Posted: Feb 02, 2017

THE 100TH EDITION OF 'THE GAME' - No. 8 HAWKS AND No.1 BRUINS

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BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Saturday afternoon marks the 100^th OCAA regular season meeting between the no. 8 Humber Hawks (10-3, 2^nd West) and no. 1 Sheridan Bruins (10-0, 1^st West). Tip-off is scheduled for 6pm at the Davis Campus Gym.

LAST TIME OUT vs SHERIDAN

In their third game of the season, the Hawks lost to Sheridan 79-74 in a game that saw 15 lead changes and 12 ties. With a lead and less than five minutes left to play, Humber's offence went ice cold, missing multiple open looks. The Hawks shot one for 12 from behind the three-point line in the second half, while also missing five free throws. Tyrone Dickson finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds in the loss, while Ostap Choliy finished with a game-high 19 points for Sheridan.

TRENDING

The Hawks have won nine of their last 10 regular season games.
Tyrone Dickson, Humber's all-time leading rebounder, is averaging a league best 11.5 rebounds-per-game (third best average in the CCAA).
Dickson has a team-best eight double-doubles this season and 34 for his career.
When Humber out-rebounds their opponents, they are 10-1 this season. Their only loss coming against Sheridan.
Fifth-year point guard Gibson Eduful (Toronto) is currently ranked third in the OCAA, averaging 5.2 assists-per-game. Against Redeemer, Eduful became the first Humber men's basketball player to record 300 assists for a career.

SCOUTING SHERIDAN

After opening the season as the fourth ranked program in the country, the Bruins are now ranked first after running the table in the toughest basketball conference in Canada.
Sheridan is the highest scoring program in province, averaging 96.6 points-per-game.
After missing the first two games of the winter semester, Sheridan's leading scorer Ostap Choliy (20.8 ppg) has returned to their lineup.
The Bruins are the only team in the OCAA with a winning regular season record against the Hawks and are leading the all-time series 53-46.
Humber is 7-5 at Sheridan since the Davis Campus Gym was in opened in the fall of 2005.
Over their last 20 regular season meetings, the Hawks are 13-7 against the Bruins.
Over the last 12 seasons, the Hawks have won six provincial championships and the Bruins have won three.

HAWKS HISTORY

Eduful and Dickson are now the second pair of teammates to play together with 750-plus career points, joining Hall of Famer George McNeil and Henry Frazer who accomplished the feat 30 years ago.

Updated scoring rankings:

Rnk	Player	Years	GP	PTS	PPG
1	Patrick Rhodd	1989-93	69	1164	16.9
2	George McNeil	1984-87	75	1148	15.3
3	Tyrone Dickson	2012 -	69	809	11.7
4	Gibson Eduful	2012 -	85	790	9.3
5	Clyde Walters	1978-83	88	763	8.7