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Durham Lords Media Release
Friday, February 19, 2010

Durham College knocks off top-seeded Knights

Men’s Basketball: Durham defeated Fleming 78-68 (Box Score Attached)

OSHAWA, Ont. – The Durham College men’s basketball team came out with a determined effort on Friday as they defeated the top seeded Fleming Knights 78-68 at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre.

This marks the second straight week that Durham has defeated the first place team in the east region standings, as they beat St. Lawrence College 75-63.

The Lords played a disciplined game as Fleming was shutout from the free-throw line, attempting only three shots, all in which they missed.

Durham never trailed in the big win, getting out to a quick start as they held a 40-27 lead heading into half-time. Durham would finish the job in the second half cruising to the ten point victory.

Eric Smith (Ajax, Ont.) recorded a double-double for the Lords as he scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. The Lords big man is leading the OCAA in rebounds this season with 176 on the year. He is moved into sixth place in Lords all-time scoring, passing Lords legend Augusto Duquesne who had 734 career points.

Graduating senior Courtney Small (Oshawa, Ont.) had a solid performance scoring 21 points, moving him into the eighth position on the Durham Lords all-time scoring charts with 696 career points. Tyler McGarrity (Ajax, Ont.) had a game high 25 point performance while grabbing five rebounds.

Defensive specialist Tyler Pelley (Ajax, Ont.) added three more steals to his league leading total. Pelley has 84 steals this season, averaging 4.4 per game.

The playoff situation in the east region is still up in the air as five teams are within two points of one another heading into the final week of action.

The Lords will wrap up their regular season on Wednesday, February 24 against the George Brown Huskies. Game time in Toronto is at 8 p.m.

LORDS ALL-TIME SCORING
1. Anthony Batchelor – 1833 points 
2. Andy Van Heuvelen – 937 points 
3. Leroy Brown – 804 points 
T4. Eric Carter – 759 points 
T4. Dudley Bent – 759 points 
6. Eric Smith – 734 points 
7. Augusto Duquesne – 726 points 
8. Courtney Small – 696 points
9. Chris Ford – 676 points
10. Evan Browne – 630 points 
11. Ken Upshaw – 612 points 
12. Matt Markovic – 599 points 

GAME RECAP

Final Score
Durham 78
Fleming 68

Half Time
Durham 40
Fleming 27

Lords Notables:
Courtney Small – 21 points
Eric Smith – 14 points, 12 rebounds
Tyler McGarrity – 25 points, 5 rebounds
Tyler Pelley – 6 points, 3 steals

Fleming Notables
Joe Vellathottam – 18 points
Tony Duran – 18 points

A QUICK LOOK AT THE LORDS
Overall Record: 22-8
Conference Record: 14-5

Next Game: Wednesday, February 24 @ George Brown (8 p.m.) *Regular season finale

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)
scott.dennis@dc-uoit.ca