The Griffins thrived in the second half of both games and the resulting wins put the Griffins into the eighth spot in the standings.
The first game at NAIT saw the Griffins come out with a vengeance following a lack lustre first half where the visitors went to the locker room trailing 36-28. From there MacEwan would outscore the Ooks 26-8 in the third quarter, making their halftime deficit look like ancient history.
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| Gerdes found his scoring touch of late. Photo by Dat Bui |
The Griffins held all NAIT players to less than 15 points in that game, while MacEwan's Alain Mony'ele ran the show offensively with 28 points. Keith Gerdes would also chip in 18 points, who has shined in the latter stages of the season averaging 17.8 points a game in his last four games.
In the home half of the series the Griffins once again relied heavily on leading scorer Alain Mony'ele, who would score 18 points. In the second half of the series the Griffins started slow with just 13 points to NAIT's 20 in the first quarter. MacEwan would recover to reduce that deficit to just three points before halftime, large in part because of newcomer Lyndon Bolanac who would finish that game with 12 points.
Although the role of hero belonged to player of the game: Adam Boyd. Boyd's only 3-pointer of the game came with just 2.8 seconds left in the game and would put the Griffins over to top to sweep the 109th Street Series.
The Griffins play their next pair of games against Grand Prairie Regional College on Friday at 8 p.m. and the rematch coming in the form of a matinee set to tip-off at 3 p.m.
In the home half of the series the Griffins once again relied heavily on leading scorer Alain Mony'ele, who would score 18 points. In the second half of the series the Griffins started slow with just 13 points to NAIT's 20 in the first quarter. MacEwan would recover to reduce that deficit to just three points before halftime, large in part because of newcomer Lyndon Bolanac who would finish that game with 12 points.
Although the role of hero belonged to player of the game: Adam Boyd. Boyd's only 3-pointer of the game came with just 2.8 seconds left in the game and would put the Griffins over to top to sweep the 109th Street Series.
The Griffins play their next pair of games against Grand Prairie Regional College on Friday at 8 p.m. and the rematch coming in the form of a matinee set to tip-off at 3 p.m.
