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Algoma Thunderbirds - 2017-18 Season <<Previous season Next season>>

Head Coach:	Thomas Cory (5th season)
Other staff:	Garnet Cory (Team Manager), Pat Murray (Assistant Coach), Clayton Cain (Assistant Coach), Antonio Pereira (Assistant Coach)
League:	OUA West
Website:	Team website link

Summary of team record for the season

Conference Record				U Sports Record				Overall Record
W-L	Pct	Points	PPG	W-L	Pct	Points	PPG	W-L	Pct	Points	PPG
6-18	0.250	1697-1954	70.7 - 81.4	8-22	0.267	2161-2436	72.0 - 81.2	8-23	0.258	2227-2547	71.8 - 82.2

Player roster

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Elig	Hometown	High School (Prior Team)
2	Nikola Zorcic	Guard	5-11	170	3	Winnipeg, MB	Oak Park High
3	Elijah Butler	Forward	6-5	185	3	Honolulu, HI	Mililani High (Olympic College)
4	Jamari Stephenson	Guard	6-5		1	Kitchener, ON	St. Mary's High
6	Nathan Riley	Forward	6-5	240	3	Kitchener, ON	St. Mary's High (Algoma)
7	Pedro Costa	Guard	6-3		1	Quelez, Portugal	Elite Sports Academy
8	Milan Acimovic	Forward	6-5	195	1	Toronto, ON	A.Y. Jackson Secondary
9	Cailum White	Guard	6-3	180	5	Victoria, BC	Claremont Secondary
10	Ian Nash	Guard	6-1		4	Detroit, MI	(Alpena College)
11	Damian Okungbowa	Guard	6-1	175	2	Toronto, ON	Cardinal Leger Secondary
13	Reng Gum	Forward	6-8	215	5	Surrey, BC	Guildford Park Secondary (Douglas College)
21	Deon Whiteside	Forward	6-6	200		Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman High (Allan Hancock College)
22	Jermaine Lyle	Guard	6-2	185	3	Kitchener, ON	St. Mary's High
23	Brandon Dwyer	Guard	6-3	185	2	Toronto, ON	Father Michael McGivney Academy
24	Tyrel O'Brian	Forward	6-3	210	1	Toronto, ON	Oakwood Collegiate
34	Trevor Schulz	Forward	6-5		3	Vancouver, BC	Hugh Boyd Secondary (Kwantlen)

Awards presented

Pedro Costa	Algoma Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
Reng Gum	Algoma Men's Basketball Best Defensive Player
Ian Nash	Algoma Men's Basketball Most Improved Player
Nathan Riley	Algoma Men's Basketball Team MVP
Cailum White	Algoma Men's Basketball Coach's Award

Game results for the season

--- Non-Conference Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Fri Sep 22, 2017	Sudbury, ON	Laurentian	Loss	68-76	Stats
Fri Oct 6, 2017	Winnipeg, MB	Manitoba	Loss	81-84	Stats	Manitoba Pre-season Tournament
Sat Oct 7, 2017	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg	Loss	69-90	Stats	Manitoba Pre-season Tournament
Sun Oct 8, 2017	Brandon, MB	Brandon	Loss	84-97	Stats
Fri Oct 13, 2017	Thunder Bay, ON	Lakehead	Win	76-50	Stats
Sat Oct 14, 2017	Thunder Bay, ON	Lakehead	Win	86-85	Stats
Mon Dec 18, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Lake Superior State	Loss	66-111
--- Regular Season Conference Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Fri Oct 27, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Ryerson	Loss	58-84	Stats
Sat Oct 28, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Toronto	Loss	69-84	Stats
Fri Nov 3, 2017	Ottawa, ON	Ottawa	Loss	55-111	Stats
Sat Nov 4, 2017	Ottawa, ON	Carleton	Loss	50-84	Stats
Fri Nov 10, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Queen's	Loss	89-97	Stats
Sat Nov 11, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	York	Win	73-71	Stats
Fri Nov 17, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Lakehead	Win	73-65	Stats
Sat Nov 18, 2017	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Lakehead	Win	73-65	Stats
Fri Nov 24, 2017	North Bay, ON	Nipissing	Win	76-70	Stats
Sat Nov 25, 2017	Sudbury, ON	Laurentian	Loss	86-96	Stats
Fri Jan 5, 2018	Waterloo, ON	Waterloo	Loss	65-87	Stats
Sat Jan 6, 2018	Waterloo, ON	Waterloo	Loss	65-67	Stats
Fri Jan 12, 2018	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Brock	Loss	46-79	Stats
Sat Jan 13, 2018	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Brock	Loss	62-78	Stats
Fri Jan 19, 2018	Waterloo, ON	Laurier	Loss	53-80	Stats	Played at UW
Sat Jan 20, 2018	Waterloo, ON	Laurier	Loss	52-62	Stats	Played at UW
Fri Jan 26, 2018	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Western	Loss	80-89	Stats
Sat Jan 27, 2018	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Western	Loss	91-95	OT, Stats
Fri Feb 2, 2018	Guelph, ON	Guelph	Loss	72-77	Stats
Sat Feb 3, 2018	Guelph, ON	Guelph	Win	84-83	Stats
Fri Feb 9, 2018	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Windsor	Win	104-84	Stats
Sat Feb 10, 2018	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Windsor	Loss	80-83	Stats
Fri Feb 16, 2018	Hamilton, ON	McMaster	Loss	65-85	Stats
Sat Feb 17, 2018	Hamilton, ON	McMaster	Loss	76-78	Stats

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
Ian Nash	25	731	29.2	35-103	34.0	160-395	40.5	45-60	75.0	24-72	96	3.8	36	36	41	1	20	400	16.0
Nathan Riley	30	985	32.8	1-5	20.0	103-245	42.0	99-148	66.9	76-192	268	8.9	70	135	67	29	62	306	10.2
Jermaine Lyle	30	806	26.9	53-163	32.5	115-304	37.8	19-27	70.4	27-73	100	3.3	43	40	50	2	12	302	10.1
Reng Gum	29	830	28.6	1-9	11.1	97-264	36.7	53-86	61.6	71-157	228	7.9	62	27	35	64	16	248	8.6
Cailum White	30	629	21.0	67-157	42.7	77-185	41.6	12-14	85.7	15-51	66	2.2	45	22	8	15	15	233	7.8
Pedro Costa	30	631	21.0	27-88	30.7	73-224	32.6	30-41	73.2	11-69	80	2.7	49	45	45	2	18	203	6.8
Damian Okungbowa	22	313	14.2	9-32	28.1	54-151	35.8	14-22	63.6	10-32	42	1.9	36	12	29	0	22	131	6.0
Brandon Dwyer	27	372	13.8	10-43	23.3	45-130	34.6	29-43	67.4	29-35	64	2.4	62	17	20	9	16	129	4.8
Elijah Butler	22	294	13.4	1-1	100.0	37-98	37.8	30-51	58.8	45-65	110	5.0	40	16	22	4	9	105	4.8
Tyrel O'Brian	1	3	3.0	0-0	0.0	2-2	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4.0
Jamari Stephenson	13	127	9.8	4-19	21.1	17-54	31.5	12-16	75.0	6-16	22	1.7	12	5	9	4	4	50	3.8
Nikola Zorcic	19	138	7.3	7-20	35.0	11-33	33.3	5-6	83.3	4-10	14	0.7	11	7	12	1	5	34	1.8
Deon Whiteside	8	73	9.1	0-0	0.0	6-18	33.3	2-3	66.7	7-9	16	2.0	13	5	9	1	1	14	1.8
Trevor Schulz	10	38	3.8	0-0	0.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	0.0	5-3	8	0.8	4	1	4	2	0	2	0.2
Milan Acimovic	7	10	1.4	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-1	1	0.1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
* Team Totals	30	5980	199.3	215-640	33.6	798-2108	37.9	350-517	67.7	330-785	1115	37.2	487	369	352	134	201	2161	72.0

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
Ian Nash	20	580	29.0	28-78	35.9	129-307	42.0	40-51	78.4	19-53	72	3.6	31	30	35	1	14	326	16.3
Nathan Riley	24	803	33.5	0-3	0.0	83-197	42.1	86-132	65.2	59-161	220	9.2	55	106	54	27	50	252	10.5
Jermaine Lyle	24	657	27.4	38-126	30.2	84-237	35.4	11-14	78.6	22-62	84	3.5	36	37	34	1	9	217	9.0
Cailum White	24	547	22.8	59-135	43.7	68-161	42.2	12-14	85.7	11-48	59	2.5	41	20	7	12	14	207	8.6
Reng Gum	23	659	28.7	0-7	0.0	72-204	35.3	49-78	62.8	52-133	185	8.0	54	18	28	56	13	193	8.4
Pedro Costa	24	469	19.5	20-62	32.3	52-161	32.3	22-32	68.8	10-51	61	2.5	36	34	41	2	12	146	6.1
Damian Okungbowa	17	248	14.6	4-20	20.0	42-114	36.8	12-20	60.0	9-21	30	1.8	27	10	24		18	100	5.9
Elijah Butler	16	222	13.9	1-1	100.0	28-70	40.0	22-40	55.0	31-49	80	5.0	31	12	15	3	6	79	4.9
Brandon Dwyer	21	287	13.7	8-34	23.5	37-107	34.6	21-34	61.8	22-26	48	2.3	51	16	17	9	11	103	4.9
Jamari Stephenson	9	97	10.8	3-12	25.0	15-41	36.6	7-9	77.8	4-10	14	1.6	9	2	7	3	4	40	4.4
Deon Whiteside	8	73	9.1			6-18	33.3	2-3	66.7	7-9	16	2.0	13	5	9	1	1	14	1.8
Nikola Zorcic	14	92	6.6	4-13	30.8	5-21	23.8	4-4	100.0	4-4	8	0.6	10	4	8	1	4	18	1.3
Milan Acimovic	7	10	1.4							0-1	1	0.1	4	1				0	0.0
Trevor Schulz	7	33	4.7			0-4	0.0			3-2	5	0.7	3	1	3	2		0	0.0
* Team Totals	24	4777	199.0	165-491	33.6	621-1642	37.8	288-431	66.8	253-630	883	36.8	401	296	282	118	156	1695	70.6

Season individual bests vs U SPORTS teams for all players

Player	Most points	Most rebounds	Most assists
Ian Nash	36 on Oct 6, 2017 vs Manitoba	9 on Nov 18, 2017 vs Lakehead	4 on Nov 17, 2017 vs Lakehead
Jermaine Lyle	27 on Oct 14, 2017 vs Lakehead	9 on Feb 10, 2018 vs Windsor	4 on Oct 28, 2017 vs Toronto
Nathan Riley	22 on Nov 25, 2017 vs Laurentian	17 on Feb 9, 2018 vs Windsor	11 on Feb 9, 2018 vs Windsor
Cailum White	21 on Nov 10, 2017 vs Queen's	6 on Jan 27, 2018 vs Western	3 on Jan 20, 2018 vs Laurier
Pedro Costa	20 on Oct 8, 2017 vs Brandon	8 on Feb 17, 2018 vs McMaster	4 on Oct 6, 2017 vs Manitoba
Reng Gum	19 on Oct 14, 2017 vs Lakehead	16 on Jan 6, 2018 vs Waterloo	4 on Oct 14, 2017 vs Lakehead
Jamari Stephenson	19 on Nov 17, 2017 vs Lakehead	8 on Oct 7, 2017 vs Winnipeg	2 on Oct 7, 2017 vs Winnipeg
Damian Okungbowa	18 on Oct 7, 2017 vs Winnipeg	5 on Oct 13, 2017 vs Lakehead	2 on Feb 2, 2018 vs Guelph
Brandon Dwyer	15 on Feb 16, 2018 vs McMaster	6 on Nov 11, 2017 vs York	4 on Jan 20, 2018 vs Laurier
Elijah Butler	12 on Jan 6, 2018 vs Waterloo	9 on Feb 16, 2018 vs McMaster	3 on Jan 13, 2018 vs Brock
Deon Whiteside	6 on Nov 3, 2017 vs Ottawa	5 on Nov 3, 2017 vs Ottawa	2 on Nov 3, 2017 vs Ottawa
Nikola Zorcic	6 on Oct 7, 2017 vs Winnipeg	2 on Oct 7, 2017 vs Winnipeg	1 on Sep 22, 2017 vs Laurentian
Tyrel O'Brian	4 on Oct 8, 2017 vs Brandon
Trevor Schulz	2 on Feb 16, 2018 vs McMaster	2 on Jan 19, 2018 vs Laurier	1 on Oct 27, 2017 vs Ryerson
Milan Acimovic		1 on Jan 19, 2018 vs Laurier	1 on Feb 10, 2018 vs Windsor

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