CAPERS over STFX in AUS men’s basketball action

SYDNEY – The Cape Breton University (CBU) CAPERS (3-1) defeated the STFX X-Men (3-1) in Atlantic University Sport (AUS) men's basketball regular season action on Saturday, November 9 at the Sullivan Fieldhouse.

It was exciting back and forth action from beginning to end as the teams exchanged the lead many times. The X-Men controlled the first quarter and kept the lead until the end. The second quarter saw the CAPERS make a comeback to take the lead 35-33 at the half.

The teams were neck and neck until the end of the game when the CAPERS managed to gain and keep a small lead to take the game 82-77.

DJ Jackson (Mississauga, ON) – STFX's player of the game – netted a whopping 37 points with 10 rebounds. Keyonte Beals (North Preston, NS) contributed with 16 points and 4 rebounds as well as Gatluak James (Windsor, ON) with 8 points and 13 rebounds.

Liai Tong – CBU's Subway player of the game - led the CAPERS with 21 points and 5 rebounds. Helping with the win were Shak Pryce (Pickering, ON) with 18 points and 5 rebounds and Tafarian Black with 14 points and 6 rebounds.

The X-Men head to UNB next weekend for games on Saturday and Sunday while the CBU CAPERS play their back-to-back games next weekend at Dalhousie.