MONTREAL -- Gregory Saint-Amand connected for a "double-double" with 16 points and 10 rebounds as the third-seeded UQAM Citadins upset No.2-McGill in a Quebec men's basketball sudden-death semifinal game at Love Competition Hall Wednesday.

McGill, which won three of four regular-season meetings with UQAM, led 22-20 after the opening quarter, 38-35 at the half and 53-47 after three quarters but the Citadins finally took the lead at 58-56 with 5:36 remaining in the game and never trailed after that. McGill had a last-second chance to force overtime at the buzzer but an attempted three-pointer by rookie Te'Jour Riley missed the mark.

Karim Sy-Morissette, a sophomore guard from Montreal, scored 20 points with four rebounds in a losing cause for the Redmen, who were hosting their first playoff game in a decade. He was one of three Redmen to reach double figures in scoring.

Rookie Aleksandar Mitrovic, a native of Serbia, had 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds, while teammate Tristan Renaud-Tremblay of Terrebonne, Que., added 11 points.

The Redmen shot 43.5 per cent from the field, 15.4 from the arc and 64.0 from the foul-line, compared to UQAM, which shot 44.4, 33.3 and 74.2, respectively. The difference in the game was that the Citadins drained 23 of 31 attempts from the line while the Redmen went 16-for-25.

Other high scorers for the Citadins included Vincent Lantot-Fortier (17), Alexandre Bernard (14) and Richard Adbai (12).

UQAM advances to the RSEQ championship game on Friday. They will play at Concordia, which rallied from a 59-47 deficit with 7:41 remaining in the other semifinal to edge Laval 66-65 on a free-throw by Kyle Desmarais with no time remaining.

REDMEN RAP: McGill finished with a 16-20 record overall, including a 14-15 mark against CIS opponents and a 10-6 second-place finish in regular season play.... McGill's only expected loss to graduation is 6-foot-4 forward Nicholas Nishikawa, a kinesiology senior from Manotick, Ont.

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

Athletics & Recreation

McGill University

514-398-7012

UQAM Citadins 75 vs McGill Redmen 72

(02/29/12 at Love Competition Hall)

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen 
02/29/12 19h00 at Love Competition Hall

UQAM Citadins 75

McGill Redmen 72

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen 
02/29/12 19h00 at Love Competition Hall

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen
1st PERIOD Play-by-Play

McGill Redmen 22, UQAM Citadins 20

Score tied - 2 times.
Lead changed - 2 times.

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen
2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play

McGill Redmen 38, UQAM Citadins 35

Score tied - 2 times.
Lead changed - 2 times.

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen
3rd PERIOD Play-by-Play

McGill Redmen 53, UQAM Citadins 47

Score tied - 0 times.
Lead changed - 2 times.

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen
4th PERIOD Play-by-Play

UQAM Citadins 75, McGill Redmen 72

Score tied - 2 times.
Lead changed - 1 time.

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen 
02/29/12 19h00 at Love Competition Hall

UQAM Citadins 75

McGill Redmen 72

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen 
02/29/12 19h00 at Love Competition Hall

UQAM Citadins 75

McGill Redmen 72

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen 
02/29/12 19h00 at Love Competition Hall

Newspaper Box Score
UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen
02/29/12 19h00 at Love Competition Hall
At Love Competition Hall
UQAM CITADINS 75, MCGILL REDMEN 72
UQAM CITADINS
Vincent L.-Fortier 6-9 3-3 17; Gregory Saint-Amand 5-12 6-8 16; Alexandre
Bernard 3-4 8-11 14; Richard Adbai 4-10 3-4 12; Philippe Tamba 3-4 1-1 8;
Eric Cote-Kougnima 2-11 2-4 6; Kevin Bitondo 1-3 0-0 2; Thierry Justin 0-1
0-0 0; Marvin Bazile 0-0 0-0 0; Ouicem Maatoug 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-54 23-31
75.
MCGILL REDMEN
Karim Sy-Morissette 8-18 4-10 20; Aleksandar Mitrovic 4-6 6-8 14; Tristan
R-Tremblay 5-8 1-1 11; Te'Jour Riley 1-4 4-5 6; Nicolas Langley 2-7 0-0 5;
Vincent Dufort 2-8 0-0 5; Winn Clark 2-4 1-1 5; Cody Mazza-Anthony 2-4 0-0
4; Nicholas Nishikawa 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 27-62 16-25 72.
UQAM Citadins.................   20   15   12   28  -   75
McGill Redmen.................   22   16   15   19  -   72
3-point goals--UQAM Citadins 4-12 (Vincent L.-Fortier 2-2; Philippe Tamba
1-1; Richard Adbai 1-4; Eric Cote-Kougnima 0-3; Thierry Justin 0-1; Gregory
Saint-Amand 0-1), McGill Redmen 2-13 (Vincent Dufort 1-4; Nicolas Langley
1-2; Winn Clark 0-1; Nicholas Nishikawa 0-1; Karim Sy-Morissette 0-5).
Fouled out--UQAM Citadins-None, McGill Redmen-Vincent Dufort. Rebounds--UQAM
Citadins 34 (Gregory Saint-Amand 10), McGill Redmen 27 (Aleksandar Mitrovic
8). Assists--UQAM Citadins 4 (Richard Adbai 3), McGill Redmen 9 (Karim
Sy-Morissette 3). Total fouls--UQAM Citadins 20, McGill Redmen 23. Technical
fouls--UQAM Citadins-None, McGill Redmen-None.

UQAM Citadins vs McGill Redmen (02/29/12 - Period 4 00:00)

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS        1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    2   4   2   5 -  13
McGill Redmen...........    4   2   8   8 -  22

POINTS IN PAINT             1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    0   0   0   0 -   0
McGill Redmen...........    0   0   0   0 -   0

2ND CHANCE POINTS           1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    0   0   6   2 -   8
McGill Redmen...........    2   2   0   0 -   4

FAST BREAK POINTS           1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    0   0   0   0 -   0
McGill Redmen...........    0   0   0   0 -   0

BENCH POINTS                1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    6   3   2  13 -  24
McGill Redmen...........    4   4   4   5 -  17

SCORE TIED BY               1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    2   1   0   2 -   5
McGill Redmen...........    0   1   0   0 -   1

LEAD GAINED BY              1   2   3   4 - Tot
UQAM Citadins...........    1   1   1   1 -   4
McGill Redmen...........    1   1   1   0 -   3