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St. Francis Xavier X-Men - 2022-23 Season <<Previous season Next season>>

Head Coach:	Tyrell Vernon (2nd season)
Other staff:	Tyrone Watson (Assistant Coach), Peter (Doc) Ryan (Assistant Coach), Denton Anthony (Assistant Coach / Academic Advisor), J.J. Sedore (Assistant Coach), Jeremiah Usiosefe (Player Development), Lennox MacGillivray (Director Operations & Media), Michael Parsons (Basketball Operations & Scouting), Ethan Collins (Team Manager), Abigail Levy (Student Therapist), Michael Vaughan (Student Therapist)
League:	AUS
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
17-3	0.850	1854-1476	92.7 - 73.8	29-5	0.853	3132-2521	92.1 - 74.1	31-5	0.861	3337-2647	92.7 - 73.5

Player roster

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Elig	Hometown	High School (Prior Team)
0	Gatluak James	Guard	6-5	200	2	Windsor, ON	Hon. W.C. Kennedy Collegiate, TRC Academy
1	Matt Pennell	Guard	6-2	175	2	St. John's, NL	Rothesay Netherwood
2	Keyonte Beals	Guard	6-3	180	1	North Preston, NS	Orangeville Prep
3	Antoine Vernon	Guard	6-0	188	4	Hamilton, ON	TRC Academy (Oregon State)
6	Dondre Reddick	Guard	6-3	190	3	Antigonish, NS	Halifax Citadel High, GTA Prep
8	Roger O'Callaghan	Guard	5-10	170	1	North Vancouver, BC	Handsworth Secondary
9	Jeremy Coria	Guard	6-1	185	1	Mississauga, ON	St. Joan of Arc High (StFX)
10	Deon Ejim	Forward	6-6	245	3	Brampton, ON	TRC Academy (Illinois-Chicago, Lewis University)
11	Kye Kotapski-Tinge	Guard	6-4	190	1	Comox, BC	Mark R. Isfeld Secondary
12	Zion James	Forward	6-5	170	1	Brampton, ON	Cardinal Ambrozic Secondary
13	Steven Levnaic	Guard	6-3	195	4	Stoney Creek, ON	RISE Prep (Niagara University)
15	Bennett Grumbach	Forward	6-5	205	2	Toronto, ON	TRC Academy
22	Michael Utsalo	Forward	6-5	200	4	Brampton, ON	Bill Crothers Secondary
27	Avan Nava	Guard	6-2	180	3	Mississauga, ON	TRC Academy
55	David Muenkat	Forward	6-7	210	4	Brampton, ON	TRC Academy (Trinidad State College, St. Francis Brooklyn)
RS	Marcus Upshaw	Guard	6-2	170	4	Burlington, ON	St. Marcellinus Secondary, Ridley College (Acadia, Ryerson)

Awards presented

Tyrell Vernon	AUS Coach of the Year
Keyonte Beals	StFX Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
Deon Ejim	AUS Second Team All-Star
Steven Levnaic	StFX Men's Basketball Coach's Award
David Muenkat	Ernie Foshay Memorial Award (StFX Invitational Tourn MVP), AUS Defensive Player of the Year, AUS First Team All-Star, AUS Championship Tournament MVP, AUS Championship Tournament All-Star, Second Team All-Canadian, U SPORTS Defensive Player of the Year, CIS Tournament All-Star Team, StFX Male Athlete of the Year, StFX Men's Basketball Team MVP
Avan Nava	AUS Championship Tournament All-Star
Dondre Reddick	AUS Second Team All-Star, AUS Championship Tournament All-Star

Game results for the season

--- Non-Conference Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Sun Sep 25, 2022	Moncton, NB	Crandall University	Win	99-53
Sat Oct 1, 2022	Halifax, NS	Mount Saint Vincent	Win	106-73
Thu Oct 6, 2022	Waterloo, ON	Laurier	Win	94-87	Stats
Fri Oct 7, 2022	Hamilton, ON	McMaster	Loss	73-85	Stats
Sun Oct 9, 2022	Guelph, ON	Guelph	Win	81-74	Stats
Fri Oct 21, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Calgary	Win	82-73	Stats	StFX Coach K Invitational
Sat Oct 22, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Memorial	Win	100-88	Stats	StFX Coach K Invitational
Sun Oct 23, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Cape Breton	Win	92-46	Stats	StFX Coach K Invitational
Thu Dec 29, 2022	Halifax, NS	Saint Mary's	Win	124-78	Stats	Shoveller Tournament
Fri Dec 30, 2022	Halifax, NS	Concordia	Win	78-71	Stats	Shoveller Tournament
Sat Dec 31, 2022	Halifax, NS	McGill	Win	68-50	Stats	Shoveller Tournament
--- Regular Season Conference Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Wed Oct 26, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Acadia	Win	103-67	Stats
Sat Oct 29, 2022	Wolfville, NS	Acadia	Win	82-72	Stats
Fri Nov 4, 2022	Sydney, NS	Cape Breton	Win	104-79	Stats
Sun Nov 6, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Cape Breton	Win	90-58	Stats
Fri Nov 11, 2022	Charlottetown, PE	UPEI	Loss	84-89	Stats
Sat Nov 12, 2022	Charlottetown, PE	UPEI	Win	96-67	Stats
Sat Nov 19, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Memorial	Win	121-63	Stats
Sun Nov 20, 2022	Antigonish, NS	Memorial	Win	78-72	Stats
Fri Nov 25, 2022	Halifax, NS	Dalhousie	Win	91-88	OT, Stats
Sat Nov 26, 2022	Antigonish, NS	UNB	Win	92-77	Stats
Fri Jan 6, 2023	Antigonish, NS	Cape Breton	Win	106-82	Stats
Sun Jan 8, 2023	Sydney, NS	Cape Breton	Loss	86-91	Stats
Sat Jan 14, 2023	Antigonish, NS	Dalhousie	Win	80-74	OT, Stats
Fri Jan 20, 2023	Antigonish, NS	UPEI	Win	89-58	Stats
Sat Jan 21, 2023	Antigonish, NS	UPEI	Loss	71-76	Stats
Sat Jan 28, 2023	Halifax, NS	Saint Mary's	Win	91-73	Stats
Sun Feb 5, 2023	Fredericton, NB	UNB	Win	86-64	Stats
Sat Feb 11, 2023	Wolfville, NS	Acadia	Win	95-74	Stats
Tue Feb 14, 2023	Antigonish, NS	Acadia	Win	116-70	Stats	Rescheduled from Feb 10
Sat Feb 18, 2023	Antigonish, NS	Saint Mary's	Win	93-82	Stats
--- Playoff Games ---
Date	Location	Opponent	Result			Comment
Sat Feb 25, 2023	Halifax, NS	Cape Breton	Win	94-68	Stats	AUS Semifinal
Sun Feb 26, 2023	Halifax, NS	UPEI	Win	104-54	Stats	AUS Championship
Fri Mar 10, 2023	Halifax, NS	Queen's	Win	107-98	Stats	U Sports Quarterfinal
Sat Mar 11, 2023	Halifax, NS	Victoria	Win	77-64	Stats	U Sports Semifinal
Sun Mar 12, 2023	Halifax, NS	Carleton	Loss	104-109	2OT, Stats	U Sports Championship

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
David Muenkat	34	848	24.9	7-26	26.9	195-390	50.0	146-227	64.3	89-259	348	10.2	81	55	86	23	45	543	16.0
Dondre Reddick	28	735	26.2	24-69	34.8	159-316	50.3	87-108	80.6	32-126	158	5.6	59	44	30	3	44	429	15.3
Avan Nava	34	942	27.7	77-190	40.5	155-358	43.3	64-71	90.1	23-56	79	2.3	44	71	54	1	24	451	13.3
Deon Ejim	28	584	20.9	31-85	36.5	118-231	51.1	41-64	64.1	58-117	175	6.2	61	17	41	16	34	308	11.0
Antoine Vernon	29	678	23.4	31-103	30.1	97-245	39.6	75-91	82.4	9-53	62	2.1	59	87	63	2	32	300	10.3
Gatluak James	34	550	16.2	9-36	25.0	110-220	50.0	57-72	79.2	76-98	174	5.1	76	66	61	10	24	286	8.4
Bennett Grumbach	33	481	14.6	61-152	40.1	87-198	43.9	11-18	61.1	25-62	87	2.6	62	24	25	10	19	246	7.5
Michael Utsalo	33	464	14.1	0-1	0.0	69-107	64.5	25-43	58.1	81-69	150	4.5	86	7	21	13	26	163	4.9
Keyonte Beals	32	371	11.6	26-74	35.1	51-125	40.8	12-17	70.6	17-43	60	1.9	39	19	30	2	24	140	4.4
Steven Levnaic	34	737	21.7	13-44	29.5	45-131	34.4	39-47	83.0	32-71	103	3.0	71	58	35	13	63	142	4.2
Matt Pennell	33	432	13.1	11-47	23.4	33-94	35.1	15-20	75.0	13-27	40	1.2	29	44	35	2	17	92	2.8
Kye Kotapski-Tinge	12	60	5.0	1-2	50.0	9-18	50.0	5-6	83.3	4-14	18	1.5	6	4	6	0	2	24	2.0
Jeremy Coria	7	17	2.4	1-5	20.0	2-14	14.3	1-2	50.0	2-2	4	0.6	3	0	1	0	3	6	0.9
Roger O'Callaghan	8	19	2.4	0-4	0.0	1-9	11.1	0-0	0.0	0-1	1	0.1	3	1	2	1	0	2	0.2
* Team Totals	34	6918	203.5	292-838	34.8	1131-2456	46.1	578-786	73.5	461-998	1459	42.9	679	497	490	96	357	3132	92.1

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
Dondre Reddick	17	453	26.6	18-49	36.7	100-203	49.3	57-70	81.4	21-79	100	5.9	35	30	21	3	30	275	16.2
David Muenkat	20	485	24.2	5-19	26.3	112-228	49.1	75-117	64.1	57-146	203	10.2	47	27	52	12	28	304	15.2
Deon Ejim	15	351	23.4	18-50	36.0	86-150	57.3	22-35	62.9	39-72	111	7.4	33	10	27	11	24	212	14.1
Avan Nava	20	555	27.8	49-114	43.0	87-204	42.6	28-30	93.3	18-30	48	2.4	23	41	32		11	251	12.6
Antoine Vernon	15	379	25.3	15-51	29.4	57-125	45.6	41-50	82.0	6-29	35	2.3	32	54	41	2	15	170	11.3
Gatluak James	20	327	16.4	6-18	33.3	64-133	48.1	27-34	79.4	45-56	101	5.0	43	37	39	7	12	161	8.1
Bennett Grumbach	19	272	14.3	36-83	43.4	52-110	47.3	9-12	75.0	14-40	54	2.8	39	12	15	7	9	149	7.8
Michael Utsalo	19	266	14.0	0-1	0.0	43-67	64.2	11-18	61.1	48-47	95	5.0	50	4	15	8	15	97	5.1
Steven Levnaic	20	430	21.5	8-28	28.6	25-81	30.9	22-27	81.5	14-45	59	3.0	37	35	19	7	38	80	4.0
Keyonte Beals	20	205	10.2	11-39	28.2	28-73	38.4	6-9	66.7	9-25	34	1.7	18	11	17	1	16	73	3.6
Matt Pennell	20	269	13.4	5-28	17.9	21-58	36.2	12-16	75.0	8-12	20	1.0	17	26	16		12	59	3.0
Kye Kotapski-Tinge	9	43	4.8	1-2	50.0	7-12	58.3	5-6	83.3	3-11	14	1.6	5	3	6		2	20	2.2
Roger O'Callaghan	7	17	2.4	0-4	0.0	1-9	11.1			0-1	1	0.1	3		2	1		2	0.3
Jeremy Coria	4	10	2.5	0-2	0.0	0-5	0.0	1-2	50.0	1-1	2	0.5	2		1		1	1	0.2
* Team Totals	20	4062	203.1	172-488	35.2	683-1458	46.8	316-426	74.2	283-594	877	43.9	384	290	303	59	213	1854	92.7

Season individual bests vs U SPORTS teams for all players

Player	Most points	Most rebounds	Most assists
Bennett Grumbach	35 on Feb 14, 2023 vs Acadia	8 on Feb 18, 2023 vs Saint Mary's	2 on Oct 22, 2022 vs Memorial
Antoine Vernon	32 on Nov 26, 2022 vs UNB	7 on Nov 6, 2022 vs Cape Breton	9 on Jan 20, 2023 vs UPEI
David Muenkat	31 on Mar 12, 2023 vs Carleton	21 on Jan 14, 2023 vs Dalhousie	5 on Oct 21, 2022 vs Calgary
Deon Ejim	30 on Nov 25, 2022 vs Dalhousie	13 on Nov 25, 2022 vs Dalhousie	3 on Nov 20, 2022 vs Memorial
Avan Nava	30 on Mar 12, 2023 vs Carleton	6 on Oct 6, 2022 vs Laurier	5 on Mar 10, 2023 vs Queen's
Dondre Reddick	25 on Feb 25, 2023 vs Cape Breton	13 on Feb 18, 2023 vs Saint Mary's	4 on Nov 4, 2022 vs Cape Breton
Gatluak James	20 on Feb 11, 2023 vs Acadia	14 on Oct 23, 2022 vs Cape Breton	8 on Nov 19, 2022 vs Memorial
Keyonte Beals	17 on Dec 29, 2022 vs Saint Mary's	6 on Nov 19, 2022 vs Memorial	3 on Oct 23, 2022 vs Cape Breton
Michael Utsalo	12 on Nov 4, 2022 vs Cape Breton	14 on Feb 5, 2023 vs UNB	1 on Oct 7, 2022 vs McMaster
Steven Levnaic	10 on Nov 25, 2022 vs Dalhousie	11 on Oct 22, 2022 vs Memorial	5 on Nov 6, 2022 vs Cape Breton
Matt Pennell	10 on Dec 29, 2022 vs Saint Mary's	4 on Jan 28, 2023 vs Saint Mary's	5 on Dec 29, 2022 vs Saint Mary's
Kye Kotapski-Tinge	7 on Nov 19, 2022 vs Memorial	7 on Feb 14, 2023 vs Acadia	1 on Nov 12, 2022 vs UPEI
Jeremy Coria	3 on Dec 31, 2022 vs McGill	2 on Feb 14, 2023 vs Acadia
Roger O'Callaghan	2 on Nov 6, 2022 vs Cape Breton	1 on Oct 26, 2022 vs Acadia	1 on Dec 29, 2022 vs Saint Mary's

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