to help extend the Stingers lead.

The Citadins started to chip away at the Stingers lead as they scored 14 points to cut the Stingers lead to five. The score at the end of the third quarter was 51-46 for the Stingers.

The Citadins brought in centre Vincent Champagne in the fourth quarter. He scored two foul shots and then a two-pointer. Bernard then got his first points since the first quarter for UQAM, which had the game tied once again.

Fosu caused a turnover with 20 seconds left in the game, which lead to a two-point basket by Citadins forward Phillip Tamba, making the score 65-59 Citadins.

Post made it interesting with a three-pointer to make it 65-62 with 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter, but it was too little too late for the Stingers.

The top player for the Stingers was Mukiya Post, who had 18 points. UQAM’s best player was Alexandre Bernard, who had 25 points in the win. The Stingers have now lost nine games in a row.

Fosu after the game said that the Stingers were pressing too much in the game and that the team did not execute what the coach wanted, which were good shots and to slow down the pace.