Men's Basketball Game Day Preview
Georgian Grizzlies - 4
th Place (6-4) vs. Durham Lords 8
th Place (4-7)
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Live Stream:
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Last Meeting
Durham defeated Georgian 87-74
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Spotlight Players
Georgian: Justin Mitchell, Teq Zwaryoh
Durham:
Adrian Burton,
Eric Smith, Saliym Codogan, Ajahmo Clark
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The men's basketball team steps back on the court tonight and looks to continue to put another check in the win column as they take on the Georgian Grizzlies at 8 p.m.
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Durham (4-7) opened up the second half of regular season play with a big win over the George Brown Huskies, 82-73 this past Tuesday night. Leading the way for Durham was
Eric Smith and
Saliym Cadogan each with 20 points and four rebounds.
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This is Georgian's (6-4) first game back from the winter break as they are looking to continue on their winning path after defeating Centennial 83-82 to end out their first half of the season.
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Head-to-Head Matchup
These two teams last met on November 27
th in Barrie. Durham had a 66-50 lead going into the 4
th quarter; Georgian would go on a run in the 4
th outscoring Durham 24-21 but came up short as Durham won the game 87-74.
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Keys to the Game
This is Georgian's first game back in the new year and will be looking for revenge after Durham had beat them inside their home gym. Georgian has a big lineup and will be looking to take advantage of that inside the paint.
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Durham is coming off a victory and will be looking to continue this against Georgian. Durham has their full lineup back for this game as
Eric Smith has returned to the line up, as he was inactive in their last match-up. Durham has added some size to the lineup adding 6'8 centre
Dylan Pelissero.
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Key Matchups
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Georgian
Leading Georgian's attack is Justin Mitchell with 16 points per game. Mitchell scored 19 points against Centennial leading his team to victory. Another player to keep and eye on is Teq Zwaryon who recorded his fourth straight double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds.
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Durham
Adrian Burton had an outstanding game against George Brown completing two consecutive big plays and rebounding several timely rebounds. Adrian had 16 points and seven rebounds. Also look out for
Eric Smith and
Saliym Cadogan who were dominate in the game each scoring 20 points.
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