Thornhill thrilling as Redmen outgun RMC
By Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL -- Matt Thornhill of Ile Bizard, Que., hit six treys en
route to scoring a game-high 22 points as ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ overwhelmed Royal
Military College 94-43 at UQAM's Classique des Citadins men's
basketball tournament, Monday.
The Redmen swept their two games but finished second to tourney
champion UQAM (2-0), on a tie-breaker. The Citadins walloped UNB
96-56 to finish with a point-differential of plus-96, seven points
better than the Redmen.
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ led 24-8 after the opening stanza, 46-21 at the half and
69-31 after three quarters.
With such an big lead, Redmen head coach Craig Norman went to his
bench early. As a result, Moustafa El Zanaty, the team’s scoring
leader, played only 14 minutes and was held pointless for the first
time in his two seasons with the Redmen.
Senior Sean Anthony, the team’s other scoring threat, saw only 18
minutes of court time and contributed nine points.
Thornhill and teammate Paul Herra, a native of Kingston, Ont., were
both named to the all-tournament team.
Thornhill, a 6-foot-4 guard, made eight of his 16 shots against
RMC, including a 6-for-12 performance from beyond the arc. Over the
two tournament games, he scored 52 points with eight rebounds and
was 20-for-34 from the floor, 11-for-21 from three-point range and
1-for-3 from the charity stripe.
Herra, a native of Kingston, Ont., had 14 points against the
Paladins, going 4-for-6 from three-point range. In the tourney, he
compiled 24 points and six rebounds, shooting 8-for-15 from the
field, 6-for-9 from the arc and 2-for-2 from the floor.
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ improved to 11-6 overall and will resume regular season play
on Jan. 9 when they play host UQAM at the Currie gym.