Acadia Axemen - 2016-17 Season <<Previous season Next season>>
| Head Coach: | Kevin Duffie (3rd season) |
| Other staff: | Daniel De Palma (Assistant Coach), Luc Stevenson (Assistant Coach) |
| League: | AUS |
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Acadia Axemen - 2016-17 Season <<Previous season Next season>>
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Summary of team record for the season
| Conference Record | U Sports Record | Overall Record | |||||||||
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| W-L | Pct | Points | PPG | W-L | Pct | Points | PPG | W-L | Pct | Points | PPG |
| 10-10 | 0.500 | 1733-1690 | 86.7 - 84.5 | 13-18 | 0.419 | 2596-2619 | 83.7 - 84.5 | 15-18 | 0.455 | 2790-2768 | 84.5 - 83.9 |
Player roster
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Elig | Hometown | High School (Prior Team) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | AJ Simmonds | Guard | 6-0 | 175 | 5 | Dartmouth, NS | Auburn Drive High |
| 5 | Mitchell Tempro | Guard | 6-0 | 170 | 2 | Three Mile Plains, NS | Horton District High |
| 6 | Alex Thomas | Guard | 6-1 | 3 | Wolfville, NS | Horton District High | |
| 7 | Trevon Grant | Guard | 6-1 | 200 | 3 | Nassau, Bahamas | C.R. Walker Senior High (Holland College) |
| 8 | Nick De Palma | Guard | 6-0 | 174 | 3 | Bedford, NS | Charles P. Allen High |
| 9 | Ben Miller | Guard | 6-2 | 3 | Winnipeg, MB | Westgate Mennonite Collegiate | |
| 10 | Jerome Mugambi | Forward | 6-5 | 235 | 1 | Oakville, ON | Holy Trinity Secondary, Hill Academy (Acadia) |
| 11 | Erik Nissen | Forward | 6-9 | 225 | 4 | Quispamsis, NB | Kennebecasis Valley High (Maine) |
| 12 | Kyle MacKinnon | Guard | 6-0 | 3 | Bedford, NS | Charles P. Allen High | |
| 13 | Matthew Ingham | Forward | 6-2 | 200 | 1 | Wolfville, NS | Horton District High |
| 14 | Jack Campbell | Guard | 6-2 | 175 | 1 | Halifax, NS | Citadel High |
| 15 | Kyle Arseneault | Forward | 6-5 | 220 | 5 | Fredericton, NB | Fredericton High |
| 21 | Andrew Scott | Forward | 6-7 | 230 | 2 | Bedford, NS | Charles P. Allen High |
| 22 | Mark Graham | Guard | 6-0 | 3 | Rothesay, NB | Kennebecasis Valley High (Holland College) | |
| 24 | Michael Williams | Forward | 6-3 | 1 | New Glasgow, NS | North Nova Education Centre | |
| RS | Marcel Boudreau | Guard | 6-0 | 190 | 3 | Wedgeport, NS | Ecole Secondaire de Par-en-Bas (UNB Saint John) |
Awards presented
| Ben Miller | AUS Second Team All-Star |
| Erik Nissen | AUS Second Team All-Star |
Game results for the season
| --- Non-Conference Games --- | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Fri Sep 30, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | StFX | Loss | 90-92 | Stats | Stu Aberdeen Challenge |
| Sat Oct 1, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | Carleton | Loss | 62-112 | Stats | Stu Aberdeen Challenge |
| Sun Oct 2, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | Laval | Loss | 76-84 | Stats | Stu Aberdeen Challenge |
| Thu Oct 20, 2016 | Sydney, NS | Holland College | Win | 108-87 | Stats | Capers Fall Classic |
| Fri Oct 21, 2016 | Sydney, NS | Saint Mary's | Win | 90-88 | Stats | Capers Fall Classic |
| Sat Oct 22, 2016 | Sydney, NS | StFX | Loss | 66-73 | Stats | Capers Fall Classic |
| Thu Oct 27, 2016 | Halifax, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 81-83 | 2OT | Scotiabank Centre |
| Fri Oct 28, 2016 | Digby, NS | Mount Saint Vincent | Win | 86-62 | ||
| Thu Dec 29, 2016 | Halifax, NS | StFX | Loss | 69-84 | Stats | Rod and Joan Shoveller Memorial Tournament |
| Fri Dec 30, 2016 | Halifax, NS | UPEI | Loss | 92-95 | Stats | Rod and Joan Shoveller Memorial Tournament |
| Sat Dec 31, 2016 | Halifax, NS | Mount Royal | Win | 89-75 | Stats | Rod and Joan Shoveller Memorial Tournament |
| --- Regular Season Conference Games --- | ||||||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Thu Nov 3, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | Saint Mary's | Loss | 77-86 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 5, 2016 | Halifax, NS | Saint Mary's | Loss | 89-97 | Stats | |
| Fri Nov 11, 2016 | Sydney, NS | Cape Breton | Win | 85-67 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 12, 2016 | Sydney, NS | Cape Breton | Win | 95-76 | Stats | |
| Fri Nov 18, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | UPEI | Win | 107-93 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 19, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | UNB | Win | 89-88 | Stats | |
| Thu Nov 24, 2016 | Wolfville, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 71-75 | Stats | |
| Fri Jan 6, 2017 | Antigonish, NS | StFX | Loss | 80-86 | Stats | |
| Tue Jan 10, 2017 | Halifax, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 81-84 | OT, Stats | |
| Fri Jan 13, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | Saint Mary's | Win | 90-82 | Stats | |
| Thu Jan 19, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 84-101 | Stats | |
| Fri Jan 27, 2017 | Charlottetown, PE | UPEI | Win | 84-68 | Stats | |
| Sat Jan 28, 2017 | Fredericton, NB | UNB | Loss | 74-84 | Stats | |
| Fri Feb 3, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | Cape Breton | Win | 101-88 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 4, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | Cape Breton | Win | 114-99 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 11, 2017 | Halifax, NS | Saint Mary's | Loss | 90-93 | Stats | |
| Fri Feb 17, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | StFX | Win | 88-82 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 18, 2017 | Halifax, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 63-75 | Stats | |
| Fri Feb 24, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | Memorial | Win | 97-82 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 25, 2017 | Wolfville, NS | Memorial | Loss | 74-84 | Stats | |
| --- Playoff Games --- | ||||||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Fri Mar 3, 2017 | Halifax, NS | Memorial | Win | 73-65 | Stats | AUS Quarterfinal |
| Sat Mar 4, 2017 | Halifax, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 75-78 | Stats | AUS 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 | ||||
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| Erik Nissen | 31 | 950 | 30.6 | 8-25 | 32.0 | 214-427 | 50.1 | 95-164 | 57.9 | 74-223 | 297 | 9.6 | 103 | 66 | 92 | 56 | 23 | 531 | 17.1 |
| Kyle Arseneault | 31 | 991 | 32.0 | 81-208 | 38.9 | 198-430 | 46.0 | 34-44 | 77.3 | 36-129 | 165 | 5.3 | 65 | 41 | 48 | 11 | 19 | 511 | 16.5 |
| Nick De Palma | 31 | 854 | 27.5 | 84-183 | 45.9 | 140-287 | 48.8 | 61-70 | 87.1 | 11-75 | 86 | 2.8 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 0 | 25 | 425 | 13.7 |
| Ben Miller | 31 | 913 | 29.5 | 42-116 | 36.2 | 115-268 | 42.9 | 104-124 | 83.9 | 33-133 | 166 | 5.4 | 76 | 141 | 76 | 15 | 63 | 376 | 12.1 |
| Trevon Grant | 27 | 671 | 24.9 | 17-44 | 38.6 | 103-251 | 41.0 | 60-83 | 72.3 | 67-87 | 154 | 5.7 | 60 | 62 | 57 | 2 | 40 | 283 | 10.5 |
| Mitchell Tempro | 30 | 612 | 20.4 | 10-36 | 27.8 | 58-154 | 37.7 | 71-95 | 74.7 | 39-52 | 91 | 3.0 | 65 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 197 | 6.6 |
| Jerome Mugambi | 23 | 345 | 15.0 | 10-24 | 41.7 | 37-90 | 41.1 | 22-32 | 68.8 | 23-49 | 72 | 3.1 | 66 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 106 | 4.6 |
| AJ Simmonds | 31 | 572 | 18.5 | 24-87 | 27.6 | 46-146 | 31.5 | 22-28 | 78.6 | 11-69 | 80 | 2.6 | 29 | 60 | 42 | 2 | 16 | 138 | 4.5 |
| Matthew Ingham | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 4-13 | 30.8 | 8-28 | 28.6 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 4-5 | 9 | 0.5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1.3 |
| Jack Campbell | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 4-9 | 44.4 | 6-12 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 3-2 | 5 | 0.4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1.2 |
| Andrew Scott | 22 | 111 | 5.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 6-16 | 37.5 | 2-7 | 28.6 | 9-9 | 18 | 0.8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.6 |
| Alex Thomas | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-4 | 0.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 3-3 | 6 | 0.4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Marcel Boudreau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Graham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kyle MacKinnon | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0-4 | 0.0 | 0-4 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| * Team Totals | 31 | 6243 | 201.4 | 284-751 | 37.8 | 931-2119 | 43.9 | 475-653 | 72.7 | 313-837 | 1150 | 37.1 | 540 | 472 | 428 | 94 | 220 | 2621 | 84.5 |
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 | ||||
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| Erik Nissen | 20 | 634 | 31.7 | 7-22 | 31.8 | 145-286 | 50.7 | 64-116 | 55.2 | 48-146 | 194 | 9.7 | 65 | 50 | 53 | 41 | 14 | 361 | 18.1 |
| Kyle Arseneault | 20 | 653 | 32.6 | 49-125 | 39.2 | 131-272 | 48.2 | 25-31 | 80.6 | 27-91 | 118 | 5.9 | 47 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 14 | 336 | 16.8 |
| Ben Miller | 20 | 606 | 30.3 | 29-79 | 36.7 | 86-183 | 47.0 | 73-85 | 85.9 | 20-91 | 111 | 5.5 | 52 | 93 | 53 | 10 | 37 | 274 | 13.7 |
| Nick De Palma | 20 | 555 | 27.8 | 53-124 | 42.7 | 84-184 | 45.7 | 35-40 | 87.5 | 10-41 | 51 | 2.5 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 256 | 12.8 | |
| Trevon Grant | 16 | 376 | 23.5 | 10-24 | 41.7 | 61-145 | 42.1 | 37-49 | 75.5 | 49-57 | 106 | 6.6 | 30 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 169 | 10.6 |
| Mitchell Tempro | 19 | 418 | 22.0 | 8-28 | 28.6 | 40-104 | 38.5 | 55-72 | 76.4 | 22-34 | 56 | 2.9 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 143 | 7.5 |
| Jerome Mugambi | 14 | 249 | 17.8 | 9-17 | 52.9 | 30-67 | 44.8 | 16-23 | 69.6 | 15-37 | 52 | 3.7 | 41 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 85 | 6.1 | |
| AJ Simmonds | 20 | 366 | 18.3 | 16-59 | 27.1 | 28-95 | 29.5 | 12-18 | 66.7 | 7-46 | 53 | 2.6 | 27 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 84 | 4.2 |
| Jack Campbell | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 2-1 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1.3 | |||
| Matthew Ingham | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 2-6 | 33.3 | 5-17 | 29.4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | ||||
| Alex Thomas | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Andrew Scott | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 0-4 | 0.0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 1-5 | 6 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 | |||||
| Marcel Boudreau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark Graham | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Kyle MacKinnon | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
| * Team Totals | 20 | 4012 | 200.6 | 186-491 | 37.9 | 613-1369 | 44.8 | 319-437 | 73.0 | 204-552 | 756 | 37.8 | 350 | 308 | 262 | 67 | 135 | 1731 | 86.5 |
Season individual bests vs U SPORTS teams for all players
| Player | Most points | Most rebounds | Most assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Nissen | 33 on Nov 19, 2016 vs UNB | 18 on Nov 19, 2016 vs UNB | 7 on Nov 11, 2016 vs Cape Breton |
| Nick De Palma | 32 on Sep 30, 2016 vs StFX | 6 on Sep 30, 2016 vs StFX | 5 on Jan 6, 2017 vs StFX |
| Ben Miller | 31 on Feb 17, 2017 vs StFX | 11 on Nov 11, 2016 vs Cape Breton | 11 on Nov 18, 2016 vs UPEI |
| Kyle Arseneault | 30 on Feb 4, 2017 vs Cape Breton | 9 on Nov 18, 2016 vs UPEI | 4 on Jan 6, 2017 vs StFX |
| Mitchell Tempro | 23 on Nov 19, 2016 vs UNB | 7 on Nov 3, 2016 vs Saint Mary's | 3 on Oct 21, 2016 vs Saint Mary's |
| Trevon Grant | 22 on Jan 13, 2017 vs Saint Mary's | 12 on Oct 22, 2016 vs StFX | 6 on Feb 24, 2017 vs Memorial |
| AJ Simmonds | 19 on Nov 12, 2016 vs Cape Breton | 6 on Dec 29, 2016 vs StFX | 6 on Jan 19, 2017 vs Dalhousie |
| Jerome Mugambi | 13 on Feb 24, 2017 vs Memorial | 10 on Jan 13, 2017 vs Saint Mary's | 3 on Jan 13, 2017 vs Saint Mary's |
| Jack Campbell | 6 on Feb 4, 2017 vs Cape Breton | 3 on Jan 27, 2017 vs UPEI | 2 on Jan 27, 2017 vs UPEI |
| Matthew Ingham | 6 on Dec 29, 2016 vs StFX | 2 on Dec 31, 2016 vs Mount Royal | 2 on Dec 31, 2016 vs Mount Royal |
| Andrew Scott | 6 on Oct 22, 2016 vs StFX | 5 on Dec 29, 2016 vs StFX | 1 on Oct 1, 2016 vs Carleton |
| Alex Thomas | 1 on Nov 11, 2016 vs Cape Breton | 1 on Oct 1, 2016 vs Carleton | 1 on Dec 29, 2016 vs StFX |
| Marcel Boudreau | |||
| Mark Graham | |||
| Kyle MacKinnon | 1 on Nov 5, 2016 vs Saint Mary's |
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