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With less than five seconds left in the game and the Ryerson Rams down by one the ball was in the hands of their regular season leading scorer.
Calgary held the Rams to just 24 points in the opening half and did so by taking away one of Ryerson’s top weapons. “Ryerson looked really good on film with [Myles] Charvis was able to get into the lane and kick out for a three,” said Dinos head coach Dan Vanhooren. With the Rams offence struggling, the Dinos were able to pull ahead thanks largely to the play of Brett Layton and Mambi Diawara.
Calgary will look to make it back-to-back seasons as the national champions and wrap up their perfect season Sunday night.After winning by 40 in their quarterfinal game, the Carleton Ravens had to fight for every inch in their win over the Dalhousie Tigers. Smart added, “until then we weren’t able to get anything going, the zone gave us more problems than we thought it would.”Eddie Ekiyor was the reason for a big four-point swing late in the fourth when he blocked a Tigers’ dunk and put home a layup just seconds later. That swing gave the Ravens a six-point lead instead of the Tigers cutting it to two.
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