OTTAWA - The Carleton Ravens extended their season opening winning streak to seven games on Sunday with a 78-49 win over the Brock Badgers. The Road win came after the Ravens beat the Algoma Thunderbirds by 43 points on Friday night.
After jumping out to a 12 point first quarter lead on the Thunderbirds, Carleton found themselves ahead by 19 at the break. Reigning men's athlete of the week, Augustas Brazdeikis continued his hot play scoring 13 points in the first half while Emanuel Milon added 14 to put the Ravens in front. Coach Taffe Charles was able to use a deep rotation on Friday, cycling through all twelve of his players. Jordan Horobetz-Simpson, Noah Horobetz-Simpson and Daniel Smith all made the most of their time off the bench combining for 15 points.
Marjok Okado continued to impress off the bench for the Ravens scoring 9 of the teams 32 fourth quarter points as they pulled away.
With a hint of retribution in they minds after last year's playoff loss at home, the Ravens faced a very talented Badgers team on Sunday and played a complete team game. "They're a very good team at home so we wanted to start off well," explained Taffe Charles. And start off well is just what they did. Carleton jumped on the Badgers taking a 12 point lead out of the first quarter, extending that to twenty by the end of the first half.
Brazdeikis and Xavier Spencer each had 7 points in the opening quarter with Spencer adding 3 assists while Daniel Smith continued to be a shooting threat adding a corner three and a field goal for five points in the period.
Domac Domac continued his hot shooting from beyond the arc in the second quarter hitting back-to-back triples to help the Ravens build out their lead. The triple would continue to be the story inthe third, with Ravens starters cooling off from beyond the arc Okado and Smith went 3-6 as Carleton held off a Badgers surge to extend their lead by four.
The Ravens would lock down the Badgers in the fourth holding the hosts to 28.8% shooting on the night.
With the win, the Ravens improve to 7-0 and now prepare for two games at home this weekend when they welcome Guelph and McMaster.
Saturday's contest against the Marauders will be the first Ravens Basketball Teddy Bear Toss, with fans attending invited to bring new stuffed animals to throw onto the court after the first quarter. All bears collected will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club as part of the Carleton Ravens Varsity Council Toy Drive.
Donations will also be accepted on Friday night.
