The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

HOLLAND College has been a pipeline through which Bahamian talent can access higher education in recent years via a number of sports including football, volleyball, soccer and basketball.

The latest duo on the basketball court look to continue that successful trend, not just for Bahamian players, but continue the recent success of the programme as it builds its legacy on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Second year player Trevone Grant and first year player Roosevelt Whylly have been the catalysts behind the Hurricanes’ 15-1 win-loss record this season, the best in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association.

Whylly, a versatile 6ft 6in forward has been the team’s second leading scorer at 19.3 points per game and leading rebounder at 9.1 per game.

He is shooting 56 per cent from the field, 38 per cent from three-point range and is also dishing out 2.8 assists per game.

Grant is the team’s third leading scorer at 17.1 points per game, grabbing 7.3 rebounds and handing out 3.3 assists per game.

The Bahamian pair have been key to the Hurricane’s offensive success as they lead the eight-team league in scoring at 97.5 points per game.

Allowing just 67.4 points per game, they also have the league’s best points differential.

After suffering their first loss of the season last week, the Hurricanes

got back on the winning track on Sunday with a dominant 98-65 win over the Mount Allison Mounties.

Whylly finished with 25 points and nine rebounds while Grant finished just shy of a triple double -14 points, eight rebounds and nine assists.

Whylly made an immediate impact on the programme in his first game in a Holland uniform. The former CC Sweeting Cobra debuted with 37 points and four steals in October’s 122-46 win over Dalhousie.

Other noteworthy games included 31 points and 12 rebounds in a 95-76 win over UKC and a 30-point, nine-rebound outing in the second matchup against UKC when they claimed a 114-72 win.

Grant’s top performances include 31 points with 10 rebounds and 22 points with 15 rebounds in both matchups against UKC.

He also added 17 points and nine rebounds in a 91-60 win over MVSU and 22 points, six rebounds and nine assists in a 94-78 win against Mount Allison.

Grant, who played locally with the CR Walker Knights, is one of three returning players from last year’s Holland team which claimed the ACAA title.

The Hurricanes’ only two losses last season came at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship, in the tournament ranked No.1 but eventually finished tied for fifth.

The three-time defending conference champion has made three straight trips to nationals, finishing second in 2012-13, fifth in 2013-14 and finished tied for fifth last season.

The ACAA is the governing body for collegiate sports in Atlantic Canada.

It began in 1967 as the Nova Scotia College Conference, and now the ACAA is represented by nine schools in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island competing in six sports.

The ACAA is a member of the CCAA, and provincial champions compete for national collegiate titles.

The CCAA is the national governing body for organised sports at colleges in Canada since 1974 and hosts 10 annual national championships.