The Brock men’s basketball team made the trip to Quebec City to participate in the U-Sports nationals. Their quarter-final matchup took place on March 8 as they faced up against Dalhousie University.
Dalhousie finished with just one more win than Brock in the regular season and went on to win the Atlantic University Sport Championship beating STFX 100-79 in the finals. Thus, Brock was set for a tough matchup against the Tigers and tough it was.
Dalhousie got off to a great offensive start scoring 21 in the first quarter and holding Brock to just seven. It did not get much better for the Badgers in the second quarter as they scored just six points in the quarter to Dalhousie’s 19.
The score after the first half of play was 40-15, making for Brock’s worst-scoring first half all season long. Brock would have to turn it to another gear if they were going to find a way to win the game.
The Badgers outscored Dalhousie in both the third and fourth quarter but it was not enough to erase the deficit of the first half. They lost 68-51 in their quarter-final matchup thus bumping them to the consultation bracket.
In the consultation semi-finals, Brock drew the University of Victoria. Victoria had won their third consecutive finals against the Winnipeg Westmen in the Canadian West Conference Championship game. Brock had another tough matchup to try and make the third-place game.
Once again Brock got off to a slow start being outscored in the first two quarters and trailed 43-31 at halftime. Isaiah Bujdoso was their leading scorer through the first half registering five points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Victoria came out with the same amount of intensity for the third quarter and outscored the Badgers 18-12 extending the lead. The Badgers finally found their game in the fourth but it was too little too late. They outscored the Vikes 18-10 in the final frame but lost 71-61.
Brock ended their season 0-2 at U-Sports nationals but that does not take away from the amazing run they had this season in making it to the OUA final as the 10th seed.
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