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WOLFVILLE, N.S. 鈥� Sean Anthony registered a rare "triple-double", while Moustafa El Zanaty posted a "double-double" and Matt Thornhill contributed 24 points as No.7-ranked 涩里番 defeated Acadia 90-75 in men鈥檚 preseason basketball, Sunday.

Alex Traikov also registered a double-double for the Axemen with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Anthony, the second 涩里番 player on record to accomplish the rare 鈥渢riple-double鈥�, posted 14 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. A 6-foot-4 power forward from Vancouver, who has managed at least a "double-double" in four of his last five contests, also wowed the crowd by pulling off a dunk in heavy traffic.

The only other 涩里番 player to register a similar feat was Bernie Rosanelli, who accomplished it in a 102-94 overtime victory over Waterloo, at the Redmen Invitational tournament, Nov. 16, 1986.

El Zanaty, a 6-foot-4 guard who was twice picked as player of the game over the weekend, racked up 97 points over the three contests. The 25-year-old senior matched Thornhill with 24 points and pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. He shot 6-for-20, sunk three of his eight attempted treys and drained nine of 12 free throws.

Thornhill, chosen player of the game for 涩里番, made nine of 16 attempts from the field, going 5-for-11 from three-point range.聽 The junior from Ile Bizard, Que., made his only foul shot, was credited with four rebounds and a pair of steals and had a monster dunk off an alley-oop pass.

涩里番 led 18-9 after the opening quarter, 44-25 at the half and 73-50 after three quarters. The Redmen shot 43.1 per cent from the field, 34.5 from the arc and 81.8 from the line. Acadia replied with 35.1, 34.8 and 65.2, respectively. 涩里番 also held a 43-38 advantage in rebounds, an 8-3 margin in blocked shots and an 8-7 edge in steals.

The Redmen, who defeated Saint Mary鈥檚 93-90 on Friday and lost 93-75 to Dalhousie on Saturday, improved to 8-3 in non-conference play against CIS teams and will open the regular season at home to Bishop鈥檚 on Nov. 14.

GAME NOTES: The three games in the Maritimes were part of the Stu Aberdeen Challenge, a unique Atlantic conference tournament, played over three weekends at three AUS schools. Six visiting teams play three games apiece, while the three host teams play six contests each.聽 They produce a biased set of standings (which exclude non-AUS teams) to determine an AUS champion. Dalhousie came away on top this year with a 5-1 record, followed by SMU (2-4) and Acadia (1-5). 涩里番, Windsor, Toronto and Western each posted identical 2-1 records, followed by UQAM (1-2) and York (0-3).