One goal down. Two more to go. The Holy Names sr. boys basketball team took care of business in the AAA final Sunday night at the St. Clair College Sportsplex beating Sandwich 83-60. "When we play together offensively we look really good." said Knights head coach Ryan Steer. "The way we started that game was awesome. It's tough to sustain for four quarters but happy with our effort."
Holy Names quickly came out and set the tone on offence building up a 30-8 lead after the first quarter. The Sabres were much more consistent after that winning two of the last three quarters but there was no magic run that put the game in balance.
"Wouldn't have liked to give up 60, that's not where we like our defence at we'll fix that for Thursday."
Austin Brown led all scorers with 23. Arlind Avdo pitched in 20 for the Knight who cruised through the regular season with a 9-0 record beating their opponents by an average of 40.4 points per game. The closest game they had was against Tecumseh Vista, who won the AA title vs Kennedy, by a difference of 17 points during the last game of the regular season.
Steer's team did lose to Hamilton's Cathedral High School in the final of an all-catholic tournament in St. Catharine's earlier this season which has helped to motivate the team.
"We didn't come out on the right end," Steer told Powerplay Sports. "That was kind of a punch in the face, a learning lesson so hopefully we'll learn from that and close out the game when we're in that situation."
The Knights play for the SWOSSA championship Thursday on the road for a chance to return to OFSAA where they won bronze a year ago.
"Definitely looking to build on the bronze." Steer said.
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