The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ROOSEVELT Whylly and the Holland College Hurricanes are now one game away from a perfect regular season record while Samson Cleare set an all-time rebounding record for the NAIT Ooks in Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association basketball.

The Hurricanes won three games to improve to 20-0 on the season and enter another week ranked No.1 in the CCAA poll.

In game one, Whylly led the team with 31 points, six rebounds and four assists in Friday’s 125-73 win over the Crandall Chargers.

In a 119-72 win over the UNBSJ Seawolves on Sunday, Whylly had 32 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocked shots.

He closed out the streak with 28 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and three blocked shots in the Hurricanes’ 118-90 win over the Dalhousie AC Rams yesterday.

The Hurricanes will finish up their regular seasons on Saturday in Halifax when they take on the MSVU Mystics.

In 18 games this season, Whylly has averaged 22.2 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game while shooting 70 per cent from the field and 38 per cent from beyond the arc.

He leads the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association in field goal percentage, ranks third in scoring and second in rebounds.

In the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, Cleare is now the leading rebounder in Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Ooks history. He finished with 18 points and 19 rebounds in a 79-78 loss to the GPRC Wolves.

His career rebound total is now at 515 to surpass Sebastian Cava at 512 and claim the top spot in Ooks history.

He entered the season ranked sixth with 354 rebounds.

Cleare was named team captain in his final collegiate season and has averaged 13.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game while shooting 52 per cent from the field.

Last season, he averaged 12.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.