Box Score

The Ottawa Gee-Gees came to town ready to run, jump and score. All-Canadian Johnny Berhanemeskel hit an opening three and Myles Charvis (Mississauga) responded with a field goal. Then Ottawa scored the next 21 points on their way to a 33-6 score after the first quarter.

Ottawa shot 65% from the field, hit 7 of 11 from the three point line, out-rebounded the Warriors 14-3 and kept Waterloo to just 18% shooting. With the final result no longer in doubt, the teams played out the game to an 89-48 win for Ottawa.

After the sizzling first quarter, Ottawa did cool off in the second, but Waterloo was still not able to connect. At half time the score was 47-13 and Waterloo was just 1 of 19 from the three point line and out-rebounded 31-9.

Charvis was doing much of the scoring in the third, hitting 15 points in the quarter as Waterloo managed to out-score Ottawa 22-19 in the third. Ottawa continued their relentless play and came back again in the fourth to win by over 40 points.

Charvis was the only Warrior in double figures with 21 points. Next was Ali Validipak (Richmond Hill) with 7 points. Top rebounder for the Warriors was Ben Davis (Mississauga) with 5 rebounds. In looking for positive notes, the Warriors only turned the ball over 7 times.

Caleb Agada led Ottawa with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Other double figure scorers for Ottawa included Johnny Berhanemeskel with 15 and Vikas Gill and Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue with 11 each.

Ottawa is ranked #2 in the country and has a 5-0 record early in the OUA season. Waterloo drops to 1-4 and sits in fourth place in the OUA West.

The next game for Waterloo is Saturday night when another 5-0 team (1st in CIS) Carleton Ravens come to visit. Game time is 8:00pm at the PAC and the game will be broadcast on OUA TV.