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| Head Coach: | Tom Kieswetter (5th season) |
| Other staff: | Curt Warkentin (Assistant Coach) |
| League: | OUAA West |
Summary of team record for the season
| Conference Record | CIAU Record | Overall Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | Pct | Points | PPG | W-L | Pct | Points | PPG | W-L | Pct | Points | PPG |
| 6-8 | 0.429 | 1016-1002 | 72.6 - 71.6 | 12-15 | 0.444 | 1961-1970 | 72.6 - 73.0 | 16-17 | 0.485 | 2426-2395 | 73.5 - 72.6 |
Player roster
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Elig | Hometown | High School (Prior Team) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Mark Eys | Forward | 6-5 | 190 | 3 | London, ON | John Paul II |
| 5 | Mano Watsa | Guard | 5-11 | 155 | 3 | Harrow, ON | Harrow District High |
| 10 | Pat Gorman | Guard | 6-0 | 185 | 1 | Newmarket, ON | Newmarket High |
| 12 | Josh Holden | Guard | 6-2 | 185 | 1 | Waterloo, ON | Bluevale Collegiate |
| 20 | Mike Crosby | Forward | 6-5 | 195 | 2 | Waterloo, ON | Waterloo Collegiate |
| 23 | Dan Schipper | Centre | 6-10 | 215 | 1 | Wallacetown, ON | West Elgin |
| 24 | Mike Downing | Guard | 5-9 | 165 | 2 | Waterloo, ON | Glenview Park Secondary |
| 32 | Remy Donaldson | Forward | 6-5 | 185 | 2 | Tillsonburg, ON | Annandale High |
| 33 | Paul Kwiatkowski | Guard | 6-3 | 187 | 2 | Kitchener, ON | Resurrection Secondary |
| 34 | Marc Rigaux | Guard | 6-1 | 170 | 1 | Fredericton, NB | Oakwood Collegiate |
| 42 | Mike Zavershnik | Centre | 6-9 | 195 | 1 | Toronto, ON | St. Michael's |
| 43 | Derek Maat | Centre | 6-7 | 195 | 2 | Oakville, ON | Hamilton Christian |
| 44 | Eric Steinman | Forward | 6-7 | 200 | 2 | Woodstock, ON | Woodstock Collegiate |
| 54 | Jeff Fox | Forward | 6-6 | 205 | 1 | Kitchener, ON | Eastwood Collegiate |
| 55 | Jon Awad | Guard | 6-0 | 185 | 1 | Waterloo, ON | Waterloo Collegiate |
Awards presented
| Mano Watsa | Naismith Classic All-star, Hagey-Siegfried Trophy (Team MVP), OUA West First Team All-Star, Second Team All-Canadian |
| Mike Zavershnik | Letterman Award (Rookie-of-the-Year) |
Game results for the season
| --- Non-Conference Games --- | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Fri Oct 18, 1996 | Oakville, ON | Sheridan College | Loss | 65-97 | Stats | |
| Sat Oct 19, 1996 | Toronto, ON | York | Loss | 65-94 | Stats | |
| Fri Oct 25, 1996 | Ottawa, ON | Ottawa | Loss | 69-75 | Stats | Tipoff Tournament |
| Sat Oct 26, 1996 | Ottawa, ON | Carleton | Loss | 69-85 | Stats | Tipoff Tournament |
| Thu Oct 31, 1996 | Waterloo, ON | George Brown College | Win | 72-42 | Stats | |
| Fri Nov 8, 1996 | Waterloo, ON | Memorial | Loss | 75-80 | Stats | Naismith Classic |
| Sat Nov 9, 1996 | Waterloo, ON | McGill | Win | 74-64 | Stats | Naismith Classic |
| Sun Nov 10, 1996 | Waterloo, ON | Winnipeg | Win | 73-69 | Stats | Naismith Classic |
| Fri Nov 15, 1996 | Winnipeg, MB | Manitoba | Win | 60-59 | Stats | Ontario / GPAC Challenge |
| Sat Nov 16, 1996 | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg | Win | 72-60 | Stats | Ontario / GPAC Challenge |
| Fri Nov 22, 1996 | Tiffin, OH | Tiffin OH | Loss | 69-78 | Stats | Tiffin Ohio Tournament |
| Sat Nov 23, 1996 | Tiffin, OH | Ohio Dominican | Win | 74-62 | Stats | Tiffin Ohio Tournament |
| Sat Nov 30, 1996 | Waterloo, ON | Niagara College | Win | 81-80 | Stats | |
| Fri Dec 27, 1996 | Toronto, ON | Brandon | Loss | 64-82 | Stats | Metro Classic |
| Sat Dec 28, 1996 | Toronto, ON | York | Loss | 75-89 | Stats | Metro Classic |
| Sun Dec 29, 1996 | Toronto, ON | Carleton | Win | 105-66 | Stats | Metro Classic |
| Sat Jan 4, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Metro Toronto Police | Win | 104-66 | Stats | |
| --- Regular Season Conference Games --- | ||||||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Sat Jan 11, 1997 | Hamilton, ON | McMaster | Loss | 52-60 | Stats | |
| Fri Jan 17, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Lakehead | Win | 76-60 | Stats | |
| Sat Jan 18, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Lakehead | Win | 78-74 | Stats | |
| Wed Jan 22, 1997 | Windsor, ON | Windsor | Loss | 53-73 | Stats | |
| Sat Jan 25, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Laurier | Loss | 80-85 | Stats | |
| Wed Jan 29, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Guelph | Loss | 56-67 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 1, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Windsor | Win | 62-61 | Stats | |
| Wed Feb 5, 1997 | St. Catharines, ON | Brock | Loss | 70-76 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 8, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | McMaster | Loss | 81-91 | Stats | |
| Wed Feb 12, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Laurier | Win | 106-69 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 15, 1997 | Guelph, ON | Guelph | Loss | 60-65 | Stats | |
| Wed Feb 19, 1997 | London, ON | Western | Loss | 60-74 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 22, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Brock | Win | 95-78 | Stats | |
| Sat Mar 1, 1997 | Waterloo, ON | Western | Win | 87-69 | Stats | |
| --- Playoff Games --- | ||||||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Tue Mar 4, 1997 | St. Catharines, ON | Brock | Win | 76-68 | Stats | OUA West Quarterfinal |
| Fri Mar 7, 1997 | Toronto, ON | McMaster | Loss | 68-77 | Stats | OUA West Semifinal |
Overall scoring summary for the season
| Player | GP | Mins | Mpg | 3 Pt | Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | RPG | PF | A | To | Bl | St | Pts | PPG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mano Watsa | 30 | 949 | 31.6 | 32-98 | 32.7 | 183-372 | 49.2 | 93-133 | 69.9 | 0-0 | 134 | 4.5 | 76 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 16.4 |
| Derek Maat | 31 | 655 | 21.1 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 121-239 | 50.6 | 61-95 | 64.2 | 0-0 | 186 | 6.0 | 106 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 303 | 9.8 |
| Mark Eys | 32 | 787 | 24.6 | 5-20 | 25.0 | 121-280 | 43.2 | 64-88 | 72.7 | 0-0 | 202 | 6.3 | 80 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 311 | 9.7 |
| Remy Donaldson | 30 | 582 | 19.4 | 35-97 | 36.1 | 80-202 | 39.6 | 26-30 | 86.7 | 0-0 | 64 | 2.1 | 52 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 7.4 |
| Dan Schipper | 31 | 524 | 16.9 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 78-133 | 58.6 | 53-68 | 77.9 | 0-0 | 110 | 3.5 | 50 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 6.7 |
| Mike Zavershnik | 29 | 522 | 18.0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 63-138 | 45.7 | 53-84 | 63.1 | 0-0 | 119 | 4.1 | 90 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 6.2 |
| Mike Crosby | 28 | 549 | 19.6 | 23-68 | 33.8 | 57-177 | 32.2 | 31-48 | 64.6 | 0-0 | 80 | 2.9 | 53 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 6.0 |
| Pat Gorman | 33 | 655 | 19.8 | 8-29 | 27.6 | 57-148 | 38.5 | 30-44 | 68.2 | 0-0 | 104 | 3.2 | 91 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 4.6 |
| Marc Rigaux | 27 | 414 | 15.3 | 27-76 | 35.5 | 45-140 | 32.1 | 7-12 | 58.3 | 0-0 | 18 | 0.7 | 33 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 4.6 |
| Paul Kwiatkowski | 30 | 341 | 11.4 | 14-54 | 25.9 | 35-109 | 32.1 | 16-35 | 45.7 | 0-0 | 38 | 1.3 | 57 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3.3 |
| Mike Downing | 32 | 308 | 9.6 | 14-48 | 29.2 | 27-103 | 26.2 | 22-37 | 59.5 | 0-0 | 25 | 0.8 | 41 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2.8 |
| Josh Holden | 12 | 154 | 12.8 | 4-14 | 28.6 | 10-37 | 27.0 | 8-9 | 88.9 | 0-0 | 7 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.7 |
| Eric Steinman | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 6-17 | 35.3 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 0-0 | 11 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.9 |
| Jeff Fox | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 5-12 | 41.7 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.9 |
| Jon Awad | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.4 |
| * Team Totals | 33 | 6600 | 200.0 | 165-515 | 32.0 | 893-2118 | 42.2 | 475-703 | 67.6 | 0-0 | 1109 | 33.6 | 762 | 0 | 617 | 0 | 0 | 2426 | 73.5 |
Season scoring summary for league games only
| Player | GP | Mins | Mpg | 3 Pt | Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | RPG | PF | A | To | Bl | St | Pts | PPG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mano Watsa | 14 | 493 | 35.2 | 13-40 | 32.5 | 88-185 | 47.6 | 53-72 | 73.6 | 73 | 5.2 | 38 | 52 | 242 | 17.3 | ||||
| Derek Maat | 14 | 294 | 21.0 | 68-123 | 55.3 | 27-47 | 57.4 | 79 | 5.6 | 48 | 23 | 163 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Remy Donaldson | 14 | 314 | 22.4 | 19-58 | 32.8 | 43-111 | 38.7 | 15-18 | 83.3 | 30 | 2.1 | 31 | 32 | 120 | 8.6 | ||||
| Mark Eys | 14 | 352 | 25.1 | 1-8 | 12.5 | 48-123 | 39.0 | 23-35 | 65.7 | 83 | 5.9 | 32 | 30 | 120 | 8.6 | ||||
| Mike Zavershnik | 14 | 252 | 18.0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 32-72 | 44.4 | 28-44 | 63.6 | 51 | 3.6 | 43 | 28 | 93 | 6.6 | ||||
| Dan Schipper | 14 | 217 | 15.5 | 31-50 | 62.0 | 19-25 | 76.0 | 43 | 3.1 | 24 | 17 | 81 | 5.8 | ||||||
| Mike Crosby | 13 | 224 | 17.2 | 8-22 | 36.4 | 22-63 | 34.9 | 9-16 | 56.2 | 35 | 2.7 | 27 | 19 | 61 | 4.7 | ||||
| Marc Rigaux | 11 | 176 | 16.0 | 11-31 | 35.5 | 19-59 | 32.2 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.6 | 15 | 12 | 49 | 4.5 | ||||
| Pat Gorman | 14 | 282 | 20.1 | 3-13 | 23.1 | 16-52 | 30.8 | 13-20 | 65.0 | 44 | 3.1 | 36 | 29 | 48 | 3.4 | ||||
| Paul Kwiatkowski | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 2-15 | 13.3 | 8-27 | 29.6 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 12 | 1.1 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | ||||
| Mike Downing | 13 | 82 | 6.3 | 4-10 | 40.0 | 5-25 | 20.0 | 4-9 | 44.4 | 9 | 0.7 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | ||||
| Jon Awad | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Josh Holden | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Steinman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||
| * Team Totals | 14 | 2800 | 200.0 | 62-200 | 31.0 | 380-890 | 42.7 | 194-296 | 65.5 | 469 | 33.5 | 320 | 268 | 1016 | 72.6 | ||||
Season individual bests vs U SPORTS teams for all players
| Player | Most points | Most rebounds | Most assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mano Watsa | 28 on Feb 12, 1997 vs Laurier | 10 on Feb 5, 1997 vs Brock | |
| Remy Donaldson | 22 on Jan 18, 1997 vs Lakehead | 6 on Dec 27, 1996 vs Brandon | |
| Mark Eys | 22 on Nov 9, 1996 vs McGill | 14 on Nov 9, 1996 vs McGill | |
| Derek Maat | 20 on Feb 22, 1997 vs Brock | 10 on Nov 15, 1996 vs Manitoba | |
| Marc Rigaux | 19 on Mar 7, 1997 vs McMaster | 3 on Oct 25, 1996 vs Ottawa | |
| Mike Zavershnik | 19 on Jan 18, 1997 vs Lakehead | 11 on Feb 5, 1997 vs Brock | |
| Pat Gorman | 17 on Dec 29, 1996 vs Carleton | 11 on Jan 11, 1997 vs McMaster | |
| Dan Schipper | 16 on Oct 19, 1996 vs York | 9 on Jan 17, 1997 vs Lakehead | |
| Mike Downing | 15 on Oct 25, 1996 vs Ottawa | 4 on Oct 25, 1996 vs Ottawa | |
| Mike Crosby | 13 on Dec 28, 1996 vs York | 6 on Nov 15, 1996 vs Manitoba | |
| Paul Kwiatkowski | 8 on Oct 26, 1996 vs Carleton | 4 on Dec 29, 1996 vs Carleton | |
| Josh Holden | 6 on Nov 10, 1996 vs Winnipeg | 1 on Oct 25, 1996 vs Ottawa | |
| Jeff Fox | 4 on Oct 26, 1996 vs Carleton | 1 on Dec 29, 1996 vs Carleton | |
| Jon Awad | 3 on Oct 19, 1996 vs York | 3 on Feb 12, 1997 vs Laurier | |
| Eric Steinman | 3 on Oct 19, 1996 vs York | 2 on Oct 25, 1996 vs Ottawa |
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