
Tritons hoop dreams fall short
[caption id="attachment_32784" align="aligncenter" width="595"] Triton's team members and coach Josh Buck display their medals during the Closing Ceremony on May 4 at Shearwater Gym, N.S. Photo: Aviator Douglas Hamilton, 12 Wing Imaging Services.[/caption] Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — The Esquimalt Tritons won a silver medal at the Canadian Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Championship May 1-4 at Shearwater, N.S. The Halifax Mariners avenged an earlier loss to Esquimalt in round-robin play. They lifted the tournament trophy with an 88-72 victory in the gold medal game on May 4 at CFB Shearwater. Halifax jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, paced by stellar shooting and 35 points from tournament MVP, small forward Captain Nic Leger. Lieutenant (Navy) (Lt(N)) Owen Murphy, Deputy Division Commander at Naval Fleet School (Pacific) and Tritons' point guard, was also the tournament MVP and scored 30 points in the final. He was quick to credit his opponents for capturing the tournament title. “Halifax played a great game; their shooting was excellent, and they could hurt us on transition and rebounds,” Lt(N) Murphy said. “As opponents, they were fun to play against, highly competitive, showed great sportsmanship and were definitely deserving of the win.” The point guard captured single-game MVP honours in three of his four games. He averaged 26 points per game heading into Esquimalt’s rematch with Halifax. At Shearwater, Esquimalt topped the round-robin standings with wins over Halifax (86-84), Petawawa (77-72) and a 69-68 decision over Halifax in the tournament semi-final. Halifax reached the championship game with an 81-54 win over Petawawa. Esquimalt qualified for the National Championship tournament after compiling a perfect 5-0 record at the Canada West Regional tournament at Edmonton Garrison in February. Esquimalt’s only other defeat this year was an 83-48 loss to Ottawa in the round-robin, a game in which Lt(N)...



















