Cape Breton Capers - 2024-25 Season <<Previous season Next season>>
| Head Coach: | Matthew Skinn (11th season) |
| Other staff: | Ben Miller (Assistant Coach), David Ogbuah (Assistant Coach), Liam Shaw (Assistant Coach) |
| League: | AUS |
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Cape Breton Capers - 2024-25 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 |
| 12-8 | 0.600 | 1658-1605 | 82.9 - 80.2 | 18-11 | 0.621 | 2443-2342 | 84.2 - 80.8 | 18-11 | 0.621 | 2443-2342 | 84.2 - 80.8 |
Player roster
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Elig | Hometown | High School (Prior Team) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Aaron Cunningham | Guard/Forward | 6-5 | 2 | Shelburne, ON | Centre Dufferin District High, Tri-City Prep | |
| 1 | Stefan Anisko | Guard | 6-5 | 2 | Caledonia, ON | Cayuga Secondary (Mohawk College) | |
| 2 | Tyson Cato | Forward | 6-5 | 200 | 3 | Ajax, ON | Lincoln Prep |
| 3 | Cardy Jean | Guard | 6-1 | 1 | Saint-Hubert, QC | Champlain Saint-Lambert | |
| 4 | Shakael Pryce | Guard | 6-2 | 160 | 4 | Pickering, ON | Pine Ridge Secondary (Windsor) |
| 5 | Justus Peuser | Guard | 6-1 | 2 | Geisenheim, Germany | Rheingauschule (Missouri-Kansas City) | |
| 6 | Josiah McKnight | Guard | 6-5 | 1 | Whitby, ON | Bill Crothers Secondary | |
| 7 | Sacade Kasamba | Guard | 6-1 | 1 | St. Catharines, ON | St. Francis Secondary (Our Lady of the Lake) | |
| 8 | Domenic Odle | Forward | 6-5 | 2 | Burlington, ON | Burloak Prep | |
| 9 | Liai Tong | Forward | 6-6 | 175 | 1 | St. John's, NL | Holy Heart of Mary High (Memorial) |
| 10 | Ceejay Hanson | Guard | 6-6 | 3 | Manchester, England | Charnwood College | |
| 12 | Mitchell Mersereau | Guard | 6-5 | 4 | Sydney, NS | Riverview Rural High | |
| 13 | Anthony Lecky | Guard | 6-2 | 2 | Sydney, NS | Riverview Rural High | |
| 14 | Tafarian Black | Forward | 6-6 | 1 | Scarborough, ON | Mary Ward Secondary (Georgian College, Seneca College) | |
| 15 | Ben Kearney | Forward | 6-4 | 1 | New Waterford, NS | Breton Education Centre | |
| 21 | Adam Goulding | Forward | 6-7 | 1 | Paradise, NL | Mount Pearl Senior High | |
| 31 | Lance Mombourquette | Forward | 6-4 | 1 | Fredericton, NB | Rothesay Netherwood | |
| 77 | Stefan Williams | Guard | 6-2 | 1 | Halifax, NS |
Awards presented
| Tyson Cato | AUS Second Team All-Star |
| Shakael Pryce | AUS First Team All-Star, AUS Championship Tournament All-Star, Second Team All-Canadian |
| Liai Tong | AUS All Rookie Team |
Game results for the season
| --- Non-Conference Games --- | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Sat Sep 28, 2024 | Rothesay, NB | Acadia | Loss | 75-96 | Milner Invitational | |
| Sat Oct 5, 2024 | Sydney, NS | StFX | Loss | 87-90 | Stats | |
| Fri Oct 11, 2024 | Montreal, QC | McMaster | Win | 92-89 | Stats | Concordia Classic |
| Sat Oct 12, 2024 | Montreal, QC | Laurier | Win | 90-76 | Stats | Concordia Classic |
| Sun Oct 13, 2024 | Montreal, QC | Concordia | Win | 102-78 | Stats | Concordia Classic |
| Sat Oct 19, 2024 | Halifax, NS | Lakehead | Win | 92-81 | Stats | Shoveller Tournament |
| Sun Oct 20, 2024 | Halifax, NS | Algoma | Win | 93-72 | Stats | Shoveller Tournament |
| --- Regular Season Conference Games --- | ||||||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Fri Nov 1, 2024 | Sydney, NS | UNB | Win | 87-59 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 2, 2024 | Sydney, NS | UNB | Win | 78-67 | Stats | |
| Thu Nov 7, 2024 | Antigonish, NS | StFX | Loss | 91-97 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 9, 2024 | Sydney, NS | StFX | Win | 82-77 | Stats | |
| Fri Nov 15, 2024 | Halifax, NS | Dalhousie | Win | 83-58 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Halifax, NS | Dalhousie | Loss | 83-88 | Stats | |
| Fri Nov 22, 2024 | Sydney, NS | UPEI | Win | 70-68 | Stats | |
| Fri Nov 29, 2024 | Sydney, NS | Memorial | Loss | 71-84 | Stats | |
| Sat Nov 30, 2024 | Sydney, NS | Memorial | Win | 106-80 | Stats | |
| Fri Jan 10, 2025 | Fredericton, NB | UNB | Loss | 64-85 | Stats | |
| Sat Jan 11, 2025 | Fredericton, NB | UNB | Win | 99-90 | Stats | |
| Fri Jan 17, 2025 | Sydney, NS | Acadia | Win | 95-90 | Stats | |
| Thu Jan 23, 2025 | Sydney, NS | StFX | Win | 92-78 | Stats | |
| Sat Jan 25, 2025 | Antigonish, NS | StFX | Loss | 67-99 | Stats | |
| Fri Jan 31, 2025 | Wolfville, NS | Acadia | Loss | 89-92 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 1, 2025 | Halifax, NS | Saint Mary's | Loss | 76-83 | Stats | |
| Fri Feb 7, 2025 | Sydney, NS | Saint Mary's | Win | 85-80 | Stats | |
| Fri Feb 14, 2025 | Sydney, NS | Dalhousie | Win | 98-70 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 15, 2025 | Sydney, NS | Dalhousie | Win | 79-77 | Stats | |
| Sat Feb 22, 2025 | Charlottetown, PE | UPEI | Loss | 63-83 | Stats | |
| --- Playoff Games --- | ||||||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Comment | ||
| Fri Feb 28, 2025 | Halifax, NS | Saint Mary's | Win | 86-81 | Stats | AUS Quarterfinal |
| Sat Mar 1, 2025 | Halifax, NS | UPEI | Loss | 68-74 | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakael Pryce | 26 | 796 | 30.6 | 63-181 | 34.8 | 142-363 | 39.1 | 140-170 | 82.4 | 13-105 | 118 | 4.5 | 40 | 174 | 99 | 3 | 41 | 487 | 18.7 |
| Tyson Cato | 28 | 749 | 26.8 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 142-289 | 49.1 | 79-112 | 70.5 | 55-128 | 183 | 6.5 | 60 | 57 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 367 | 13.1 |
| Stefan Anisko | 28 | 608 | 21.7 | 35-102 | 34.3 | 119-261 | 45.6 | 44-62 | 71.0 | 47-62 | 109 | 3.9 | 51 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 317 | 11.3 |
| Liai Tong | 28 | 529 | 18.9 | 19-61 | 31.1 | 109-209 | 52.2 | 62-87 | 71.3 | 40-105 | 145 | 5.2 | 84 | 22 | 53 | 36 | 26 | 299 | 10.7 |
| Tafarian Black | 25 | 532 | 21.3 | 40-107 | 37.4 | 85-196 | 43.4 | 45-59 | 76.3 | 16-102 | 118 | 4.7 | 49 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 255 | 10.2 |
| Sacade Kasamba | 23 | 396 | 17.2 | 12-38 | 31.6 | 57-141 | 40.4 | 47-70 | 67.1 | 22-62 | 84 | 3.7 | 42 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 173 | 7.5 |
| Aaron Cunningham | 25 | 594 | 23.8 | 12-30 | 40.0 | 52-102 | 51.0 | 48-69 | 69.6 | 14-66 | 80 | 3.2 | 64 | 47 | 47 | 13 | 33 | 164 | 6.6 |
| Mitchell Mersereau | 28 | 438 | 15.6 | 24-65 | 36.9 | 48-118 | 40.7 | 12-16 | 75.0 | 7-50 | 57 | 2.0 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 132 | 4.7 |
| Stefan Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Ben Kearney | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 7-18 | 38.9 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 5-7 | 12 | 1.7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3.0 |
| Justus Peuser | 24 | 383 | 16.0 | 9-35 | 25.7 | 18-54 | 33.3 | 9-18 | 50.0 | 10-21 | 31 | 1.3 | 49 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 2.2 |
| Josiah McKnight | 15 | 132 | 8.8 | 1-13 | 7.7 | 12-31 | 38.7 | 5-13 | 38.5 | 2-19 | 21 | 1.4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2.0 |
| Cardy Jean | 26 | 313 | 12.0 | 9-27 | 33.3 | 13-41 | 31.7 | 14-19 | 73.7 | 6-22 | 28 | 1.1 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 1.9 |
| Ceejay Hanson | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 4-9 | 44.4 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 2-4 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1.8 |
| Domenic Odle | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-7 | 7 | 0.7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.5 |
| * Team Totals | 28 | 5589 | 199.6 | 231-676 | 34.2 | 812-1842 | 44.1 | 513-705 | 72.8 | 239-761 | 1000 | 35.7 | 529 | 470 | 383 | 110 | 223 | 2368 | 84.6 |
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakael Pryce | 18 | 564 | 31.3 | 44-136 | 32.4 | 104-265 | 39.2 | 90-116 | 77.6 | 9-77 | 86 | 4.8 | 26 | 131 | 73 | 2 | 29 | 342 | 19.0 |
| Tyson Cato | 20 | 568 | 28.4 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 109-217 | 50.2 | 57-82 | 69.5 | 40-102 | 142 | 7.1 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 278 | 13.9 |
| Stefan Anisko | 20 | 433 | 21.6 | 27-77 | 35.1 | 81-185 | 43.8 | 29-41 | 70.7 | 30-39 | 69 | 3.5 | 41 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 218 | 10.9 | |
| Tafarian Black | 18 | 402 | 22.3 | 30-80 | 37.5 | 66-152 | 43.4 | 29-39 | 74.4 | 13-82 | 95 | 5.3 | 33 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 191 | 10.6 |
| Liai Tong | 20 | 378 | 18.9 | 12-43 | 27.9 | 78-152 | 51.3 | 39-55 | 70.9 | 31-80 | 111 | 5.5 | 59 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 18 | 207 | 10.3 |
| Sacade Kasamba | 19 | 339 | 17.8 | 9-32 | 28.1 | 49-123 | 39.8 | 39-59 | 66.1 | 21-50 | 71 | 3.7 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 21 | 146 | 7.7 |
| Aaron Cunningham | 17 | 426 | 25.1 | 6-20 | 30.0 | 36-75 | 48.0 | 32-47 | 68.1 | 10-51 | 61 | 3.6 | 46 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 110 | 6.5 |
| Mitchell Mersereau | 20 | 296 | 14.8 | 12-34 | 35.3 | 32-75 | 42.7 | 8-11 | 72.7 | 5-37 | 42 | 2.1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 84 | 4.2 |
| Justus Peuser | 18 | 309 | 17.2 | 7-29 | 24.1 | 15-46 | 32.6 | 4-9 | 44.4 | 8-17 | 25 | 1.4 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 2.3 | |
| Cardy Jean | 19 | 200 | 10.5 | 5-18 | 27.8 | 9-31 | 29.0 | 4-7 | 57.1 | 5-16 | 21 | 1.1 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1.4 |
| Ben Kearney | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 1-6 | 16.7 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 4-2 | 6 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.2 | ||
| Domenic Odle | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0.4 | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | ||||
| Josiah McKnight | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 1-5 | 20.0 | 1-8 | 12.5 | 2-8 | 25.0 | 2-9 | 11 | 1.2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Ceejay Hanson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||
| * Team Totals | 20 | 3993 | 199.7 | 156-482 | 32.4 | 582-1337 | 43.5 | 338-481 | 70.3 | 178-564 | 742 | 37.1 | 370 | 335 | 275 | 68 | 161 | 1658 | 82.9 |
Season individual bests vs U SPORTS teams for all players
| Player | Most points | Most rebounds | Most assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakael Pryce | 33 on Feb 15, 2025 vs Dalhousie | 9 on Jan 23, 2025 vs StFX | 14 on Oct 13, 2024 vs Concordia |
| Tyson Cato | 26 on Jan 11, 2025 vs UNB | 13 on Feb 7, 2025 vs Saint Mary's | 5 on Jan 11, 2025 vs UNB |
| Stefan Anisko | 24 on Nov 1, 2024 vs UNB | 9 on Nov 7, 2024 vs StFX | 3 on Nov 30, 2024 vs Memorial |
| Tafarian Black | 24 on Oct 13, 2024 vs Concordia | 13 on Nov 16, 2024 vs Dalhousie | 4 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma |
| Sacade Kasamba | 22 on Jan 10, 2025 vs UNB | 8 on Feb 1, 2025 vs Saint Mary's | 7 on Jan 11, 2025 vs UNB |
| Mitchell Mersereau | 21 on Oct 5, 2024 vs StFX | 4 on Nov 15, 2024 vs Dalhousie | 2 on Nov 16, 2024 vs Dalhousie |
| Liai Tong | 21 on Nov 9, 2024 vs StFX | 11 on Jan 25, 2025 vs StFX | 2 on Oct 11, 2024 vs McMaster |
| Aaron Cunningham | 16 on Oct 19, 2024 vs Lakehead | 7 on Nov 29, 2024 vs Memorial | 5 on Jan 23, 2025 vs StFX |
| Josiah McKnight | 11 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 5 on Jan 10, 2025 vs UNB | 2 on Oct 5, 2024 vs StFX |
| Justus Peuser | 9 on Jan 31, 2025 vs Acadia | 5 on Nov 30, 2024 vs Memorial | 4 on Jan 17, 2025 vs Acadia |
| Cardy Jean | 8 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 3 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 5 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma |
| Ben Kearney | 8 on Oct 11, 2024 vs McMaster | 4 on Oct 11, 2024 vs McMaster | 1 on Nov 30, 2024 vs Memorial |
| Ceejay Hanson | 7 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 3 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 1 on Oct 12, 2024 vs Laurier |
| Stefan Williams | 4 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 1 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 3 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma |
| Domenic Odle | 2 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma | 3 on Oct 20, 2024 vs Algoma |
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