Western 83 UQAM 74

In a physical affair which had many fouls the Mustangs got tremendous performances from:
Ryan Barbeau 16pts 4 rbs 7 assts 4 stls
Adam Jespersen 16 pts 17 rbs. 4 assts 2 stls
Andy Wedemire 21pts 5 rbs
Peter Scholtes 11 pts
Marcus Barnett 14 pts 5 rbs

"We didn't play well but did enough to get the win. We will need to be better this week as league play begins. " Said Coach Campbell. 


Game report from Andrew Simpson - Mustangs Athletics 


LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs finished their exhibition schedule with a 83-74 win against the UQAM Citadins Sunday afternoon in Alumni Hall.

UQAM stayed close for three quarters with the Mustangs but the inside presence of Adam Jespersen (16 pts, 17 reb) and Andy Wedemire (21 pts, 5 reb) was too much for the Citadins to handle. In total Western had a balanced attack with all five starters in double digits with Marcus Barnett adding 14, Ryan Barbeau 16 and Pete Scholtes having 11 points.

Western finished the preseason with a perfect 5-0 record. The Mustangs will start their regular season on the road on Nov. 5 travelling to Sudbury to face Laurentian. They will then play at York on Nov. 6 before making their home debut against Ryerson on Nov. 12. That game will be at Alumni Hall at 8 p.m.

UQAM started the game in a full-court press and used their quick, aggressive play to hang tough with the Mustangs. Western was able to break the press and led by a slim margin 22-18 after the first quarter.

The battle continued in the second quarter with both teams trading baskets throughout. After a Barbeau steal and layup and a jumper to end the half the Mustangs would have the slight advantage 41-37 at half.

The Mustangs came out stronger in the second half and a thunderous Wedemire two handed slam would extend the lead to seven at 56-49. The lead would stay at seven at the end of three quarters as Western led 63-56.

With the Citadins in foul trouble they could not mount a comeback as Western had their largest lead of the game 77-64 with four minutes remaining. Western would hold on for the victory trading foul shots to end the game 83-74.

Game Day: UQAM 2pm Alumni Hall

Game details to follow......

Mustangs vs. UQAM Sunday Oct. 31st 2pm

Marcus Barnett

By Andrew Simpson - Mustangs Athletics

LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs will get their last exhibition tune-up this weekend against the UQAM Citadins. The Mustangs will host UQAM at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Alumni Hall.
The Mustangs are coming off a successful trip to Montreal for the McGill Redmen Classic tournament. Western went 3-0 there winning games against Queen's, McGill and UPEI. The Mustangs easily handled the Queen's Gaels 102-75 with Andy Wedemire netting 25 points and Quinn Henderson adding 24. Host McGill proved to be a greater challenge with the Mustangs edging the Redmen 72-67. Western then disposed of UPEI 87-69 in their final game of the tournament.
Prior to this tournament the Mustangs were 2-0 against other CIS and college opponents having defeated Memorial 82-59 and Algoma 85-55. With those wins Western is a perfect 5-0 in the pre-season, their only blemish being a non-conference defeat in August against the powerhouse Kentucky Wildcats.
The Mustangs will be on the road to start the regular season heading to Laurentian on Nov. 5 and then to York on Nov. 6. They will then begin a four game homestand playing Ryerson at on Nov. 12 and Toronto on Nov. 13. Both games will tip-off at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall.

Doug Hayes Memorial Game Sat. Nov. 20 7pm

Click To Donate to the Doug & Lauretta Men's Basketball Award 

On September 25th the University and the community lost a beloved coach, professor and friend, Doug Hayes, who began his career at Western in 1969.

A special tribute celebrating his many contributions and achievements as a Mustangs coach, teacher, mentor and administrator will be held during a basketball conference doubleheader against Ottawa on the evening of November 20.

The women's game will start at 5:00 pm after which there will be a tribute celebrating Doug's many accomplishments including a video presentation of his career. The men's game will follow along with some special events at half-time.

In addition to celebrating Doug through this event we will also be attempting to honour him permanently by fundraising for the Doug and Lauretta Hayes Mustangs Men's Basketball Award. Doug felt strongly about this award as it recognizes excellence in the classroom and on the court.

Our goal is to raise enough money so that this award can honour Doug and his family in perpetuity. For those of you who wish to make a contribution to this fund online please

Mustangs #6 In Nation According to cishoops.ca

In the second installment of cishoops.ca's weekly top ten, the Mustangs are #6 (note- Ryan Barbeau is not 6'2 more like 5'10).

For Top Ten Click Here

Mustangs Win McGill Redbird Classic

Mustangs After Win vs. UPEI

Andy & Ryan Accept Awards

With a 87-69 win over UPEI Sunday afternoon the Mustangs won the 2010 McGill Redbird Classic. "We played great today. Ryan was spectacular today and in all three tournament games.  We improved significantly as the tournament went on" Commented Coach Campbell.

Game Stats vs. UPEI 
Ryan Barbeau 28pts (5 3's) 5 rbs
Andy Wedmire 23pts 11 rbs

Congratulations to:
Ryan Barbeau selected tournament MVP
Andy Wedemire selected a tournament All-Star

Game Day: UPEI 12pm @ McGill Tourny

Details to folow......

Western 72 McGill 67

"We defended well enough to win against a well coached team at home". Said coach Campbell. 

Western lead by as many as 11 in the 4th but McGill's pressure and some missed freethrows cut the lead to 3.  

Ryan Barbeau- 19pts 5 rbs
Adam Jespersen 14 7 rbs
Andy Wedemire 10pts 5 rbs 

Game Day: McGill 3pm @ McGill Tourny

Details later on....

Western 102 Queen's 75

"We shot the ball as well as I have ever seen". Coach Campbell commented. The Mustangs Shot a sizzling 62 percent from the field for game. The Mustangs also shot 16-29 from the 3pt line. 

Mustangs Stats 
Quinn Henderson 24 pts 
Andy Wedemire 25pts
Marcus 16pts 

Brett Lawrence 11 pts 
Ryan Barbeau 11 Assists  

Game Tonight vs. Queen's @ McGill Tourney

Details to follow after the game.....

Captians Blog #1

Garrett in action last season

All the pieces are coming together. The 2010-2011 season is soon approaching, and 13 players have come together to compete for a national champion come March. As co-captain of our team (aside Ryan Barbeau) I'm excited at the opportunity to lead the squad in what hopes to be a promising season. Unfortunately for me, I have been sidelined for the majority of the preseason, as I am recovering from reconstructive ACL surgery that was performed late last April. I actually bring this to you as I sit in Fowler Kennedy waiting to see the surgeon. I have just passed the 6 month marker, and am hoping to return to action within the next few weeks. Its been agonizing watching our team perform without me. Of course taking in the UWO Mustangs vs. The Kentucky Wildcats was entertaining in August, although it would have been a much greater experience competing against what will surely be a group of future NBA stars. 

Aside from an unusual pre season individually, from a veterans standpoint, it's also been a bit unusual seeing so many fresh faces in the locker room. This year we welcome five new rookies to our squad. Peter Scholtes, Quinn Henderson, Nathan DeLoreto, Andrew Vincent, and Drew Hebb. In the past, its been relatively small recruiting classes. One or two players at most. However, with so many young stunners, fresh out of high school the learning curve was somewhat accentuated. Nevertheless, each rookie has progressed nicely and will play a role in our teams success this year. As a result of such a large portion of newcomers, we found it only fitting that they experience how things are done here at Western. 

We now set our focus to this upcoming weekend. A tournament at the University of McGill in Montreal. We'll play Queens University, the University of Price Edwards Island (UPEI) , and the hosts McGill. Its an exciting weekend for our squad, as it will be our first CIS tournament. For nearly 8 weeks our team have been beating up on one another in practice, six days a week. I'm sure they will relish the opportunity to finally beat on someone else. These games will be very important for us as we move forward. Not only will it give us a chance to gage where we stack up against other CIS competition, it will give us the opportunity to evaluate our strengths and weaknesses as a unit, and also shake off any rust before OUA east play begins. I now travel from the doctor's office to my first full contact practice. Tonight we will thoroughly prepare for Queens on Friday, followed by reps upon reps of fundamentals which make our team successful. Our journey begins tomorrow at 10am when we will load the bus and head for Montreal. Where our journey ends? Well, that remains to be seen. However we have grouped together 13 like minded competitors all with one goal in mind. A national championship. You can follow us this weekend, and all season long from our facebook page (to join CLICK HERE). Your number one spot for all the action. (Check out the Memorial half court shot) Become a member, and "like" the UWO Mustangs. All the best!
Your Captain,

Garrett Olexiuk 

Mustangs Debut at #10 in cishoops.ca Top Ten

CIS basketball Blogger Mark Wacyk displays his first top ten ranking of the year.

Click Here for link

Matt Curtis TV Werne Video

This is footage from Matt Curtis and his TV Werne team's game vs. UBC Munster on Saturday Oct. 16th. Matt is wearing his familiar #4 in the blue uniform (notice the classic Curtis steal and lay-up at 8:41).




http://media.wmtv-online.de/Sport/detail:824

Player Profile: Garrett Olexuik

Garrett enters his 4th year with the Mustangs and was the team's Purple Heart Award winner last season. He is expected to being playing any day coming off ACL surgery this past April.

Garrett Olexiuk


Name: Garrett Olexiuk
Player Position: Small Forward / Power Forward

Academic program: English Literature / Psychology

Years in Program: 4

Year on Team:4

Personal goal for this season: Have a successful injury free season

Team goal for this season: National final 8 appearance

Hometown: Burlington

High School & Coach: Lester B. Pearson / Coach Joe Barrett

Club Team: Waterloo Wild hawks

Proudest Basketball Moment: 2 National tournament appearances 07-08 / 08-09

Biggest Role Model: My Father (Raymond Olexiuk)

Career Ambition: Happiness

Family Members: Nancy Olexiuk, Michael Olexiuk

Where do you see yourself in 10 years: In a condo with a small dog


Favourites

NBA team/Player: OKC Thunder / Kevin Durant

Sport Other Than Basketball: Football

Meal: Sirloin Oscar w/ loaded baked potato and a spicy Caesar

Subject: Psychology

Lucky Number: you make your own luck

Movie: Blow

Musical Group/ Artist: Youngmoney

Western Hangout: Ceeps stage

Favourite Quote/ Saying: Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard
Brief quote on the experience of being a student & playing basketball at Western - My experience at Western has been unforgettable. Getting a degree from a prestigious university rich in tradition and academic excellence while have the opportunity to play a sport I love…UWO where amazing happens.

The Matt Curtis Experience Blog #2

Matt Curtis

Former Mustang great Matt Curtis '09 with his second blog post. Matt is currently playing for TV Werne in the German pro league.

Gutten Tag (Good Day)

                 Hello to all in the blog-o-sphere. Hope all is well with everyone and you all enjoyed your thanksgiving dinners. Mine for the first time ever did not consist of turkey, which was a little disappointing, but the schnitzel more than made up for it.

                 I saw the first pre-season game was a success and it looks as if the hard work of September is paying off. Also saw that half court shot. Pretty insane. Great contest by DY-LAN though, solid D. Hahaha, I can hear him now “Dont hate guy, I played the NICCCCEST D” Also I bet there was a battle between Adam and him for the triple XL shorts before the game too??  Anyways, all that aside, looks as though you guys are on the right track.  

                Things are going well over here too. We are now 2-2, with a win in our first cup game. This is normal here, we have a “Pokal”, which means cup, and it’s basically a tournament in betwixt (always wanted to use that word) our season. Had a heartbreaker in our last league game. We lost by 1 at the buzzer. Apparently I packed that bad luck with me and brought it over here. It was a good game though, I played pretty well (18 pts 5assist and 4 rebounds). We were down by 13 in the first quarter but battled back and were up one with 5.6 seconds left. The go ahead basket by us was created by yours truly, I had an open look for 3 in the corner. But I saw our guys had the weak side boxed out, SOOO....I STRATEGICALLY shot an airball long, right into our 6’10 centres hands, and he layed it in. Does not show up on the score sheet as an assist, but it was a purple heart kind of play. Nevertheless, they came down and hit some stupid shot and they won.....figures.

                We have a monster big game today in Munster. They are league favourites and want to move up a league next year, so it will be an interesting game no doubt. Plus apparently we do not like them, so I will treat them like every other team in the OUA West.

                I will attempt to keep you all updated, but between watching CNN (the only English channel) and .......well thats all I do so I will keep you all updated...Take care and continued successes. Good luck today vs Algoma. STAMPEDE!!

Frieden

Matt Curtis

Mustangs 85 Algoma 55

Renee Mahoney- Mustangs Athletics



LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs men's basketball team played tough defence with a lot of small line-ups - missing forwards Garrett Olexiuk. Andy Wedemire and Adam Jespersen - but still pulled away with a 30-point win.

Western won 85-55 at Alumni Hall led by rookie forward Peter Scholtes, a graduate of London's Oakridge Secondary School, who scored a game-high 21 points and added seven rebounds.
Ryan Barbeau (15 points, 6 assists), Dillon Hamilton (10 points) and Brett Lawrence (17 points) were also top contributors for Western.
"Our defensive intensity and effort was outstanding," said Mustangs head coach Brad Campbell. "Many of our guys like Brett, Nathan and Quinn did a great job playing out of position today due to our injuries."

on-line article Click Here

Game Day: Mustangs vs. Algoma U. 4pm Thames Hall

Crazy Half Court Shot From Last Night's Game

End of 2nd quarter buzzer beater by Memorial's Ryan Brockerville from last night's Mustangs Memorial game

Mustangs 82 Memorial 59

Game report - Andrew Simpson - Mustangs Athletics


LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs men's basketball handled the Memorial Sea-hawks 82-59 Thursday night at Alumni Hall in London, Ont.
Western used strong defence and dominated in the paint and on the boards outscoring Memorial 40-16 in the paint and 21-5 on second chance points.
The Mustangs had a balanced scoring attack with four players getting to double digits in points. Ryan Barbeau lead Western with 18 points and added four assists and a couple of steals. Quinn Henderson added 15 points with some excellent three-point shooting and picked up 8 rebounds.
Western will continue their preseason on Saturday, Oct. 16 as they take on Algoma University. Game time will be at 4 p.m. in Thames Hall.
The Mustangs were able to double up the Sea-Hawks 24-12 after the first quarter by using their height advantage and outscoring Memorial 12-2 in the paint.
Western held their double-digit lead for most of the second quarter playing tough defence and winning the rebound battle. The Mustangs lead never dipped as low as twelve but the play of the half would be a ridiculous jumping underhand buzzer beater from Memorial's Tyree Haley. The three would count and Western lead 39-24 at half.
The Mustangs would extend their lead after the half to 20 behind some hot shooting. Western would shoot 13 of 18 in the third quarter and lead 67-47 entering the final frame.
Using their full bench the fourth quarter was a bit slow with the final outcome already being clear. The Mustangs continued to play good defence limiting the Sea-Hawks to just 12 points in the frame to win 82-59.

Game Tonight vs. Memorial 7pm Alumni Hall

See the Mustangs take on the Memorial Sea-Hawks  at Alumni Hall tonight at 7pm. Free Admission.

Thanks To St. Clair For a Great Scrimmage Tonight!!

Next up for the Mustangs - game tomorrow night (Thurs) vs. Memorial 7pm Alumni Hall - admission is free

Scrimmage Tonight vs St. Clair College 7:30pm Alumni Hall

Tonight the Mustangs will scrimmage St. Clair College of Windsor at 7:30pm in Alumni Hall. A good test for the Mustangs as they have games later on this week vs. Memorial (Thurs 7pm Alumni Hall) and Algoma (Sat 4pm Thames Hall).

Player Profile - Marcus Barnett

Name: Marcus Barnett

Player Position: Shooting Guard

Height: 6'1 

Academic program: M.S. Kinesiology-Exercise Physiology

Year in Program: 2

Year on Team: 2

Personal goal for this season: Best defender/3pt shooter in the country

Team goal for this season: National Championship

  

Hometown: Hampton, Virginia, United States 

High School & Coach:

Club Team:

Proudest Basketball Moment:

Biggest Role Model:

Career Ambition: Business Owner

Family Members:

Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Running a successful business

Favourites

NBA team/Player: Lakers/Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen

Sport Other Than Basketball: Boxing

Meal: Chicken, Shrimp Alfredo, Brownie Sundays

Subject: Math

Lucky Number: 7

Movie: He Got Game, Shawshank Redemption, Troy

Musical Group/ Artist: Joe Budden, French Montana, Young Jeezy

Western Hangout: Cherryhill!

Favourite Quote/ Saying: My only competition is myself

Brief quote on the experience of being a student & playing basketball at Western:

Great opportunity to play the game I love while getting a master’s degree and living in another country.

Happy Thanksgiving

Mustangs Season Preview at cishoops.ca



Adam Jespersen vs. Kentucky


Check out the season preview by cishoops.ca

http://wasssports.blogspot.com/2010/10/western-mustangs-preview.html

Player Profile: Greg Edelsward

Name: Greg Edelsward

Position: Forward

Height: 6'6

Academic program: BMOS

Year in Program: 2nd

Year on Team: 2nd

Personal goal for this season: To contribute more consistently throughout the season and to do whatever it takes to help our team win.

Team goal for this season: To win OUA West, and to go to Nationals

Hometown: Burlington, ON

High School & Coach: Aldershot HS, Coach Manojlovic/Slack

Club Team: Burlington Panthers

Proudest Basketball Moment: 2008-2009 Halton District Finalist

Biggest Role Model: My Mom

Career Ambition: To be a successful business professional

Family Members: Diane, Kris, Mark Edelsward

Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Employed at a successful business corporation rolling up in a Cadillac.


Favourites
NBA team/Player: Raptors/ Shaquille O'neal

Sport Other Than Basketball: Golf (Big-time)

Meal: Burger, fries and a shake (Prince Alberts)

Subject: Law

Lucky Number: 33

Movie: Happy Gilmore

Musical Group/ Artist: The Game

Western Hangout: Ceeps

Favourite Quote/ Saying: Win or Loose, Hit the Booze - Doug Hayes

Brief quote on the experience of being a student & playing basketball at Western – “Being a student athlete certainly has its hard-times and does take it’s toll on you physically and mentally but it’s also a lot of fun to be apart of a team that wants to work hard and win. “

Games vs St. Clair & Guelph Phoenix This Week are Cancelled

Doug Hayes Service

Doug Hayes, Brad Campbell, Bob Gage, Craig Boydell & Jerry Gonser

The Doug Hayes service this afternoon at Westview Funeral Home in London was an emotional celebration and tribute. Several speakers spoke about the Mustangs Legend including former Mustang Pete Vandebovencamp who travelled all the way from Belgium to attend.  After the Funeral home service a reception at Aroma's Restaurant took place where many mingled to tell stories and talk about their memories of Doug.  It was great to see so many in attendance. Doug you will truly be missed.

Alumni Game Tonight Cancelled

More info to follow