A Couple of Wins @ House-Laughton

House-Laughton Tournament at Carleton University


Friday vs. Toronto

BU        19    17   19   26  -  81
UofT     18    17   18   23  -  76

We certainly looked a lot better this weekend than we had a couple of weeks back at Nipissing. Our guys have worked hard in practice and it paid off this weekend. Still a long way to go though as we were quickly reminded of Sunday vs. Carleton!

This was a pretty well played game by 2 young teams and it was tight throughout. We did a decent job of executing offensively and not turning over the ball. Defensively we played hard as a unit and got some key stops down the stretch when we needed them.


Pete Weston led us with 21 points. Dave Belanger played his best game to date in a Gaiter uniform contributing 19 points & 5 rebounds along with some excellent defense. Jona Bermillo, who was excellent all weekend, had 14 points. Freshman, Abdul Kamane chipped in 10 points and 6 rebounds.  
We would also have to give an assist to Cathy & Bryan McLean (& Matt!) who hosted our team for a pre-game meal Friday afternoon. Much appreciated as always!!


Saturday vs. Acadia

BU      19   15   21   24  -  79
AU      14   17   21   16  -  68

Winning Friday certainly gave us some confidence and some hope that we could compete with Acadia. We figured we would have our hands full though as Acadia had played Carleton pretty tough the night before and we are well aware that there will be no easy games for us this year!  Fortunately, we got off to a good start and Jona Bermillo stepped up to carry us with18 first half points. He only scored 2 in the 2nd half, but did a real nice job running our team.

The 3rd quarter was a bit shaky as Acadia had us on our heels, but we managed to respond and took control of a tight game in the last 4 minutes of the game. A great sign for our young team. Abdul was phenomenal in the 2nd half scoring 23 of his game high 25 points in the 3rd & 4th quarter. He also added 8 rebounds. As previously mentioned, Jona had 20 points while Dave & Pete added 12 a piece. Freshman Nick Harvey was excellent all weekend and he led us with 9 rebounds and some excellent interior D.


Sunday vs. Carleton

BU      17   14   14   15  -  60
CU      24   25   18   21  -  88

Carleton is still very good! Despite graduating some key pieces they are still the gold standard of CIS basketball. Regardless, we played hard and we pushed them at times. Unfortunately, we just don't have the experience, collective strength & polish offensively at this point to be able to challenge them for 40 minutes. After a good start, things started to slide when we began to turn the ball over vs. their vaunted defense. Your offense will often look decent until you face Carleton. We started to make mistakes we had not made all weekend and they quickly capitalized taking control of the game.

It was a great experience playing Carleton and we will learn a lot from this game. Jona was very good again scoring 19 points. Pete had 14 while Nick had a nice game with 9 points & 6 rebounds.

A special thanks to the BU alumni who made it out to our games this weekend. Your support is always appreciated and it is what makes being an athlete at BU special! 


Our next action will be in Southern Ontario this week: 

Men's & Women's Exhibition Doubleheader @ U of Guelph
Thursday October 22nd   Women at 6PM, Men at 8PM   

Hawk Invitational @ Wilfred Laurier U.
Friday October 23rd      8PM       vs.  Wilfred Laurier U 
Saturday October 24th   2PM       vs.   Laurentian U.

Hope to see a few of our alumni at the games!
Rod