Ottawa Gee-Gees awarded bronze medal after defeating Acadia Axemen 92-85
OTTAWA – The CIS Final 8 Men’s Basketball Championship, hosted by the Carleton Ravens, concluded today at Scotiabank Place with the consolation final, bronze medal match and the championship game, which featured the top-seeded Carleton Ravens and No. 7 Lakehead Thunderwolves. Over the course of the three-day tournament, 50,025 fans visited Scotiabank Place to witness the top basketball teams in Canada compete for the W.P. McGee Trophy.
With a 92-42 victory over the Lakehead Thunderwolves, the Carleton Ravens were crowned national champions and awarded the W.P. McGee Trophy. The Carleton University men’s basketball team captured their third CIS title in as many years to become the first program in history to claim a ninth W.P. McGee Trophy. The Ravens finished atop the OUA East standings with a 19-1 record, added three playoff wins en route to the Wilson Cup title, and compiled an overall mark of 25-1 against CIS schools prior to Friday’s quarter-final matchup against Victoria.
Results from CIS championship Sunday:
Consolation final (fifth place): No. 6 McGill 80 No. 8 Victoria 68
Bronze medal: No. 3 Ottawa 92 No. 5 Acadia 85
Championship final: No. 7 Lakehead 42 No. 1 Carleton 92
Tournament results, statistics and team media guides can be found by visiting http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/mbkb/index.
The CIS Final 8 Men’s Basketball Championship will return to Scotiabank Place in 2014, when the top eight teams in the country will once again complete for the W.P. McGee Trophy.
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