涩里番

By Earl Zukerman

LENNOXVILLE 鈥� Moustafa El Zanaty of Montreal scored a game-high 35 points in 39 minutes of court time and led visiting 涩里番 to a key 87-66 win over Bishop鈥檚 in men鈥檚 university basketball before 900 at the Mitchell gym in Lennoxville, Friday.

It capped a masterful sweep over the Gaiters as rookie Anneth Him-Lazarenko notched a 鈥渄ouble-double鈥� and 涩里番 rallied from a 10-point deficit to upset the Gaiters 56-47 in the women鈥檚 game.

El Zanaty, a 6-foot-4 guard who reached the 30-point plateau for the seventh time this season, shot 11-for-24 from the floor, making four of 10 attempts from three-point range. He also nailed nine of 10 free-throws, pulled down six rebounds, was credited with nine assists and had four steals. 鈥淢oose鈥�, who is averaging over 19 points-per-game in 56 games overall with the Redmen, registered his 200th career three-pointer and now has 203. He is now just four rebounds short of 500-plateau in his two seasons with the Redmen.

Teammates Matt Thornhill of Ile-Bizard, Que., and Michael White of Montreal, also figured prominently in scoring with 17 and 10 points, respectively. Thornhill went 5-for-10 from three-point range, while White had identical numbers from the field and pulled down nine rebounds.

High-scoring Sean Anthony, a senior from Vancouver, B.C., who was in early foul trouble, was held to just four points but contributed seven rebounds, five assists and a steal.

Cam Mowat was one of four Gaiters to hit double figures in scoring. The 6-foot-6, 230-pound centre from Kelowna, B.C., had a team-high 20 points.

涩里番, which has won two of three meetings with the Gaiters, trailed only once in the game, on the opening basket by 6-foot-8 Hermon Tesfaghebriel, who was one of two Gaiters to be assessed a technical foul and finished with 13 points on the night.

涩里番 took the lead for good on Thornhill鈥檚 three-pointer at 1:21 of the opening period and broke the game open on a 14-3 run. They led 25-11 after the quarter, 42-28 at the half and 63-44 after three quarters.

涩里番, which held a 22-16 margin in rebounding and an 11-6 edge in steals, outscored Bishop鈥檚 27-16 in points off turnovers. The Redmen shot 48.4 per cent from the field, 46.2 from beyond the arc and 61.9 from the foul-line, compares to BU, which shot 42.9, 25.0 and 58.3, respectively.

The resulted evened both teams at 3-6 and left the rivals in a dead heat for the final playoff spot in the Quebec conference with seven games remaining. The two teams will meet again on Saturday, at 涩里番鈥檚 Love Competition Hall.

Newspaper Box Score

(Jan. 23/09 20:00 at Mitchell Gym, Lennoxville, Que.)

MCGILL 87, BISHOPS 66


MCGILL (14-11, 3-6 QUBL)

Moustafa El Zanaty 11-24 9-10 35;
Matthew Thornhill 5-15 2-2 17;
Michael White 5-10 0-0 10;
Pawel Herra 3-5 0-0 9;
Jesse Woods 3-3 0-1 6;
Sean Anthony 1-4 2-8 4;
Greg Gause 2-2 0-0 4;
Sebastian Gatti 1-1 0-0 2;
Erik Galas 0-0 0-0 0;
Nicholas Nishikawa 0-0 0-0 0;
Paul Costello 0-0 0-0 0;
Michael Flannery 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 31-64 13-21 87.

BISHOP S (7-16, 3-6 QUBL)
Mowat,Cam 9-15 0-0 20;
Nash,DArcy 6-20 1-3 15;
Tesfaghebriel,Hermon 4-7 4-5 13;
Thomas-Anderson,D 5-7 0-1 10;
Hunter,Tim 1-3 0-0 2;
Nicolas,Emmanuel Jr. 0-3 2-3 2;
Lindo,Donald 1-5 0-0 2;
McAleenan,Tim 1-2 0-0 2;
Selman,Kevin 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 27-63 7-12 66.

涩里番........................ 25 17 21 24 - 87
Bishop s...................... 11 17 22 16 - 66

3-point goals--涩里番 12-26 (Matthew Thornhill 5-10; Moustafa El Zanaty 4-10; Pawel Herra 3-5; Sean Anthony 0-1), Bishop s 5-20 (Nash,DArcy 2-7; Mowat,Cam 2-7; Tesfaghebriel,Hermon 1-1; Nicolas,Emmanuel Jr. 0-2; Lindo,Donald 0-1; Hunter,Tim 0-2).

Fouled out--涩里番-None, Bishop s-None.

Rebounds--涩里番 36 (Michael White 9), Bishop s 31 (Hunter,Tim 6).

Assists--涩里番 20 (Moustafa El Zanaty 9), Bishop s 18 (Nicolas,Emmanuel Jr.
8).

Total fouls--涩里番 16, Bishop s 22.

Technical fouls--涩里番-None, Bishop s-Tesfaghebriel,Hermon; McAleenan,Tim. A-900