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The G.P. Vanier Towhees senior boys basketball team just completed the first portion of their playoff run with three high-pressure games this past weekend.
On Thursday night the Towhees defeated Frances Kelsey 79-58 to qualify for the North Island championships. Mark McGinnis led the team with 29 points and 10 assists while Dillon Robson had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Best of all, noted head coach Larry Street, all five starters finished with double figures in scoring: Cam Hughes (11 points), Jaron Piercy (11 points) and Scott Stevens (10 points).
On Friday night the Towhees opened the North Islands at Dover Bay against Cowichan and were defeated 66-50. Robson and McGinnis had 19 points each and Robson also grabbed nine rebounds.
On Saturday afternoon the Towhees played Ballenas for the third and fourth placings in the North. "It was a great, exciting game with lots of scoring," which Ballenas won 90-89 in overtime, said Street.
Vanier had a 17-point lead but that was too easy for Ballenas' point guard Dustin Rodriguez, who scored 27 points (including seven treys). Darcy MacKenzie also dropped 20 points and Liam O'Brien had 21.
For the Towhees, this was Scott Stevens best scoring game of the year with 26 points (12-of-13 shooting) while McGinnis scored 21 and Robson added 22 while hauling in 16 rebounds. "Jaron contributed 13 as well in a losing cause," Street added.
"Now (comes) the biggest games of the year. We play Mount Doug (South #1) from Victoria, on Thursday, March 1 at Cowichan high in Duncan," Street said.
This is the Towhees first game of the Island championships where they are on a quest to qualify for the B.C.s. The top three finishers at the eight-team Islands advance to the provincials March 13-17 at the Langley Events Centre.
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