PREVIEW: #1 Men’s basketball set for road trip to Algoma
January 16, 2024
Friday, January 19
- The Matchup: #1 Ottawa Gee-Gees (13-1) vs. Algoma Thunderbirds (1-11)
- Location: George Leach Centre
- Tip-off: 8 p.m.
- Last Meeting: Ottawa 103, Algoma 59 – Dec. 2, 2022 at Montpetit Hall
OTTAWA GAME NOTES
- Major stat leaders
- Points (per game): Brock Newton – 16.1
- Assists (per game): Dragan Stajic – 5.9
- Rebounds (per game): Brock Newton – 5.9
- Ottawa re-established their dominance with a pair of big wins on home court, defeating Laurentian and Nipissing.
- Brock Newton and Justin Ndjock-Tadjore each logged 21-point, 7 rebound games on Saturday. Ndjock-Tadjore also had a game-high 19 points on Friday.
- Point guard, Dragan Stajic ranks second in the OUA with 82 assists and third with 28 steals.
ALGOMA GAME NOTES
- Major stat leaders
- Points (per game): Taleh Wade – 15.8
- Assists (per game): Boluwatife Obasoto – 2.2
- Rebounds (per game): Patrick-Oliver Mpoyi – 4.6
- Algoma has only earned a single win so far in the 2023-24 season, defeating Waterloo 59-53 on Nov.25.
- Throughout their four-game losing streak, Algoma's closest game was a 94-83 loss to Ontario Tech at the beginning of December.